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Be Prepared For ANYTHING With Your Website

It took me the better part of a year to realize, after I had my first websites online, that I really should be backing everything up and spending some time preparing for the worst. This is the Internet after all, and at any given time the servers that your data is stored on could go belly up - leaving your readers and your business in a serious lurch.

Luckily, I never had any problems. My sites have run smoothly, without incident since I launched them. But, I know more than a couple site owners who were not anywhere near as lucky. Power surges, storms, bad computers, bad hosting - it's all out there and if you're not ready for it, you could be in a huge hole.

Being Prepared

Always assume something will go wrong - it's the only way to be completely sure you're ready. Even perfect drivers have car insurance - you just have to be sure you're ready. Here are some tips to being prepared:

� Backing Up the Server - If you're on a shared host, your sites should be backed up occasionally by someone. If you're running a VPS or a dedicated server, get in there and backup whatever you're using at least once a week. I often recommend a Sunday when traffic is lower and server loads are minimal. If you're using Wordpress, back up the posts separately as well.

� Security is Important - You'll need some good security options too. Get things in place to keep your server safe, minimize the chance you'll be attacked with DoS attacks (denial of service) and make sure there are no backdoors that can be hacked to take down your sites. Seems impossible someone would want to steal your site? Think again.

� Be Ready for Traffic - This is one of the biggest things I see. If you're running on a $5 a month plan when you launch a new product and you get 10,000 hits in one day, get ready for a crashed website. Be ready for any single marketing tactic you use to really kick in and turn your site into a cash cow. Don't let your site crash in the middle of the heaviest traffic you'll ever get.

Do these three things and you can more or less be sure that your sites will always be up and running when you need them to. Of course, nothing is perfect and anything can happen, but if you prepare, it will happen a heck of a lot less.

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