I work for a small business, and we need a new web host. Where do I start? I can’t find trusted reviews!?

Posted by admin on March 17th, 2010 and filed under business reviews | 11 Comments »

We have 1 website, about 5 email addresses. I can’t tell which reviews for web hosts are real and which are advertisements!

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11 Responses

  1. Joel Says:

    try jumba and host gator… thats who im with
    good luck!
    References :
    http://www.joeldiaz.com.au

  2. Webmaster Says:

    I suggest you this website http://www.tenhostingreviews.com where you can find a list of the Top 10 Web hosting companies with the best features, support and pricing. You can get everything you need and it’s very easy. For what you are asking, I recommend you the option 1, Hope this could help you.
    References :
    http://www.tenhostingreviews.com

  3. Cassandra Says:

    Hi John,

    Check out Office Live Small Business. You can get all of this for as little as $15/year:

    -Low cost web management from design to hosting
    -Company email, commerce and online storage
    -Online and phone support
    -Easy to use, template based web builder

    Good Luck!

    Cheers,
    Cassandra
    Microsoft Office Live Outreach
    References :
    http://smallbusiness.officelive.com/en-us/

  4. John Says:

    Pretty much all of them are advertisements.

    There are a couple of options for hosting:

    1. Shared hosting

    This is the cheapest and easiest to setup, and it’s more than enough for majority of websites. Just pick one that is already an established company and that has the features you need.

    I recommend one of these: http://www.tophostingpicks.com

    iPage has the best offer right now.
    Their standard price is $84/year ($6.95) but they have
    a 50% sale, one year of hosting for $42.00.

    They have one of the most popular hosting platforms, which currently hosts over a million websites. They’re also one of the oldest hosting companies, founded in 1998.

    2. VPS hosting

    If you need something more than shared hosting but not yet a dedicated server.
    It’s a lot harder to setup than shared hosting since you have to install everything yourself (like a linux distro, a web server, database server, any additional software). There are no control panels like Fantastico unless you install one yourself.

    Some good and cheap ones are:
    http://www.slicehost.com
    http://www.linode.com

    3, A dedicated server or a cloud service:
    http://www.rackspace.com
    http://aws.amazon.com
    References :

  5. Nicolas Says:

    HOSTGATOR! it’s the best and it’s what i use! i host about 30 websites on it, and i love them. Check them out, i posted a link below.

    http://secure.hostgator.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=happyrogue
    References :
    http://secure.hostgator.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=happyrogue

  6. David M Says:

    Take a look at:
    http://www.threehosts.com/business

    There you can reach the three reputable companies that are leaders in the business web hosting industry.

    I personally use bluehost. They have a really great offer for hosting & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them.

    Hope this helps.
    References :

  7. Radha Rodriguez Says:

    hi,
    through out my life i’ve been with a lots of hosts, but the feature u must look for in a host is the Technical and Backsupport they offer, in my experience
    http://www.thewebpole.com/ offers them well and good and it is also a free hosting provider
    References :

  8. John Says:

    Hey John,

    Yeah alot of the links you find for hosts are advertisements. Take for example some of the comments left for your question already. If you see the word "affiliates" in the link someone gives you, then they are making a profit off of you signing up with that link. So obviously thats something to stay away from. As for finding a good host, I’d go with HostGator or Dreamhost definately. Both have great prices if you use a coupon. (I used code SAVEMONTHLY when I signed up for a year of hosting with dreamhost, and I think it ended up costing around $40 for the whole year)

    Both will give you the best support of any hosting company around. Dreamhost is employee owned, so they seem like they truly care about their customers. Hostgator has awsome support. I have accounts with Dreamhost, Godaddy, Hostgator, and BlueHost. Withouth a doubt, of all those Dreamhost and Hostgator by far have been the best.

    I have had no downtime on any of my sites and their support is great. Dreamhost also offers a 100% uptime guarantee and they even have a $97 day money back guarantee if you decide you dont like them. That way you can try them out to see if you like them.

    I would say Dreamhost is slightly better than Hostgator, but they will both treat you great and offer one on one help in case you run into problems, whereas some of the big companies, ie godaddy are terrible to deal with if you need one on one support with someone that speaks good english, especially if your not tech savy like myself.

    Here are some Dreamhost coupon codes in case you decide to try them:

    20OFFHOSTING ($20 Off Hosting Package)
    2DOMFREE (2 Additional Free Domain Names with Signup)
    1IPFORFREE (Get 1 Free Lifetime Unique IP)
    65OFFHOSTING ($65 Off 1 Year Hosting Package)
    SAVEMONTHLY ($40 off Monthly Hosting Package)

    Here are some coupons for Hostgator:

    SNOWMAN (20% off)
    BOSTON (25$ off)
    HOUSTON ($25 off)
    HGC25 ($9.94 off new hosting)

    This is the review site I got the coupons from if you want to read more about the hosts:
    http://internethostreviews.com/current-hosting-coupons

    Good luck in your decision!
    References :
    http://internethostreviews.com

  9. John S Says:

    try http://www.sky.uk.net
    References :

  10. Byant P Says:

    Google is your friend. Search "hot to tell which reviews for web hosts are real and which are advertisements" lol
    References :
    what I know

  11. Jane Says:

    Hi,
    If you need UK web hosting check out http://www.pickaweb.co.uk
    For reviews check out http://www.reviewcentre.com
    References :

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