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What is flash crowd and what is Slashdot effect?
Sites that are maintained on shared hosting services often fail when confronted with the Slashdot effect. A flash crowd is a more generic term without using any specific name that describes a network phenomenon where a network or host suddenly receives a lot of traffic.
What can affect the performance of a WordPress website?
Several factors can affect the performance of your WordPress blog (or website). Those factors include, but are not limited to, the hosting environment, WordPress configuration, software versions, number of graphics and their sizes. Most of these performance degrading factors are addressed here in this article.
What should I do if my WordPress server goes down?
If needed you can switch to a managed WordPress hosting solution. DNS: Don’t run a DNS on your WordPress server. Use a commercial service for DNS such as Amazon’s Route 53 or your domain registrar’s free offering. Using a service such as Amazon can also make switching between backup servers during maintenance or emergencies much easier.
Which is the best web host for WordPress?
WordPress Web Hosting. There are hundreds of thousands of web hosts out there, the vast majority of which meet the WordPress minimum requirements, and choosing one from the crowd can be a chore. Just like flowers need the right environment to grow, WordPress works best when it’s in a rich hosting environment.
What was the peak of the Slashdot effect?
Few definitive numbers exist regarding the precise magnitude of the Slashdot effect, but estimates put the peak of the mass influx of page requests at anywhere from several hundred to several thousand hits per minute.
Why do Google Doodles lead to high traffic?
Google Doodles, which link to search results on the doodle topic, also result in high increases of traffic from the search results page.