5stars-Hosting

Multimania

2007-11-17T06:57:00.003-08:00

URL:	http://www.multimania.lycos.fr
Interests:	Language: French.
Space:	1024 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic.
Scripting:	PHP, SSI.
Pre-Scripts:	Counter, FormMail, Guestbook.
Your URL:	/you.
Other Features:	MySQL database. Statistics. Unlimited bandwidth. Unlimited file size. Custom error 404 page. Powered by Tripod.

Joolo

2007-11-17T06:57:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.joolo.com/
Interests:	Business.
Space:	1000 MB.
Forced Ads:	Button - bottom of web pages.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic, WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Collection.
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 10 GB/month. LayeredPanel cpanel. MySQL databases. 1-click Fantastico-like script installers. Addon domain names. Awstats statistics.

IsMyWebsite

2007-11-17T06:56:00.005-08:00

URL:	http://www.ismywebsite.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	12500 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner (inserted manually).
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	CGI, Perl, PHP, ASP, SSI, FrontPage Extensions.
Pre-Scripts:	Collection.
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit up to 125 GB/month. cPanel with Fantastico script installers. MySQL, PostGresSQL databases. Web-based email. Add-on domains. Cronjobs by requesting.

GigaHive

2007-11-17T06:56:00.003-08:00

URL:	http://www.gigahive.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	1001 MB.
Forced Ads:	Text-Links.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	Browser.
Editor:	WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	-
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	/dir/you.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 10GB/month. Limit: 5000 free webpages. You can only upload mediafiles.

FreeWeb-7

2007-11-17T06:56:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.freeweb7.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	7000 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP,Browser.
Editor:	Adv,Basic,WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain,Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 65 GB/month. Layered Panel free web space panel. MySQL databases. Instant activation of freewebhosting accounts.

FreeHosting-Now

2007-11-17T06:55:00.003-08:00

URL:	http://www.freehostingnow.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	10000 MB.
Forced Ads:	Pop-up.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic, WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Collection.
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 10 GB/month. LayeredPanel website panel. MySQL databases. Fantastico-like one-click scripts installer.

Free-WebHosting-Pro

2007-11-17T06:55:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.freewebhostingpro.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	5000 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic, WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 20 GB/month. Layered Panel control panel. MySQL databases. Free Web Hosting Instant activation.

Free-Web-Hosting

2007-11-17T06:54:00.002-08:00

URL:	http://www.free-web-hosting.biz/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	5000 MB.
Forced Ads:	Text Links at Bottom.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic, WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Msgboard, Collection.
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 20 GB monthly. Awstats advanced web site traffic statistics. Layered Panel file manager. MySQL databases. phpMyAdmin. 1-click PHP application installers. Max filesize limit 10MB. Instant activation.

Fizwig

2007-11-17T06:54:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.fizwig.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	5000 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic, WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 10 GB/month. MySQL databases. Maximum file size limit 5MB. LayeredPanel cpanel. Web site traffic statistics. Instant free web hosting account activation.

http://www.bestfreewebspace.net

2007-11-17T06:53:00.003-08:00

URL:	http://www.bestfreewebspace.net/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	20000 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP,Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain,Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 300 GBs/month. 25 MySQL databases, PHPMyAdmin. Layered Panel web site hosting control panel. LayeredPanel scripts installer. Host add-on domain names. Instant activation of free web page hosting accounts.

BatCave

2007-11-17T06:53:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.batcave.net/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	1000 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic, WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	-
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Subdomain.
Other Features:	Unlimited bandwidth allowed. Filesize limit 1 MB. 2-months Inactivity limit. XPanel website panel.

AwesomeWebspace

2007-11-17T06:52:00.006-08:00

URL:	http://www.awesomewebspace.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	8000 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP,Browser.
Editor:	Adv,Basic,WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Collection.
Your URL:	Domain,Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 8 GB/month. Layered Panel. MySQL databases, phpMyAdmin. PHP 5. Awstats web traffic statistics. File size limit 8 MB. Add-on domain name. Multiple free web space accounts allowed. Instant activation of accounts.

AwardSpace

2007-11-17T06:52:00.005-08:00

URL:	http://www.awardspace.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	200 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	CGI, PHP, SSI, FrontPage Extensions, Perl.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 5 GB per month. MySQL database. POP3, Web-based Email. Custom MX Record. Addon domains.

AtSpace

2007-11-17T06:52:00.003-08:00

URL:	http://www.atspace.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	50 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	-
Scripting:	-
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Unlimited bandwidth. POP3 Email. File size limit 200 KB.

AtbHost

2007-11-17T06:52:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.atbhost.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	500 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic, WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Msgboard, Collection.
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 30 GB/month. X-panel control panel. MySQL database, PHPMyAdmin. phpBB and WordPress installers. Web traffic statistics. File size limit 1 MB.

AngelFire

2007-11-17T06:51:00.003-08:00

URL:	http://angelfire.lycos.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	20 MB.
Forced Ads:	Popup/Banner.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic.
Scripting:	FrontPage Extensions.
Pre-Scripts:	Counter.
Your URL:	/dir/you.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 1 GB/month.

AgilityHoster

2007-11-17T06:51:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.agilityhoster.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	200 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	CGI, PHP, SSI, FrontPage Server Extensions,Perl.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 5 GB/month. POP3 Email, Web-based Email, E-mail spam filters. MySQL database. Statistics. Add-on domain name. Instant activation of Agility Hoster free hosting accounts.

50Webs

2007-11-17T06:50:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.50webs.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	60 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP,Browser.
Editor:	-
Scripting:	-
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain,Subdomain.
Other Features:	POP3 Email. Unlimited bandwidth. File size limit 300KB. Multiple freehosting accounts allowed. Addon domain names. Free web hosting instant activation.

50Megs

2007-11-17T06:45:00.002-08:00

URL:	http://signup.50megs.com/cgi-bin/path/signup
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	50 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner + Popup.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	Browser, SiteCopy.
Editor:	Adv, Basic.
Scripting:	-
Pre-Scripts:	Collection.
Your URL:	Subdomain.
Other Features:	File size limit 250 KB. Bandwidth limit 500 MB/month.

3host

2007-11-17T06:45:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.3host.biz/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	5000 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain,Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 50 GB/month. LayeredPanel web panel. MySQL databases. PHP My Admin. Automatic script installers. Addon domain names. Max filesize limit 8 MB. Instant freewebspace activation.

3-hosting

2007-11-17T06:44:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.3-hosting.net/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	250 MB.
Forced Ads:	Text-Link.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Msgboard.
Your URL:	Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 15 GB/month. Xpanel. MySQL database, PHPMyAdmin. File size limit 1 MB. Multiple accounts allowed.

250Free

2007-11-17T06:43:00.002-08:00

URL:	http://www.250free.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	250 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner-Top + Bottom.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser, SiteCopy.
Editor:	Adv, Basic, WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	SSI.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Subdomain.
Other Features:	Statistics. English sites only.

1AspHost

2007-11-17T06:43:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.1asphost.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	100 MB.
Forced Ads:	TextLink-Bottom.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	ASP, SSI.
Pre-Scripts:	Counter.
Your URL:	/you.
Other Features:	Microsoft Access database. Bandwidth limit 1 GB/month. No file size limit.

12GbFree

2007-11-17T06:42:00.003-08:00

URL:	http://www.12gbfree.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	12000 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic, WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 25 GB/month. Layered Panel web-based panel. MySQL database. File sizelimit 5 MB. Free web site statistics.

110mb

2007-11-17T06:42:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.110mb.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	5000 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic.
Scripting:	PHP,SSI.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 300 GB/month. MySQL databases, PHP MyAdmin. One-click scripts installer like Fantastico. File size limit 6MB. Addon domain name.

100Webspace

2007-11-17T06:41:00.002-08:00

URL:	http://www.100webspace.com/web_hosting/free_plan.html
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	100 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner + Text Links.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	CGI, PHP, SSI, FrontPage Extensions, Perl.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 3000MB/month. POP, Forwarding, Web-based Email. Autoresponders. SSL. MySQL databases. Website Statistics. File size limit 500 KB.

0Catch

2007-11-17T06:41:00.001-08:00

URL:	http://www.0catch.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	100 MB.
Forced Ads:	Popups + Banner-Top.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Adv, Basic.
Scripting:	-
Pre-Scripts:	FormMail, Guestbook, Msgboard.
Your URL:	Domain, Subdomain.
Other Features:	Statistics. File size limit 1 MB. Bandwidth limit 600 MB/month.

007iHost

2007-11-17T06:39:00.000-08:00

URL:	http://www.007ihost.com/
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Space:	700 MB.
Forced Ads:	No.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP,Browser.
Editor:	Adv,Basic,WYSIWYG.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Collection.
Your URL:	Domain,Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 7 GB/month. MySQL databases. Add-on domain name. Layered Panel. Multiple free web site accounts allowed. File sizelimit 5 MB. Instant activation.

1gokurimu

2007-11-17T06:38:00.001-08:00

Visit:	1gokurimu http://www.1gokurimu.com/ (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	100 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banners Top+Bottom.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Script collection.
Your URL:	Top-level domain name, or Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 1,000 MB/month. Layered Panel web site control panel. PHPMyAdmin. MySQL databases. LayeredPanel application installers (like Fantastico). Add-on domain name. Instant activation for free webspace accounts.
Date Added:	October 16, 2007.
Last Modified:	October 27, 2007.

Whdot

2007-11-17T06:36:00.000-08:00

Visit:	Whdot http://www.whdot.com/ (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	500 MB.
Forced Ads:	TextLink.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	CGI, PHP, SSI, FrontPage Extensions, Perl.
Pre-Scripts:	Script collection.
Your URL:	Top-level domain name, or Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 20,000 MB/month. Free DirectAdmin Hosting (Direct Admin control panel). MySQL databases. Web-based Email. Webalizer Statistics. Custom error pages. Addon domain names. Hosted on multiple Xeon/Opteron servers.
Date Added:	October 16, 2007.
Last Modified:	November 9, 2007

HostXD

2007-11-17T06:35:00.001-08:00

Visit:	HostXD http://hostxd.com/ (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	250 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Script collection.
Your URL:	Top-level domain name, or Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 6,000 MB/month. MySQL databases. POP3, Web-based Email. Password-protected files. Fantastico-like automatic script installers. Addon domain names. Free Web Statistics. Instant activation. 30-days Inactivity limit. Multiple accounts allowed. VistaPanel control panel. PhpMyAdmin. Php flags manager. Clustered servers. Cobranded by MyOwnFreeHost / ByetHost.
Date Added:	October 30, 2007.
Last Modified:	October 30, 2007.

HostingF

2007-11-17T06:34:00.002-08:00

Visit:	HostingF http://www.hostingf.info/ (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	250 MB.
Forced Ads:	No ads (bannerless).
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Script collection.
Your URL:	Top-level domain name, or Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 6,000 MB/month. MySQL databases. POP3, Web-based Email. Password-protected files. Fantastico-like automatic script installers. Addon domain names. Free Web Statistics. Instant activation. 30-days Inactivity limit. Multiple accounts allowed. VistaPanel control panel. PhpMyAdmin. Php flags manager. Clustered servers. Cobranded by MyOwnFreeHost / ByetHost.
Date Added:	October 30, 2007.
Last Modified:	November 6, 2007.

