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Metin2 Server and Hosting Guide: PvP Hosting, DDoS Protection and Setup

Metin2 hosting infrastructure, PvP server setup, rental server selection, DDoS protection, MySQL tuning and real price ranges.

May 4, 2026 · 28 min read
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What Is a Mail Server? Setup, SMTP/IMAP and Domain Mail Guide

Mail server fundamentals: SMTP/IMAP/POP3 protocols, MX/SPF/DKIM/DMARC configuration, end-to-end setup with Postfix and Dovecot, corporate domain mail.

May 4, 2026 · 27 min read
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Mail Hosting Guide 2026: Corporate Email Hosting, Pricing and Configuration

What is corporate mail hosting, how to choose it, and what does it cost? End-to-end email hosting guide covering IMAP/POP3/SMTP, SPF/DKIM/DMARC setup.

May 4, 2026 · 28 min read
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Free Server Guide 2026: Really Free VPS, VDS and Cloud Options

The truth about free server, free VDS, free VPS and unlimited server promises. Always Free cloud tiers, trial providers, game servers.

May 4, 2026 · 27 min read
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Dedicated Server Hosting Guide: Bare Metal Rental, Hardware Selection and Management

What dedicated server hosting really is, when bare metal pays off, how to size CPU/RAM/disk, managed vs unmanaged, IPMI/iLO remote management, RAID.

May 4, 2026 · 27 min read
Hosting

301 and 302 Redirects: A Server-Side Redirect Guide

What is the difference between a 301 and a 302 redirect, and when do you use which? SEO impact, setting up redirects in Nginx and Apache.

May 4, 2026 · 8 min read
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What Is the Web? World Wide Web vs Internet and How It Works

What is the web, what does it mean, and how does it differ from the internet? A complete 2026 guide covering World Wide Web history.

May 3, 2026 · 26 min read
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TurkNet Bursa, Ankara, Izmir: Infrastructure, Call Center and 2026 City Guide

TurkNet Bursa, Ankara and Izmir infrastructure coverage map, GigaFiber zones, call center numbers, parent company info and city-by-city subscription g

May 3, 2026 · 26 min read
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New Internet Service Providers 2026: Alternative ISPs, Fiber, VDSL Comparison

New internet service providers in Turkey, alternative ISPs, unlimited fiber and VDSL packages. Infrastructure lookup, GPON/FTTH, contract selection.

May 3, 2026 · 27 min read
Hosting

.htaccess Guide: Redirects, Caching and Access Rules

What is .htaccess and what does it do? Redirects, access control, caching and URL rewriting in Apache — a practical .htaccess usage guide.

May 3, 2026 · 9 min read
Hosting

What Is a Cloud Server? Pricing, Hypervisors, and Buying Guide 2026

What is a cloud server, how does it work, which hypervisors are used, how are prices structured and how do you buy one?

May 3, 2026 · 28 min read
Hosting

Best Hosting Providers in 2026: How to Choose a Performant, Reliable Host

A vendor-neutral, engineering-led guide to picking the best hosting provider in 2026. Performance metrics, SLA fine print.

May 3, 2026 · 32 min read
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Windows Hosting Guide 2026: IIS, ASP.NET Core, and MSSQL in Production

What is Windows hosting, how to configure IIS and ASP.NET Core, MSSQL database integration, .NET 9/10 deployment strategies, pricing ranges.

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Hosting

What Is a Server? Sunucu (Server) Types, Hardware and Use Cases (2026 Guide)

What does server mean, what is a sunucu (server), how does it work and which types exist? A 2026 guide covering hardware, operating systems.

May 2, 2026 · 28 min read
Hosting

What Does Hosting Mean? Web Hosting, Hoster and Host-Etmek Complete Guide

What hosting means, how web hosting works, what a hoster does, and the differences between shared, VPS.

