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BlueHost Web Hosting Review

Posted on 1st, 2010 by Shiv

BlueHost offers individuals and businesses exceptional web hosting services at affordable rates. BlueHost is a Utah based company founded in 1996. any personal or small or medium sized business will benefit from this web hosting service which has high credibility in the industry.

Price value

They offer good quality web hosting plans which offer free domain name while signing up.  Whether you are new to web hosting or someone who has transferred from another host, you will find that launching a website with BlueHost is easy. For a low monthly coast, BlueHost offers high bandwidth (6000GB) and disk space (600GB) and numerous features through its all-in-one plan. Customers can host unlimited number of domain names. BlueHost supports PHP 4, PHP 5, Python, Perl 5, ruby on Rails, MySQL databases, JavaScript. All the hosting plans are backed by reliable infrastructure. With hosting accounts, you get ‘free site promotion’ features like free keyword marketing package, free search engine submissions, free search engine position report and free search keyword analyzer.

Reliability

For a web hosting service to be successful, reliability is very important. All the hosting plans of BlueHost actually come with a 99.9% guaranteed uptimes because they have a world class infrastructure backing them. At times, BlueHost has provided its customer 100 % uptimes but that does not mean that there will be no downtimes. Upgrades and maintenance downtimes are considered routine and do not have much impact of the figures.

Control panel

BlueHost uses Cpanel for hosting, which is very popular in web hosting industry and all Linux based hosts use it. Cpanel 11 version is very user friendly and makes it very easy to manage the website. The customer can log in from anywhere and manage the domain and can monitor all the changes. The control Panel also offers help to beginners and they will quickly familiarize with the controls, icons and navigation.

Customer support

BlueHost offers three options to contact their customer support; either through live chat or toll free support or through support ticket system. All the technical and sales support is available to customers 24x 7 through phones. The support ticket system is a very reliable and often the fastest way to solve problems. Knowledgeable and professional support team members will ensure that all the customers’ queries are solved in the quickest of time. Additionally, customers also have access to help center page which contains answers to FAQ’s.

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Web Hosting Pad Review

Posted on 20th, 2010 by Shiv

Webhostingpad.com offers one of the best hosting services today. Since their inception in 2005, webhostingpad.com has been providing reliable and affordable service to its clients. They have an award winning customer service and the company strives to give value service always. Besides, with the new offer, it has the most budget web hosting plan today.

Price value

It offers unlimited bandwidth, and disk space. With the new offer, it offers a very low monthly price of just $ 1.99, if you decide to subscribe bi-annually. There are no hidden costs, no set up fees. You can host unlimited websites on one single account. It also offers a 30 day money back guarantee. It is difficult to compete that kind of pricing in the industry.

Webhostingpad.com supports ruby on rails, Coppermine, mambo, joomla, PHP, PERL, Python and you can host ecommerce sites, forums, and blog through webhostingpad.com.

Reliability

They have state-of-the-art data center and that is the reason webhostingpad.com offers 99.9% Uptime guarantee. They have Dual Xeon Intel Raid Protected servers and have weekly backups. This is the reason for their uptime and low downtime. This kind of uptime is superb in the industry and they actually provide that. Their servers are not overloaded and thus are able to run well even during the peak hours.

Control panel

Latest version of Cpanel is used by webhostingpad.com, most popular control panel which is used by many others. It is a Linux based control panel and even amateurs find it easier to use. The new Cpanel has many add-ons, features and tools.  Their control panel has a website builder tool, called RVSiteBuilder which allows you to create a fully functional, professional looking website. Cpanel’s Multilanguage feature allows users to select the language of their Cpanel controls. There is also Fantastico Control Panel software suite which has many scripts and software for web hosting.

Customer support

Webhostingpad.com offers one of the best customer supports. Their US based support representatives are quick to resolve issues. They provide 24×7 technical support through their toll free numbers and e mail chat. Besides, they have a Knowledgebase which has many categories, where a customer can click on specific categories and find answers to most common queries.

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HostMonster Review

Posted on 12th, 2010 by Shiv

HostMonster has been there since 1996 and have built a reputation for themselves as a company which offers reliable service and a full featured hosting platform. With a reliable track record, their service is among the best in the industry and fast server speeds and excellent customer support are the two reasons responsible for its popularity. For all business and personal web hosting needs, HostMonster is the company. It, without doubt offer exceptional value for money.

Price value

For a reliable hosting service at reasonable rates, HostMonster is always recommended.

Unlimited bandwidth, unlimited email accounts, unlimited domain and unlimited web hosting are some features that you get with HostMonster plan, which has competitive rates. It offers some outstanding features like MySQL databases (up to 100 in number), Front page extensions, FTP access, PHP, Python, Perl 5, Ruby chat, Python, JavaScripts, message forum, and many other features. You can host WordPress, eCommerce sites, forum sites through HostMonster. Apart from these features, you get a free domain name and free search engine submission, which will allow you to submit the website at search engines.

