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KEYDAL blog: what we learn in the field on hosting, domains, servers, security, software and press law; step-by-step guides and current notes.

Hosting

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
Hosting

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
Domains

How to Register a .com.tr Domain in 2026: Post-TRABİS Document-Free Allocation, Requirements and Step-by-Step Guide

How to register a .com.tr domain after TRABİS: document-free allocation rules, the entire .tr extension family, TAKIL/TAKAL reserved lists.

May 2, 2026 · 28 min read
Domains

How to Register a Trademark in Turkey: 2026 Application, Fees and Process Guide

How to register a trademark in Turkey: 2026 fees, application steps, Nice classification, opposition, renewal and brand name protection.

May 2, 2026 · 28 min read
Security

How to Check if a Link is Safe in 2026: URL Lookup, Phishing Detection and Website Safety

The 2026 guide to checking whether a link is safe: URL parsing, HTTPS/SSL inspection, WHOIS age, Google Safe Browsing, VirusTotal, urlscan.io.

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Domains

How to Buy a Domain Name: Complete Domain Registration Guide 2026

What is a domain name, how to buy one in 2026? Compare .com, .net, .org, .tr extensions, registrar selection, WHOIS, DNS, nameservers, transfer.

May 2, 2026 · 34 min read
Web Setup

How to Build an E-Commerce Website: A Step-by-Step Guide (2026)

Everything you need to launch an e-commerce site: legal setup (Turkish ETBIS, KVKK, KEP, tax registration), platform selection (WooCommerce, OpenCart.

May 2, 2026 · 34 min read
Web Setup

How to Build a Website from Scratch: A Complete 2026 Guide

A comprehensive, vendor-neutral guide covering every step of building a website in 2026: domain registration, hosting choice, CMS install, design, SSL

May 2, 2026 · 28 min read
SEO

Google Rank Checker Guide: Where Does My Site Rank and How to Track SERP Positions

How a Google rank checker really works, the technical basis of SERP position queries, manual vs API-based tracking, personalization and geo bias.

May 2, 2026 · 26 min read
Hosting

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
Domains

Free Domain and Hosting Providers in 2026: Real Cost, Limits and Risks

A vendor-neutral review of free domain and hosting providers: which TLDs are free, what the limits are, hidden costs, ad policies.

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Domains

Domain Transfer Guide 2026: Steps, Duration, Auth Code and Cost

Complete 2026 domain transfer guide: EPP/auth code, registrar lock, 60-day rule, ICANN policy, ccTLD specifics including .com.tr/.tr (TRABIS).

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Domains

Domain Search Guide 2026: WHOIS, RDAP, DNS and Domain Discovery

A comprehensive 2026 guide to domain search, WHOIS lookup, RDAP, DNS and registration checks. Covers CLI tooling, web utilities, privacy.

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Domains

Domain IP Lookup: Site IP Address Discovery, DNS, Reverse Lookup and WHOIS Guide

A comprehensive 2026 guide to finding a domain's IP address with DNS lookup (dig, nslookup, host), reverse lookup, WHOIS, RDAP.

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Hosting

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
Email

Corporate Email Address Guide 2026: Domain, MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC and Provider Comparison

How to set up a corporate email address, configure info@ shared mailboxes, and pick the right provider.

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
Hosting

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
Domains

How to Buy a Domain Name from Google in 2026: Squarespace Migration, Cloud Domains and Google Registry

After Google Domains shut down, how do you buy a domain from Google or within Google's ecosystem?

May 2, 2026 · 27 min read
Security

BTK Lookup Guide: Website Access Blocks, Line and Operator Queries in Turkey

How to perform BTK lookups in Turkey: website access block status, banned site checks, line and operator queries, the 5651 law.

May 2, 2026 · 26 min read
Security

Banned Websites in Turkey: Complete Blocked Sites List and Legal Guide 2026

Which websites are banned in Turkey? Law No. 5651, BTK and USOM decisions, how to query blocked sites, legal consequences of accessing them.

May 2, 2026 · 26 min read
Hosting

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
Domains

Domain Search, Name Selection and Buying: The Complete Pillar Guide

End-to-end pillar guide covering domain lookup, WHOIS/RDAP, TLD types, .tr rules, transfers, pricing tiers and choosing the right registrar before you

May 1, 2026 · 32 min read
Hosting

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
Hosting

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
Hosting

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
Software

What is Redis? Installation, Commands and Real-World Usage Patterns

What Redis is, how to install it, the data types — cache, session, rate limiting, pub/sub, streams and cluster with Node.js, Python and Docker example

April 24, 2026 · 28 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
SEO

How to Optimize a Website: Frontend, Backend, Database and CDN End-to-End

A complete guide to website optimization: image and font optimization, Nginx/Apache tuning, PHP opcache, database indexing, CDN selection, caching lay

April 24, 2026 · 32 min read
Security

How to Get an SSL Certificate: Free vs Paid Options Explained

How and where to get an SSL/TLS certificate. Let's Encrypt, ZeroSSL, Sectigo and DigiCert compared. Installation with Certbot, acme.sh, cPanel and Ple

April 24, 2026 · 22 min read
Hosting

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
SEO

Best WordPress SEO Plugins: Yoast vs Rank Math vs AIOSEO vs SEOPress Compared

A detailed comparison of the top WordPress SEO plugins. Yoast SEO, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, The SEO Framework — which plugin when?

April 24, 2026 · 25 min read
Hosting

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
Hosting

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
Security

XSS Attacks and Defending with Content Security Policy (CSP)

Reflected, stored and DOM-based XSS explained, plus sanitization, output encoding and layered protection with Content Security Policy.

April 21, 2026 · 12 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
Software

WebSocket vs Server-Sent Events: Making the Right Real-time Choice

Compare WebSocket and Server-Sent Events — full-duplex vs one-way, use cases, Socket.io, reconnection and proxy compatibility.

April 21, 2026 · 10 min read
Software

Vue 3 Composition API: Reactivity, Refs and Composables

Vue 3 Composition API — ref, reactive, computed, watch, composables, lifecycle hooks and comparison to the Options API.

April 21, 2026 · 12 min read
Hosting

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