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Hosting

VPS Server Guide 2026: Rental, Pricing, Linux and Windows VPS

What is a VPS server, how do you rent one, how are prices determined? Linux vs Windows VPS comparison, KVM virtualization, Türkiye datacenter selectio

May 2, 2026 · 28 min read
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Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) Buying Guide 2026: vCPU, RAM, NVMe and Provider Selection

Everything you need to know when buying a VDS: KVM vs VMware virtualization, vCPU oversubscription, NVMe vs SATA SSD, Turkish data centers.

May 2, 2026 · 34 min read
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Server Prices 2026: Physical Server, Dedicated Rental and Buying Guide

Server prices, dedicated server rental costs and physical server buying guide. Tower, rack and blade form factors; CPU, RAM.

May 2, 2026 · 34 min read
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How to Buy Reseller Hosting: Packages, Pricing and Setup Guide

Everything you need to know before buying reseller hosting: WHM/cPanel vs DirectAdmin vs Plesk, package comparison, 2026 pricing ranges, white-label s

May 2, 2026 · 28 min read
Hosting

Port Lookup and Checker Guide: Open Ports, Testing Methods and Internet Diagnostics

What is port lookup? How to check which ports are open, run network diagnostics, and query internet infrastructure data.

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Hosting

PHP-FPM Configuration: Pool Settings and Performance

What is PHP-FPM and how do you configure it? Process manager modes, calculating pm.max_children, connecting it to Nginx and performance optimization f

May 2, 2026 · 9 min read
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Free Hosting and Domain Guide 2026: Real Limits, Risks and Choosing the Right Provider

Everything about free hosting and free domain: types of free web hosting, real resource limits, hidden costs, cPanel and PHP free providers.

May 2, 2026 · 28 min read
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Dedicated Server Hosting Guide 2026: Hardware, Network and Colocation

Comprehensive dedicated server hosting guide: CPU, RAM, NVMe, RAID, IPMI, port speed, SLA, Turkey data centers, price ranges.

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Hosting

Where Is .com Used? Complete Guide to .com and .net Extensions

Where .com is used, what .com means, .com vs .net differences, website extensions, registration process.

May 2, 2026 · 26 min read
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Cheapest Linux Hosting 2026: Prices, Specs, and a No-Nonsense Buying Guide

A vendor-neutral 2026 buying guide for the cheapest Linux web hosting: real price ranges, NVMe SSD, LiteSpeed/Nginx, cPanel and renewal traps.

May 2, 2026 · 32 min read
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Web Hosting Guide 2026: Plans, Prices, the Truth About Unlimited Hosting and Selection Criteria

Comprehensive 2026 guide on web hosting plans, pricing tiers, the CPU/inode/I/O reality behind unlimited hosting, NVMe vs SSD.

May 1, 2026 · 30 min read
Hosting

Speeding Up a Web Server with Gzip and Brotli Compression

What are Gzip and Brotli compression and how do they speed up a website? Enabling compression on Nginx and Apache.

May 1, 2026 · 8 min read
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Multiple Sites on One Server: Virtual Host Configuration

What is a virtual host and how do you host multiple sites on one server? Nginx server block and Apache virtual host configuration.

April 30, 2026 · 9 min read
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tmux and screen: A Guide to Persistent Terminal Sessions

What are tmux and screen, and why use them? A guide to creating persistent terminal sessions so processes keep running when your SSH connection drops.

April 29, 2026 · 8 min read
Hosting

Server Timezone, Hostname and Locale Configuration

How to set timezone, hostname and locale on a Linux server? timedatectl, hostnamectl, NTP time synchronization and why these settings matter.

April 28, 2026 · 8 min read
Hosting

Swap Space on a Server: What It Does and How to Configure It

What is swap space and what does it do? Creating a swap file on a Linux server, the swappiness setting, how much swap you need and its performance eff

April 27, 2026 · 8 min read
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Linux Package Management: Installing Software with apt and dnf

What is a package manager on Linux and how do you use apt and dnf? Installing, updating and removing software.

