Written on July 30th, 2008 at 06:07 am by Darren Rowse

Blog Hosting Recommendations – Who Hosts Yours?

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“Can you give me advice on which host to go with to host my blog?”

It’s a question that I’m asked a lot – but one that I can’t offer a lot of personal advice on as my blogs have been successfully hosted on b5media’s servers for a couple of years now. We use LogicWorks at b5 but I’m interested to hear who you use and recommend to host your blog?

Who do you use to host your blog? Why do you use them?

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265 Responses to “Blog Hosting Recommendations – Who Hosts Yours?” - Add Yours

  • bob cobb

    July 30th, 2008 6:59 am

    liquidweb

  • Glenn Palmer

    July 30th, 2008 7:13 am

    We sell web hosting, so our blogs are self-hosted wordpress blogs. Just costs us the price of the domain registration.

  • Doug

    July 30th, 2008 7:15 am

    I’ve been using EngineHosting (http://www.enginehosting.com) lately for several of my internet properties.

    I love the fact that they have a toll-free number and I can actually talk to a human being.

  • Fav Browser

    July 30th, 2008 7:18 am

    I use http://www.lotosus.com

  • Youri

    July 30th, 2008 7:18 am

    I’m on Mediatemple. I had a $15 shared host a year and it crumbled as soon as I got some social media love. Media temple has been great so far. It’s only been down once for less that 15 minutes really.

    The benefit is that you can be sure it survives major traffic spikes. But if you’re not sure you’ll be getting any of them you might as well try a cheaper host. I chose MT because I wanted to be sure I’m set for a long time to come.

  • Daniel Scocco

    July 30th, 2008 7:19 am

    I tried quite a few hosts during the years: Yahoo, GoDaddy, Dreamhost, A Small Orange and so on.

    After I moved to Doreo.com, though, I have not moved further.

    They are my sponsor, but all my sites are hosted with them, so its a honest endorsement.

  • Ethan Stanislawski

    July 30th, 2008 7:22 am

    I use hostmonster. It’s cheap, they have great services, and it’s very reliable.

  • Cigar Inspector

    July 30th, 2008 7:24 am

    I’m using BlueHost for all my websites and am satisfied.

  • Jacob

    July 30th, 2008 7:24 am

    I use HostGator for my smaller sites that really are not going to go anywhere (just experiments). And then I use http://www.servint.com for a VPS for my bigger sites.

  • Jacob

    July 30th, 2008 7:24 am

    Sorry…ServInt.net

  • Lucas K Allmon

    July 30th, 2008 7:25 am

    I use go-daddy and I love them. Their plans are cheap, reliable and the customer service has always been great. The biggest downside is that their control panels aren’t the most well laid out for someone who isn’t very savvy. That’s the only negative thing I can say about em though!!

  • Miguel Alvarez

    July 30th, 2008 7:28 am

    I run a small web hosting company and that’s where I have both Marketingfactor.com and Copywriting.com

    In case you’re interested in checking it out it’s at:
    http://thirdsphere.com/

  • Ben Fraley

    July 30th, 2008 7:29 am

    I’ve used Godaddy for all my sites. I’ve never had a problem with them, and it’s only 4 bucks a month. Can’t complain

  • Shaun Kester

    July 30th, 2008 7:31 am

    Media Temple (mediatemple.net)

    and

    Magics Hosting (magicshosting.net)

  • Gregg Marshall

    July 30th, 2008 7:32 am

    I’ve had great experience with Network Redux

  • jhay

    July 30th, 2008 7:32 am

    I’m hosted at Lunarpages dot com. Great services and wonderfully fast support for relatively low prices.

  • Grant

    July 30th, 2008 7:33 am

    I personally use http://www.holdfire.net, they are good, cheap, very reliable and have great support.

  • crashsystems

    July 30th, 2008 7:34 am

    I use bluehost. It is my first ever hosting company, so I do not have prior experience to compare it against. It seems to be doing fairly well, though I’ve never had the opportunity to test it out with a traffic spike.

  • Dave

    July 30th, 2008 7:36 am

    I use both Media Temple and Mosso depending on which blog of mine you’re looking at :)

  • asynadak

    July 30th, 2008 7:36 am

    I use HostGator. It is cheap, up and running all the time (never went down even for a couple of minutes) and their support department replies as soon as possible!

  • Ian

    July 30th, 2008 7:37 am

    I have used Dathorn for 4 years now. This is shared hosting, but extremely reliable. If you have a small blog it is more than adequate. They do not allow over selling on their accounts, and shut down any abusive sites which keeps their servers in top notch shape. I run about four sites on their smallest package. For mega volume sites you obviously need a dedicated server which they do not provide.

    http://www.dathorn.com/

  • Todd

    July 30th, 2008 7:38 am

    I use HostGator for my smaller, personal blog. I’ve found them to be faster than my previous MediaTemple-hosted site.

    Also, I like the ability to pay by the month. It’s significantly more expensive over the course of a year, but also easier on my budget.

  • Adrian

    July 30th, 2008 7:39 am

    I use the hosting service from Media Temple. Personally, I love the Account Center feature, all of the things I need are neatly arranged there.
    The System Status feature is also the first explanation of things when anything goes wrong.

  • Chris

    July 30th, 2008 7:40 am

    I’ve just this week moved my hot hatch blog from Squarespace to a Wordpress installation at Bluehost.
    They’re considerably cheaper than Squarespace and you get full control over your blog’s appearance and structure.
    Squarespace is a good site for the less technically experienced blogger, but as my blog has grown I’ve been craving more control.
    Now I’m up and running with Wordpress and a pro-designed theme and I’m much happier, apart from some teething troubles after the move.