FastHoster

2007-11-17T06:34:00.001-08:00

Visit:	FastHoster http://www.fasthoster.info/ (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	300 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Script collection.
Your URL:	Top-level domain name, or Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 10,000 MB/month. MySQL databases. POP3, Web-based Email. Password-protected files. Fantastico-like automatic script installers. Addon domains. Free Website Statistics. Instant account activation. 30-days Inactivity limit. Multiple accounts allowed. VistaPanel control panel. PhpMyAdmin. Php flags manager. Clustered servers. Cobranded by MyOwnFreeHost / ByetHost.
Date Added:	October 30, 2007.
Last Modified:	October 30, 2007.

CorvusHosting

2007-11-17T06:32:00.002-08:00

Visit:	CorvusHosting http://www.corvushosting.com/ (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	500 MB.
Forced Ads:	Banner.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	CGI, PHP, Perl.
Pre-Scripts:	Script collection.
Your URL:	Top-level domain name.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 5,000 MB/month. Cpanel, Fantastico De Luxe, Installatron. POP3 Email. Free Website Templates Express. MySQL databases. PHP5 with eAccelerator and IonCube Loaders installed. Add-on Domains. Same webhosting company as WebsiteBooth.com.
Date Added:	October 30, 2007.
Last Modified:	November 11, 2007.

FreeHost-Place

2007-11-17T06:32:00.001-08:00

Visit:	FreeHost-Place http://www.freehostplace.com/ (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	5,000 MB.
Forced Ads:	TextLink-Bottom.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Top-level domain name, or Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 20,000 MB/month. Layered Panel control panel. PHP5, MySQL5, and 10 MySQL databases/users. LayeredPanel applications installer. Add-on domain name. Awstats website statistics. Instant activation. Freehosting support at FreeHostPlaceForum.com.
Date Added:	October 30, 2007.
Last Modified:	November 9, 2007.

Your-Free-Hosting

2007-11-17T06:31:00.003-08:00

Visit:	Your-Free-Hosting http://www.yourfreehosting.net/ (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	5,000 MB.
Forced Ads:	Text Links at Bottom.
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	-
Your URL:	Top-level domain name, or Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 50,000 MB/month. LayeredPanel free website control panel. MySQL databases. Layered Panel application installers. PHPMyAdmin. Add-on domain name. Awstats web statistics. Instant freehosting account activation. Maximum file size limit: 8 MB.
Date Added:	October 30, 2007.
Last Modified:	November 11, 2007.

Freezoka

2007-11-17T06:31:00.001-08:00

Visit:	Freezoka http://www.freezoka.com/signup.php (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	300 MB.
Forced Ads:	No ads (bannerless).
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Script collection.
Your URL:	Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 10,000 MB/month. PHP5, MySQL databases. POP3 mail, Web-based email. Password-protected files. Fantastico-like automatic scripts installers. Addon domain names. Free Website Statistics. Instant account activation. 30-days Inactivity limit. Multiple accounts allowed. VistaPanel control panel. PhpMyAdmin. Php flags manager. Clustered servers. Cobranded by MyOwnFreeHost / ByetHost.
Date Added:	October 30, 2007.
Last Modified:	November 9, 2007.

InfernoHost

2007-11-17T06:29:00.000-08:00

Visit:	InfernoHost http://www.infernohost.net/ (Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.)
Interests:	Personal, Business.
Free Web Space:	300 MB.
Forced Ads:	No ads (bannerless).
Your Ads:	Allowed.
Upload:	FTP, Browser.
Editor:	Basic.
Scripting:	PHP.
Pre-Scripts:	Script collection.
Your URL:	Subdomain.
Other Features:	Bandwidth limit 10,000 MB/month. MySQL databases. Unlimited POP3 mail accounts, Web-based email. PHP Sendmail ON. Password-protected files. Fantastico-like script installers. Addon domains. Website Statistics. Instant activation. 30-days Inactivity limit. Multiple accounts allowed. VistaPanel control panel. PhpMyAdmin. Php flags manager. Clustered servers. Cobranded by MyOwnFreeHost / ByetHost.
Date Added:	November 6, 2007.
Last Modified:	November 11, 2007.
Features Rating:	73 (out of possible 0 to 125 points)

www.mister.net

2007-11-17T06:28:00.000-08:00

Your Personal Domain Name
250 Megs of Disk Space
5 Gigs of Bandwidth
Unlimited POP3 Email Accounts
Shared SSL
PHP, CGI-BIN, FrontPage
SSI (Server Side Includes)

http://www.mister.net/free-web-hosting/index.htm

Netfirms BASIC™ Web Hosting

2007-11-17T06:25:00.000-08:00

Everything you need to start a FREE website today!

25 MB Disk Space
1 GB Monthly Transfer
1 Web Mail E-mail Account
24/7 FTP Access
FrontPage & Perl (CGI-BIN)
Customer Support via E-mail

http://www.netfirms.com/web-hosting/web-hosting-basic/free.php?s_kwcid=free%20host|321416637

Is Your Domain Costing You Traffic?

2007-11-17T00:33:00.000-08:00

You visited a great website some time ago that had some fantastic information on it. It is not easily found in search engines results so you decide to type the domain name into your favorite browser. The problem is that the url spells out something like keyword-keyword-keyword-keyword-keyword.com.

Does that sound ethical to you? It maybe helpful with those search engine rankings but for many visitors that can be a pain in you know what to type out.

For years I worked in an internet café and was surprised to know that many persons can't type in a hyphen. Instead of finding out how to do it, they just move on to an alternate site hence a loss of traffic.

The average computer user can be a lazy fellow indeed. That's why there are so many keyboard shortcuts. He needs to complete his task as soon as possible.

Ever wonder why the Googles, Yahoos, Amazons and Ebays of the online world are so successful? It's because there domain name play a significant role in there branding.

There are countless persons logging on for the first time each day in search of information that can assist them in the iniation process. It is imperative that your domain name play a major part in creating a bond with your viewers.

For almost four years I marketed a free website that was hosted on Geocities. My "domain" spelt out Geocities.com/Myname which made marketing feel like running with an anchor tied to my legs. I can't even imagine the amount of traffic and credibility that I lost due to that single factor.

Does it work? It can and sometimes it won't. I believe that having a domain with too many words in it can be a turnoff just like having a Geocities site. It seems unprofessional for a company to have a name that contrasts the credibility that they are trying to create.

Some domain names are like a cargo train several comportments long. Why? Since some search engines do not give any significance to the meta keyword tag, some webmasters fill their domain with their keywords.

A good domain does not guarantee success as I found out. But a memorable and easy to spell name can be beneficial to both you and your visitors. You can have an easier time reaching them and they will have an easier time finding you with a quick type in of your domain.

I think it is best to put your keywords for each page in your file name. That way you, the search engines and your viewers all win.

Top 10 Web Hosting - Best Web Hosts (2007)

2007-11-16T18:01:00.000-08:00

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Pros and Cons of Running a Web Hosting Company

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Web hosting businesses are one of the fastest growing online businesses today. Many people are seeing the profit that can be made from owning one of these companies and so, many want to take advantage of it. But like starting any business, there are advantages and disadvantages to take into consideration before anything is begun. This article will outline some of the biggest pros and cons of running a web hosting business.

The massive potential that these companies offer is one of the biggest advantages. Because people use the Internet today for everything including communication, business, entertainment, and education, web hosting is sure to be around for a long time and is not something that is likely to disappear overnight.

Another advantage is that there are no limits when speaking geographically. Because the business is online, it’s possible to provide service to someone in the same town, or halfway across the country. If the business is handled properly, even the time zones should be able to be worked around quite easily. Promoting your business can be done anywhere in the world!

By being a web host service provider, the individual will be able to put their technical skills to good use. More and more people are obtaining these skills today but if they’re not put into practice, the person can often lose them. If an individual has the right training, knowledge, and background, these will provide as a good base for their web hosting business. Having these technical skills is essential. Not only will the business be virtually inoperable without them but customers also like to know that they are in very good capable hands. The combination of these skills plus having excellent people skills makes for a great combination for starting a web hosting business!

Once the business has accumulated a good number of clients, they will provide for a steady, regular income. By providing good value and great service, these clients will stay with the business for a long time to come!

Even though there are a good number of advantages, there are some challenges to running a web hosting company. One of the biggest disadvantages is that web hosting is a very competitive market. There are more and more companies emerging every day and some of these may be cheaper than what you are offering. While the quality of service may not be as good, customers are always looking for ways to get the best deal. To stay on top of this, one will need to make sure that they have a great service at a very competitive price.

Just like any other business, some money will need to be initially invested by the owner. These expenses include things such as hardware, software, infrastructure expenses, advertising, promotion, and merchant fees. For the first little bit when the company doesn’t yet have any clients, the business owner will be personally responsible for paying all of the expenses.

Another disadvantage that owners sometimes find is the amount of time needed for the business. Customers usually expect twenty-four hour support and at times this can mean fourteen to twenty hour days. Every client needs to receive proper attention so technical support will probably have to be hired eventually.

How Web Hosting Made the World Smaller?

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Web hosting will allow a user to make his web page available to the world, with the help of the World Wide Web and the internet. The hosting of web pages and also other files has become so common, that it has made the world smaller. Today every individual wants a web page, whether it is for personal use or for a business organization.

The web hosting service allows us to connect to the world in an instant. Web files can be of different types, and they can be web pages or even video and audio files. The types of files that are hosted will depend on the requirements of the company as well as the individual. They will be hosted according to the services that are offered.

With web hosting, and the types of services that are offered, any individual can make a web page easily available to the world. Through this system, the entire world now can be linked for various purposes. Whether it is about shopping, playing games or offering other services, web pages are what we use. Everyone needs to refer to a web page when it concerns anything.

Because the demand is high, there are web hosting companies which offer very cheap services. And because of this, just about anyone can host a web page with any content. The owners of the web page will have the various options to choose from when they are hosting the web pages. They can choose the type of hosting they would like to use.

Today everyone wants to connect and also operate businesses with the internet, and luckily they have options to host the web pages. Today a business house is estimated by its web page, and all this is possible only with the advent of web hosting. Through web pages and web hosting, most of the industries have taken the internet by storm.

The web hosting industry has helped many countries with outsourced projects, and industries like online gaming and several others, have opened opportunities for millions of people around the world. Now, without the web hosting services, the world will be crippled, as most companies rely on this. We could put world trade, share markets and even entertainment industries under this category.

Web hosting has been recognized because it is cheap, and there are no more phone calls, all businesses can be run with cheap resources. With this in mind, everyone has turned to web hosting, so that they can work faster and also within good and reasonably priced resources. All these factors have played role in making the world smaller.

With the help of web hosting, and the internet, an entire community has been created across the world. One can even find life partners through web pages, and that is a very exciting thing that this industry can offer. Whatever the purpose, the web pages have definitely brought all comforts to our homes, as well as created a worldwide community.

