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While Hosting Prices Keep Rising in 2026, a Small Group of Providers Refuse to Increase Them — and Regulation Is Turning That Into a Competitive Strategy

While Hosting Prices Keep Rising in 2026, a Small Group of Providers Refuse to Increase Them — and Regulation Is Turning That Into a Competitive Strategy

The spring of 2026 will likely be remembered as the moment when the global hosting industry quietly entered a new pricing era. Across Europe and beyond, providers have been steadily increasing prices, sometimes multiple times within a single year. Hetzner has adjusted pricing several times since January. OVHcloud raised VPS costs by as much as

Top 5 SEO VPS Providers for 2026: Boost Rankings, Speed, and Stability

If your SEO strategy is solid—your content is strong, backlinks are clean, and on-page optimization is done right—but rankings still feel unstable, the issue may not be your SEO at all. In 2026, hosting performance has become one of the most overlooked ranking factors. Google doesn’t “reward VPS hosting” directly, but it absolutely responds to

We Tested Six Website Builder AIs With an Apple Pie Recipe — and Not All of Them Are Actually AI

We Tested Six Website Builder AIs With an Apple Pie Recipe — and Not All of Them Are Actually AI

Every major website builder in 2026 now claims to include an AI assistant. It’s usually front and center in the product: a chatbot with a name, a friendly tone, and the promise that it can “help you build your website faster.” For most users, that framing naturally creates an assumption — that they are interacting

Friendhosting Introduces Hourly VDS Billing in 2026: Flexible Cloud Pricing Reshapes the VPS Market

Friendhosting Introduces Hourly VDS Billing in 2026: Flexible Cloud Pricing Reshapes the VPS Market

The hosting industry is undergoing a quiet but meaningful shift in 2026. Traditional monthly billing, long considered the standard for virtual private servers (VPS/VDS), is no longer the only option. Providers are experimenting with more flexible pricing models, and one of the latest examples comes from Friendhosting, which has introduced hourly billing for its VDS