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Are You Happy with Your Web Host?

19 Responses (Add) | Sunday, October 26th, 2008 at 12:00am

One of our geeks, Devin, asked:

Hey Chris, I know you’re a busy guy – but I was wondering if you could help steer me in the right direction as far as web hosting goes. I am having a real hard time deciding on the right one. I am with Yahoo Small Business Hosting now and, well… it just plain sucks! Yahoo is not very compatible with Joomla, and does not accept .htaccess files. I have seen “blue” in a lot of places, but it seems cheap. I would be willing to pay more for a reliable host. Also one last thing, I would prefer if the host would host an unlimited amount of domains.

I passed this to my blog’s host, Evolution Studios. Ryan answered (personally):

Choosing a web host is a very difficult and daunting task indeed. There are so many choices, so many things to consider, and lately anyone with a computer and an Internet connection calls themselves a webhost. Of course, you can go with the larger names like GoDaddy or any one of ten recognizable web hosts. But something you need to keep in mind is that these webhosts might appear cheap, but you also get what you pay for. Many of these companies offer their clients everything under the sun, with the knowledge that the end user isn’t going to use all those resources. Then what happens is a few end users do use all the resources and the server comes to a crashing halt. The phrase in the web tech world is known as “Over Selling”.

I don’t know many places out there that allow for an unlimited amount of domain names, but if it is important to you, it would be worth your time to do a little research into companies that might. I run a company that also specializes in Web Hosting and while you might like what you see or need just a little more, I am always willing to work out a deal with Chris Pirillo fans. Even if you don’t like what you see, but have a question about another web host, I have been doing this for over 5 years and have heard things and know people that can give you an honest insight into the web host you are considering. Either way, good luck with your search for a web host and I look forward to hearing from you if you have any questions!

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TheTTTalker

October 26th, 2008
at 10:42pm

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Michael Silverton

October 26th, 2008
at 12:35am

For the average small fry, Dreamhost.com simply cannot be beat. Going on five years, ready to re-up for another 2.

Leslie Poston

October 26th, 2008
at 12:52am

I use BlueHost for all of my blogs and I love them. I have 13 domains on one account so far.

quigonjinn

October 26th, 2008
at 1:32am

web hosting is easy. ipower.com great on joomla. allows .htaccess and 24/7 phone support. Don’t forget your free 1 year domain. how can you go wrong?

randy_nacol2002

October 26th, 2008
at 2:56am

I’m kind of in a similar situation with web hosting. In my beginning trial at putting up a site I had gone with Yahoo’s Geocities which at the time was just fine. After they merged over to Yahoo Small Business it’s not the strength I need. I’ve investigated Godaddy since I also like the ability to manage domains in one place. Still looking

Leigh

October 26th, 2008
at 4:17am

Just over 2 years ago I had some major problems with my web host. It seemed like the domain was down every other day and when I would call to let them know I would get the run around! Anyway I found a company called BlueHost.com at http://www.bluehost.com. and I have been with them ever since. I have recommended at least 3 other people to them and all are now with Bluehost. The hosting is relatively inexpensive at $6.95 a month w/ 2yr plan but it gives you so much power with the cPanel Control panel which allows you to auto-install a ton of different application such as Joomla, WordPress, Drupal and a ton of others using Fantastico Deluxe and Simple Scripts. I also allows you to manage your sites, domains, email stats and all kinds of other stuff that at least my other hosting company didn’t have and had no clue about! Their costumer service has been great when I have needed to call them AND I have never had any downtime for the sites that I have hosted with them! I just can’t say enough good about them.

Ant Knee

October 26th, 2008
at 4:37am

I have been using 1and1.com as a webhost for several years now. They are a pretty big company and questions sent via email to support have always been answered in was less than 8 hours.

Adam

October 26th, 2008
at 5:21am

I have been with Hostnine (hostnine.com) for well over a year now. I have their reseller package ($19.95/month)which offers unlimited domain names.

In 17 or so months that they’ve been hosting my sites, I can only think of 2 times that the server was down. Both of these times they were back up in under an hour. I don’t know if this is good or bad but it’s worked for me.

Steve Dembo

October 26th, 2008
at 6:24am

I swear by Bluehost. They are absolutely phenomenal, and their support is out of this world. When I call, I get a person who actually SOLVES my problem on the first call. Couldn’t be happier with their price, quality and service.

Garrett

October 26th, 2008
at 9:45am

I have been with hostgator for 3 plus years and have been very happy

Eden

October 27th, 2008
at 4:29am

At the moment for my sites I use 3iX which has $1 month hosting for simple needs. It comes with 20 emails, 10GB storage and I can’t remember how much bandwidth it comes with. Check out the website 3iX.

Art

October 27th, 2008
at 6:14am

I host four different websites on 3IX and they’ve been great for the past three years.

And only $1 a month (lowest plan 10GB) to boot (plus 1st month free if you sign up for a year). That plus a domain name form GoDaddy (with a coupon) and it only costs me about $15 a YEAR for each site!

And I’ve only had to use their technical support once and they were quick to respond.

Recommended to a lot of my friends too!

CamBlack

October 27th, 2008
at 12:59pm

As far as hosting goes for me, I have my own dedicated server that is hosted in a data center in texas. I am sure you dont need to quite go that far but I have a lot of Streaming Media and multiple IPs that you simply just cant do with a normal hosting company. Its a heck of a lot more expencive. But think of it this way. You basicly bought another computer that isnt physically at your house. Mine has a quad core processor and 4 gigs of ram, and a 25mbp/s connection. Of course its expencive (about $300 a month) but it all depends on what type of hosting you need.

Hostmonster.com aka Bluehost

October 27th, 2008
at 3:28pm

I have been using them for the better part of 2 years and no problems. Unlimited Domains, Ditto emails and storage, 3 terabytes monthly bandwidth, and best of all REALLLL 24/7 365 non-outsourced (normal wait time two minutes) tech support.

Zavrion

October 27th, 2008
at 9:07pm

Excellent, I have been looking at Blue Host. Now I can sign up for that tomorrow.

A little bit about GoDaddy. Personally, I had some issues with Google traffic. At the time I was running an Anime blog with PR4. However, after the first day of the service I never got Google traffic again. I switched from Host Gator after getting booted for a TOS violation. I don’t think that is typical though. Because my blog would be getting around 7-9k unique visitors from Google. So I am assuming I was capped because my blog was a hardware leech. I should have been on dedicated hosting, but I couldn’t afford it.

I mean no disrespect to Host Gator or GoDaddy. They are both fantastic hosts; I just messed up. GoDaddy in my opinion is a step above Yahoo!, but lacks because it does not use cPanel. They use a custom Java script dashboard, and it really lags at times.

Scott Mullins

October 28th, 2008
at 3:50am

We are a small interactive agency with 4 very large fortune 100 clients. They will simply not sit still for even the slightest hiccup. If you want guaranteed peace of mind, RACKSPACE is the answer. They are a little more expensive but I can honestly say there has NEVER been an issue and their support is so good you sometimes get off the phone shaking your head in disbelief that that type of personal customer care still exists. I have used Verio, CARI and a few others anf they are ok but if your webhosting is mission critical and you want to sleep at night, I can’t recommend Rackspace enough. Do a google search on reviews and you will see. More money but as close to perfect as a host could be. I look at it this way. Sure I can save a few bucks, but one screwup could risk an account and it’s simply not worth the gamble. I have no connection to them at all, just a little customer in the scheme if things, but they are the best.

Mark

February 18th, 2009
at 10:04pm

Wow … Here I am looking for a new host because my site keeps going down, and I try Evolution Studios and guess what? There site is down!

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