Has Web Hosting Helped World Trade?

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The Internet and web hosting definitely made the world smaller, in terms of communication. But what about world trade, and what role did it play in that? Earlier world trade used to be a very difficult task, as people had to wait for weeks or months for communication to go through. It improved with the advent of the telephone, but unfortunately it proved to be very expensive.

Now, in 1991, no one ever thought that there would be a revolution with the World Wide Web, and the world’s communication. When web hosting stormed the world, people thought it was more as a source of information, than anything else. But slowly, everyone began using the email. It started only as personal emails, but the world saw potential for other opportunities.

As the use of the email grew, the communication between traders around the world became faster, and helped speed up the process of business transactions. Then they were all fascinated by the idea of owning web pages. If each business organization had a web page, then it would make things easier for the buyers as well as sellers.

The buyers could access this web page, and then place their requirements instantly, instead of waiting for replies that could take days. There would be no need to fear the time difference between countries either, as with the speed, nothing else seemed to matter. Through web hosting, and business organizations hosting their web pages, buyers from across the world were benefited.

While without web hosting the buyers were limited, once it grew, buyers who had never heard of such opportunities grew. With this concept, they did not have to waste time talking to people, and hunting for doors to open. All they needed was to click the mouse, and if they were accustomed to using the Internet, there would be plenty of trade opportunities.

Web hosting and the Internet have helped the trade community form communities. This did not happen in the beginning because the process was expensive. Not everyone could afford to host a web page and market their business. Over the years, web hosting evolved, and more individuals were involved in this business, and thus made it less expensive.

This allowed almost everyone to host a web page, and also connected millions of people across the world. Even under developed countries, were able to promote businesses and access the Internet because of the revolution. The trade grew of course, with buyers and sellers meeting through communities.

What also helped was the fact that several web sites were even hosted for free. They were backed by advertising. Through this, it brought millions of users to this online community. Not only was the communication instant, people were able to think of more innovative ideas with trade. They could sell and buy products they had never dreamed of selling.

What’s more, people even started trading through the Internet, without even leaving their homes. With web hosting, world trade has grown in billions of dollars.

Free Web Hosting Companies

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A web hosting company supplies individuals and companies with the opportunity to store their information regarding their websites on the hosting company’s server. Other people can then access this server when they want to visit a particular website. These web hosting companies will often charge a fee for this service but there are many available that are free.

Before one decides to invest money in a web hosting company, it’s worthwhile to check out all the free services that are available. Not all free web hosting companies are the same, and they sometimes offer very different packages. Depending on if the individual wants to have many different sub-domains or a quick uptime, it’s definitely worth the while to check out many different services. Free web hosting services are not for everyone either. Sometimes, it’s takes a little bit of an investment to get what one is truly looking for.

AeroHostale is a very popular free web hosting company today. This service is offered to individuals that require web space, either for personal or individual use. AeroHostale supplies 200 megabytes of space and the consumer will be provided with FTP, browser, CGI, PHP, FrontPage Extensions, Perl and a domain or sub-domain. For those individuals that don’t need much storage space or bandwidth, this is a very good option.

XetaSpace is another very good choice when looking for a free web hosting company. However, because they only provide fifteen to fifty megabytes of space, it’s best for those that do not have a lot of storage requirements. There are no ads with XetaSpace and the consumer will be provided with upload, browser, PHP, and SSI functions.

275MB is a great free web hosting company. As it’s name suggests, they offer 275 megabytes of space. This company is great for individuals or businesses looking for a web host. There is a banner on top so if this is a downside to the particular website, this is probably not the best choice. 275MB provides the consumer with upload, FTP, browser, CGI, PHP, Perl and a domain or sub-domain.

There is also a company called Gig4Free. This is another free web hosting company, which is suitable for both individuals and businesses. Again, this site has banners so if that’s not what’s needed, another free host may be a better option. However, when the consumer creates an account with Gig4Free, they may be given anywhere from one hundred to one thousand megabytes of space. The consumer will be given upload capability, FTP, browser, CGI, PHP, SSI, FrontPage, Perl and Python.

These are just a few of the free web hosting companies that are available. It is worthwhile to do some research and read everything over carefully when choosing a free web hosting company to know what will be given for the free services. If the individual does not mind having banners and text on their website, there are generally many more companies to choose from.

Difference between Shared and Dedicated Servers

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As we all know, Web hosting is a service that allows the user to place its website on the internet for the public or private viewing. Before choosing web hosting the user has to first decide the domain name and has registered it too. User has three options possible for choosing a web hosting service that a web host can offer. They are virtual private server hosting, shared web hosting and dedicated server hosting.

These are classified on the basis of the amount of control the user wants to have and degree of the responsibility that the user must share for the smooth and consistent running of their website. Now, strictly talking of Shared server hosting and dedicated server hosting.

Shared Web Hosting
As the name suggest, in shared web hosting many small users upload their website on and run them on same shared server. This is mainly opted by beginners, individuals, and small business and even by organizations. All have very little or low requirement of bandwidth and disk space. This is used when user don’t expect much traffic to flow inn.

In shared web server hosting the whole, maintenance of server and organization of server, software installation, security updates etc is managed by website host provider and they are accountable for this too. They use software like Direct Admin, Helm etc as control panels for the overall governance of the server. Most of the shared web server work for Linux OS only as it has got maximum compatible control panels in the market.

Few web host providers also provide FreeBSD or Microsoft Windows platform too. The best part of this type of service is that it is in great number and so is cheaper too. Not many web hosting service providers are able to provide full facilities of windows web hosting. It can be carried out in either of the two methods i.e. name based or IP based hosting. In name based hosting, many names can be used under single IP whereas, in IP based there is dedicated IP for each website.

Dedicated Web Hosting
As the name suggest, in dedicated web hosting each website is given dedicated web server, no other website can share this under any case. It is used when a user expects to get huge traffic. It has much greater bandwidth then the shared one so is able to handle traffic with much ease. This is also required if you need to have complex app, secure information and customized option in your website.

The dedicated server type hosting allows the user to have 100% control with 100% responsibility to run their website smooth and consistent performance of their website. Due to this reason this type of web hosting requires proper management to monitor and rectify any problem immediately. This type of hosting can be chosen by a professional who needs to have a full control, by big organizations or by the user having commercial website to upload.

Dedicated IP Web Hosting

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There is a kind of web hosting available that is called dedicated IP web hosting. This is also sometimes called static web hosting. This type of hosting provides a unique IP address that is used exclusively for each individual server space or domain. An individual browsing the Internet can access this information held in any one of these servers by going onto a website with a certain domain name or IP address.

There will be differences in these web hosting accounts depending on whether the IP address is shared or unique. A unique IP address can be bought simply by placing an order with any of the multitude service providers that are available. These web hosting companies will provide a unique IP address after full payment has been made. These websites allow the customer to upload content and other files to their own personal, secure web space.

These types of web hosting accounts are ideal for larger businesses or for e-commerce websites that need to be certain that their site offers the most in security. Dedicated IP web hosting is also ideal for individuals that want to buy the unique IP addresses for a premium price. Some individuals may find that they want to go this route due to the fact that it will prevent the website from collecting spam, a problem that can often occur when using a shared website.

Another advantage to using a dedicated IP web hosting service is that it provides for greater flexibility while also allowing for more complex hosting. Two advantages of this are that they include a private SSL certificate and an anonymous FTP. An SSL certificate provides for online businesses that need to make sure that their customers will have secure transactions. The advantage of an anonymous FTP allows people to share information on the Internet. This will allow anybody who is using the Internet to go to that company’s website and access a public directory by using FTP software.

By gaining a dedicated IP web hosting account and securing a unique IP address, it allows the business owner to have full control over their website. By obtaining a dedicated IP address, it allows individuals or business owners to get the most benefit out of their website. This will result in better search engine results, which are much sought after by businesses.

Dedicated IP addresses are highly valued and are considered as prime Internet real estate. Because of this, there are sometimes high service fees associated with this kind of service. It is possible however to find a web hosting company that will offer dedicated IP addresses for a very reasonable price. If a company thinks that they will benefit the most from dedicated IP addresses, it’s very important that research be done on many different companies. Besides the differences in price that all companies are bound to have, there will also be differences that are dependant on the company’s needs and goals.

Choosing a Web Hosting Company

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There are number of factors that are to be considered while choosing a company for posting your web site. Internet marketing is one of the most growing businesses these days. A number of business meetings are arranged online to allow people from different part of the world communicate with each other.

The internet marketing techniques can be used to make your website better and generate more revenue. There are basically two reasons why a person posts a webpage online. One aim is of person revenue generation. There are a number of other motives too. There are some business organizations who post a website to make them more approachable amongst the masses. The approachability to a particular organization is one of the very important factors that govern the growth of the organization. Also there are a number of websites that are meant to make the people aware of the different products that a company deals in.

There are other motives for which a person might be interested in posting a web site. There is a number of revenue generating features that can be used in a web site. The tools such as Adsense etc that can be placed on a web page require you to carry a web page. Also there are other companies that get them registered to post the advertisement on the Internet.

These companies are enrolled in a program wherein they are required to pay for each click that they receive. This is basically used to make a website more popular. Thus depending on your need you make choose a web hosting company that can serve you efficiently.

There are a number of websites that allows you to post your website online for free. These include the geocities that is powered by yahoo. Gerocity allows you to post a web page so that you may post the details of an individual or the links of a company as a whole.

There are other companies too that also allows you to post your web site for free. One of the important factors that decide the selection process of deciding the right company is the budget. Obviously there are a number of extra features that you are provided with when you register with a paid web hosting company. These tools may directly enhance your reputation and your position in the internet search pages. The rank of a particular website is not dependent on the web hosting company that a person registers with; it is more dependants on the content that your website carries.

If you are looking for a web hosting company then you should first decide upon your requirement and the size of the data that you need to put up on the Internet. Also you should consider the privacy that a particular web hosting company provides you.

One should carefully decide upon a particular web hosting company depending on the factors that have been mentioned above. By carefully checking the above mentioned factors you can be sure of the revenue that you generate.

Choosing a Good Web Hosting Company

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A web hosting company is a company that holds websites, and the information they contain, for an individual or a company. There are a multitude of these companies now available as web hosting and the Internet continue to expand at phenomenal rates. So with all the companies out there, how does one choose which is best for them? When choosing a web hosting company, there are a few things to keep in mind.

A good web hosting company will make sure that they have enough resources available to offer it’s users stability and reliability. This means that they will only take enough customers as their equipment and servers can handle. Bad web hosting companies will just sell as much as they can, without worrying about they kind of service they are providing. This could lead to the customer’s website being down all the time and this in most cases, is unacceptable.

Whichever web hosting site is chosen, the customer needs to make sure that the company has excellent security. This will keep hackers from getting on your site. To do this, make sure that they have back up servers and that the customer is given access to the root menu. Because it is the customer’s website, they should be able to gain access to it at any time.

Any good web hosting company will have much technical help available to the customer. These technicians will maintain the server where the information is kept as well as fix any minor problems before they turn into major ones. A web hosting should at least have a twenty-four hour support service, and may also have live chat services available. A web hosting company that is not as good is one that is often down and not available on weekends.

