Bandwidth excess

Bandwidth (Monthly Traffic) increases are normally welcome if they mean your website is attracting more visitors.

However there are other reasons for excess bandwidth usage. You need to check your web stats in your control panel to see why.

• Have you uploaded images which are larger than necessary
  You need to load images that fit the space you allow for them. Of course you can code the image size to show smaller than the actual image, but the actual image will be counted in the bandwidth usage.
  A further problem is that the larger image takes longer to load - annoying for a visitor.
  
• Is your website being opened by a spam site.
  If the traffic has suddenly jumped compared to pevious months, check the number of visits at the top of the stats of sites which visited you.
  If one IP addresss is opening your website a large number of times per day it is suspect and could be using your site to generate spam.
  To stop this - in cpanel go to Security >> IP Deny manager and enter the suspect IP address.
  

It is important that you find out what's happening with your traffic. Please contact us if you need any help.

Tuesday, 26th May 2015
Newcastle, Australia