  • Ari Koinuma

    July 30th, 2008 7:41 am

    http://acornhost.com

    GREEN hosting – 100% powered by renewable energy!!

    ari

  • shamess

    July 30th, 2008 7:43 am

    Well, before I used who ever was cheapest. Eventually I realised I needed more than a standard web host company could offer so I went and got a virtual private server. Now I have complete control over everything; just like a dedicated server. I have a tonne of bandwidth left over, which I just sell to other people.

  • Keith

    July 30th, 2008 7:43 am

    Most of mine are located at Wired Tree on a VPS. Fantastic service if you need a VPS or bigger. The rest will be moving there on a second VPS in August.

  • Tyler Pruitt

    July 30th, 2008 7:43 am

    Surpasshosting.com Good support. 1 Week of issues(intermittent problems not 5 days of no service) in 4 years of hosting (shared hosting)

  • Lyndon

    July 30th, 2008 7:44 am

    I’m not really sure there is a right answer to that question. No matter who you choose, there is always a few horror stories to go along with any recommended host.

    Me personally I’ve had a few sites on different hosts (Netfirms, Site 5). But I’m currently with Mediatemple. It costs a bit more than most, but so far I haven’t had any major problems with them and I’m quite happy with the service and uptime.

  • Josh Cohen

    July 30th, 2008 7:45 am

    Just switched to BlueHost and really like them. Tech/customer service is 24/hrs and has always been very friendly and helpful, especially considering most of the screwups were on my end. :)

  • Alex

    July 30th, 2008 7:47 am

    I use HostICan and I’ve been very unhappy. I went through a 60 day period of really bad uptime. More recently, it took customer service over 8 hours to get my site back up after I resolved the main issue.

    Make sure you look for coupons at http://www.RetailMeNot.com. You can save a good bit.

    -Alex
    http://www.alexlcohen.com

  • Leigh

    July 30th, 2008 7:48 am

    Media Temple on their VPS, great service and they provide international numbers for overseas support which is great as I’m in the UK.

  • Chad

    July 30th, 2008 7:49 am

    I was on GoDaddy for a bit, OK for very basic stuff, but not so good on pricing and other stuff. Then I switched to HostGator, and they’ve been great so far. Support has been really really good most times i’ve called, but really lousy twice. Pricing’s pretty good for shared hosting, and I have a pretty decent amunt of flexibility with what I can do

  • Mark Avey

    July 30th, 2008 7:50 am

    Moved from Dreamhost to Media Temple Grid about 6 months ago and never looked back. Service and uptime is fantastic.

  • Tom Hanna

    July 30th, 2008 7:52 am

    GoDaddy primarily. After using smaller hosts for several years I finally moved almost everything over to GoDaddy about a year ago. The pattern with the small companies is almost always the same – great price and service to start with, usually very personal service because it’s a small shop. Then service on issues starts to deteriorate. Then uptime starts to suffer. Then your site is down for two or three days and the only email answering is the sales one, usually with no idea that there’s a problem as they continue selling.

    The last one customers were calling his home phone, faxing, leaving messages on the support forums and even contacting the datacenter where the servers were located to try to get help. So, the rule for me now is no one who doesn’t have a toll 24/7 phone number for support prominently listed on their website and a huge customer base. If GoDaddy goes down, I won’t be the only one with a problem.

  • writer dad

    July 30th, 2008 7:52 am

    I’m on Media Temple and I love it. I had a very short run on two other hosts, before finding them. They’ve been perfect.

  • Katherine Reschke

    July 30th, 2008 7:53 am

    I am with Hostgator as they are cheap, reliable and have a good support team.

  • Tom Hanna

    July 30th, 2008 7:53 am

    I hate typing in little boxes…That was supposed to say “toll free or at least 24/7 phone number”

  • Michele

    July 30th, 2008 7:53 am

    Since I run a hosting company (http://www.blacknight.com) I host everything with us

  • Jerry

    July 30th, 2008 7:54 am

    I use HostICan.com. Very WordPress friendly. Their customer service is so good it frightens me.

  • Delicious Design Studio

    July 30th, 2008 7:54 am

    I personally use Tiger Technologies for my blog, design business, and cupcake site. I love the fact that I always receive a response by e-mail within 1-2 hours for support… which is important to me.

    I also refer them to a lot of my web design clients.

  • Luke Harvey-Palmer

    July 30th, 2008 7:55 am

    I use http://www.ixwebhosting.com who provide great service, and at a great price. However, I have had issues with hosting my mail accounts over there, as many of my emails get treated as spam by my readers! This seems to be an issue with US hosting in Aus, as a lot of them are ‘blacklisted’ by ISP’s I would like to hear someone elses view on this, as I am considering changing hosts to solve this problem?

  • vipey

    July 30th, 2008 7:55 am

    I use hostgator

    very pleased with them

  • Delilah Hinman

    July 30th, 2008 7:55 am

    I use [aff link removed] BlueHost, which has amazing customer service and uptime. Good price and features too (easy WordPress install, etc)! I highly recommend them!

  • Kelley

    July 30th, 2008 7:56 am

    Have been with Compunet Communications http://www.compunetcom.com for about 8 months. I pay $39.95 per month and have 32 websites running there on my host account. They have been great. The only issue I have with Wordpress Blogs is that the Fantastico installer doesn’t create an .htaccess file that works. I always have to go back in and fix the .htaccess file. It only takes seconds but it is a bit annoying.

  • nathan

    July 30th, 2008 7:56 am

    i’ve been using westhost for about a year and never had any problems. really good 24/7 customer service.