When picking a web hosting company, an individual needs to make sure that there is proper communication in place. A company that tells their users when there are issues and also informs them of updates and problems and they arise is a good company that is dedicated to providing quality service. There are unfortunately some web hosting companies that will do as they please without any notification to their customers. This can mean that the site will be down for several hours without the customer having any knowledge of it. These companies should be avoided as the customer is expecting a certain quality of service and should be provided with it.

A great way to help one find a good web hosting company is to search for “web hosting forums.” Many people leave messages on these forums explaining in detail their experience with a specific company. These comments can be either negative or positive. By looking around on these forums, it will give the individual a better idea of what kind of companies are out there and will help them determine which company is best for them.

Choosing a good web hosting company is certainly more than just comparing prices and going with the cheapest. One really needs to understand that like anything else, there is a level of service that also needs to be compared between the different companies.

Changing Web Hosting Companies

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There sometimes comes a time when individuals or companies find that they are no longer satisfied with the services that their current web hosting company provides. Perhaps it’s a matter of not enough storage space or bandwidth, or it may be a simple matter of customer service that makes the individual want to change to a new company. Changing to a new company may sound like the ideal solution but many people shy away from this due to the complexity of switching companies. But it doesn’t have to be that complex and if one isn’t satisfied with their web hosting company, they should definitely make the switch. There are just a few things to keep in mind.

The first thing to keep in mind is to keep the account with the existing company open. This will ensure that the website will always be running while the individual is trying to find someone else. One then needs to create their new account. While doing this, it’s important to make sure that the new web hosting company will be able to provide the things that the old company could not. It’s usually wise to opt for a web hosting service that is well known. This will help enhance your site.

Once the new web host has been selected the individual just needs to move on to finalize what package they want that is offered by the company and to set up their new account. The next step is to download the old account files and then have them uploaded to the new account. This is a fairly easy task and can be accomplished simply by first connecting to the old provider’s FTP and then to the FTP of the new host. It’s still important not to cancel the old account at this time. To ensure that one is still receiving every email, it’s also important to keep the same email addresses.

Next one needs to check the website to make sure that all the files have been properly updated and that any web links are fully operational. The domain name servers can then be changed once the website is showing satisfactory results. The domain name server is usually obtained once the individual is registered with the web host. They can also be provided by domain registrars and if that’s the case, the domain provider should be contacted so they can replace the previous name servers with the new one.

The new domain servers will generally take anywhere between twenty-four and forty-eight hours to be up and running and therefore, the old web host is responsible for the website in the meantime. This is why cancelling the old service should be the very last thing you do. Once the new account has been activated, the old account can be cancelled.

Why Reliable Web Hosting?

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In today's competitive world reliable web hosting is very critical especially for the success of online businesses. Your message or information won't be conveyed on time unless you send it over high-speed network connections backed up by reliable web servers. You need to seek a web hosting company that can provide you with these components and much more.

People usually wonder “why reliable web hosting?” Critical components as listed below are some of the reasons why:

Server monitoring and 24x7 security to safeguard your site
Spam filtering
Firewall protection to protect the site from unwanted trespass
Daily site backups
99.9% uptime guarantee

Reliable web servers with multiple fast connections are critical in ensuring that your web site runs smoothly. Only behind the hosting company's firewall and additional security on their web servers can you seek to keep your website safe from unwelcome intruders. Spam and virus filtering is another essential feature which should be taken into account with all email facilities. This is again possible with only reliable web hosting.

Apart from the above, there are many other useful reasons. Certain components responsible for reliable web hosting not only decrease your stress but also increase productivity. Reliable web hosting is known to provide dependable uptime so that you can make changes on your website and upload it for customers to view in minimal time.

Reliable web hosting is vital for serious business clients who need their web sites to be fully-functional and their domains accessible at all times. These businesses could be any online industry, be it bank, financial institutes, railway and flight online booking sites or even ecommerce sites. Only with help of reliable web hosting can you maintain the highest level of security for discreet user transaction on any website. All ecommerce websites are integrated with payment gateways and if your web hosting is not secure or reliable then anyone can hack your site and you can lose essential online cash flows.

If your site is integrated with a dependable Content Management System (CMS) through which you seek to update your site on daily basis then reliable web hosting becomes all the same critical. To stay ahead in today's online competition you need a secure and flexible website and this is only possible with help of reliable web hosting.

Which Web Hosting is Best For You?

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With thousands of beginners trying their hand at websites, it is certain that the market is becoming quite crowded. From music blogs to gossip communities and technological havens – these online avenues can be a wonderful hobby for people who just want an audience. After all, who wouldn't want to be heard among thousands of visitors every day? For this reason alone, websites are one of the most popular forms of entertainment. While making a website is essential, the majority of beginners do not realize that web hosting is even more important.

In simpler terms, web hosting provides you with the space to create your masterpiece. When you design your layout, post thousands of pictures, and even set up a chat room, you absolutely need a place to do so. For instance, if you were to do something like this outside of the virtual world, and build a theatre, wouldn't you need your own space? Luckily, web hosting is extremely affordable and can be easy for even the beginners to use.

After you purchase a domain name, the next step is to find a company that will host your website. There are many different paths you can take to do this, but it depends on your main goals. Therefore, the first thing you need to do is ask yourself why you want to create a website. Is it for personal use – simply to post your pictures from college? Or perhaps your dream is to create the most popular music website on the internet. Regardless of your priorities, companies have built specific web hosting packages based around your needs.

If you are looking to just post pictures or create something for fun, a free web hosting company is the way to go. There are many of these around the web, including Geocities and AngelFire. These two companies are dedicated to helping beginners. As a result, new webmasters do not need to know extensive HTML or CSS. In this day and age, it is quite easy to build a masterpiece. While these hosts give you a large amount of space and freedom, there are downsides. The majority of companies will stick pop up advertisements on your space, in order for them to market their company. Unfortunately, this is an annoyance for most, and can cause visitors to leave immediately. Luckily, Geocities lets you close the box when you enter the website. Nevertheless, if you are looking for an easy website and do not care about visitors, you simply should try it out.

On the other hand, if you are looking for something a bit more professional, you should be emptying your wallet. Providentially, 3ix.org and GoDaddy are two companies that offer extremely cheap website hosting. This means that you can easily pay $12/year just for an abundance of space. Still looking for more features? These companies will let you add on everything from FrontPage Maker to extra bandwidth. If you are serious about your venture, these are places to check out.

Web hosting may sound like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be difficult. With so many beginners flooding the internet, companies have put it upon themselves to make these programs much easier to use. As long as you can type in your name, have overflowing creativity and an e-mail address, the opportunities are endless

How to Make Money with Web Hosting

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We all know that web hosting is the basis of all web sites. It helps us attract visitors, it displays what we are desperately trying to get across, and it allows us to survive in the cut throat internet world. While these are all important qualities that come with web hosting, there are many other opportunities. Dying to make extra cash? Surprisingly, web hosting can actually help with your bills. In a few simple steps, you will be on your way to a richer lifestyle.

Fortunately, there is a new trend in the web industry. Reseller Hosting, which consists of purchasing a web hosting package and reselling it for a larger price, has been making webmasters just a few cents richer. Although this sounds like a daunting task, it actually only requires a large amount of space. Once the webmaster acquires such a large server and bandwidth, he/she is able to divide it up among other people. As long as they are willing to pay a monthly fee, you will never get screwed over.

Regardless of how much money you want to make, purchasing this re-seller hosting does not cost much. For an average of $30/month, you can purchase enough space to make a profit. While all of these websites will be on a shared server, the majority of webmasters do not mind this downside. After all, not everyone can shell out thousands a month just to acquire their own dedicated server. Once you have found a few loyal customers who will not create any illegal material, you will be generating a profit every single month out of the year. Fortunately, until you stop your hosting, you will never be out of a job.

In order to sell this type of hosting, you absolutely need to network. Regrettably, there are many webmasters trying to follow the trend. For this reason alone, you should look in unpopulated areas. Try and find a website or forum that has not yet been tackled by other masses of website owners. For instance, find websites similar to your own. If you do not have one, look on webmaster-related forums such as Digital Point or Webmaster-Talk. These areas are populated with thousands of interested clients, who will be more than happy to jump on the bandwagon, if you do have a great deal.

Still desperately trying to find other ways to market? Many website owners advertise through blogs and buy text link ads. As a result, people will be more apt to find what you are offering. If this doesn't work, you could even start marketing in a local newspaper or a newsletter that goes out to professional companies who are always looking for alternatives. Nevertheless, there are plenty of consumers out there. You just need to be creative and put in the effort, in order to get anywhere.

For years web hosting has been flooding the market. However, it has just recently become a form of revenue for webmasters who just don't own their own web hosting company. It is a wonderful alternative to an additional part time job, especially if this is what you love to do. Networking with others, controlling a server, while working on your website certainly sounds like the perfect occupation.

A Soundry of Options for Web Hosting

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Since the birth of the internet, millions upon millions of websites have been created. They may contain different information and designs, but they all have one thing in common. Web hosting, one of the most important functions in the website process, allows website owners to put up their creative masterpieces. Regardless of what they do decide to display, this type of program gives them the independence to say whatever they'd like.

One of the biggest misconceptions of web hosting is that every package is the same. We all assume that one size fits all, and that there are no in betweens. Surprisingly, this is just the opposite. Depending upon the type of website you are making, and its popularity, you may need something much more professional and expensive. Nonetheless, there are affordable packages, no matter how tiny or large your budget is.

If you are just starting out and want no string attached, there are plenty of alternatives. Free hosting allows you to not only create a website, but it helps beginners, no matter how much experience they have. Although there are popup downsides and other annoyances, free web hosting will give you everything that you need. If you are not sure if you even want to extensively design one, Geocities or AngelFire is great to experiment with.

Are you looking for something a bit more customized? For many webmasters, shared hosting is a favorite. This means that an abundance of websites are actually on one server. While this only costs a few dollars a month, there are still issues that come along with it. For instance, if a fellow webmaster were to have done something illegal, chances are your website would be shut down as well. This is because you share an IP, which of course can be quite dangerous. For this reason, you must be careful when choosing people to share a host with.

While these are great alternatives, many professional companies enjoy dedicated hosting . Fortunately, the website is the only one on the server, which results in a lot less complications. With freedom comes a plethora of features, which include extra bandwidth, visitor trackers, and your own I.P. As a result, you do not have to worry about illegal situations occurring within your server. Everything is based around your needs.

Reseller hosting is another admired amenity. If you are a webmaster and are looking to make some extra cash, this is a great opportunity. In simple terms, you purchase a web hosting package from a company and divide the space into several sections. These sections can easily be purchased by fellow webmasters, who are in need of space. With this business in place, you will effortless make a few dollars.

Regardless of what you are looking to make, web hosting is necessary. From free companies to dedicated servers with only one website, there are endless opportunities. Although people assume that there is only one type of package, this article clearly shows how wrong the myth can be. The only requirement is that you are ready to work hard, be innovative, and stand out among the crowd. With these factors in mind, you could be to the top in no time.

