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Vishal P. Rao
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2006 05:13 · Edited by: Vishal P. Rao
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Choosing a web hosting company is one of the toughest decisions of a website owner. Most of the time there is a compromise between pricing and service. It's pretty tough to find both under one company. There is nothing compared to the reassured feeling of having hosted your website with the best, without having to burn a hole in your pocket.
Please list your favorite web hosting company, the plan you are hosted and what makes you stay with them.
All my sites are hosted with pair.com under the Advanced plan ($17.95/month). The reason that made me sign up (and stay) with them is...
* Ability to host multiple domains under same account @ $1/month for each extra domain name
* Cost effective
* Superb support
* Transparency. They list the status (uptime) of their servers for everyone to see on their website
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netjobs
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2006 08:12
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I am using cheaphostservers.com for my sites, its costs me just $15/year and more likely I love there Fantastico (free scripts with auto installation) and 99.99% uptime... 
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WhitePhoenix
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2006 21:18
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I use Webstrike Solutions. They're based out of Australia. In the last 5 years that I have subscribed with them, I have never been down.
One of the main things I looked for with a webhost was their availability. While it may be impractical to phone them with any issues, the few questions that I have asked them via email were responded to within one day or less.
I pay roughly $35 a year and have been very satisfied.
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ann
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# Posted: 8 Feb 2006 14:42
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$10 per month with Global Domains International gets you a whole website package which includes free hosting/url forwarding. You can easily create your own site - no software to buy and an income opportunity to boot. We're having fun creating our site and being able to converse with people from around the world has been really neat! Ann
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wahweb
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# Posted: 8 Feb 2006 18:16
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I personally like hostland.com - its 50$ /mth for up to 5,000 websites.
Ive used it for about 6 months now with no complaints, except that its not CPanel based (its proprietary).
If you have alot of sites, its the most cost effective way to go, IMHO.
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arunkumarsuri
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2006 23:37
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My site is hosted at Cashhosters of lotsmorehosting. I have chosen it as it comes free as part of my Platinum membership of another program and I do not have to pay for it separately. The membership has several other benefits including free leads. Another advantage is that I can upload my files using the cpanel and need not bother about a ftp client. The support is quite good. I think it is a good package as a whole.
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gudangemas
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# Posted: 22 Feb 2006 18:24 · Edited by: gudangemas
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I would say http://www.awardspace.com because it's free.
It can host 2 domain, 5 subdomain, PHP, Perl/CGI-BIN, 1 MySQL Database, FTP/FrontPage Access.
It might be not suitable for someone with a sophisticated site, but for my website, it has all the features that I need.
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AGELREP
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# Posted: 23 Feb 2006 11:00
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netjobs, do you have an email address, would like to ask you about your cheaphostserver site
thanks
Agel
PS - anyone interested in learning more about Agel? [Affiliate link removed - Admin] is a great place to start!
contact me for more
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AGELREP
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# Posted: 23 Feb 2006 18:04
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netjobs, my email address is [email protected]
email me there and we can talk?
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AGELREP
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# Posted: 25 Feb 2006 10:44
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netjobs, you around. Email me at [email protected] so i can talk to you about the site you referred. thanks
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quickregister
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# Posted: 18 Mar 2006 08:40
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When you start actually making money from your website you want to run away from cheap web hosting. If you are not paying them anything they will not care about you. Suppose your site makes you $100. per day. If your site is down one day you lose $100. All of a sudden the cheap web host is an expensive webhost. The most expensive web hosting is free webhosting.
I like Servint.com and Liquickweb.com for VPS servers.
Good luck
Matt
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scottyg7
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# Posted: 13 May 2006 12:19
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For years I was with Thirdsphere and they were great. Now I use and LOVE HostGator. I've got about a dozen sites with them and their support as been FAST and fantastic. I've written a review of each on my site.
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getagrip
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
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# Posted: 30 May 2006 01:27
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I use godaddy.com They are dirt cheap, they have 24 hour customer service (but its not toll free - although that is how they keep their cost so low), and I've never had any problems with them.
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c3exchange
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2006 21:29
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I use a startlogic. there basic plan starts at $4.95 a month and they have excellent tech support and customer service
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mcbsconsulting
Joined: 15 Oct 2005
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2006 22:47 · Edited by: mcbsconsulting
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Hey Vishal,
I finally did it...
I signed up with BlueHost and got the domain name http://workingathomeinternet.com for $6.95 month.
I just started using WP and things are certainly different.
I think your advice was good way back when, and is still good... Get your own domain. There are a lot of advantages that I never thought about when I first started.