  • Anjuan Simmons

    July 30th, 2008 7:57 am

    I use Yahoo! Small Business. It has a lot of limitations (e.g. no access to htaccess and limitations on emails sent via the php mail function as well as SMTP), but the service has been reliable and fairly fast. They also gave me the option for unlimited bandwidth and unlimited storage, but I’m sure there are caps on that.

  • ML

    July 30th, 2008 7:57 am

    Laughing Squid–they’re an independent little company out of San Francisco. They are smaller so the communication and costumer service is great. The price is reasonable too! :)

  • Gyutae Park

    July 30th, 2008 7:57 am

    I have a VPN at Liquid Web but am looking to move to a dedicated server soon.

    For smaller sites I like to use A Small Orange, Host Gator, and Media Temple (mostly for blogs w/ social media).

  • Danielle Vyas

    July 30th, 2008 7:58 am

    I use Blue Host with wordpress.org platform.

    Couldn’t beat the price they include registration of your domain name with your hosting.

    Wishing all light and love

    Danielle
    Modern Musings

  • Thomas Stachl

    July 30th, 2008 7:58 am

    I first had webspace on an American Server but then I moved to a vServer (more space and more possibilities) in Germany (united hoster). They are very cheap and very helpful. They also have a nice Service-Team and you can choose which OS you want to use.

  • jaime

    July 30th, 2008 8:00 am

    My brother and I both use HostGator for our sites. I like them a lot – they are very responsive.

    http://www.Hostgator.com

  • Avani-Mehta

    July 30th, 2008 8:01 am

    I use HostMonster. It offers some amazing services at cheap cost. Unlimited space, unlimited sub domains, permitting multiple domains for the same account etc. These met my requirements. In addition, the reviews for host monster have been great so far.

  • QualityGal

    July 30th, 2008 8:02 am

    I use http://www.HostRocket.com – and I have only good things to say about them.

  • vera

    July 30th, 2008 8:03 am

    Reality check network
    Expensive, but reliable and quick to respond

  • Kimberly/Mom in the City

    July 30th, 2008 8:03 am

    I have a Yahoo Small Business Account. Initially, I was using their MovableType. However, when I recently had my blog re-designed, the designer switched me over to WordPress (.org, not .com). From what I’ve read WordPress is supposed to be more user-friendly. That has not been my personal experience so far though! I have had a lot of problems with including images and video. (I hear that it’s because of certain Yahoo plugins, but it has been a pretty frustrating experience…)

  • Patrick Britton

    July 30th, 2008 8:06 am

    I have been using 1&1’s home package for almost a year and haven’t had any issues. It’s a pretty cheap package, about $30 USD for six months, and it’s perfect for those just starting off. You get plenty of space and mysql databases to set up several blogs.

    I can’t speak on experience with customer service because I haven’t had any issues. I don’t think 1&1 is the best choice but they are acceptable. I’m sure there are better choices out there if you can afford them.

  • Julian Simpson

    July 30th, 2008 8:08 am

    I started my personal blog on blogger as my hosting company destroyed my original VPS. Now both my blogs are there and I’m only now starting to feel constrained. I’ll be moving to a Wordpress install on my new, better VPS (clustered.net in the UK) as soon as I can.

    Really need to get some better URLs for series pages and there’s a couple of resources I’d like to host with permanent addresses too.

    Anybody have hints for migrating from blogger?

  • markowe

    July 30th, 2008 8:09 am

    I echo Bluehost. I started out with Netfirms and I am afraid they were awful. Just did not offer any advanced functionality at all – no proper access to .htaccess, hence no SEF URLs, a basic requirement. Also, the servers were REALLY slow (heavily shared server farms, no doubt). But I was a newbie then and didn’t know…

    I cut my losses (no pro rata refund) and moved to Bluehost and am very happy – pretty reasonable customer support, not very common with hosting companies, LOTS of space, bandwidth (I’ve never come close to using them up!), unlimited domains (which was only introduced after I signed up but which they gave me on request with no quibbles) and full access to most server configuration stuff like php.ini, .htaccess etc. Very little downtime, too.

    All for about $80, pretty good I reckon, I’m happy.

  • Neil Kelty

    July 30th, 2008 8:09 am

    I’ve bounced around quite a bit over the past few years.

    Currently with Bluehost for several sites.

    I used to be with Reseller Zoom, but I need Ruby on Rails for non-blogging related purposes so I was forced to switch.

    My first host was Hostony, but after some billing and email downtime issues I moved.

    My first pick would be MediaTemple, but I just don’t need that kind of computer power at the moment.

  • Marija

    July 30th, 2008 8:10 am

    I’ve been using Rimuhosting, and I’m not satisfied at all.

  • Jeremy

    July 30th, 2008 8:10 am

    Another Media Temple user here. Love it, and with a coupon code making it $15/month and referring a few people for free money, it is a great deal :)

  • Derek

    July 30th, 2008 8:11 am

    I’m using BlueFur hosting for most of my sites. Their level of service (including uptime) is outstanding, I’m able to host multiple domains on one account (could not do that with last host) and their prices are very affordable.

  • David Marriott

    July 30th, 2008 8:11 am

    I very much enjoy using http://www.squarespace.com — they do both the hosting AND all the back end (a la wordpress) in a very graphical user interface kind of way.

  • BlueFurSucks

    July 30th, 2008 8:14 am

    I would strongly not recommend BlueFur

  • th13rteen

    July 30th, 2008 8:16 am

    Nice post. Right now I’m using a small VPS from GoDaddy. I thought GoDaddy would be reliable (and they are). I’m happy with their service and uptime.

