Help me in choosing hosting provider.

I have no experience with the other hosts listed, but my overall experience with GoDaddy has been consistently good, both for hosting and email.

 

I am running the hell away from Hostgator.

Started on a reseller account. Was told I had to move to a semi-dedicated two months later and then a dedicated two weeks later.

After 100+ support tickets last month I flipped out on them... and then was told they dont support dedicated servers.

As we speak I've moving over to softlayer and on twice the gb disk space and twice the ram for only $25.00 more a month.

I do have 60 websites and a few run automated scripts and cron jobs but nothing that should have buckled their server so easily...

Godaddy isn't bad but they have a limit to the scripting you can use on their shared accounts.

Peace

 

One thing I really enjoye about siteground.com is that they can set you up within MINUTES.

I was dissatisfied with one webhost, and I wanted to move my business. Within 12 minutes of contacting siteground, I was ftp'ing my content to the new website.

Record time.

And I have all the features I like, a standard CPanel, Awstats, etc.

 

Two webhosts that get my vote are:

site5.com
mediatemple.com

I use site5 personally because I was so impressed with their service that I dropped all other hosts and switched to them.

Mediatemple.com is another host that I have *never* heard bad things about, not only that but many high traffic sites host there and have no problem showing off the fact that mediatemple is their host... It's worth a try I think.

 

Go with mine

Servage.net

125GB Diskspace
2100GB Bandwidth
No Downtime
Helpful and FAST support
Easy management and admin panel

10/10 from me.

I'm using it myself and I have yet to find anything bad.

And if you use my coupon, you get 25 extra GB of diskspace. If your interested just flip me a pm. I could really use you using my code .

 

I have servage.net hosting account. I have godaddy.com hosting account. I have used over a hundred hosting account over the past 5 years and have come to a conclusion - quality pays a price.

For a webmaster like me, quality is very important. And I am talking about support, response time, server speed, ease of maintenance and the most important - features.

Its true servage is giving away huge bandwidth offer and humongous amounts of space. But is their support really a support? Is their admin panel at all user friendly? Are their databases easy to maintain? Do they seriously lag in speed sometimes? -- From my experiences, it has all been negative.

Then I opted for Hostgator and swoosh - all the reviews suddenly became so true. I am very happy with my Hostgator account and will be keeping it forever. Their support is magnificent, their control panel is so enriched with massive features. They are giving me 5 GB space and 75 GB bandwidth per month at $10 per month. But giving me the option to host unlimited domains and all the features youre ever going to find. But most importantly, saving me hours and hours of work setting up my blogs creating my datasbases, setting up my forums, setting up my CMS it all takes a fraction of a second in Hostgator.

So yes I have found my answer to the best webhosting from this forum, and I am going to boast it in the air with pride : Hostgator is the best.

 

Hostgator is good but has no shell access

 

Hostgator is a very good web hosting that I use but it's not the "ultimate" hosting. for $5 to $10 extra monthly you can get a lot more and for $30 monthly you can get dedicated hosting.

 

HosGator is all about quality and ideal hosting service to start being a webmaster. When you go big - there will be plenty of options true. But for the first 1-2 years, it can be the best hosting service.

 

Will Hostgator baby plan $9.95 75 gig bandwidth 5 gig disk space be enough for a Youtube type site if many members join?

 

nope

bandwidth will run out in a few days.

You need dedicated hosting for that kind of sites if you expect a lot of people joining.

 

That will cost a fortune I think

 

hostgo.com and racknebula.com

 

Honestly speaking - for a new website utilising those 75 gigs would take quite sometime. When you have some steady stream of incoming money you could opt to buy a dedicated server with unmetered bandwidth. But for starters and sites with moderate content ( meaning not much graphical or bigger file size ) NOTHING can beat hostgator. I didnt even know about hostgator a week ago - now according to the reviews of the members in DP, I am in love with HostGator. SO much that I have bought myself an Affiliate account as well. Cheers to Hostgator.