Reliability

HostMonster boasts of a world class infrastructure and uses Quad Opteron servers. They have full power back up, and in case of a power cut also, your web site will not be down. With such strong back up, it is not surprising that Hostmonster offers exceptional relativity. You will get 99.9% uptime guarantee and no downtimes with HostMosnter.

Control panel

For administration of website, HostMonster uses the Cpanel, which is very popular in web hosting industry. Their newly enhanced control panel has many new features and tools. The Cpanel is faster than older versions and make all the account information easily accessible. Even amateurs can find making web pages very easy. With ready made web page templates, anyone can create dynamic, professional looking sites.

Customer support

Any exceptional services if not backed by good quality support, can be very damaging for a company. But, HostMonster scores here as well by providing exceptional technical support and offer multiple support options like; live chat, e mail, phones, online knowledge base. Their online support centre allows you to browse the knowledge base yourself and solve your own problems before even going to phone. 24x 7 technical support on hone is there for users where a prompt and knowledgeable staff will take your request. Most reps are US based and can speak English fluently.

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Web hosting reviews at Hostwisely

Posted on 7th, 2010 by Shiv

As we could see, we are being affected by the Internet in all walks of our life.   This makes it unavoidable in launching our business on the international level.  If we need to do this, we need to have a good web host.  Web hosting would promote the brand or the business on a large scale.  It also offers storage and connectivity support to all the files.  Hostwisely.com is a place to find web hosting reviews that are submitted by real users.  This is done so that the users might benefit as they have the experience of various kinds of people available to them.  This also helps in avoiding the common mistakes that are committed by other people.

It is also necessary that one should not get carried away by the reviews completely.  Also, one should implement their own rationality and make decisions and go by it.  The reason for this is that not everyone is engaged in the same kind of business.  So, this needs channeling according to their business needs.  There are honest reviews provided that could be used for making decisions.  But these might convey the nuances of all the services provided.

Using hostwisely.com also makes it possible to visualize the top rated hosts.  Also, they have provided a system of menus for easy navigation.  Since the hosts could be visualized, one could know their needs exactly and go according to their specifications.  There is also another interesting category called coupons that helps in maximizing ones savings.  All those who want to know about the web hosting could find all the advantages and disadvantages and also tips to find the host provider.  This would be found in the article section.

Finally we could conclude saying that hostwisely.com does not provide support only for web hosting but it takes care of everything possible at a best hire price.

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LunarPages Web Hosting Review

Posted on 5th, 2010 by Shiv

LunarPages is one of the leading and most popular web hosting service provider which has its powerful datacenters located at California and Los Angeles. The strength of LunarPages lies in its customer support and also its price value. Though there exists a lot of web hosting services providers on the internet, LunarPages tops the chart with its non-stop customer support and also by having state-of-the-art equipments. Active Response Protocol – a special kind of service offered by LunarPages helps its customers to monitor the servers for possible problems and this helps them gain immense popularity among all the service providers. Business owners and others can feel very safe that the infrastructure and protocols of LunarPages ensures that the customer’s business stays online 24/7.

Price Value:

LunarPages web hosting plans include the following:

  1. Unix Hosting
  2. Windows Hosting
  3. VPS Hosting

Unlimited disk storage and unlimited data transfer every month is a wonderful option for those looking to have their Basic Package, which is more than enough even for those who prefers to host their business website on LunarPages server. Their Unlimited Toll free support makes their service unique and more preferable among other web hosting providers present around the world. Good news for those who are customers of LunarPages is that they are very cautious in maintaining their software up-to-date and the software includes PHP, MYSQL, Linux Kernel and etc. It’s true that Price Value for the service offered by Lunar Pages is dead cheap when compared to other providers.

Reliability:

Service Reliability is what each and every customer is cared about and that the reliability of LunarPages is believed to be very high with its network router which is set with 150 carriers around the world. The problems and likely shortages can be easily found with the help of its Active Response Protocol. With its reliable service, LunarPages has gained more reputation among its users. Many of its customers felt very happy that they were enjoying 100% server uptime provided by LunarPages. Their state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipments seems to be more robust and that’s the reason for its high reliability.

Control Panel:

Control Panel of LunarPages has the following sections

  1. Main
  2. Stats

Customer Service:

Unbelievable Customer Service support offered by LunarPages helps it’s to grow over years and it was possible to them with their highly talented staff members. Customers can make use of Unlimited Toll Free support offered by them and even their queries are resolved immediately by their staffs.

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Yahoo Web Hosting

Posted on 24th, 2009 by Shiv

Introduction

Yahoo! commenced its division of web hosting since the year 2002, and is an extremely popular search engine site on the Internet.  It is one of the biggest web hosting companies found on Internet as of today and attracts the largest audience all over the world, around 237 million users per month. It is the premier choice for the clients in web hosting, because of it’s simplicity in selecting the correct plan for web hosting and awareness of brand. Yahoo’s web hosting focuses mostly to the newer crowd on internet.

