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Web Hosting – Why do you need a web host?

Sunday, March 8th, 2009 at 12:38 am  
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Web hosting is actually quite a simple concept; however, let’s step back a moment and explain web hosting right from the start.

So, you’ve had your site designed and it’s all ready to roll. You might even have registered your domain name or started thinking about the type of name you want for your site. With the help of today’s technology, even technically inexperienced people can design and create their own website and register a domain name. So, can we take this whole internet thing one step further and host our site ourselves on our own PC? Well, the basic answer is no! To get your site live and kicking on the internet you’ll need the services of a web host provider.

Web hosting involves, quite simply, taking a website and a domain name and leasing space on a web server from your chosen web host provider.

Alternatively, you may even lease a web server to yourself if you have large volumes of traffic or run the operation in-house. Most of us, however, will opt for a shared server deal with a web hosting business. The web host provider will lodge your site on a web server, make the necessary connections between your domain name and its server configurations, and then you’re up and running. Your site is out there on the internet for all to see (hopefully

But, behind the simplicity of this concept of web hosting, there is actually a lot of quite complex technology. The fact that you can connect to the internet via your PC does not make it suitable to act as your web hosting option even if it is technically powerful enough to do the job. Web servers are complex machines that need to be connected to the internet ALL of the time to do their job properly. They are ideally stored in secure environments that are climate-controlled to maintain optimum performance and for security reasons. Web servers also need specialist software and expert technical expertise, and the cost of owning and running one will run into thousands and thousands of dollars. View our list of  Secure Hosting providers.

All of which goes some way to explain just why most of us will opt to use the facilities and the expertise of a specialist web hosting provider. Using a web host provider is just far cheaper and easier for individuals or small- to medium-sized businesses to cut their costs and outsource their web host services to experts.

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Review – Hostgator

Friday, March 6th, 2009 at 11:12 am  
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HOSTGATOR – – 94%
HostGator was founded in 2002, and grew to become a leader in the market of reseller hosting. Based out of Boca Raton, Florida, they also offer shared and dedicated server hosting. One of their unique qualities is that they provide access to the industry leading SiteStudio website designer, which is an extremely easy program to use to help even the greenest beginner with their website development. Also priding themselves on customer care and approval, HostGator has received many positive customer reviews.

In addition, HostGator has committed itself to providing greener solutions for their shared and reseller servers. With their certified Renewable Energy Credits in wind power, HostGator is not just neutralizing their environmental impact, they’re reversing it. The next generation of ecological web hosting is here and HostGator provides clean solutions to meet your online needs.

Price Value

Although HostGator specializes in reseller hosting, they also offer reasonably priced shared and dedicated server hosting plans. Their reseller plans are offered for prices ranging from $24.95 to $99.95 per month, and their Dedicated Server plans range from $174.00 to $374.00 per month. Accompanied with their recently upgraded Hatchling plan for shared hosting at unlimited disk space and bandwidth at $4.95/month, and you have one company that wants to remain competitive in the web-hosting market. Also included in these packages are features such as free set-up, unlimited MySQL databases, SpamAssasin software that will help reduce the amount of junk email received, 99.9% uptime, and a 45-day money-back guarantee

In addition, customers can feel good about saving money while saving the environment. HostGator is now 130% wind powered through their Renewable Energy Credits. Responsible energy sources coupled with varied web hosting options translate to a brighter future for everyone.
Reliability

HostGator has chosen The Planet, located in Dallas, Texas, to house their data center. The Planet boasts over 35,000 square feet of raised floor space, and features state-of-the-art security, safety, and cooling systems. This facility is accompanied with Multiple TXU electrical grids, 4800 volts of input power, DataTrax monitoring software for the whole data center infrastructure, and a fully meshed and redundant Certified Cisco Network featuring 10 backbone providers. In addition, HostGator has invested in wind power energy solutions that are close to home. When you consider all of these features, HostGator‘s customers have peace of mind regarding the security, reliability, and energy-efficiency of their servers.
Control Panel

HostGator employs the industry standard control panel, CPanel. This control panel is one of the best in the industry, and has over 39 scripts that can be installed. It is also relatively easy to use, as it provides more than one million end users the ability to install dozens of leading open source accompanied with flash movies for instant tutorials. Your package will also include Fantastico, the leading auto-installer for CPanel servers. Fantastico is equipped with more than 10,000 installations, and content management systems that a user can integrate into their web space swiftly.
Customer Support

HostGator is becoming one of the leading companies that offer quick responses and a personal touch to their support system. They present 24/7/365 phone support, online chat, fax, peer support forums, and a wide variety of CPanel flash movies. Most customers agree that HostGator is very responsive and helpful, fixing problems easily.


Review – BlueHost

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 am  
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BLUEHOST – – 94%
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 unlimited disk space and 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 unlimited disk space and 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 guarantees – 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

BlueHost 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.


Review – SuperGreen Hosting

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 at 11:45 am  
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SUPERGREEN – – 94%
Super Green Hosting are a very exciting hosting company who offer low
priced, unlimited hosting, with a large focus on the environment. Their unique
angle of helping to protect the environment by offering green web hosting is
very encouraging, and we hope to see lots more of the top web hosts in the
industry following suit. You receive the usual amount of Unlimited hosting, free
domain for life and money back guarantee but get the added bonus of knowing you
are actively taking a green approach. You even get a Green Seal to add to your
website to show your website is thinking about green issues.

Price Value

Being “Green”, is the big feature which stands out, but Super Green also offer
all the same high spec of features you expect from a top host. They are offering
unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth, free instant setup, free site
builder, cPanel, and Free domain for life. On top of that, they offer to “Plant
one tree for every thousand customers” which we think is great!
Reliability

We think Super Green Hosting are great – to put it simple! Allowing you and your
website to show you are thinking about the environment and not having to pay
extra, and still receive all the great features. If you or your company are
looking to be more environmentally friendly, and still get the same deal,
features and support Super Green Hosting is a must with 99.4 up-time!


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