Woohoo! I’m doing the happy dance today, people! My CPU usage for this blog is back within its limits (and I’m still getting 7,000 hits a day!).
Yesterday I blogged about my blog’s massive CPU usage. My web host, Whip An Orbit, had contacted me to inform me that the huge load was crashing their servers. They asked me to fix the problem. I would like to commend the guys at Whip An Orbit for their excellent customer service– and compassion! Other web hosts would just rip out my blog and suspend my account. Whip An Orbit emailed me first, and when I emailed and called them, they were as gracious and helpful as anything! They gave me some tips about what was causing the problem. When I said that one of my blog posts had been “Stumbled” at StumbleUpon, they understood and immediately decided to hold off any suspension of my blog. They realize that StumbleUpon traffic slows down after a few days. I just have to say a big THANK YOU to those Whip An Orbit guys. Wow, relief is wonderful. If you want to check out their hosting plans, my affiliate link to their website is here. I’ve had very little downtime with them, especially compared to my blogs on Bluehost (those crash with CPU Quota Exceeded errors after about 500 Stumbles).
I’d also like to thank Terry from FindSavings.com. He’s read my blog, and took the time to write a whole bunch of emails with tips and smaller theme graphics for my blog. His advice was phenomenal. I think that because I did follow his advice, my CPU usage is within limits today. Terry runs a GREAT website with loads of store coupons and promo codes. I am a strong proponent of using online coupons– I never buy anything unless I check first– and Terry’s site is my favorite. So he’s not only a great coupon provider, he’s a real pal, too. Thanks, Terry. :-)
I can now rest easy and enjoy all this heavy traffic, and I can drop Entrecards again! And guess what– my RealRank is 51 today! I made it into the Top 100! Amazing!
So all this excitement has me exhausted. I think I am getting too old for such hoo-hah. I hardly slept at all last night! I’m ready for a nap. Zzzzzzzz
I’m a married mom with 4 kids. We live in Upstate New York in an old 1855 house with our five pets (yes, five, *sigh*). Life is never dull, and exciting things just seem to always happen to me... why me... when I'm not running around the house fixing things, I do freelance writing and blogging. My work and opinions have appeared in Salon.com, USAToday, eHow.com, iMedia.com, the Associated Press and I've even been interviewed by TIME and The Wall Street Journal about blogging. Can you believe it?! Here is where I express my zany, creative, motherly side. 
August 13, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Congratulations on all the traffic! I have an award for you over at my blog today!
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Stop by to pick it up
August 13, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Woohoo on all the traffic! I am so glad everything is ok with your website.
August 14, 2008 at 6:42 am
Wow, what an awesome “problem” to have. Glad you were able to correct the issue and gain access again.
It is frustrating and freaky to be unable to access your own site.
Congratulations on all the traffic!
August 14, 2008 at 7:19 am
Woo hoo!! Glad to hear things are getting settled for you … especially since the post that got Stumbled is still getting action. It probably will for a while. When I commented and hit the “e-mail” me box and every day I get several e-mails of new comments. It’s been a hoot to follow the discussion.