  • Larry

    July 30th, 2008 8:16 am

    My blogs are hosted on Midphase and they have been there since early 2005. Good price and no significant problems during these more than three years.

  • Matt Farina

    July 30th, 2008 8:22 am

    I’m a fan of Media Temple and their Dedicated Virtual hosting. Anything less than that is equivalent to high end shared servers. They have solid up time, outstanding customer service, and plenty of resources.

    Another provider I have herd raves about is Joyent. I haven’t used them myself but hear nice things.

  • Christina Warren

    July 30th, 2008 8:22 am

    I’m with Media Temple. I have both a (gs) account (which is what I use for my blog and all my side-projects) and I manage a (dv) account for my dad’s business site.

    Other than some very minor issues with uptime (that didn’t even really affect me), they have been fantastic. Customer service is great, you can call them any time of day and get an intelligent, friendly and COMPETENT person. The (gs) deals with the Digg effect very, very well and the (dv) is just rock solid.

    If you are fully competent with the command line and want the best price/performance option, Slicehost is also an excellent, excellent provider. I’ve worked on a few sites that run on Slicehost and it is very, very slick. Probably not as ideal for bloggers as you don’t get any kind of control panel, but for anyone who is looking at building their own app, its a great host.

  • Jack&Jill

    July 30th, 2008 8:23 am

    They are all so similar, but what can make a difference is customer service.

    Bluehost is my preference. They are awesome. Even when it is not the hosting servers problem, I have a question, they try to be helpful on how to solve your problem…most companies are quick to say “Um, mam, we don’t support that blah blah” They are always overly helpful.

    Bluehost rocks!

  • Bill Sheridan

    July 30th, 2008 8:23 am

    We use Typepad. It’s pretty powerful, the cost is right and we can create / host an unlimited number of blogs. Typepad came highly recommended from our blog “coach,” Debbie Weil, and we’re pretty happy with it so far. The downsides: It’s not very intuitive if you are using a custom design. For design novices like me, it’s better to use a custom header as part of one of Typepad’s themed designs. That gives you plenty of control over the content.

  • Austin

    July 30th, 2008 8:23 am

    I use apis networks for my personal and travel sites, they’re cheap, reliable and have a wonderful control panel interface.

  • Sime

    July 30th, 2008 8:24 am

    Brinkster… third year running… Good support, pretty good prices…

    That said, I have no idea why I don’t just use one of my webservers at work… “flamin’ geek” that I am…

    sime

  • pete

    July 30th, 2008 8:25 am

    I’ve been with InMotion hosting now for a year and they’ve been great. Their base packages aren’t that great with regard to number of databases, but the uptime and service is excellent.

  • Schoonzie

    July 30th, 2008 8:33 am

    I have used HostGator.com in the past and they were great and I didn’t notice any downtime, but I upgraded to a ServInt.net VPS and haven’t looked back.

  • Markus Langenfeld

    July 30th, 2008 8:34 am

    A Small Orange, Love ‘em.

  • Brian Auer

    July 30th, 2008 8:35 am

    I use MediaTemple’s Grid Service (http://mediatemple.net/webhosting/gs/) because it’s fairly cheap and it can totally handle Digg traffic. I got tired of my previous host shutting down my site every time I got some Digg or StumbleUpon traffic, so I gave MT a try and they haven’t failed me yet.

  • joe gelb

    July 30th, 2008 8:36 am

    blogger

  • Duhh

    July 30th, 2008 8:38 am

    All my blogs are hosted on WordPress.com but I host my projects on MediaTemple, BEST HOST EVER!

  • Jason

    July 30th, 2008 8:42 am

    I have used 1and1 (http://www.1and1.com) for several years now and absolutely love them. Their support and uptime has been top notch. I have used several other major hosts in the past and not one compares to the quality of service I have received from 1and1. It’s no wonder they have been one of the top rated hosts for many years now.

  • Robin

    July 30th, 2008 8:43 am

    Little Oak

    They have an installatron thingy for installing WP and updating it. Almost immediate response (email) from support.

  • Reese

    July 30th, 2008 8:44 am

    I use a small orange http://www.asmallorange.com/services/hosting/ They’re really affordable, their “tiny” is only $25 a year and is enough for most personal sites/blogs. I have the “small” because I like to store more, it’s still just $5 a month.

    While they do occasionally have a technical issue, the respond quite quickly.

  • Dave

    July 30th, 2008 8:51 am

    I, and most of my clients, use http://www.liquidweb.com/.

  • Sam Dalton

    July 30th, 2008 8:53 am

    I’m using http://www.thiswebhost.com and I’m very pleased with the service. They don’t oversell and have excellent customer support.

  • Rajaie AlKorani

    July 30th, 2008 8:58 am

    I also use Doreo like Daniel from DailyBlogTips.com, it’s weird how not a single person uses it other than him and me (mentioned in the comments)

  • Dereck

    July 30th, 2008 9:00 am

    I use hostmonster. I read as many reviews as possible before selecting them. They are inexpensive, and have been very reliable.

  • webgaden

    July 30th, 2008 9:01 am

    I use bluefur.com. Lots of space, great prices, easy to use control panel and very reliable.

  • James

    July 30th, 2008 9:02 am

    Dreamhost private server. Can configure the server as you wish, and control resources available to it in real time. 99% of the time I keep it at the lowest setting and when I’m about to have a digg FP I crank up the memory and it handles the spike like a champ. Costs an extra $15 over shared hosting prices on it’s lowest setting. Support has been great and responds very quickly if I have a question. I’ve heard some people complain about them, but I’ve had nothing but good experiences in the 3 years I’ve been using them as a host on various sites.

