Script to Install and Upgrade Nginx from Source

Nginx logoNginx is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy. It is widely used in many really high traffic websites such as WordPress.com. It is also used here in tinywp.in since the beginning. There are plenty of methods to install it on any VPS or dedicated servers. The official installation instructions available from the official wiki. Here I show you my own script to compile it from source, install and upgrade using a bash script. Continue reading “Script to Install and Upgrade Nginx from Source”

Google PR vs Page Speed

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Update: As of April 2016, Google has shut down PageRank data to the public.

Google has repeatedly mentioned that site speed, load time and performance of a site does matter for Google on search engine rankings. While I’m not into SEO and I rarely cared about Google PageRank in particular, I have been in shock for the past 10 days or so, even since my Piwik statistics showing me that this site’s Google PR went from nil to 5!!!!! Yes, that f-i-v-e, five out of the maximum of 10! Continue reading “Google PR vs Page Speed”

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