We've been building websites for 17 years. We've met some great professionals who create gorgeous, effective, sensibly-priced websites for small businesses in need. But for every one of them, I've met a lot more who charge too much, know too little, and are more likely than not to suddenly stop answering client calls one day — who prey on those who lack the right industry knowledge to defend themselves. To level the playing field, I've summed the most important lessons you need to know into this five-point buyer's guide meant to help ...

Hardware Maintenance for All Servers Rackspace will be performing maintenance on our servers between Saturday, February 18, 10:00pm and Sunday, February 19, 12:00am PST. During this time, websites may be temporarily inaccessible to your visitors. Maintenance Information Rackspace will be replacing hardware for our servers to ensure they continue running optimally. However, to do this, our servers must be powered down which will result in a temporary loss of network connectivity. Once the new hardware is installed and powered on, ...