  • Blog Bloke

    July 30th, 2008 9:05 am

    Did you possibly write this with me in mind Darren? ;-)

    Well as you know I’ve only had one blog host experience so far. So in consideration of recent events would I recommend them? I’ll give you 3 guesses. ;-)

    Rest assured, I will be reading the comments here with great interest.

  • Eric

    July 30th, 2008 9:11 am

    I have used HostGator, 1and1, Aplus.net and currently use Rochen.

    1and1 was very cheap (I still have all my domains there) but when I first started with blogs, etc, their support was absolutely horrible. It would take three calls to get anything taken care of.

    I then moved my personal accounts to HostGator and was amazed by their service. They are based in Texas, I think, and they are great about customer service and tech support. The only reason I left them was because I moved to Rochen, which came highly recommended.

    At the same time, I was using Aplus.net to host my e-commerce platform because they included a license to Miva 5 and provided a payment gateway. This was also a disaster.

    Since I moved to Rochen, I have not had a single problem. They do a great job of balancing their servers, their customer/tech support is beyond description, and their members forum is packed with great information. I have posted a few tech support issues to their forum and almost always get a response from another member or a staff member within 20 minutes.
    I have never had a support ticket go more than 19 minutes. EVER. Even for the smallest of problems or requests, like installing a SSL.
    They are obsessive about taking care of their customers, for example, they had a free dinner for their customers at the last Joomla! Expo, held at Morton’s Steakhouse. Please tell me what other hosting company does this…?
    Their prices are on the high end of normal, and if you are used to HostGator or BlueHost, you will be surprised by their seemingly small bandwidth and file space, but they absolutely refuse to oversell either diskspace or bandwidth. They have a great reseller setup and also offer VPS and Dedicated Servers.
    I cannot recommend Rochen enough. You will not be disappointed.

  • Ultimate Blogging Experiment

    July 30th, 2008 9:13 am

    I have had many different blog postings but I have to say my favorite so far is the one I’m currently using blue hosts. The reason I have enjoyed it so much is that I’m getting unlimited bandwidth, which I didn’t believe was true at the time, and unlimited disk space. I have all three of my blogs currently hosted on it.I used to try and use godaddy but I never had enough bandwidth or disk space. I could have bought more but it just got too expensive.

  • Kyle Maxwell

    July 30th, 2008 9:19 am

    I’ve used DreamHost for over five years and generally have been happy with them. They did have a rough spot a while back, but they handled it with aplomb and I’ve never considered moving off them.

  • Michael Martin

    July 30th, 2008 9:21 am

    http://www.mediatemple.com for me.

    They have a really good reputation, and they do offer great support and more on their GS (Their version of shared hosting) than other shared hosts do.

    But they charge much, much more, and they just haven’t been that much better. The amount of downtime I get with them is no better than what I got on other hosts.

  • Chris Jones

    July 30th, 2008 9:29 am

    I use Host Gator, and they’re the best hosting company I’ve ever used. They have the most incredible customer service I’ve ever seen. I can call them anytime day or night and get help with anything I need.

  • Kathi D

    July 30th, 2008 9:35 am

    I use Dreamhost for my blog because it is a recommended one for Wordpress self-hosted blogs. I’ve had it several months and so far so good. Zero down time, and every one of my tech support questions has been promptly and cheerfully handled. By the way, every tech support question was due 100% to user error.

  • Grant

    July 30th, 2008 9:35 am

    wow, I didn’t realize that everyone would be using such a huge variety of hosts.

  • scott zeilenga

    July 30th, 2008 9:53 am

    I just priced out GoDaddy so that I can move from wordpress.com, but now I will definately check into a few others including MediaTemple.
    Thanks for the advice everyone.

    z.

  • Sylvia

    July 30th, 2008 10:07 am

    Media Temple (mediatemple.net) – excellent service, customer support and great pricing. I’ve been very happy with them.

  • Ingoal

    July 30th, 2008 10:09 am

    Well, I host all my blogs, which all run WordPress btw, on my own server. I mean for the blogs themselves a simple shared hosting deal or vps would be enough, but as I’ve got other sites that eat a lot of cpu and bandwidth it’s the best way for me…

  • Alex the Freelance Twin

    July 30th, 2008 10:12 am

    I’m surprised nobody has mentioned The Planet yet. I have 3 dedicated servers with them that runs me about $400 a month.

  • Adam

    July 30th, 2008 10:13 am

    We use MediaTemple to host our site. Its reliable and fast and can scale to meet our needs.

  • John

    July 30th, 2008 10:21 am

    I use freehostia.com

    They give you pretty limited options, and very limited customers service, but I guess you get what you pay for.

  • Blog Bloke

    July 30th, 2008 10:25 am

    Darren, would you mind taking me off the blacklist? I’m starting to get a complex ;-)

    I’ve been wasting away in the moderation que while everyone else hop-steps over me.

    You can delete this comment if you like. I won’t mind :-)

  • Marvin Macatol

    July 30th, 2008 10:38 am

    I use Host Gator. It’s the one recommended by Yaro Starak at becomeablogger.com. I learned about Yaro from Darren Rowse (oh! that guy from problogger.net? yeah, i guess he is ^_^)

  • it gossips

    July 30th, 2008 10:39 am

    I’m using Dreamhost :D

  • Geek's Dream Girl

    July 30th, 2008 10:40 am

    I use BlueHost. They’re cheap and have been pretty good. I got BoingBoing’ed a couple months ago and survived, so it must be okay! :-)

  • Tim Schmoyer

    July 30th, 2008 10:47 am

    I use Future Hosting because their VPS’s are reasonably priced and their customer support is great! I highly recommend them.

