Lets discuss web hosting services.

[Oneslowz28]

I have had my site hosted through http://www.bizland.com for 3 years now. In that 3 years I have had a total of 2 hours of down time, and 1 server crash where a hard drive crapped out. Other than that and a small email bug everything has been great. I pay $7 a month for 300gb storage and 3000gb transfer. Well I got a notice today that they will be shutting down my mySQL database because they changed the hosting package I am on. If I want to keep my database (which my wordpress powered blog is hosted on) then I have to pay an extra $5 a month for it. So rather than do that I decided to switch hosting companies since most offer several databases for free. I am looking at 1&1 anyone used them?

[nevermind1534]

I have a friend that uses 1 & 1, and he loves it. He said something about faxing them your domain name, though (I guess if you buy one through them). The website is http://lindmandoproductions.com

[DaJe]

For years, I've been using http://powweb.com (http://www.powweb.com/join/index.bml?AffID=556811). Second webhost I've ever used. First one i ever tried ended up just disappeared and running off with my money. Powweb has been great though. Always kept the same price of $7.77 a month, yet always kept adding new features. Right now they're having a sale for new customers to pay $3.88 a month though. And they're also running a special right now on months free when you pay for 6 months. So that's basically $23 for a year of hosting.

When I first started using them years ago, I think they offered my 1GB of space. Then they kept doubling that as time went on. Now ever since they got bought out and moved here to Massachusetts, they kept offering more and more, until they eventually started offering unlimited space.


But anyways, I've been with them for years, and aside from everything else, they've always given me good service and support. So there's my recommendation right there.

[SgtM]

Stay away fro 1 and 1. A friend of mine just switched from M$ to Linux hosting. Total nightmare on the support side from them. It was like they didn't even know the difference. A coworker has site5 (http://www.site5.com/). cPanel, fantastico, unlimited domains, bandwidth, space, and E-mail. They also have an affiliate program that pays you $75 for each person you send to them. Simple as putting a small graphic on your site (that they'll even provide) saying powered by site5 with your affiliate link already built in. Not required, but if you have a lot of traffic, it could mean not only free hosting, but also some extra cash in your pocket. Win/win in my eyes. If you're looking for totally free, www.000webhost.com. Host your own domain or get a free one from them. I have a few sites with them.. sgtm.site90.net, freeiphone.comli.com, jafo.comli.com. You pick the subdomain name, they choose the parent. They have an affiliate program also, $5 per referral. In the end, if you're going to pay for hosting, go with site5.

[knowledgegranted]

I second sgtM's words. Please stay away from 1 n' 1, instead of repeating his words see ^.

I use dreamhost, ultimateclanhost, art of war central, game servers, and bluehost for web hosting right now. All are very good.

Things about dreamhost, support is A+. The control panel is very confusing and hard to navigate and find what you want, all of this can be avoided if your familiar with HTDOCS and directories/hierarchies of a webserver.

Ulitmate clan host, absolutely the BEST free hosting site I have ever used. Control panel is AWESOME, out off all of these hosts it has the best support team (wierd I know, cause they are a free host).

Art of War Central and Game servers is pretty much the same, be aware using the breakdown OS they use on their servers, the only way you can access domain e-mail is through an e-mail client; you cannot use HTTP.

Blue host, very nice, great features, good control panel. Support team B-.

[Oneslowz28]

I Just spent the last few min looking over what site5 has to offer. Seems like a steal at what they are charging. I would also get a $50 credit if I switched over to them. So its looking good for them.

[simon275]

I have also heard bad things about 1 & 1.

If you demands serious uptime go with Leaseweb (http://www.leaseweb.com/en/products/webhosting)

[Drum Thumper]

I'd stay away from siteground as well. I thought they were a decent hosting company, but I made the noob mistake of not reading the fine print. In order to have multiple domains on your account (750 gigs storage/7.5 TB transfer per month) you have to pay a one time fee of roughly $45 for each one.

And they keep adding asinine "features" that truly show how limited the end user is. I expect that if I get more than 500 hits a day I'll get shut down due to "overloading their servers".

Bottom line, siteground is on par with 1 and 1. As soon as my contract is up (next Feb), I'll be looking into some different web hosting.

[Airbozo]

bluehost.com

Only had very limited downtime in the 5+ years I have had them (maybe 1 day in that whole time that I have noticed). Great support, and great features.

[simon275]

Old thread much?

[Trace]

And he's a mod too o0o

[Airbozo]

And he's a mod too o0o

Hehe, yes I was replying to another reply that has since been deleted. Too much work...

[Trace]

Alright, I'm just keeping you honest :D

[Drum Thumper]

GoDaddy.com, only because they kick in 8% to my Upromise account. Well that, and the hotties in the commercials.

[Commando]

My recommendation is check each company out. Find a good deal and go with it. Every review site out there is affiliated so objective opinions are hard to find.

Hosting deals are a dime a dozen.

I do recommend staying away from 1&1. You'll get more for your money from someone else.

TD

[SgtM]

I do recommend staying away from 1&1. You'll get more for your money from someone else.

TD

I couldn't agree more with that statement. I was checking them out once, and they couldn't tell me the difference between Apache and IIS. I walked away.. quickly.