How to Choose the Best Web Hosting

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No matter where you are located, businesses seem to clamor to host your website. The top hosting positions among these companies are not only hard to award, but hard to define as well. There are simply too many needs to be met for too many different websites to conclusively have ideal criteria for a hosting website. All top hosting contenders do meet standard requirements for standard hosting services, and overseas companies often will meet these needs for a lower price than US or Europe based competitors, but should hosting be outsourced overseas?

Why the Difference in Price

Foreign web hosting offers the same packages as top hosting companies for considerably less cost in most cases. While some overseas companies may simply be offering low rates as a sales ploy, other offer rates that adequately reflect the cost of living in that country. Overhead costs can be tremendously lower in countries such as India or Pakistan , which means the web hosting services can be offered for less.

This makes it difficult to determine the best route for selecting top hosting companies based solely on price. Low prices can be tempting, but there is always the question of quality. Do the budget services offer the same level of service? Like all things, that answer simply depends on the company. Overall, webmasters should not write off or immediately sign up for foreign hosting companies simply based on rates. There are many other determining factors to consider.

Location, Location, Location

Much like real estate, location matters. The closer your server is to your clients, the faster those clients will be able to access your website. Even in a virtual existence, the physical distance between servers and end users can make a difference. Most internet marketers target United States and European citizens, so by hosting halfway around the globe, website response time for target demographics may be adversely affected.

Customer Service

Many foreign companies are highly trained in customer service and are highly respectful of customers and other individuals. Customer, in this case meaning webmasters, care is a top priority for most of these companies as they realize they must work a bit harder than top hosting companies in the United States to garner the same level of respect and reputation.

Having stated that, hosting in countries with different customs as well as time zones can also be frustrating for webmasters. The same problems that complicate any sort of outsourcing affect web hosting as well. Communication gaps, misunderstandings, and difficulty finding a common time to work together, despite the claims of 24/7 service, can all plague individuals outsourcing hosting. These problems, of course, are not a guaranteed byproduct of overseas hosting, but rather should be determined on an individual basis.

Finding the Best Web Hosting Service

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Finding the best hosting service for your website can be complicated. There are almost endless options all clamoring to be the top hosts or the least expensive service, and this can make it almost impossible for webmasters to sort fact from fiction. The best way to select a quality web host is to take the selection process one step at a time:

Assess Your Needs

The very first item to address in selecting the best hosting service for your needs is to actually identify what those needs are. What sort of website are looking to host? Small personal homepages will have very different hosting criteria from large company websites. To find the best hosting service for you, it is important to determine exactly what you plan to host now, and ideally take into consideration anything you are planning to host in the immediate future.

Rate

Different hosting companies offer a large variety of rates. Companies offering dedicated servers will be substantially higher than others offering budget hosting with limited bandwidth. Competition from overseas is priced temptingly low for many, but there are many factors to consider. Don't stop at price, and if you plan on using your website in a professional capacity, it is important to move beyond free web hosting. Free hosts are great for small family or fun sites, but are not suited to the needs of internet marketers – even those just starting out. Rate should not be a top determining factor until you have narrowed a list based on other criteria such as:

Reliability and Speed

The best hosting services will offer uptime of over 99%. This should be a guarantee to motivate the company to keep all servers up all the time. Of course, visitors should also be able to access your site quickly.

Data Transfer and Disk Space

Bandwidth requirements grow with your site. Web hosting companies pay for bandwidth, so you, the one using that bandwidth will be billed accordingly. It is far better to pay for the required amount of data transfer upfront rather than get a surprise bill in the mail for having gone considerably over your allotted amount. By the same token, be sure you have an appropriate amount of disk space reserved. Most websites require less than 3GB.

Technical Support

It is very important to be able to reach the hosting company if your website begins experiencing problems. The best hosting support one can hope for is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Most companies know this, so take their stated hours with a grain of salt. Always spot check the companies with email at random times to see if they really have someone available to help 24/7.

Scripts and Special Features

Different websites have different needs, and the best hosting service for you should accommodate those needs. Email addresses should be standard as well as the capacity for a variety of scripts. Be sure to see if other features like shopping carts and secure servers are available or standard.

Control Panel

How much control does the hosting company offer webmasters? It is inconvenient to work through customer service every time to modify a password or to change email addresses. Be sure hosting companies offer some form of a control panel accompanying hosting.

Web Hosting Guide

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Looking for and buying a reliable web hosting solution is an imperative decision. Whether you are doing online business, providing important information or sharing views online on a common interest, you need a reliable web hosting service that will allow online visitors to browse through your site effortlessly. It is only powerful web hosting that allows your website to be downloaded, browsed and updated in minimal time.

Trying to identify a web host can be a very daunting task especially when there are so many available nowadays and all of them promise one thing or another. Hence, it is crucial that before you jump in, you do your own homework or research for selecting the most appropriate web hosting company for your website.

With the changing trend of technology, web hosts are also changing. Most of them provide various services in addition to their basic ones. Say if you are running an e-commerce website, then of course you need high end security and a medium through which you can manage your web content efficiently. There are many tools that facilitate this, however if your web hosting service is not reliable then you can miss out on serious revenues and prospective clients.

Once you have determined and identified what web hosting services you require for your online business, it is then time to enlist certain web hosting features and options you must consider. You can find below some of the most important aspects of web hosting:

Disk space and bandwidth

You should know how much space your website would need and approximate data it will generate. When we talk about disk space, well, it's actually the amount of storage assigned to you by the web hosting provider. The bandwidth is the amount of traffic that is allowed to access and leave your website. In case your website has a lot of graphics then you would require higher storage area and greater bandwidth.

Programming tools and the OS

You need to be sure that your website is uploaded through secure servers using the latest Operating System. Most web hosts run on a UNIX based operating system, usually Linux or BSD. For the running of various web applications you would require ASP, .NET, MS SQL, SBS and for these you need a Window based host.

Pricing Aspect

You need to compare pricing before you finalize a web hosting service. Some may provide you better services but at low pricing. It's not always true that the best hosting services are always the most expensive. Do your research and then finalize.

Support, Security, Guaranteed uptime and Backups

Security and backups are two very important aspects that you need to consider. You should always choose a web hosting service with reliable telephone support. Some also offer 24/7 support through local or toll-free numbers. In case you are running an ecommerce website then security is one aspect that you just cannot discard. Your web hosting service provider should be such that they can monitor things round the clock and ensure no unwanted intruder can hack your site. After all it's your website and it is really worth looking into this aspect of web hosting.

Web Hosting Instructions

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Web domains. Hosting. Content. These are the three top priorities for any webmaster, regardless of how experienced they are. Unfortunately, these three essentials often leave people in the dark, as there are dozens of companies offering the “same” packages for different prices. With an overflow of routes you could take, it can get mind boggling to figure out the appropriate steps. For this reason, instructions are essential if you are looking for a smooth path.

The first thing you should do is make a list of what your current goals are. If you are making a professional site, you'll need a secure and reliable host. For instance, if you know that your website will reach thousands of people within a few months, perhaps you should find a web hosting package that includes extra bandwidth. You need additional space, especially if visitors are constantly going to be accessing your website. On the other hand, if you are just experimenting, you should stick to the free hosting packages. Geocities or Angel Fire certainly provides a basic package, which will leave you satisfied. After all, you do not need bells and whistles if you aren't serious about the website in the long run. If you do end up changing your mind, you can always switch services and transfer your website.

Once you have made your decision, you need to find a reputable service. While searching for hosting companies on Google may seem appropriate, it often stems bad results. It is important to remember that just because it is listed on a search engine, doesn't mean it is 100% safe and legit. Therefore, if you do find a potential company, you should get a second opinion. It is usually smart to join a webmaster related forum like SitePoint to discuss such matters. This way you can hear about other people's experiences and what companies to avoid. Additional references from friends or family would also be ideal.

After picking a host, you will need to provide your credit card information. For many users, 3ix.org is a favorite, as it rarely charges you much. Surprisingly, there are discount coupon codes you can acquire through the internet, to also help you with your initial fee. Due to the fact that you have to include your private information, it is absolutely crucial to make sure you find a legit business. The last thing you want is to lose any money. Therefore, you should google their name and check out the reviews from fellow users. This will most definitely make all of the difference, especially if you find out that they are a fraud.

For website beginners, web hosting doesn't have to be difficult or even too time consuming. As long as you find reputable sources, second opinions, and a great easy to use package, you are well on your way to website success. With these instructions in mind, there should be no frustrations or year long debates on what company to use. It is quite simple, once you get in the webmaster's frame of mind.

NetFirms.ca Hosting

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More than 1 million sites, including many e-stores and blogs, collectively receiving more than 1 billion page views per month are hosted by Netfirms. All Netfirms sites are hosted on enterprise-class clustered platforms housed in multiple data centers to ensure each site's uninterrupted uptime.

This is one of the largest capacity web hosts focused on serving Canadian clientele with even their smallest package offering 10 gigs of storage and 500 gigs of data transfer. Best of all, fellow Canadians, all prices quoted and all transactions handled are in Canadian dollars (CAD$).

Price Value Personal Web Hosting with Netfirms includes free design software, 10 web-based and POP3 email accounts, and an essential Webstats tool. All Netfirms clients also enjoy e-commerce support, and blogging. One of Netfirms' finest features, however, is Netfirms Picture Pro, a fully-featured photo album creation and photo sharing program. Whether for business or pleasure, family fun or marketing and promotion – if you want your web presence to include photos, this is a piece of software you'll be thrilled to have included with your web hosting. Netfirms Web Hosting also comes with a Website Starter Kit, a complete suite of website building tools, including: NetObjects Fusion 8 (site builder), FileZilla (FTP), and a 40-page Reference Guide. Web hosting with Netfirms also comes with a MySQL database, PHP, Perl and other common programming scripts, server side includes, Microsoft FrontPage extensions, Custom Error pages, Hit Counters, and forms.
Reliability A proud member of the Better Business Bureau's Online Reliability Program and an ICANN and CIRA certified registrar, Netfirms is one of the safest places to have your Canadian website hosted. Starting with password protected directories, .htaccess, and the option to have dedicated SSL security and/or a dedicated IP address and going as far as providing load-balanced clustered hosting, a triple-redundant firewall, multi-honed OC3 and Gigabit fiber connections, UPS power back-ups, and 24/7 network monitoring, Netfirms' primary focus is keeping your site live and your data secure.
Control Panel The XL6 Control Panel comes with a detailed Account Statistics page, a File Manager, a Domain Manager, Graphical Web Stats, Account Billing History, a Renew/Upgrade Account page, modifiable Billing Profiles, 24/7 FTP Access, and is available in multiple languages.
Customer Support Netfirms' customer support staff is available 24/7 to answer by telephone and email any questions you still may have after perusing their extensive, searchable Knowledgebase and expertly designed Video Tutorials.

