Growing Traffic, Growing Problem: How to Prepare for a High Traffic Event

When Christine Clauder created a website to help Hank, a rescue dog, get adopted, a basic hosting plan seemed like the right choice. Then, she went viral. Her story was broadcast on television and drove an insane amount of traffic to her site.

That’s a good problem to have, no? Well… not if your site keeps crashing. Join us to hear Christine’s tips and what you can (and should!) do to prepare for traffic spikes, and how to know if your hosting plan is really “unlimited.”

What You’ll Learn

• Optimizations that will benefit your site every day, at every level of traffic
• Temporary things you can do while a traffic surge is happening
• Throwing money at the problem efficiently