Your Favourite Hosting Company

dreamhost is the best. it's been around very long time, and very stable.

There is no single best host for everyone. No host can meet everyone's needs.

Someone should be asking you a lot of questions before they give you a quote on hosting. There is more to it than price or even good service.

What will you be doing on the site?
Will you need lots of storage? Lots of bandwidth?
Do you need to install scripts? Want to be able to auto-install common scripts?
Do you need shell access? DNS hosting?
Just one site, or a deal on hosting multiple sites?
How expert are you? Need lots of help, or just the occassional helpdesk ticket?
Do you need a particular platform? Windows or Linux?
Do you need support for anything special? ColdFusion? Miva? Plone? Java?
Do you want your domain registration conveniently rolled into your hosting bill?
Will you be sending email? How much? Email marketing?
Do you need a static IP or an SSL certificate? BYOcert?
Hosting big audio or video files? Streaming? Podcasting?

Maybe your site is simple and static... but make sure you are getting all the features you need before you decide based on price alone.

Originally Posted by matriarchy There is no single best host for everyone. No host can meet everyone's needs. Someone should be asking you a lot of questions before they give you a quote on hosting. There is more to it than price or even good service. What will you be doing on the site? Will you need lots of storage? Lots of bandwidth? Do you need to install scripts? Want to be able to auto-install common scripts? Do you need shell access? DNS hosting? Just one site, or a deal on hosting multiple sites? How expert are you? Need lots of help, or just the occassional helpdesk ticket? Do you need a particular platform? Windows or Linux? Do you need support for anything special? ColdFusion? Miva? Plone? Java? Do you want your domain registration conveniently rolled into your hosting bill? Will you be sending email? How much? Email marketing? Do you need a static IP or an SSL certificate? BYOcert? Hosting big audio or video files? Streaming? Podcasting? Maybe your site is simple and static... but make sure you are getting all the features you need before you decide based on price alone.

Well said Matriarchy :P

www.powervps.com they dont just do VPS systems, they are very good! great support responce time & super fast servers!

also www.hostingzoom.com they are very good I hear, I was with resellerzoom but Ive move onto my own server now.

I own www.brokenhosting.com but our database is messed up due to our billing system. We will be able to get it sorted out soon though. I wouldn't call us the best host though.

Originally Posted by chronic I own www.brokenhosting.com but our database is messed up due to our billing system. We will be able to get it sorted out soon though. I wouldn't call us the best host though.

Plus, you are using a template..

How about godaddy and mediatemple?

of course,

www.godaddy.com
www.mediatemple.com

respectively.

Originally Posted by oneimedia How about godaddy and mediatemple? of course, www.godaddy.com www.mediatemple.com respectively.

I think it depends if he wants service over the biggest available hosting packages on the net. I would go for service instead of the best deal.

Both of which GoDaddy and MediaTemple are very note worthy for.

Originally Posted by oneimedia Both of which GoDaddy and MediaTemple are very note worthy for.

I despise GoDaddy for hosting (not familiar with MediaTemple). I used them for my business at first. First of all, there wasn't the ability to host multiple domains, which I run several. Secondly, I wanted to use ConstantContact to manage my newsletters ( a pretty well-respected company ), which would go out not only to subscribers but to my site's writers (using the email addresses I also purchased from GoDaddy - before they were automatically included with domains). However, GoDaddy refused to allow my own email addresses for my writers to receive my own company's newsletter! They refused to whitelist them. I ultimately discovered, after arguing for days with GoDaddy's "support" people, that the ban had something to do with a competition issue between the companies. It was the most UNPROFESSIONAL bs I'd ever heard!!! Do NOT use this company for hosting. They think they have the right to control how you run your business. What a crock!

Anyway, I since switched to HostGator, and love them! For less than $10/month I get 5 GB space, more bandwidth than I could need (and that's with running media files and such as well), I can have unlimited email accounts, domains and sub-domains ... literally EVERY feature I could possibly want is available on my account. I have FULL control, no BS like GoDaddy tried to pull, the site's NEVER been down since switching, and on the rare occasion I've needed support (mostly because I simply didn't know how to do something), they've gotten back to me via email in no more than a few hours. They are definitely worth checking out.