Published by Curt Despres on 03 Apr 2008 at 07:26 pm
BlueHost ~ Great Affordable Web Hosting!
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As a website designer, and a blogger, I’m always dealing with different web hosting companies. I try to stay on top of who’s offering what, and what it all means to you and me.
There have been times that I’ve had to deal with different hosting companies to either, solve a problem a client is having, or to get a current site moved to another hosting company. I can’t believe how difficult some companies are to navigate through their admin panel. BlueHost uses CPanel 11. I’ve only come across a few others that use this. It’s so easy to find your way around and get things done.
Hostgator, Lunarpages, and HostMonster are the others I’ve seen. I’m sure there are some others, but I haven’t found them. By the way, HostMonster is a subsidiary of BlueHost.
GoDaddy had me pulling my hair out trying to get to their DNS pointers. The only thing I’ve found good about GoDaddy is their sexy advertisements. Just goes to show you, Sex Sells!
I’ve done a number of comparison searches, and BlueHost is always in the top 5, and usually at the number one spot.
There are a couple of key factors I always look at.
Reliability - BlueHost always guarantees from 99.9% to maximum server uptime. They use the latest technology, which includes high performance servers for your hosting needs. In the event the power supply is discontinued, they have generators, UPS power back-up, and stored back-up to keep your site running at all times.
Customer Support - They provide 24/7 technical support by phone, email, chat, and provide a thorough knowledgebase to look through. I had a major problem just a couple of weeks ago. I was on the phone with tech support for over a half an hour. This tech went way out of his way to help me. I can’t tell you how much time he saved me with his willingness to go the extra mile.
There you have it. I’m not only a supporter of BlueHost, but I’m also a customer of over 2 years now. I can honestly say I’ve never had any problems with them at all.
So, if you’re looking for web hosting, check them out!
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Michael on 03 Apr 2008 at 8:13 pm #
I agree….CPanel makes everything easy, and GoDaddy seems to try to confuse the Hell out of you.
Michael Aulia on 04 Apr 2008 at 1:10 am #
Lunarpages rocks!
Sorry, never try BlueHost before
StanHayes on 04 Apr 2008 at 9:37 am #
Bluehost has been great to me.
Ryan on 04 Apr 2008 at 4:40 pm #
I use Hostmonster, almost the exact same as blue host except green instead of blue
haha and I have always had a good experience with it.
Jodith on 04 Apr 2008 at 8:18 pm #
You’re about the 4th person I’ve seen pitching bluehost. As much as I’ve liked my hosting (and they do give great customer service), I like the idea of hosting all of my domains under one account. I’m going to have to seriously look at bluehost.
Curt on 04 Apr 2008 at 8:32 pm #
Thanks for all the comments.
Jodith, I have 10 websites I’ve created in the last couple of years hosted on Bluehost. It is a lot simpler to have them all in one place.
Once again, I’ve never had any problems. In fact, I just got an email from them today. They just included in addition to the existing Fantastico, something called Simple Scripts. Which allows you to simply install and upgrade programs with just 2 or 3 mouse clicks. Included in this is WordPress 2.5.
Cynthia blue on 04 Apr 2008 at 10:30 pm #
I was on bluehost for about 4 years… until I started getting the Exceeds CPU Usage message on a regular basis. I figure I outgrew them… with 7 blogs, a forum, and a gallery on one account.
I’ve moved to a VPS and so far, so good. Though I do still recommend bluehost to those with fewer web stuff.
vance on 04 Apr 2008 at 11:11 pm #
@curt how about free web hosting? will you have some recommendations?
Curt Despres on 05 Apr 2008 at 7:17 am #
Hi Vance.
Probably not. Unless I come across some good ones. These are usually too limited and tend to force advertising on you.
Hi Cynthia.
Thanks for the comment. That’s good to know. But at this point, I have mostly static websites. Only one forum, and one PHPFox Social Networking type of site that hasn’t taken off yet.
vance on 06 Apr 2008 at 4:11 am #
Ah ok. hehe. but 7USD/ per month is not that bad. Thanks for the suggestion..