Comments on: 10 Rules for Finding Good Domain Hosting

By: Private Serverlar Ybk

Private Serverlar Ybk — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:01:12 +0000

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By: Aarush

Aarush — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:11:45 +0000

Iam a linux reseller and i had one with freeola.com it but unlimitedgb.com’s hosting is very nice and i don’t have any issues till now.

By: Best Hosting Service

Best Hosting Service — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:12:28 +0000

I used free hosting back a few years ago and didn’t like all the ads they put on my sites. I have a host-4-profit account for my autoresponder, and they are very good, and all my other sites are with hostgator which has been great with no down time that I noticed for about four years. Thanks Glenn

By: TRex

TRex — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:05:35 +0000

I use http://www.WebPricedRight.com

They have 24/7 free support and some of the best prices I’ve found. They also have great hosting deals and I’ve never had an issue with down time.

I have used over half a dozen companies over the last 9 years. I am a Graphic Designer and I service over 20 clients. Most of the service providers that I used promised the world but just raised their prices the next year. For the last 3 years I have been working with Web Priced Right. I wasn’t sure at first because their prices were relatively low compared to other options out there. It was the best decision I’ve ever made!

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:24:34 +0000

Heather: I admit that VPS from a shared host is a steep learning curve, especially if you haven’t installed software on a server. You might want to look at a Grid host, such as Media Temple as it may be a better fit.

Also, there are ways to optimize scripts such as Gallery2 to make them run more efficiently.

If you’re unhappy with your VPS service, I would look to move before you make too much of a time and money investment. There are plenty of hosts out there, I also know a few companies that do managed VPS, which can take some of the burden off of you.

By: Heather T.

Heather T. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:28:01 +0000

Wow, what a needed post for us. We have a huge gallery (Gallery2), and shared hosting was apparently cannibalizing the process for others, so our hosting service all of a sudden pulled out a limit on the number of files. *blink* I’d never heard that one before… So, we switched to a VPS, and still it’s a nightmare. We’re using startlogic.com — they have pretty good reviews, I think, but our service has been horrid. Just try being a graphic designer and running a VPS — it’s been a steep learning curve!

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:46:00 +0000

Izzy: Glad to help! Let me know if I can help. If you want, I can recommend some good review sites that have always helped me. I mentioned one or two in the article itself.

Steve: Actually, you refer to something that I didn’t talk about in the article because it is very uncommon in my part of the world, ISPs that offer hosting as part of a package with them.

On one hand, this can work out very well, especially if your ISP is large and serves many of your visitors. This keeps your server extremely “close” to your customers and ensures a fast network with them.

The downside is that they are an ISP, not a hosting company, and the quality of hosting is often questionable. Also, as is the case with some providers in my area, the plan ends up being more expensive than just getting a cheap shared hosting deal, with little additional benefit.

Looking at your traffic levels, you might benefit from a grid host such as Media Temple or a VPS if what you do really pounds on a database and uses up a lot of resources.

I would at least start passively looking though. Since you’re not in a rush you can keep your eye open for good deals and pounce on them. The database issues, to me, are indicative of a company that is either experiencing growing pains or has a bad maintenance procedure. Either way, they likely haven’t invested enough in their infrastructure and the problems could get worse unless something changes.

Also, sign up for Google Webmaster tools and keep an eye on your site there, it will often give you warning signs if things are going wrong.

Hope that helps!

By: steve english

steve english — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:29:06 +0000

I use Freeola.com which is a shared host. I get about 5oo/600 visitors a day, around the 200K hits a month at the moment not including the forum as webstat.com that I use for the stats would price me out if I included it. I would say that the people that need dedicated servers or virtual servers would probably know they need that kind of dedication, most people reading this would be fine with shared servers as long as they pick a good one as you say. Freeola has occasional issues with their mysql database servers but for most things are good, and I get unlimited (as you warned people off) space and bandwidth with unlimited email addresses etc, for £25 a month, but that includes my broadband connection. Do ISP’s still do that? I’ve been with freeola so long I’ve not looked around at other broadband providers to know if it still happens.
Good article and interesting, I’ve been thinking of going to virtual as a couple of times a year my host has trouble with the database sever and I can’t reset it myself.
As you can tell I don’t know that much, I just know what I do seems to work for me, which is surely the best way :D

By: izzy rocks

izzy rocks — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:33:26 +0000

Nice and useful content there.
I was thinking of changing my host for my blog but do not details on how to go about it.
This serves a great education background for me , personally, on how to choose a good hosting service in the future.

Thanks for sharing