Superb Hosting

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With a 10 year history of excellence, Superb Hosting is the superior choice for all your web hosting and domain registration needs, including dedicated and custom-built dedicated servers, scalable and full-rack collocation, and custom shared hosting solutions. They've got a full range of eCommerce tools available and a free 6-8 page website creator included with their hosting packages. Their packages come with a ton of storage space, bandwidth, and email addresses, along with a handy selection of bonus software tools, like traffic stats and a search engine submitter. With Superb Hosting giving you all this for under $10 a month, it's no wonder their motto is, "Ahead of the Rest".

Price Value HostPapa.ca serves not only your web hosting needs but e-commerce solutions (shopping carts), blogging, auctions, polls and surveys, chatrooms, guestbook, bulletin boards & forums, and photo sharing. All HostPapa.ca web hosting services come with MySQL databases, Dreamweaver and FrontPage support, FTP and SFTP access, and all the essential scripting languages, including Perl, CGI, PHP. Plans also come with a broad selection of online statistics and multimedia tools, and an exceptional array of free bonus software tools like Fantastico and a site builder (Soholaunch) that is as easy to use as it is versatile. Additional web design tools include an online SiteStudio, web templates, an online form builder, and CMS software. Users also get unlimited subdomains and total email functionality, with autoresponders, webmail, POP3 and IMAP access, spam and virus filtering, and an integrated organizer with task manager, personal memos, address book and calendar.
Reliability HostPapa.ca gives its clients a 99.9% uptime guarantee and 99.9% network uptime guarantee. With top of the line equipment, ample redundant power systems, around-the-clock security, and secure backups, Host Papa doesn't very often have to make good on its 30-day 100% money-back guarantee, but it's nice to know that they have one.
Control Panel HostPapa.ca clients enjoy the esteemed cPanel control panel for managing their site(s) and their HostPapa.ca account. With large, icon-based buttons and intuitively formatted and categorized menus, the cPanel control panel has become the industry standard for total web management functionality.
Customer Support It starts with an array of self-serve technical support tools: video tutorials, a self-run troubleshooter, regularly updated news briefs, an active user community, and a full library of downloadable manuals and software. And it's rounded out with online live chat, telephone, and email support ticket support. With their comprehensive Customer Support system, HostPapa.ca makes sure that all your questions are answered and all your needs taken care of whatever the day or time of day.

Globat Hosting

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Globat Hosting is a niche hosting company dedicated to providing small and medium sized businesses, small organizations, web design novices and experienced webmasters with web hosting solutions at favorable prices. Hosting 10 domains on 1 account is also a great feature.

This company has been through some growing pains in the past, but have taken a serious approach to customer support and ramped up the quantity and quality of its response team.

Globat is now considered a 'go to' option with a renewed focus on the customer experience.

Price Value The Gigabyte plan includes 1000 GB of disk storage space and 1000 GB of monthly bandwidth, an excellent amount of disk space for the money if you require that for your website. Most people don't need that much but it's good to know there's room to grow without spending more money. The TeraByte package offers you free setup and a free domain name if you prepay for 1 year. If you prepay for 2 years your domain is registered free for 2 years.
Reliability Globat hosts its customers on a fully redundant, custom-designed network infrastructure of brand-name equipment such as Foundry, Cisco, Network Appliance, VA Linux and Sun. Biometric palm scanners and key cards are used to restrict access in and out of the data centers, as well as movement within them. Each cabinet has a dedicated security camera and there are 2 backup generators. No issues here.
Control Panel Globat hosting's control, Globat Command Console (GCC), is based on the popular Plesk control panel but is both faster and easier to navigate. This control panel features 4 main functions: managing email accounts, databases, protected directories and web statistics. Not all functions of the Plesk software have been implemented yet, which may explain why Plesk is still available as an alternative.
Customer Support As mentioned above, this area has been vastly improved. More well trained representatives are on hand if you need help which improves wait times and better your customer experience. They offer telephone customer support that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is toll free from the U.S. and Canada. In addition, their live chat provides a solid way to connect with support and get problems resolved quickly.

iPower Hosting

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Consider the name - little "i", big "Power": it says it all. Powerful web hosting for the little guy (and gal). iPower Web Hosting serves over 500,000 clients with its streamlined, low-frills packages designed to make web hosting fit the most frugal of budgets.

Except for the Starter Plan (which is a souped-up deal in its own right), all iPower hosting plans come with SSL, CGI, PHP, and MySQL, eCommerce enable, a rich marketing/content package, a website builder with templates, and credit towards advertising on the 2 top search engines ($30 towards Google, $50 towards Yahoo!).

iPower also offers Windows hosting plans, virtual private servers, dedicated servers, and merchant and web design service accounts.

Price Value iPower Hosting is proof-positive that big things come in small packages. Even the smallest of all their plans gives you all you need to get a family site or a blog started (5 gigs, for example, is enough disk space for storing hundreds of digital photos). For some, that's all they'll ever want or need. For that reason, we have to say iPower's Starter Plan is probably one of the smartest starter packages around. Sure, you have to pay $6.50 for your domain - but big deal! So-called "free" domains aren't really free anyway. Why pay for more features than you need (some you'll likely never use) just to save a few bucks on a domain? And though their numbers may be smaller than their competitors' (such as the amount of disk space and bandwidth that comes free with their plans), so are iPower Hosting's prices - not to mention that the average website owner doesn't really need nearly as much disk space and bandwidth as 99% of web hosting plans include anyway. Don't be misled by all the free stuff heaped onto various competitors' packages. Not everything that's free is worth having. And even small and mid-sized business owners will be pleased to get just what they need at an affordable price, without a bunch of unnecessary extras.
Reliability iPower Hosting boasts 4 Tier 1 data centers that run exclusively on AT&T's Global Crossing and Cable & Wireless' OC48 / OC192 Global IP backbones. Extensive public/private peering arrangements help magnify bandwidth capacity, internet reach, and performance optimization. They also use Dell PowerEdge and HP ProLiant servers, and Cisco & Foundry Firewalls and Routers. On-site security guards patrol the grounds 24/7 and utilize closed circuit television cameras inside and outside the building for total data and hardware protection. Access both to and from both the hosting and monitoring areas are secured by a "mantrap", or hardened, single-entry portals, preventing unauthorized personnel from ever making it into the building. Intrusion detection and filtering, and network monitoring and routing are ensured by the use of Network Operations Centers (NOC) with content mirrored in other NOCs for total failsafe system redundancy and diversity. Like the buildings' grounds, these NOCs are also staffed 24/7, in this case by expert analysts and technicians. Redundant dual AC and DC power feeds equipped with multiple backup systems, including generators should the power at iPower Hosting go out and an array of redundant, emergency environmental controls and protections make sure you're covered in case of unexpected crises.
Control Panel Former iPower Hosting clients and reviewers may recall that iPower used to use cPanel 5, but now they utilize their own vDeck control panel, which has received such acclaim for its versatility and ease of use that competing web hosts now rely on it as well. In fact, vDeck is often referred to as "revolutionary" and "the best of both worlds" by former cPanel and Plesk users. The best part of vDeck is that, since it's of iPower's own creation, they can tweak it, improve it, and fix bugs faster than any other web host that's using it could, as well as faster and better than they themselves could any other third party control panel. vDeck works best with Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
Customer Support iPower has a great series of topic-specific tutorials searchable FAQs for quickly finding your own answers to your questions, but if you require additional help, they're certainly there for you, with email query ticket support and a rapid response time.

PowWeb

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PowWeb is a privately owned web hosting company established in 1999. PowWeb's whole infrastructure was built and developed in-house and all of their equipment is managed by their own personnel.

This company has a unique selling proposition; they only have one hosting plan, called One Plan. One of the top business hosting companies in the industry, PowWeb prides itself on offering a feature-rich product at an affordable price to aid in the development of your business. Further backing up this statement, PowWeb has just increased the disk space to a huge 300 GB and 3000 GB data transfer while reducing their price to $5.77/mo.

Their customer support and overall performance is second to none, as we have received no complaints about a lack of reliability or prolonged downtime.

Price Value As far as we're concered, this plan is right up there with iPowerWeb. Their pricing structure is a little different than we've seen with other hosting providers. PowWeb only offers one plan, at $5.77/month. This is a limited time promotional rate. This package now includes 300 GB of webspace and 3000 GB of bandwidth for all new and existing customers. Also included are features such as FrontPage Extensions, MySQL Database, in-depth web statistics, spam filters, and email virus scanning, making their hosting package a real value.
Reliability PowWeb employs a load balanced hosting technology, making downtime practically impossible. This technology distributes the load of a single website across multiple servers. If one server goes down, there is no noticeable effect on end users and no downtime. This hosting company invests continually in the infrastructure of its datacenters, providing you with unquestionable reliability and support. They employ redundant networks, and hardware consisting of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks equipment. Exclusively using Dell servers, known for their dependability, also boosts PowWeb's reputation as a reliable web host.
Control Panel PowWeb Hosting has developed their own custom control panel software, which is called the Member Operations Center or "OPS". It offers lots of features and has a good "back-end community" with very popular customer support forums and webmaster resource areas. However, when faced with this custom developed control panel over the widely accepted CPanel or Plesk, you quickly realize that it is not the easiest panel to set up and use. There are components that do not come installed and the interface is not as clean and easy to use as the other control panels. Perhaps an update is in order...
Customer Support PowWeb's technical support is now available 24/7 via toll free phone, email or live chat. This is what we look for in a top quality host. Similar to other hosting companies is PowWeb's 30-day money back guarantee if you are unsatisfied with their product. They also have a vBulletin message board that will allow you to ask presale questions and support questions, so other users may help you. Employing community forums and live chat capabilities heightens the effectiveness of PowWeb's customer service team, making it a better choice than most hosting companies. PowWeb has recently taken its customer suggestions and improved its customer support techniques. They have become more attentive to customer needs, and developed a customer support system that is one of the best in the industry.

AN Hosting

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AN Hosting

Since 2001, AN Hosting has taken every measure possible to live up to its magnanimous mission to be: "The Host-20-sites-on-1-account-and-never-go-down Company", and if the awards they've amassed over the years are any testament, they're doing a stellar job.

Your website(s) will be housed in a multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art Equinix IBX data center in Chicago, IL, designed to withstand the most extreme weather conditions, electrical outages, hacker attempts, and other safety, privacy, and security threats. Over 25,000 individuals and companies trust AN Hosting to serve their websites.

All AN Hosting packages include free setup, free live 24/7/365 support, free Domain Names for life, a number of free software tools such as a Site Builder and web analytics tools. AN Hosting also gives users unlimited email addresses. Besides UNIX and Windows hosting, AN Hosting offers a Virtual Private Network (VPN) server package.

