Marcus Delaney

Marcus Delaney has spent twelve years building and migrating websites for small businesses across the U.S., from single-page contractor sites to WooCommerce stores handling six figures a year. He writes HostGrove's hosting and website builder guides with one goal: help owners make a confident decision without needing a systems administrator on speed dial. When he isn't testing load times, he's restoring an old sailboat in Annapolis. Marcus Delaney has built and migrated small-business websites for twelve years. He writes HostGrove's hosting guides in plain English.

Shared vs. VPS Hosting: How to Know When It’s Time to Upgrade

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 by Marcus Delaney

Illustration comparing a crowded shared server with a roomier VPS environment

Almost every website starts on shared hosting, and for good reason. It costs less than a streaming subscription, the control panel handles the hard parts for you, and for a brochure site with a few hundred visitors a month it is genuinely all you need. The trouble is that nobody sends you a letter when … Read more

Website Speed 101: What Actually Makes Your Pages Load Faster

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 by Marcus Delaney

Stopwatch merged with a browser window trailing speed lines

Ask ten people how to speed up a website and you will get ten different answers, most of them technically true and almost none of them ranked by impact. Somebody will tell you to minify your CSS. Somebody else will suggest lazy loading. Both help a little. Neither is where your problem lives. This guide … Read more