Just a quick update for anyone who visited WomenOnBusiness.com over the past several days and found something strange or not working. Without warning one day last week, the WomenOnBusiness.com web host, BlueHost, deactivated all sites associated with the WomenOnBusiness.com account. Turns out the problem was identified in July, but there is no warning system in place on BlueHost’s side to automate a warning process for site administrators when sites get too big and use up too many resources as WomenOnBusiness.com was doing. That’s not a good thing. Suffice it to say, WomenOnBusiness.com had to find a new web host that would not allow such an occurrence again and would support the site’s continued growth.
Thanks to Monica S. Flores and 10K Webdesign (Monica is also a contributor here on WomenOnBusiness.com), the site was successfully moved to another web host (Nexcess) that not only offers economical hosting packages for growing sites like WomenOnBusiness.com but also has warning systems in place so surprise site deactivations won’t happen again as well as a highly responsive and helpful support team. 10K Webdesign acted quickly and moved WomenOnBusiness.com, found out all the root causes of any problems encountered with the move of a very large site from a web host that was not using all the up-to-date features. The site is now back to 100%!
Again, I apologize for anything odd that you may have encountered while visiting WomenOnBusiness.com over the past week or so. Everything should be fixed and working properly now, so it’s time to get back to talking about business! Thanks for hanging in there with us as we managed through an unfortunate surprise.
Susan Gunelius
Susan Gunelius is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women on Business. She is a 30-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored a dozen books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing, 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics. She holds an MBA in Management and Strategy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).
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