Price Value AN Hosting eschews the industry-standard 20-odd packages for their all-in-one, "everything-you-need" package. And the breadth of features - web design tools, email tools, online statistics tools, e-commerce tools, and more - that come free with this web hosting package makes AN Hosting - already a bargain at $6.95 for 250 GB disk space and 2500 GB data transfer - an even better value. They stand behind their 99.9% uptime guarantee and their 99.9% network uptime guarantee. There is a glitch, however, with their 30-day money back guarantee, namely that it's not 100%. If you cancel, you forfeit the $21.95 domain name registration fee AN Hosting incurred when getting you your "free" domain name, though you will walk away owning your domain name.
Reliability AN Hosting has a high customer retention rate, undoubtedly thanks to their top-of-the-line equipment and an experienced team of administrators making sure those servers are always up. Their network operations center touts 2 OC-3s with double redundancy. They have little difficulty holding fast to the aforementioned 99.9% uptime and network uptime guarantees.
Control Panel AN Hosting uses the Cpanel control panel, popular because of its clean, intuitive, icon-based interfaces and eminent usability. Cpanel incorporates a wide array of powerful and convenient features – including integral Backup and Restore functionality - with readily available Help info beside each tool to make learning to utilize them simple and painless. A collection of billing features help make account management easier too.
Customer Support With their 24/7/365 toll-free telephone and live web chat support, AN Hosting invites you to contact them anytime at all, whether with pre-sales questions, for email and FTP assistance, technical issues, service status updates, or anything other web hosting question on your mind. This far surpasses the standard email query ticket system many web hosting companies rely on. That said, some users may be pleased to find that AN Hosting also offers support via email and postal mail are also available. AN Hosting support team members have replied with outstanding courtesy, promptness, and relevant information to the few customer complaints we have heard.

Dot5 Hosting

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Dot5 Hosting is a full-service, discount web host that has really stepped up with what they offer: free domain name, marketing features, now host 6 domains on one account, and an award-winning vDeck control panel. Their servers are located in California and linked to the internet using fiber optics that span over seven well-known providers like Time Warner, Congent, and Sonet.

Dot5 Hosting has quickly risen from relative obscurity to a top player, hosting over 20,000 domains at the iPowerweb datacenter (with whom they are a "Power Partner"). They also now offer an unprecedented 90-day money-back guarantee.

Price Value For starters, Dot5 Hosting gives you hosting for up to 6 domains on one account for only $3.95 per month. With 300 GB space and 3000 GB monthly transfer between them, it's great value, even if you don't need to host additional domains. This package gives you all the features required to host your personal website or small business site and gives the flexibility and room you need to expand at no additional cost. This hosting plan includes a fully-equipped Marketing Centre, a Web Site Creator, as many Shopping Carts as you need, a Search Engine Submitter, Search Engine Submitter Reports, a Keyword and Meta-Tag Generator, a Website Link Checker, and $50 Overture credit. You'll get CGI-BIN, MySQL, and Perl and PHP support. Your package also comes with server side includes, FrontPage 2000/2002 extensions, Website Statistics, a guestbook, bulletin board, chat rooms, and a blogger.
Reliability Dot5 Hosting backs up their 99.9% uptime guarantee with full hardware support and advanced server monitoring, 24/7 system reboots and real-time reporting. You get total backup software included as well. The all-inclusive Dot5 Hosting plan now comes with a full 90-day money back guarantee. They obviously plan to deliver for their customers because 90 days is almost unheard of in the hosting industry. Dot5 Hosting uses Dell and IBM servers with Dual Intel Xeon processors, 2GB of DDR-RAM, fast SCSI hard drives with RAID-1 redundancy. Dot5 Hosting gives you access to 7.2 Gigs network capacity on a redundant and diverse AT&T Local Services ring. IDC connects to multiple AT&T IP backbone nodes using dual access routers with dual OC-48/OC-192 connections. ATM, Frame Relay, private line, IP and local-switched and circuit-switched services are your options for back-end connectivity and network services. AT&T and other local service providers handle local access. Their security systems include a high power UPS generator for electrical backup, 24/7 closed circuit monitoring, and redundant air-conditioning systems.
Control Panel Dot5 Hosting uses the popular vDeck control panel, a state of the art, leading edge, hosting management solution that has received global acclaim for the ease with which it facilitates virtual eBusiness management. It's a versatile, intuitive, icon-based interface with Help info embedded in, along with more detailed Tutorials on each function available directly from the function's main window. It shows you progress bars on how much of your disk space and bandwidth quotas you're currently using. The vDeck Host Manager makes uploading web pages and files, and performing backups a breeze. A Database Manager with password protection is included. Over 150 templates help you build each web page to fit your (and your visitors') tastes. VDeck's shopping cart allows you to accept all kinds of credit cards and alternative payment methods and its email center gives you unlimited email addresses and access to your inbox from anywhere on the web.
Customer Support Dot5 Hosting runs a thorough Support Centre equipped with Troubleshooting Tours, Tutorials, a searchable FAQ Knowledgebase, a trackable email query ticket system, an announcement board, and live web chat. They keep a sufficient ratio of support staff to customers on-duty at all times and they are available 24/7.

Lunarpages Hosting

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Lunarpages was founded in the summer of 2000 when Add2Net Corporation expanded its hosting offerings to include shared hosting. For the previous 3 years, Add2Net had been providing large scale managed and unmanaged hosting services.

Lunar Pages has grown into one of the premier web hosting firms, primarily because of their exceptional service. Even with their growth, they have maintained excellent support levels when compared to the rest of the web hosting industry. Lunarpages has earned a reputation as a provider with superior customer support and a top notch web hosting data center.

Unlike most web hosting companies, you can always get through the phone line with Lunar Pages. Also, the basic package offering of $5.90/month (or only $8.95/month for Windows hosting) is excellent for individuals and most small- to medium-sized companies looking for a very reliable website presence on the Internet.

Price Value Lunarpages offers good pricing on their web hosting plans. The Basic Plan, at $5.90 per month, offers 350 GB of space and 3500 GB of traffic. This basically will cover 90% of all websites on the market and is an excellent deal. All of the "bells and whistles" are included, with the exception of some of the e-commerce functions. The same holds true for those that require Windows hosting, which is offered for only $8.95/month. In addition, Lunarpages gives you a free domain for life on all plans as long as you host with their company. If you have a high-traffic website, you may want to switch to their Business package, which for $21.95 gives you unlimited storage space and 3 Terabytes of traffic. (That's huge!) We understand that there are some hosts offering large bandwidth, but keep in mind that these hosts may have other restrictions, such as file size limit, daily bandwidth limit, or even binary files bandwidth limit (pictures, MP3s, Flash, etc.). Lunar Pages does not have such restrictions with your disk space and bandwidth usage. You can upload a single 3500 MB file if you want and you can finish your 3500 GB bandwidth in 1 day.
Reliability Lunarpages has devoted a good portion of their resources into ensuring that they provide the best reliability possible in the current hosting market. This company provides the best equipment available to its customers, including Dell, Sun and Cisco Network Devices. Their datacenter is located in Los Angeles, California, and supplies the highest level of security, safety, redundancy, reliability, scalability and technology. They employ a BGP4 routed gigabit fiber network that is multi-homed with over 150 carriers, such as, Mzima Networks, Level3, NTT/Verio, Global Crossing, Genuity, SBC, Microsoft/MSN, AOL/TimeWarner, Japan Telecom, Hurricane Electric and Savvis. They also utilize a proprietary system called the Active Response Protocol. This program not only monitors the system for attacks and outages, but continuously benchmarks the system for web, ftp, and email performance - year round - with their expert staff taking care of any problems before they happen.
Control Panel Lunarpages uses CPanel as the web site control panel. It allows you to control a lot of functions, including e-mail accounts, MySQL databases, custom error messages, password- protected directories, setting up forums, shopping carts, chat rooms, cron jobs, sub domains, MIME types, apache handlers, search engine submission, free CGI scripts and many more. You can even upload and manage your files with its powerful file manager.
Customer Support Customer support at Lunarpages is superior and they are very responsive to your questions. Even e-mail support questions always get answered in a timely manner. This is very different from most other web hosting companies out there. Accounts are set up promptly after they verify the order with you via a direct telephone call. Lunar Pages has excellent telephone and e-mail support. LunarForums is a very popular forum board that willl help you through the whole process, with feedback from direct users.

HostPapa

2007-11-16T07:18:00.000-08:00

HostPapa is one of the few web hosting companies out there that is powered by 100% Green Renewable Energy.

In fact, green energy powers everything from their data center to their web servers, even their offices and computers. These energy sources supply HostPapa's entire equivalent energy consumption into the power-grid with certified 100% renewable green energy sources, such as wind and solar powered energy.

Not only do you get green web hosting, but HostPapa has great value in its robust $5.95 plan. HostPapa was an editors' pick of 2006 and it's well on its way to nabbing the title this year too. Statistically one of the fastest growing web hosts in North America, you know that you can count on the security, performance, and reliability you expect from your web hosting provider. And it's good for the environment, to boot!

Price Value At HostPapa, you truly feel like you're getting the family discount, what with so much being offered for less than $6 a month. Enjoy 300 GB storage and 3,000 GB bandwidth for up to 11 sites, all Fantastico-enabled and equipped with SoHoLaunch website builder. Beyond that, you'll also receive online stats and reporting tools, full email versatility, developers' tools, extensive third party web design and multimedia software support. Don't forget, HostPapa gives you a free domain name and free setup...and being able to tout on your own website that you're hosted by a green web host is definitely enticing.
Reliability HostPapa guarantees you'll get maximum uptime (99.9% uptime guarantee and 99.9% network uptime guarantee) and promises to provide around the clock/around the calendar server monitoring. They regularly perform secure backups of all your data to protect you against unforeseen emergencies.
Control Panel Joy of joys, all HostPapa customers get the full benefits of the industry's most popular and user-acclaimed control panel - cPanel. Large, intuitively organized icon-based buttons empower you to perform any number of administrative tasks. The main menu includes a real-time display of every stat and figure relevant to your web hosting account and your website's activity and performance. Many businesses pay their web hosts extra just to get to use cPanel with their account. Here, you get it free as part of your regular membership. You can't beat that!
Customer Support At HostPapa, you'll get all the one-on-one help setting up and getting started that you need as well as dedicated customer service any time you need it. Choose from phone, live chat, and email support, or do-it-yourself with the H

BlueHost

2007-11-16T07:17:00.000-08:00

BlueHost, as providers of web hosting solutions since 1996, have developed a strong reputation in the industry. They are currently one of the top-ranking hosting firms on the marketplace today. They are known throughout the web for excellent customer service and can be reached live on their customer support desk via toll-free telephone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Tested extensively, this truly is award-winning support.

You can also reach their support team via their sophisticated support ticket tracking system. This company offers reliable hosting with excellent disk space and bandwidth. Their shared hosting plan includes a free domain name, and their single plan offer of just $6.95/month for 300 GB of space and 3000 GB of bandwidth provides value that is hard to match!

You can now host unlimited domains on 1 account, and their management team continues to invest in upgrades to benefit their customers.

