Hi everyone,
have recently gone from hostgator, to certified hosting. (shared hosting)
and the results in terms of views can be seen, in some cases the difference between before and after is huge. and visits are still increasing.
The sites are the same as before, before moving to the new server I have tried everything to increase visits, never changed anything.
I wonder then how important it is, and what is important in a server?
Clearly needs to be fast and always online etc., but this experience has made me doubt that besides the usual things, there are other variables that are not aware, and that make a difference on the server and therefore on my sites .
Let me give an example, in the server of CH, is active varnish cache. Before moving to CH, I had no idea existed, and still have no idea what it is, but maybe it is she to make a difference for my sites.
I wonder then how important is the server for the success of a website? 10%? 80%? And what does this difference?
Assuming you have a perfect site, how a server can create problems, or help the success of a website?
How search engines consider the server for the site's ranking?
I am a programmer php/mysql, I always delegated server selection to other people, but I'm afraid it's time to start looking to the world of servers ...
Can you help me do a bit of clarity in this area?
For now my sites are in shared hosting, I have not thought about vps because my sites do not make virtually nothing, the visits were few and meager gains (perhaps because of the server)
The vps make a big difference? What you should look into a VPS server? Must be configured? How? Example, I have to install varnish cache or must be already installed?
There are better options? Example dedicated server?
Understand, configure and manage a server is a job that I can do myself?
If there is to learn, I learn, but more than 24 hours a day I have not ...
Thanks to all those who will help me understand