Why You Should Back Up Your Blog
You have probably heard this before: you should backup your blog at all cost. Have you ever wondered why people keep saying that? There is a good reason for it. A lot of folks don’t backup their blogs! I don’t know whether it’s out of laziness or just negligence, but a whole lot of bloggers leave a lot to chance.
It Could Happen To You
I remember having a discussion with a friend a while ago. We were talking about our blogging businesses, and to my surprise he acknowledged that he was not backing up his blogs. When I told them how important it is to do that, he told me “my server’s secure. I have anti-hacker systems installed on it!” Now, that’s not a logical argument. Any security expert would tell you that even the best systems can be hacked. And what if your server just died on you. You don’t think the WWW will do your back up for you, do you? The truth is, it doesn’t matter how good a person you are or how many anti-hacking solutions you have on your server. You are setting yourself up for a catastrophe if you don’t back up your data.
Back up and Do It Often!
You should always back up your databases on a regular basis to be on the safe side. Let’s say you write 3 posts a day on your blog. If you back up only once a month and your DB dies at the end of a month, you are going to lose about 90 posts. If you do it on a weekly basis, we are talking about 20 posts. So as you see, the more regularly you back up, the better off you are.
You Don’t Have To Do It Yourself
A lot of folks don’t back up their DBs due to being lazy. But you don’t even have to do much to back up your systems. You can always use online backup solutions to back your information up on a redundant server. You can also automate the back up process with scripts and software solutions on the market. Some of these packages may cost you a bit, but it’s well worth it if you value your time.
I don’t mean to beat a dead horse here, but you should strongly consider changing your ways if you are still not backing up your systems. It’s just not worth the risk.
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