Web Hosting Company Reviews
Reviewing Web Hosting & Domain Companies Because Not All Are Created Equal….
I use various web site hosting companies in an attempt to diversify servers. Just a sort of redundancy backup in case of server down time. I’ve used Yahoo, Godaddy, Start Logic, Bluefish, Midphase, Gate, IX, and Pow-web. I have my personal favorites and I will be reviewing those companies in future posts.
It’s important that you buy hosting from a company that provides the essential services required to maintain a database, cgi, php, .htaccess mod rewrites, and dedicated server upgrades. Your hosting company should have a quality customer service program, solid servers (very little down-time), and of course low monthly fees. All of the hosting companies listed below have most all of these characteristics.
Here are some of the advertising blurbs these outfits are using for their sales and marketing - basic pitch.
StartLogic - Unlimited email accounts, eCommerce enabled, free setup, free domain, CGI, PHP, mysql, website builder enabled, Front Page 2002/2003, 99.9% uptime guarantee. $6.50/month. Click here for more info.
Midphase - 15,000 mb web storage, 500,000 mb bandwidth, free domain for life, ecommerce, 24/7 customer support, simple control panel, free web design software, $7.95/month. Click here for more info.
Gate - Free domain name registration, free setup, disk space 5 GB, data transfer 200GB, mailboxes 500, 100 mb mysql server database, symantec brightmail antiSpam, web-based control panel, 24/7 toll-free phone support, 99.99% uptime guarantee, $9.95/month. Click here for more info.
IX - total domains 6, free Domains 3, disk space 20GB, email accounts 5,000, bandwidth 300GB, sub domains 200, database 50, webmail included, $6.95/month. Click here for more info.
Powweb - Free domain name, Community forums, 24/7 customer support, host unlimited domains, 400 gig transfer per month, 20,000 mb web storage, $7.77/month. Click here for more info.
See my hosting category for individual reviews of the above hosting companies.
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7. July 2006 at 10:20 pm :
Any opinion on bluehost? Their customer service has been ‘on the spot’ as I’ve needed them and their platform made installing WordPress a snap. Also, have you gotten any significant income from referral programs offered by any hosting companies? If so, who is offering the best payout?
8. July 2006 at 1:00 am :
Never used Bluehost so I can’t offer and opinion. Heard they’re good though.
I always put links that pay on articles that are reviews. Don’t bother if I don’t have some personal experience thought.
Don’t make much at all on hosting aff commisions. Most visitors have hosting already. I make my recommendation and move on.
They all payout close to the same. You can see all their payouts in your CJ account. (I’m assuming you have one)
If not:
http://www.cj.com
-Terry
12. July 2006 at 5:59 pm :
Good review, shame you put in PowWeb, I use them for my domain rogerkondrat.com and all they have been ever since I got out of my training wheels (see metaphor) is grief.
They are slow, blame wordpress when they migrate my site, when their ’sitetool’ won’t install the software correctly they make you reinstall over and over again.
From what I understand lots of other operators take a different approach e.g. customer service.
Terry thanks for the tips though I will look consider the other ones you mention.
Cheers
12. July 2006 at 11:47 pm :
We’ve only used POWWEB on a few sites and no real problems. Speed was OK.
All hosting companies have their hiccups, and I’m fine with that as long as they have server issues on Saturdays after midnight and before 5:00 Am Sunday morning. That’s the time I would lose the least amount of cash.
-Terry
12. July 2006 at 11:50 pm :
Oh yeah, and if you have the option to install Wordpress manually, I would do it.
It’s easy and you can reload specific files up to your hosting server at will.
I’m not much on these Wordpress auto-install services.
-Terry
23. September 2006 at 10:40 am :
Thanks for the post and content Christina,
I’ll have to actually purchase a hosting plan with your company and use it for a while.
I don’t directly promote hosting services unless I’ve used the service.
I take a look at your packages though, and do a quick review of your companies products and services. I can leave a link in the review to your site, but until I actually use your service, I’ll have to leave it at that.
TZ
4. October 2006 at 6:00 am :
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6. October 2006 at 4:42 pm :
Ah…you guys wanna just email me maybe? contact.zulit@gmail.com
Posting these proposals on my blog is a drag.
Terry
(aka) BT
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