I'll let you know how things are going after I have been working with BlueHost for a while, but so far I like the service. One phone call, no waiting, talked to a real person, problem solved.
Joe
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Vishal P. Rao
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# Posted: 25 Jun 2006 01:00
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Congratulations Joe! Your blog looks great! I wonder why you have set up your blog in a sub directory (WP) rather than the root of your site?
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mcbsconsulting
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2006 11:49 · Edited by: mcbsconsulting
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Hey Vishal,
Thanks,
The only reason, when I was talking to the guy at BlueHost during setup he asked me to create a directory for the upload, so I did.
I put a redirect from the root directory to the WP so if someone just uses that, they won't have a problem finding me.
Oh well, live and learn...
Joe
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kristan
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# Posted: 4 Jul 2006 10:20
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I've had Bluehost for a good while now and I've never experienced any problems. You made a good choice!
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ebay_addict
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# Posted: 11 Jul 2006 07:09
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I Use Blue voda [Affiliate link removed - Admin]
its FREE and super easy to use! you only pay for hosting.
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tinabee
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# Posted: 19 Jul 2006 07:02
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ipowerweb.com
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lovetthosting
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# Posted: 8 Aug 2006 00:23
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I use hostgator.com for my hosting. I love their support and great uptime. My site is super fast and always works.
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pcwork
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Joined: 12 Aug 2006
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# Posted: 12 Aug 2006 12:26
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westhost - they offer a good price for multiple domains
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computershy
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# Posted: 7 Sep 2006 17:51
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I use GoDaddy for my and my clients' Web sites. Their customer service is excellent and I've never had any downtime in the three years that I have been with them.
They're are not as cheap as some of the other Web hosting providers but this is one area where you should definitely be willing to pay a bit more for quality.
GoDaddy doesn't have a toll-free tech support number but I have never had to wait more than a couple of minutes when I was on hold.
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cyberchick
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# Posted: 15 Sep 2006 09:46
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I use godaddy.com simply for their reliability. Over the years I have hosted all my domains with them and never had a problem. The low cost is also a great advantage. Recently I have taken the next step and gone to develop my own website. I choose to use their free templates from "today tonight" and then upgraded. Currently I'm using their 5 page design it costs around $ 49/year incl hosting and comes with many great templates. I am really impressed by the professional look of the site and how its turned out. Anyone please feel free to give me some feedback.
Successpreneurdotbiz
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Jade
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# Posted: 15 Sep 2006 23:25
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I've been using Aplus for many years now and never had any problems. I'm yet to have any problems with downtime, and their Control Panel is constantly upgrading with a ton of features for marketing and design. Auto-responders, Adsense generator (puts the code right into your pages if you don't understand coding), Google Sitemap submitter, Ranking Checkers, and SEO tools are just a few of their offerings.
Wow, I sound like an infomercial.
Jade
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Robert Willson
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# Posted: 18 Sep 2006 14:09
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I'm with hostgator. The prices are great and they have one of the best reputaions around. They have grown quite abit over the years and have never had any "growing pains"
Very professional, real time 24/7 help and unlimited domains and best of all, they don't allow over selling.
That means no resourse hoggs crashing your site.
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RichTheJerk
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# Posted: 18 Sep 2006 23:05
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My two Cents: I too am among the "GoDaddy" fans. I started off with the "Free" hosting while I set my site up, then just today (even though it is still not fully completed) I upgraded to the Economy ($3.99 per month) just to test out the full functionality of the full site.
My Problem was that I set it up on a Winders Server and my Forum (vBulletin) did not want to install on GoDaddy's Host with the Windows Server. So, Switched it over to the Linux Server, and it seems to be working fine, at least from my computers.
I was a little naive, using "FrontP*ge" as my Main site Builder, I thought that in order to use "FrontP*ge" Extensions, I HAD to have it on a Windows Server, which I later learned was incorrect.
Godaddy so far has proved to be a nice price, reliable host, and good domain registration for me as well.
Rich, The Jerk
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wonderlunder
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# Posted: 20 Sep 2006 21:46
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These are all good hosting companies. I've used godaddy but now because it's an all in one service for web building, affiliate script, php, install and everything else under the sun, I use bluevoda/vodahost.
All the best,
Scott
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pcwork
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# Posted: 20 Sep 2006 22:43
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Does anyone have a dedicated, semi-dedicated server or a VPS
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shezz
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# Posted: 21 Sep 2006 03:36
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I use godaddy also, they are cheap but so far I've never had a problem with them and their support has been fantastic. Although I'm Australian I don't use Aussie webhosts as they are so much more expensive than US hosts.
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