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A2 Hosting vs. SiteGround: why I chose A2 over popular opinion

Yo, I'm Tom. I write tutorials on WordPress speed and SEO. I also donate a good chunk of this blog's income to GoFundMe campaigns. If you want to see 50 random and disturbing things about me (and cat pics), read my bio.

WordPress Speed Guides

Core web vitals guide
WordPress speed guide
Cumulative layout shift
Total blocking time
First contentful paint
Largest contentful paint
Minimize main-thread work
Eliminate render-blocking resources
Reduce TTFB
Third-party code
Remove unused CSS
Remove unused JavaScript
Preload key requests
Preconnect to required origins
Avoid enormous network payloads
Serve Images In Next-Gen Formats
Ensure text remains visible during font load
Serve static assets with efficient cache policy
Properly size images
Efficiently encode images
Specify image dimensions
40+ speed plugins
WP Rocket settings
Speed up Divi
Speed up Elementor
73 slow plugins to avoid
Host Google Fonts locally
Block bad bots
Optimize images
Perfmatters settings
Cloudflare page rules

WordPress Hosting Reviews

Cloudways: the host I use
NameHero: LiteSpeed + QUIC.cloud
Why I left SiteGround
A2: decent for small sites
Kinsta: for high traffic sites
WPX: fast, but not the fastest
GoDaddy: do I need to write this?
EIG: 80 hosting companies to avoid
Bluehost: only promoted by affiliates
Hostinger: fake reviews & con artists
Speed test of 16 WordPress hosts

WordPress SEO Guides

WordPress SEO guide
Rank Math vs. Yoast
Choosing keywords
On-Page SEO checklist
22+ SEO plugins
Rich snippets
YouTube SEO
Local SEO + Google Maps
Make $ with affiliate marketing

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Speed Guides

WordPress Speed Guide
40 WordPress Speed Plugins
I Moved To Cloudways Vultr HF
Speed Test (16 WordPress Hosts)
Why I Left SiteGround
WP Rocket Settings

Seo Guides

WordPress SEO Guide
Rank Math vs. Yoast SEO
Choosing Focus Keywords
On-Page SEO Checklist
YouTube SEO
Google Maps / Local SEO

More Guides

Tool I Use
Make $ With Affiliate Marketing
Top WordPress Affiliate Programs
7 Google Analytics Dashboards
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About Tom

Tom Dupuis started OMM in 2011. He falls asleep to serial killer documentaries and pukes in Mobil garbage cans. Read his bio to learn 50 random and disturbing things about Tom and the story of Online Media Masters.

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