April 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Hosting

Cron Jobs on Linux: A Guide to Creating Scheduled Tasks

What is a cron job and how do you create a scheduled task on Linux? crontab syntax, scheduling examples, backup automation and cron job troubleshootin

April 25, 2026 · 9 min read
Hosting

systemd Service Management: Creating, Starting and Monitoring Services

What is systemd and how do you manage services with systemctl? Starting and stopping services, enabling auto-start.

April 24, 2026 · 10 min read
Hosting

LSCache (LiteSpeed Cache) Guide: Server-Level Caching for WordPress

What is LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache) and how to configure it? LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress plugin, QUIC.cloud CDN, ESI block caching.

April 24, 2026 · 25 min read
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Domain Lookup Tools: WHOIS, RDAP and DNS Guide

Every way to query a domain with dig, whois, nslookup and RDAP. Reading DNS records, interpreting WHOIS.

April 24, 2026 · 20 min read
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Linux User and Group Management: useradd, sudo and Authorization

How to create and manage users and groups on Linux: useradd, usermod, sudo authorization and the principle of least privilege for server security.

April 23, 2026 · 9 min read
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Linux File Permissions: chmod, chown and Privilege Management

How do Linux file permissions work? The rwx permissions, granting access numerically and symbolically with chmod, changing ownership with chown.

April 22, 2026 · 9 min read
Hosting

What Is Web Hosting? Types, Pricing, and How to Choose in 2026

What web hosting is, the main types (shared, VPS, dedicated, cloud), how pricing works, and how to choose the right provider. A complete 2026 guide.

April 21, 2026 · 13 min read
Hosting

What Is DNS? DNS Settings, How to Change Them, and the Best DNS Servers

What is DNS, how does it work, where do you change DNS settings, and which resolvers (Cloudflare, Google, Quad9) are best? A step-by-step technical gu

April 21, 2026 · 12 min read
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What Is a VPS? VPS vs VDS and a Complete VPS Hosting Guide

What a VPS is, how it compares to a VDS, and what to look for when buying one. KVM, OpenVZ, NVMe SSD, and DDoS protection explained for scalable serve

April 21, 2026 · 11 min read
Hosting

Terraform Infrastructure as Code: AWS, Azure and Hetzner Examples

Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform — HCL syntax, providers, modules, state, workspaces and practical AWS and Hetzner examples.

April 21, 2026 · 15 min read
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Prometheus and Grafana Server Monitoring: Metric Collection Guide

Set up production-grade monitoring with Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, node_exporter, Alertmanager and PromQL queries.

April 21, 2026 · 14 min read
Hosting

Plesk Panel Management: Domains, Databases, Email and SSL

Complete Plesk guide — add domains, create databases, set up mailboxes, install Let's Encrypt SSL and harden security from A to Z.

April 21, 2026 · 16 min read
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Nginx vs Apache: Which One Should You Choose and When

Compare Nginx and Apache HTTP server — architecture, performance, configuration model, .htaccess, modules and which one fits which scenario.

April 21, 2026 · 9 min read
Hosting

Nginx Configuration: Reverse Proxy, Cache and Rate Limiting

Practical Nginx recipes for reverse proxy, FastCGI cache, proxy_cache, limit_req, gzip, HTTP/2 and SSL — with production-ready examples.

April 21, 2026 · 18 min read
Hosting

Linux Server Administration Basics: SSH, Firewall, Cron, and Service Management

SSH key authentication, UFW/iptables firewall rules, systemd service management, cron scheduling, and the core Linux commands every admin should know.

April 21, 2026 · 13 min read
Hosting

Free SSL with Let's Encrypt: Certbot, Auto-Renewal and Wildcard Certs

Install Let's Encrypt SSL certificates end-to-end — Certbot, auto-renewal, wildcard certificates, DNS challenge and Nginx/Apache integration.

April 21, 2026 · 10 min read

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