  • Jess

    July 30th, 2008 10:51 am

    I use Pappashop and I’ve noticed no one else mentioned it. Not sure why since it seems to be fairly good to me. But I do have a shop as well, so maybe that’s why. I actually used a wordpress template, from wordpress.org. and added it as a page to my shop. It all works fine, and Pappashop hosting is cheap.

    jess

  • David Lamb

    July 30th, 2008 10:58 am

    I use bluehost.com. It cost me about $150 for two years of hosting and domain name, but it’s reliable.

  • Jess

    July 30th, 2008 11:00 am

    damn sounds intriguing, but I can’t afford $97 a month…even if its just a cup of coffee a day…I don’t buy coffee cause its too expensive!
    That’s a lot of money!!
    500 students by $97 = $48 500

    Hmmm

    Darren’s advice = free….yay!

    jess

  • david

    July 30th, 2008 11:01 am

    I use HostMatters for my two main sites — pretty satisfied so far, although their servers seem just a wee bit slow. Been using them for over 3 years.

    I also use GoDaddy for several smaller sites. GoDaddy does not have a standard CPanel, which sucks, but it does offer good prices, abundant features, and I have never experienced any service outages with them.

    I do like learning about other hosts, and this thread has sure opened up lots of other possibilities. Thanks, all, for the recommendations (good and bad).

  • Jess

    July 30th, 2008 11:06 am

    I’m an imbecile

    I had ten windows open and wrote my comment to the wrong post….
    anyway forget it

    sorry

    jess

  • Bruce

    July 30th, 2008 11:08 am

    Yahoo.

    I’ve had some serious problems with them in the past, but a wonderful experience today with a tech/cust svc. guy.

    Guess I’ll stay with them…for now.

  • Rick

    July 30th, 2008 11:09 am

    I use Wordpress hosted on http://www.hostmonster.com.

  • Tinh

    July 30th, 2008 11:13 am

    I hosted my blogshowup.com at Godaddy and I am happy with this. Thanks

  • Allison Reynolds

    July 30th, 2008 11:20 am

    I use Servage primarily as they offer large storage and transfer along with unlimited domain hosting and email accounts. They are also very reasonably priced and are based in Europe (if you are looking for diversity in your IP addressing :))

    They use their own cpanel setup and have auto-install for many popular platforms (wordpress, joomla etc)

  • Mick

    July 30th, 2008 11:25 am

    I use Bizland (www.bizland.com). They have a simple install for Wordpress, and offer real live personal support. I ran into a problem and was actually able to do a live chat with tech support as they walked me through the solution. I highly recommend them.

  • Voya

    July 30th, 2008 11:31 am

    I have been using a couple of hosts in the past, yahoo, godaddy and some local.

    Godaddy does not offer a c-panel, and yahoo won’t let you upload the .htaccess file, which is needed by wordpress, drupal and other php systems.

    I’ve switched to http://www.ultrawebsitehosting.com [yet another aff link removed!] and so far i am 100% satisfied, as my site never went down.

    Also, they have a free toll number, so you can talk to a human whenever you experience a problem ( i have none, so far )

    Live support chat, C-Panel, Unlimited bandwith, databases, subdomains, 500 GB space, which suits me just fine for hosting all the applications i need online.

    They allow you to place how many domains you wish, so you can host multiple blogs/applications, unless you run out from web space (500GB)

    And it’s just 5.95$ per month, assuming that you subscribe for 2 years.

  • Transcriptionist

    July 30th, 2008 11:31 am

    I’m with Doreo and with dedicated IP, just for a few bucks.

    Before switching, got satisfaction endorsement from Daniel Scocco. Now I’m too satisfied.

  • Myo Kyaw Htun

    July 30th, 2008 11:45 am

    My site is on Godaddy. I see No problems at all as of now.

  • Peter Cooper

    July 30th, 2008 11:48 am

    I’m with Softlayer, a dedicated server provider. They offer rather high end features at middle of the road prices (not cheap, not expensive). My main server is a quad-core 2.4GHz with 4GB RAM, 2TB bandwidth, and is about $225 a month including CPanel and a few other things.

  • Rob

    July 30th, 2008 11:59 am

    I have used http://webnet77.com for over 5 years now and am very pleased with the service.

  • Mimi

    July 30th, 2008 12:00 pm

    I used to be with Cirtex Hosting, but then their services started going downhill and their downtime occasions started going uphill. :/

    I’m currently with Holdfire Network and I love them to pieces.

  • Grant

    July 30th, 2008 12:00 pm

    thanks for posting my question Darren, I can’t believe that I can tweet you a question and see the answer just 24 hours later on your blog!

    Going to check out a lot of the recommendations here.

  • Andrew

    July 30th, 2008 12:02 pm

    I have been very pleased with BlueHost since I switched about a little more than a year ago. I’d recommend them to anyone who’s just starting out.

    Before that I was using GoDaddy but my WordPress installation was having some issues over there. Also, I was very dissatisfied with GoDaddy’s technical support team.

  • Troy Peterson

    July 30th, 2008 12:02 pm

    I’m currently using Godaddy for my hosting. They’re cheap, reliable, and provide the technical flexibility I need for my widget service at Addoursearch.com

    I have used Media Temple and 1and1 hosting in the past, here’s their reviews:

    1and1: Cheap! But not flexible and very very poor customer service.
    Media Temple: By far the best hosting I’ve ever used. But, they’re expensive. The server technology is second to none and the customer service is too.

