Comments on: How to choose a Web hosting Company

By: evilmind_111

evilmind_111 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:30 +0000

Hostgator! FTW

By: Brave Heart

Brave Heart — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:29 +0000

Let me tell you a little about my experience with web hosting companies over the years. At times you will come across deals that are almost too good to be true – cheap web hosting with amazing features! There are hosts that while offering cheap prices do back that up with excellent performance and service, but there are things to be noted:

There are a lot of potential questions you must ask yourself, whilst bearing in mind other peoples reviews, their reputation, and ultimately – the price. I personally use http://www.top15hosting.com to read web hosting reviews and see what web host is getting the best reputation as well as the bad, which helps me decide who to stay away from.

Your experience might be different but I have many complaints from PowWeb and Dot5Hosting. Those companies just took my money and provided me with bad customer support and my websites would always be down. Today I use Just Host for my web hosting and I’m very satisfied. As long as you do a little research before buying your web hosting you will be fine.

By: Toby

Toby — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:29 +0000

The needs of the website dictate where hosting is done.

As previously mentioned, any server-side programming needs to be handled on the server. Whether .NET, PYTHON or PHP. Every developer has their own preference of language.

SSL options for credit card transactions (if applciable to the website)

Ability to have a dedicated server.

The biggest factors for webhosting are the

1) uptime – if the site is not targetted globally, I look for a regional host so that the servers don't get upgraded during the peak hours of when the site would be used most often.

2) database access

3) disk space -> most websites don't take up a lot of disk space, but the database can.

4) customer service. If a site is not working, I want to be able to call someone and get the issue resolved.

By: Diamond

Diamond — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:29 +0000

Hi! One thing to remember is that when you go with a cheaper hosting company the service will reflect that to some degree. Also in terms of options most companies offer the same thing which is all you really need. Here are answers to your specific questions:

Site Builder / Template
I recommend not using a hosting companies site builder as then you will be stuck with them forever. Buy a template and customize it how you want and host that with them. Then if they suck its easier to move

What is better Linux OS or Windows?
The only reason you need Windows is if you want to use ASP or something like that and Windows hosting tends to cost more. For a simple website just go with Linux. You don't need to know anything about Linux to use it as you will just be using FTP to upload your files and the hosting companies control panel which will be really simple!

Do I need any special software, or does it work the same?
Nope you don't need any special software, it all works the same. Even if you moved to a Windows host it would work fine in most cases.

So which host?
Your requirements are pretty broad as you probably want to spend about $10 dollars a month and just need a small linux package. Here are some recommendations:

Some larger hosts that have a good reputation:
HostGator – http://www.hostgator.com – Good host, I use them for a dedicated server.

Lunarpages – http://www.lunarpages.com – Has a good reputation and very active forums community that is super nice and helps with a lot of stuff.

HostNine – http://www.hostnine.com – Newer host but one of the fastest growers this year and great reviews.

BlueHost/HostMonster – bluehost.com/hostmonster.com – Nice solid cheap host.

btw, all the above use cpanel which is a really easy to use control panel that you are going to love!

If that isn't enough for you try the below tool, it can sort through every host in WebHostingUnleashed.com's database by all sorts of factors, the below is set to sort for every host that has more than 6 reviews with a combined rating of 85% or more, about 32 came back.
http://www.webhostingunleashed.com/compare/search?sort=num_reviews&dir=1&field=num_reviews&rel=gt&val=6&field=percent_recommend&rel=gt&val=80

By: Daniel P

Daniel P — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:29 +0000

Try SIC code 7371 or 7374.
Hope this helps

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:28 +0000

http://www.JuicyHosting.com or http://www.LocoDomains.com , they both are very good

By: carly

carly — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:28 +0000

Definitely blogger. (blogger.com)
It helps you with sometimes-difficult tech-y stuff, like putting youtube videos on your page. However, you have to pay to have your own "dot-com". The URL you get is always *something*.blogspot.com if you don't pay.

By: Michael H

Michael H — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:28 +0000

If you intend to create a few websites (usually you will end up more than 1 website), go for multiple web hosting where you could handle your websites in one account.

I suggest following webhosting , they are quite good.

Hostmonster http://anurl.com/?PQMRY

They offer hosting of "unlimited domains" and you will get massive webspace of 200000 MB (200 GB ). They only charge $4.95/month and they offer "a free Domain Name" and installing service called "Fantastico". By using Fantastico, you could create own forum, photo gallery, shopping cart (e-commerce),your own auction site and your own blogs within few seconds. They also offer "Free Website Builder" as well.
Visit the site to check details.

Hostmonster http://anurl.com/?PQMRY

Domains
Following site is quite good to register domains as price is reasonable with free privacy. Some charge about $5/ year just for free privacy.

IPOWER http://anurl.com/?TXIBE

By: ADV

ADV — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:37:28 +0000

If I remember correctly, my (rented) server had RHEL4. At home, I'm running Fedora 7.