Comments on: Finding a New Web Site Host

By: Hosting Admin

Hosting Admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:58:25 +0000

Today there is a large number of web hosting providers to choose from. But to find a good solution can become a really problem. We have some clients who have chosen our services because we guarantee 24hours support. It is very important fact.

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By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:07:22 +0000

This information is so useful, thanks for sharing.

By: suecochilango

suecochilango — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:22:42 +0000

I like http://www.webhostninja.com - it is easy to search for exactly the features I need and compare the prices for different hosts. What I like about the site especially is that it is not so in your face pushy like many other hosting review sites (not everything is blinking all the time)

By: Ellis Benus

Ellis Benus — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:15:19 +0000

I just ran across this website which also helps you pick a good web host. I have not used it yet, can anyone else give it a thumb up or down? http://www.webhostninja.com/

By: Ellis Benus

Ellis Benus — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:15:59 +0000

Recently I cam up with an idea regarding this issue that I would like to run by the authors and readers of WWD…

I too had a server outage the other day that took down my web site customers sites & email.

I was thinking about transferring all of the domain names to a separate DNS provier (like eNom ) and then pointing the web traffic to one web host, and the email traffic to Google Apps, or a completely separate web host.

It’s very unlikely that the DNS provider will go down, and if one or the other web host’s go down then you only lose email OR websites, not both.

Also, I was thinking about another option where the DNS provider would aim web traffic and email to one host which then runs a script to forward the email or web traffic onto two other web hosts… The idea here is that the scripts could be auto-detecting to make sure the traffic works every 30 minutes or so, and if something went down, it could automatically change over to a backup host….?

Is anyone doing this already, thoughts, ideas? Thanks!

By: Michael Zacharias

Michael Zacharias — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:18:35 +0000

I like to be able to look at a bunch of hosting providers and compare them side-by-side. There are a lot of comparison sites out there that research the providers latest offerings and display them in a simple table format. getwebhosted.com is nice as it has a nice simple, uncluttered layout and includes some useful webmaster resources as well.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:09:02 +0000

I’m in Australia, AU based hosting used to be very expensive but it’s getting better. I did have a reseller account of which I would sell on to my clients. However it wasn’t financially viable after a few years. I’d switched through a few hosts but I’ve settled on a reliable one. Now I just purchase single business accounts that all add-in to my account to manage them and pass the cost onto the clients. Support has been pretty good other than a few communication problems I beleive they can manage better.

Backing up is easy, email management is easy with Google Domain Apps. I do their domain management, site hosting management, email management.

By: Toni Marie

Toni Marie — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:04:45 +0000

My biggest concerns are backups, because I’m in web development and I install and manage CMSs (Joomla) for a living.

I got on board with Rochen, and their newest backup feature is THE thing that has changed my life. “The Rochen Vault” is a self-serve backup system. Several auto backups of your site are made per day, and you can go to the vault and restore one of those backups… FOR FREE…. whenever you want WITHOUT A SUPPORT TICKET.

It’s magic for those of us who are either forgetful about backups before making changes, or have clients who wouldn’t know a backup if it bit them in the firewire.

By: J Lane

J Lane — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:57:17 +0000

This is a topic that’s very dear to my heart. After suffering through hosting with one company, and switching over to Mediatemple (which I highly recommend BTW), I’m currently having a world of trouble with the company that hosts one of my clients’ web sites.

The problem seems to come back to one company that a number of web hosts have outsourced their support to (24hourwebhostingsupport.com). They are a completely clueless, unresponsive group of hacks that are incapable of resolving any issues. I’ve had a database issue open with them for over a week now, and they just keep telling me that they can’t reproduce it (even though I’ve given them a series of steps to follow that always produces the error for me).

Support’s a big one. Even if you’re not a very technical user, you’ll probably need to use tech support at some point. If it takes weeks to resolve an issue (as I’m currently experiencing), it’s just not worth the aggravation.

By: James V.

James V. — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:51:27 +0000

Try Slicehost. They have been unreal, just google them for reviews and testimonials. They’re the darlings of the webdev world.

By: Sudhanshu

Sudhanshu — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:30:45 +0000

I have been hosting with hostmysite.com for about two years now, and I can tell you, the one thing that won over me was their service.

I’m based in India, and these guys are in the US, and being in the web business myself, I understand how difficult it is to provide round the clock support which is really efficient.

But these guys have been phenomenal. I can safely say that the average time for Resolution (not response) has been roughly 30 minutes. That is fast, by any standards.

However, for email, I wanted to be super sure. So I’m hosting that on Google Apps. It’s a little slower that gmail, but never ever goes down. If you haven’t tried yet, I would suggest you do.

By: David Bullock

David Bullock — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:56:24 +0000

A second for Google Apps from another Dreamhost customer. Further Dreamhost has just made it “one click easy” to use Google Apps with your Dreamhost hosted domain.

By: Me

Me — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:52:22 +0000

If email is the critical point, just move it to Google Apps and leave the rest with your “mostly’ ok provider.

By: Matt Platte

Matt Platte — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:50:41 +0000

“If you’re looking for a good way to get top value out of your bottom dollars, see what non-profits are up to.”

Maybe that works for you, but out here in the Plains states (Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska) it’s a recipe for mediocre at best. Non-profits here have insufficient in-house knowledge to make informed decisions so they find themselves at the mercy of technology salesmen, tempered only with occasional, out-of-context advice from well-intentioned experts.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:47:44 +0000

Is it the email that has you irritated or the web stuff? Google Apps is the obvious email solution, at least for me. It would seem to me that one the web hosting side of things, you get what you pay for. I use Dreamhost. I pay $6.00 per month and get really decent service with, once again in my opinion, really decent trouble ticket support. If you must have tons of uptime with your hosting, then look into some of the big guys.