Author: Natalia Nowak

116 articles
Exploring the web hosting industry through writing - panels, providers, and everything that runs behind the scenes.

Industry reports
AI Was Supposed to Kill the Website. Bluehost Data Says the Opposite.
by Natalia Nowak · 25 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
Bluehost's AI Confidence report: 34% of SMBs say their website matters more since AI, not less. Only 13% optimize for AI search.
Software reviews
WooCommerce 10.9 Ships Seven Agent Abilities in Core
by Natalia Nowak · 24 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
WooCommerce 10.9 ships seven agent-callable abilities into core via MCP; what was a roadmap in May is now in the installed base.
Industry reports
FERC Orders Six Grid Operators to Fix the Data-Center Queue
by Natalia Nowak · 23 Jun 2026 · 7 min read
FERC gave six US grid operators 60 days to fix large-load interconnection; the queue, not the GPU, is the binding constraint on compute.
Industry reports
The Affiliate Funnel Built Modern Hosting. AI Search Is Dismantling It.
by Natalia Nowak · 23 Jun 2026 · 17 min read
The review-site funnel that built Bluehost and Hostinger is collapsing under AI search. What the affiliate breakdown means for hosting CAC.
Other
Team Internet Pursues £20M Damages Claim While Its Domain Division Goes to Market
by Natalia Nowak · 22 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Team Internet built $566M/year on Google AdSense for Domains. Now it's pursuing a £20M antitrust claim and selling its domain division.
Industry reports
Europe’s Domain Market Is Splitting: Local Giants Hold the Base, Cloudflare and Namecheap Win the Flow
by Natalia Nowak · 19 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
Cloudflare takes 18.3% of new European ccTLD registrations with a 5.5% installed base. United Internet controls 17% but 9 of 12 brands are not growing.
Interviews
Copilot Q&A, Part Two: The AI Finds the Problem. You Decide Whether to Fix It.
by Natalia Nowak · 19 Jun 2026 · 10 min read
Cloudways Copilot Q&A, Part Two: nearly 400 preview customers, paid add-on pricing, agency use, and why every fix still needs a human click.
Industry reports
500,000 VPS: Contabo Hits a Scale Milestone in the Quarter Its Rivals Raised Prices
by Natalia Nowak · 18 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Contabo reached 500,000 VPS on June 16 - the same quarter Scaleway, Hetzner, and OVH raised prices across their cloud portfolios.
Pricing updates
Hetzner’s Price Increases Reached 204%. The 30% Headline Applied to a Different Tier.
by Natalia Nowak · 18 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Hetzner's CCX and CPX cloud servers rose 113-204% in 2026. The 30-37% headline applied only to entry-level shared vCPU tiers.
Other
We Tested Six Website Builder AIs With an Apple Pie Recipe. Not All of Them Are Actually AI.
by Natalia Nowak · 18 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
We asked six AI website builder assistants for an apple pie recipe. Two answered, two refused, and two could not process the question at all.
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