Price Value

Yahoo web hosting is not very cheap, but its easy to use design tools make it very user friendly. Starting is $ 11.95 per month, which is for the basic package; standard package starting is $ 19.95. The clients who are new to web hosting do not understand how high a price they are paying when they decide to go with Yahoo. But at the same time you get a free domain name, there are no extra charges for the building tool of the website.

Reliability

Yahoo provides a very reliable path for online business, which enables you to skip the costly investments in software, hardware as well as IT staffing. Their systems are around the clock monitored and they devote good amount of resources to maintain their facilities that are highly reliable. There services help the growing businesses and you are able to deliver quality customer experience. Yahoo has the finance to buy the top hardware and servers.

Customer Support

Customer service provided by yahoo web hosting is excellent. They do a good job of assisting people’s needs when it comes to uploading file or documentations. They also have a toll free number on which you can contact them 24*7; they offer customer support both via email and the 24 hour toll free number. Video tutorials and online help center along with money back guarantee within 30 days is also available.

Control Panel

Yahoo’s powerful and intuitive tools as well as extra help resources and skilled customer care enables you to take your business online, irrespective of the level of experience that you have. It provides you with the best means of doing online business.

Therefore, experience of Yahoo’s web hosting is up to par with any top web hosting companies. The simple solution of web based and its features makes it popular and allows it to reach to more new people who are web hosting.

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HostGator Review

Posted on 17th, 2009 by Shiv

Founded in 2002, HostGator is a reliable, reasonable priced web hosting service. It is known for its good customer support. With their advanced datacenter and good infrastructure, HostGator is rated as a highly reliable company.

Price value

HostGator’s reasonably priced plans offer number of functional features. Unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth, unlimited domain names can be hosted by one single account, are some of the features included with the plans. They have three different plans; named, Hatchling, Baby and Swamp plans and all of them have different features. Every hosting plan at HostGator has a 45 day money back guarantee. While most other services allow only certain number of MySQl databases, this one allows unlimited MySQL databases. HostGator offers several ecommerce features which include security feature like shared SSL or private SSL. Agora, ZenCart and Cube are some popular shopping carts offered by them. Interestingly, HostGator is also environment friendly since it uses wind power to power their servers.

Reliability

HostGator’s datacenter is located in Dallas, Texas which is home to many reliable connection providers. The data center has fire protection system in place in case of any fire breakout. Security at the data center is of the highest level. Highly reliable service of HostGator is due to its high quality servers and infrastructure. They have backup generators which can continue giving power even if there is a power cut. All this helps them in providing fast and very reliable web hosting services. Due to its outstanding infrastructure, HostGator is able to offer 99.9% uptime guarantee.

Control panel

It uses extremely user friendly and very popular control panel, Cpanel for hosting. Through Cpanel, customers can control FTP accounts, domain names and can add chat, shopping carts, bulletin boards easily. It also offers site building applications and templates, which allow a newbie too create a website in very less time. The control panel also offers website statistics which are valuable for the customers

Customer support

There extensive customer support system allows the customers multiple options to reach HostGator. There is a forum which is for customers to interact and it also allows them to keep themselves updated with the latest HostGator news and information. Through their plans customers have access to the customer support 24×7 through phone or mail. Customers can find answers to lot of their queries by going through knowledge base. There are flash tutorials available which familiarize customers about new features of the control panel and web hosting plans.

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JustHost Review

Posted on 15th, 2009 by Shiv

This London based web hosting company can be termed as the ‘kid’ of the web hosting industry but it certainly is not one. In relatively small time, JustHost has become a very popular web hosting company. With offices in Australia and USA, the company boasts of a good global customer base. Reliable service, tempting low cost plans, great features and good customer support has made JustHost a company to watch out for. it lets you design your own dynamic site selling products and services with blogs, discussion boards or images.

Price value

JustHost has made a name in the web hosting industry because it offers so many features at a very affordable price. With the JustPlan package, you get a free domain name for life, and unlimited disk space, unlimited data transfer, unlimited email accounts. If you have an account with JustHost you can host unlimited number of domains. With JustPlan premium membership, there are 3 free domains that you get for life. It offers ecommerce features like SSL secure serve, merchant account support, OS Commerce shopping carts.  It is difficult to find any other hosting sites which offer such benefits.

Reliability

Reliability is one of their goals and is another reason that makes this web hosting company so popular. With JustHost, you get lowest downtime risks. Most web hosting companies promise guaranteed 99 % network uptime but they under deliver. JustHost is highly reliable due to its load balancing technology. In case one server is down, your site will be hosted by other servers; in other words there will be no downtimes. Isn’t this exceptional!

Control panel

With Cpanel, as its administration software, it is easy to create and manage your web hosting account. Cpanel is the most popular Linux based web hosting control panel and almost a standard in the web hosting industry. It has an easy to use control panel which allows you to manage all the aspects of web hosting account like domain management, configuring mails, database administration. Adding a blog, forum or adding shopping carts is very easy.

Customer support

This award winning web hosting provider not only has the features, but excellent customer support too. It offers its customers great technical support through toll free numbers, 24×7 email and chat support to answer all your queries. They also have online support tutorials for common queries and also community message board where members can help each other out with queries.

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