1. Server File Loss

There are two elements in a standard WordPress site, as well as many other CMS platforms, that need to be backed up on a regular basis - the website's files and the website's database.

No one server is completely reliable. Data can easily be lost by corruption, mistakes, or hacking. To ensure this doesn't happen, you should have your website's files backed up either locally or on some server in a cloud, but the point is somewhere different than where the files sit.

The files of the website that can be accessed via and FTP program like Transmit or Cyberduck or FireFTP include the Javascript, PHP, CSS, HTML, movies, images and other types of media.

2. Database File Loss

The other element that functions more behind the scenes is the WordPress MySQL database. This is the element that is commonly overlooks because it is not visible from an FTP browser.

This is where a great plugin for your Wordpress website plays a very valuable role. While there is a wide variety of backup plugins available at no charge for the Wordpress CMS, I have found one in particular to be very simple and functional. It is called WP-DB-Backup. Its alternative full name once installed is Wordpress Database Backup.

1. The Internet Is Not American

As much as a lot of Americans would like to think the Internet is an American institution, it is far from it. It is a product of the world. In fact, censoring and controlling something like the Internet with a bill like SOPA would have been the most un-American thing we could do to our citizens as a nation that boasts of free speech.

2. Start-Ups Would Take A Hit

SOPA would have made it impossible to advertise or conduct business with any website that infringes on the bill's guidelines. This creates a massive barrier for start-up businesses and established businesses alike.