    At my day job, we use RackSpace, which is outrageously priced. But I swear to god those guys would drive to your house and walk you through a setup if they could. Their tagline is “Fanatical Support” This is one of the few times a marketing message is actually spot-on.

  • BrilliantJeni

    July 30th, 2008 12:11 pm

    I tend to stick with GoDaddy simply because of their wordpress-friendly apps center but I frequently suggest HostGator and DreamHost to newbies starting out.

    I still tend to put GoDaddy’s services above the others- they’re click to install and upgrade WordPress saves worlds of time and is easy to follow for even the most inexperienced users.

  • Keith Dsouza

    July 30th, 2008 12:44 pm

    I was on Dreamhost for almost two years, but once the site began to grow, dreamhost could not sustain traffic and the site grew painfully slow.

    I move the site to my own VPS provided by Slicehost and have seen no trouble and really fast load times for the site.

    I still kept my Dreamhost account, since it is quite good for sites that are still growing and have lesser traffic, but once you grow I advice to get into a VPS or better hosting provider.

    Ofcourse with Slicehost you need to be a geek or hire someone to setup the system since it only has the default operating system and rest of the things like web server, php, mysql have to be installed by the user.

  • MJ Ray

    July 30th, 2008 12:44 pm

    OTTOMH, I’ve got blogs hosted at Mistral, ThePhoneCoop, 1and1, BlueHost and probably some others.

    I will be trying to avoid blogs hosted with DreamHost, GoDaddy, HostEurope, OpticalJungle and Portland, based on past experiences.

  • Dominique

    July 30th, 2008 12:59 pm

    I’m using green hosting HostPapa. No problems so far.

  • JJ

    July 30th, 2008 1:01 pm

    After being on several webhosts, BlueHost, GoDaddy, DreamHost, and a couple others Ive already forgotten, nothing beats HostGator. My websites are never down!! The support is very good online or by phone and its a great deal. I have 2 contracts with them and several sites in Wordpress, Joomla, and now putting up a pligg site and then a phpizhabi site. They have fantastico as well to make set up a breeze. They have so many features its more than you can ask for with a shared hosting plan. Im not even going to link to them with an affiliate link like so many others are doing here. They are that good that wholeheartedly recommend them without any recompense.

  • Sand

    July 30th, 2008 1:02 pm

    I use bluehost and am satisfied. I have had my server go down. The first time was for a few hours due to a power failure. Unfortunately it happened to be during my sites peak hours right after publishing a big guest post.

    The second was only brief, but I was working on my site at the time.

  • Rick

    July 30th, 2008 1:08 pm

    This is all good stuff. I’ve been unhappy with my present webhost. Their service has been unreliable. I have a few new options based on the comments above.

    Thanks!

    Rick

  • jen

    July 30th, 2008 1:08 pm

    I’m currently using Hosti-can but will be moving when my time runs out as I’ve had numerous downtimes because of traffic spikes, and I’m not talking huge traffic spikes at all – certainly nothing to warrant their suggestion of moving to a VPS!
    I’ve heard good reports about Hostgator for my smalltime blog situation.

  • Learnfilm

    July 30th, 2008 1:18 pm

    I use http://www.bluehost.com it works great with wordpress, and customer service is the best

  • John Hoff - eVentureBiz

    July 30th, 2008 1:27 pm

    Like a few others on here, my company is a web hosting and development company, so I bet you can guess who I host with.

    Customers say they like the fact that we are a smaller company because I give them a lot more personable help.

  • Elizabeth Potts Weinstein

    July 30th, 2008 1:27 pm

    Right now I’m on Bluehost (okay) & Verio (great reliability) but we are moving everyone over to our own grown-up managed server at Rackspace.

  • ElegantCelebBlogger

    July 30th, 2008 1:30 pm

    I use NearlyFreeSpeech.net, because I originally built a site where free speech would be very important, but later stayed with them for my blog site also. They have been pretty inexpensive (it depends on how much bandwidth you use – I paid probably $2 for hosting last month) and I like their Respect My Privacy program if you buy a domain through them.

  • Miss Elle

    July 30th, 2008 1:33 pm

    I love HostMonster. I’ve been using them for almost a year, and they’ve been divine. I have 300GB bandwidth/month, and 30GB all for me. I paid for two years and it cost me less than $200.

  • Kirk Warren

    July 30th, 2008 1:33 pm

    I firmly believe that free Blogger is the only thing you need for most blogs. Unless you are getting 1000’s of readers or require specific php or other backend database stuff, you will be paying for something Blogger offers for free.

    Unlike free Wordpress, Blogger gives you full control of your template and CSS. You can buy a URL from GoDaddy, direct it to your Blogger site with a click of a button and you can even remove that Blogger search bar at the top of the page if you want. There’s also easy integration with Adsense and other Google services.

    Again, unless you are doing extremely well in terms of traffic or need some specialized backend service, there’s no reason to pay for hosting as a blogger and Blogger lets you do just about anything, gives you lots of space and tonnes of options for customization and integration.

  • Steven Fu

    July 30th, 2008 1:34 pm

    I use Ultimate Marketing Center. They are very reasonably priced and the package include all the tools you need to run your onlne business. From autoreponders to affiliate management programs. I highly recommend it.

  • Charles

    July 30th, 2008 1:35 pm

    I use Top Hosting Center. So far so good. They are cheap, ever reliable SUPPORT, and they have fast pipes. :)

  • Syed Balkhi

    July 30th, 2008 1:49 pm

    Hosting does play a big factor. I am running on Qoozz.com which is a pretty good company. Been with them for over 2 yrs.