Price Value When doing our BlueHost review, we found that they offer a high quality hosting plan for a great price. Their single coverage plan provides you with 300 GB of hosting space and 3000 GB of bandwidth. This is excellent coverage compared to most web hosting firms and provides good value to the consumer. You also receive many added features, including a domain name free of charge, 2500 POP3 web-based e-mail accounts, unlimited add-on domains, FTP, PHP, CGI, cPanel, Fantastico scripts, 50 MySQL databases, Agora Shopping Cart, PageBuilder drag-and-drop site builder, support for Ruby on Rails, and more. This is a very comprehensive feature package compared to most web hosting firms, and BlueHost is committed to continually finding new ways to make it even better.
Reliability When something goes wrong, people tend to let you know. We have not received many notices about BlueHost, which is a good thing. Their quad processor Opteron servers are not only much faster than most competitors' servers, they are also extremely reliable. BlueHost provides standard uptime gurantees - no issues here.
Control Panel BlueHost uses the Cpanel control panel, which comes loaded with many excellent features on its user interface. The navigation menus are easy to understand and use. Icons are created for each feature in the control panel and help information is easily accessible next to each feature. They have also integrated a number of billing features to make management of your account very simple and easy to configure.
Customer Support This web hosting company is superb with respect to the quality of support offered. You can submit a question to their help desk via their online form, visit the extensive FAQ section of their website, or call their toll-free support desk 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Staff are knowledgable and friendly and available around the clock.

IX Web Hosting

2007-11-16T07:15:00.002-08:00

IX Web Hosting is an award-winning discount web hosting company that has developed into an industry leader in providing individuals and small to medium size business with all the tools required to easily establish their desired online presence. They estimate 5,000 new clients switch to IX Web Hosting every month. Users of both Linux and Windows can find hosting packages that suit their needs.

All IX Hosting plans include website statistics and raw log files, free search engine submission services, professional web design software, an online file manager and WebShell, WorldWide WebMail access, and eCommerce Shopping Carts.

Price Value IX Web Hosting delivers huge disk space and add-on features, such as many e-mail accounts, domains to host and extra bandwidth all at one of the best prices on the web. They also feature a 24/7 customer support center with toll-free telephone and live web chat support standing by. Price value? Excellent. All IX Hosting plans support CGI-BIN, Perl 5, CGI-scripts, PHP 4 scripting, Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia DreamWeaver, Flash, and ShockWave, Real Media, MP3s, Quicktime, streaming audio, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Webalizer and ModLogan statistics, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL servers and Active Server Pages supported by only Windows packages.
Reliability IX Web Hosting vows that uptime is their top priority. Their datacenter has been custom designed to run on fault-tolerant systems, to ensure lightning-speed load times using smart-routing, and provide redundancy in every possible capacity, featuring SONET reliability and CISCO 12000 series router to run 750 servers for 80,000 clients. For extra protection, IX Hosting runs a sequence of money-back guarantees, beginning with an initial 30 day 100% money-back guarantee. In recognition, however, that it sometimes takes several months to determine whether a service is right for you, IX promises that if you are ever unsatisfied with their service, you can receive a full refund of the current month's fees as well as all prorated monthly fees left on your subscription. There's a customer support guarantee (see that section below) and a Price Freeze guarantee that once you join, your fees will never go up again.
Control Panel IX Hosting's proprietary H-Sphere control panel is unbelievably easy to use, primarily because the interface is all icon-based. Learn to associate the little pictures with the task clicking it performs and you'll be playing this thing like Mozart on the piano before you know it. Among its greatest features are multiple domain management, real-time email management (autoresponders included), and a password protected directory manager. What you can't do on this control panel, you probably don't need to do.
Customer Support Among all IX Hosting's other guarantees is a 1 Hour Response guarantee, promising that a technical support representative will contact you within 1 hour of you sending in an email support ticket. If they fail to respond within that time, they'll calculate a partial refund of that month's fees based on how long they made you wait. But why submit a query ticket when IX Web Hosting has 24/7 toll-free telephone and live web chat support?

StartLogic Hosting

2007-11-16T07:15:00.001-08:00

Over 50,000 customers enjoy the benefits of running 10 domains with 1 web hosting account with StartLogic web hosting solutions. They've won numerous awards in recognition of their quality of service, customer support, and security systems. All StartLogic packages include Free Setup and Free Domain names with no other hidden costs or fees.

Price Value StartLogic's budget package has one of the lowest prices around for the value. For $3.95 you get 300 GB disk space and 3000 GB bandwidth for not 1 but 10 domains. Free bonuses like $50 Google AdWords credit and $50 Yahoo! Search Marketing credit pump up the value even more. This basic package (and all subsequent packages) come feature-packed. You'll get unlimited email accounts, a choice of secure shopping carts (including PayPal's), Frontpage extensions, browser-based email and a web hosting control panel, plus log files, site stats, and MySQL, PHP, PerlScripts and CGI-BIN support. Your account comes with free multimedia features included, like real audio and video, streaming audio, Macromedia Shockwave, MIDI File Support and MIME types. You'll get a complete FTP manager with backup and password protection, a website builder loaded with templates, plus a publisher and a logo and slogan editor. You'll get unlimited POP3 emails, forwards and autoresponders. The promotional tools that come with StartLogic's hosting packages are among its greatest features. Get a 500+ page marketing manual, a search engine positioner and submitter, Meta Tags and Keywords Generators, a Link Checker, and $50 matching credit for advertising. In a way, it seems like StartLogic gives you everything but the computer.
Reliability StartLogic has a no-questions-asked 30 day money back guarantee and stands behind a solid 99.9% uptime guarantee all the time. Their Los Angeles-based datacenter is a custom-designed facility that uses redundant optical fiber connections and multiple internet backbone providers. Careful attention was paid to environmental controls, with HVAC temperature control systems, raised floors, redundant power, UPS backup and power conditioning systems and generators. They use state of the art video surveillance, motion sensors, biometric access controls, security breach alarms, and smoke detection and fire suppression methods.
Control Panel Users will enjoy StartLogic's easy to use VDECK 2.0 control panel that, with large icon-based buttons, gives you versatility and control over all aspects of your account, from administrative to creative. All from its one crisp, clean, and powerful interface you can build, publish, and market your websites, set up shopping carts, install scripts, and manage your email account. Help information on all VDECK features are accessible directly from the control panel itself.
Customer Support StartLogic has live web chat support, which is our hands-down favorite way to get help. Choose from 24/7 x 365 award-winning live chat, toll-free telephone, and email tech support. They run a comprehensive Support Center with a troubleshooting tour, an email query ticket system, a Getting Started guide, a Community Forum, an Announcement Board, and a categorized and searchable Knowledgebase/FAQ. They also run a convenient Additional Services page from where you can change your account domain name, add sub domain names, order SSL certificates, add disk space, databases and/or bandwidth, park domains and otherwise manage your account.

HostMonster

2007-11-16T07:14:00.001-08:00

HostMonster has gathered together a fantastic management team who've put together an array of feature-packed hosting plans for all your website's needs. Their technical and customer support is exceptional and all the conveniences they offer parallel those of their costlier contemporaries.

HostMonster is a one-size-fits-all web host compiling every imaginable feature and function into one quality, professional plan. You now get even better value as this hosting package is only $4.95/month and allows you to host unlimited domains on 1 account.

Price Value In a word - excellent, especially for small businesses and small websites. HostMonster web hosting includes free domain name, site promotion, e-Commerce shopping cart scripts, and a SiteBuilder with templates. Hostmonster's singular plan allows you to host unlimited domains, including international ones, with unlimited email support, forwarding email accounts, autoresponders, add-on domains, parked domains, subdomains, additional FTP accounts: unlimited - all accounts. You get complete email and e-commerce functionality as well as support for all the most common forms of online multimedia – Flash, Shockwave, Real Networks, streaming audio/video, etc.
Reliability Host Monster stands behind their service with a 99% uptime guarantee. All accounts come with an OC-48 backbone connection and customized Apache web server and high-performance Quad Opteron servers with UPS power backups, mirrored storage backups, and a backup generator. The datacenter where your hardware is stored is monitored by a professional security staff 24/7.
Control Panel HostMonster users benefit from the time-tested and approved cPanel control panel. This icon-based interface is so simple to use, the learning curve is practically a straight line. The functions are intuitively categorized into: Account & Domain Management, Mail Management, Site Menu functions (for site publishing functions, ie. FTP), and Advanced Menu functions (like Backups, Cron jobs, databases, FrontPage, and SSL). Then there are the convenient cPanel Wizards (like PageWizard and Shopping Cart Gurus) and assistants (like Search Engine Submit). Your personal cPanel notes, ToolTips, StartUp Tips and other settings are all stored on a separate MyCpanel page. From here you also read your incoming emails and have the option to publish your traffic stats on your website for all to see.
Customer Support You'll find nothing but the most courteous and professional customer support, available anytime through a number of venues, not the least of which is department-specific toll-free telephone. There's also a complete self-service center with a searchable knowledgebase and an email query ticket system.

www.inmotionhosting.com

2007-11-16T07:10:00.000-08:00

Owner:	InMotion Hosting, Inc
Site Title	InMotion Hosting, Inc.
Site Description	Offers web hosting and design for businesses and personal web sites.
Site in business since	15-Feb-2001
Email/Contact	info(at)inmotionhosting(dot)com
Phone Number	310-943-9858
Street	2211 Corinth Ave
City	Los Angeles
State	ca
Postalcode	90006
Country	United States
Statistics for www.inmotionhosting.com
Links to the site	111
Popularity Rank (1 best)	48471
Site language	en
Website details www.inmotionhosting.com
Web Site Name Servers	ns2.inmotionhosting.com:72.35.236.96 ns.inmotionhosting.com:216.193.219.167
Web Server Type	Apache/1.3.37 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.3.11 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635.SR1.2 mod_ssl/2.8.28 OpenSSL/0.9.7a\|PHP/4.3.11
Web Site IP	216.193.251.47
Website Location:Country/State/City	United states / New york / Brooklyn

AnHosting Review by Blzzrd

2007-11-16T06:40:00.000-08:00

ANHosting who is pretty much owned and operated by midPhase was my first paid hosting. I've been with them for 10 months and the plan is about to expire. During that time, I signed up with MANY MANY MANY other hosts to convince myself that I made the right choice.

During these 10 months I have only positive things to say about ANHosting.

Support

Support could've been a little better. However its nothing to discourage buying hosting from them. With this being my first host, I had many tickets in the beginning. All of which were answered in a professionally manner, and all tickets were resolved smoothly.

However the time in which they took to respond to each ticket varied. I had MANY issues that were resolved within 15 minutes. Then again, I had some important issues that went unanswered for over 24 hours. They always seemed to apologize though.

Support - 8/10

Pricing

Pricing in my opinion was a great deal. I realize that they are border-line overselling, but the quality of the hosting is wonderful.

The only thing that I hate about their pricing, is their domain pricing. Registering a new domain WITH them is $21. To change the main domain on your account, its $30. I honestly think that is outrageous. However its very unrelated as I, and most others, usually use the free domain they give as the main domain. Then the rest of our domains are registered elsewhere. So this domain pricing really makes no different.

Pricing - 9/10

Hosting

I was on their linux shared hosting plan and must say...it was AMAZING. I don't have anything hosted their anymore as I now have my own dedicated server elsewhere. ANHosting is the fastest server I've ever encountered. I don't know if I got luck and got put on a great server...or I don't know, but it was great. Unfortunately with the cPanel skin they use, I can't check the server staus...but it was great. I remember downloading 500mb videos at almost 2Mb/s.

The uptime for me was 100%. I don't ever remember them going down. They have all the features any host would have too, so I wasn't really missing anything.

Hosting - 10/10

Overall - 9/10