What is SSL/TLS certificate?

An SSL/TLS certificate encrypts traffic between visitors and your server and proves the site’s identity. Free certificates from Let’s Encrypt or Cloudflare are standard.

What makes a website load over https with the padlock.

Use the free HTTP headers and security headers checker from Webmaster.ae. See a page’s response headers and which security headers are missing.

HTTPS encrypts data between browser and server. Browsers warn on non-HTTPS pages, and Google treats HTTPS as a ranking signal.

A CDN caches copies of your pages and files in many data centres, so visitors download from one nearby. Cloudflare is a widely used CDN.

It depends on traffic and platform. Small brochure sites run well on good shared hosting; stores and web apps need a VPS or dedicated server. Our hosting calculator suggests a size.

Yes, alongside managed VPS and cloud servers. We recommend dedicated hardware for high traffic, heavy applications or strict isolation needs.

Yes. Sites we host sit behind Cloudflare for caching, DDoS protection and free SSL.

Nightly, to a separate off-site location, and we test restores so backups actually work when needed.

Yes. We set up business email on your domain with SPF, DKIM and DMARC so messages reach the inbox.