This is Part 1 of the 5 Part Tech Series on “Blogger Basics.” Find the rest of the series here.

The Internet.

It’s pretty big. It’s pretty wide. It can be pretty complex (but doesn’t have to be).

And although you don’t need to know everything, especially as a blogger, about how the web works, it’s good to know at least some of the basics, like how data travels across the world on frail lines that shouldn’t actually work.

In fact, if you really understood how the “internet” was set up you’d probably be pretty flabbergasted that the darn thing actually does what it does and that we aren’t constantly plagued by outtages and downtime.

Why is knowing some of this important to you, the blogger? Because it can actually help you, especially if you’re setting up hosting or managing your own domain. And even if you’re on free hosting or a hosted environment it can help you understand outtages, speeding your blog up, and why your visitors  are apparently experiencing your blog “differently” depending on where they are located.

So, where can you get started? Check out this great article here that will give you a good primer. Read only as much as you’d like, and if you manage to get through the first page you’ll be more intelligent about the “internet” than about 99% of it’s users.