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Website Hosting Services - Compare


FINDING A WEB HOST

You may be wondering if it is possible to find a quality web host that offers a reasonable price while still maintaining good to excellent customer service? If you're not, you should. And the answer to the question is yes, it is possible to find a web host that's reasonable. In fact, it may include more features then you will ever use.

However, I would suggest that you consider your current needs and your needs five years down the road. If the web hosting service cannot grow with your needs-it may be wise to look elsewhere.


Web Host Advice

Yes, many website hosting companies do give you cheap rates, however you should also look at the fine print. Why? You have to ask yourself- "Is that low price with a yearly contract, a 2 year contract or maybe a 5 year contract."  And-do you have to pay it all upfront for the full 2 or 5 years. Or....

You may want to only pay on a monthly basis and be able to cancel when you want. Which some web hosts offer, such as HostGator, but you're probably pay the price for that privilege.

Translated,  know what the web hosting service you're going with will support and how much you have to pay upfront. And if the price you are paying is a "promo" price, ask what the regular price is, if it is not listed.

Most people are broad-sided by the cost, or the fact that the web host is not giving them what they expected. 
Never assume, they are going to offer anything for free or within a program. Look at their website and see what they offer, and if you don't see something listed, or you have questions, ASK.

For instance, do they offer streaming audio/video on all their different web hosting offerings? Or do they offer streaming audio/video at all?  By asking, and leaving nothing to the imagination, you can lessen surprises.  

Matching your needs to the web host capabilities. 
What do I mean? If you are going to have a simple HTML website then you can assume you will only make simple demands on the hosting service. However, if you are going to have a more interactive site, with forums, discussion groups, or you get large bursts of traffic, you will need a hosting service that can handle your needs upfront.

One additional thought, there are many web hosting services you can choose from, I've found some to be good services, and have heard some good comments about many...but, I get a little anxious when I have to search for their pricing. That being said....

A good web hosting service should accomplish these basic needs:  Ease of use, rarely down,  good support that you can reach at all times, and pricing not hidden in the abyss of their site.

 Below you'll find several examples of reasonable web hosting services, but trust me, there are many, many other web hosting services that are available. I have not found anyone that has been 100% pleased with any web hosting service, which means, do your research, and go with the best that you can afford.



  HostGator

HostGator

HostGator offers three different plans: Baby, Hatchling and Business. Pricing: You can choose: Monthly, 1 year, 2 year, or 3 year. Note: The longer the plan the lower the price.

• Unlimited Disk Space and bandwidth
• Easy to Use control Panel
• Unlimited subdomains, FTP Accounts and Email Accounts
• SiteBuilder and SiteStudio Website Building Tools
• Free Website Templates
• Unlimited MySQL Databases with phpMyAdmin Access
• FrontPage Extensions
• Cron Job Scheduling
• Unlimited POP3 Email Accounts with SMTP

Views

FatCow is one of many web hosting services going green. What does that mean? They are completely powered by wind energy.

Their "HeiferCratic Oath" is to promise their customers quality customer service. In face, if the “Moo Crew” hasn’t kept this promise to you, you could even get a month of hosting free!

The HeiferCratic Oath of FatCow goes on to say, that they will do their best to answer any calls within two minutes, and they’ll do that without outsourcing any call centers outside of North America. You’ll also get a (somewhat) personalized phone call within a week of registration welcoming you to their service!

Con

1) I have one problem when entering into the control panel-and it is advertising. They try to advertise to their paying customers. My personal opinion, this type of advertising is better served for non-paying customers.

2) For those sites wanting to move their site to FatCow-think again. Though many services offer this to their customers, FatCow does not.

Pro

The pro to using FatCow is, they have great customer service, eco-friendly, cheap.

(Rating 3 out of 5)



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