  • Jill

    July 30th, 2008 2:00 pm

    Dreamhost.com – they have one click installation and one click upgrade of Wordpress = super duper easy to run your own blog.

  • ShopBiz101

    July 30th, 2008 2:11 pm

    I use DreamHost. It’s cheap, fast, works awesome with WordPress, and even has a 1 click WordPress install and update feature. They also offer programs to earn money by referring them. Even WordPress recommends them.

  • Cowy

    July 30th, 2008 2:11 pm

    Dreamhost. It’s good and reliable at low cost, I like it :)

  • Robert Rittmuller

    July 30th, 2008 2:20 pm

    As much as it pains me to admit it….I use Network Solutions and have actually had a very good experience. When my blog got a double-whammy of Reddit and Digg traffic (almost 200,000 users in less than 24 hours) not only did it stay online but page load performance was not an issue (wp-cache rocks!). Not bad for a sub-$20 per month hosting service.

  • Doug

    July 30th, 2008 2:23 pm

    I have been running a number of sites on a VPS solution from wiredtree.com. I have to say they have outstanding customer service. I have never had a time when I was not contacted with a response in 5 to 10 minutes.

    The one thing I would say though for someone looking at a VPS, is do not even look at the intro package from this or any other VPS, as the RAM allocation is insufficient, IMO. I got the intro package and needed to upgrade after the first week. Be realistic about what your needs are and get what you need if you plan to make the jump to a VPS. I am hoping to move to a dedicated server with wiredtree in the coming months.

  • Randolph

    July 30th, 2008 2:37 pm

    I have 2 blogs hosted in Australia with NS Hosting (shameless plug cos I work for them – but that means I can ensure that things always go right!!) but my main blog is hosted in the US with Fat Network (not even an affiliate plug!) who have been very reliable. (The cost of bandwidth I’d need for that blog is too prohibitive to host it here in Australia.)

  • Alex Fayle

    July 30th, 2008 2:50 pm

    I’ve been using Typepad, but I’m in the process of switching to WordPress hosted at InMotion.

  • Phani Kumar

    July 30th, 2008 2:58 pm

    I use go-daddy and they are very reliable. Customer service is great and since 2 years of using there is no single downtime.

  • kimchi39

    July 30th, 2008 3:13 pm

    I’ve been using Site5. I mainly use it from Korea and it provides quite good service and speed. However, sometimes it is unstable…

  • Andre Ward

    July 30th, 2008 3:24 pm

    I used Host Gator. It has never failed me.

  • Ria

    July 30th, 2008 3:32 pm

    MacHighway

  • km

    July 30th, 2008 3:42 pm

    i use Micfo.com dedicated server. Quite reliable and reasonable price. They have very good online 24/7 chat customer services.

  • Kelvin Kao

    July 30th, 2008 3:42 pm

    I have DreamHost, but I didn’t initially get the hosting plan to host a blog. I originally wanted to have a website to throw all my random work together, and I also want place that I can practice my PHP and database skills on. I went for it because it gave me the access, and had the power to create a bunch of user names and host a bunch of different sites at the same time. And those things did come in handy when I started hosting the site for a student group I’m affiliated with. Using it for my blog was an after-thought. So far I’ve been satisfied with them, even though it does go down or become slow every now and then.

  • Rahul Bansal

    July 30th, 2008 3:53 pm

    http://dreamhost.com/

    Stick with the best… :D

  • Random Good Stuff

    July 30th, 2008 4:27 pm

    We are with TCH: http://www.totalchoicehosting.com

  • Tom

    July 30th, 2008 4:28 pm

    We use HostGator for our online store and our blog.

  • Robert

    July 30th, 2008 4:59 pm

    MediaLayer – great service and very reliable.

  • Nicki B.

    July 30th, 2008 4:59 pm

    I actually just use Tumblr to host my blog, but most of my posts are actually being hosted by Triond.

  • ilaxi

    July 30th, 2008 5:14 pm

    I have a local host http://www.intranet-services.com/ – And they offer best services to me. My second choice would be networksolutions though I’ve never tried their hosting with free design package (Image cafe).

  • BeatlesLane

    July 30th, 2008 5:24 pm

    I’ve been with HostGator for nearly a year now and so far so good.

  • tdhedengren

    July 30th, 2008 5:26 pm

    I’ve got my international stuff over at A Small Orange, which is both good and bad, like any other host.

    http://asmallorange.com

  • Web deveopment blog

    July 30th, 2008 5:35 pm

    I use bluehost and I like it …..

  • Andy Merrett

    July 30th, 2008 5:49 pm

    Originally hosted with a tinpot UK-based company which ended in near disaster when my sites were almost deleted. For the past three years or so I’ve been hosting with TextDrive, who in the main have been very good — not without their problems, and their Joyent merger/takeover still leaves me a little confused, but I’ve had no serious downtime, and I can run every bit of software I need to (mainly Wordpress). Their web interface isn’t the best — painfully slow for doing things like adding domains, etc. — but thankfully I don’t have to use it much.

    I don’t know how it compares to other packages for space and bandwidth, but I’ve never had any significant problems, the staff are generally very helpful, and it doesn’t cost the earth. Maybe geared more towards the developer than the everyday user, so there may be more user-friendly services out there, but generally I’m happy with it.

  • Dale

    July 30th, 2008 6:06 pm

    bluehost.com for me. They have outstanding customer service. I have had several screwups in switching from an iweb designed website to a wordpress website and they were able to help me get things straightened out right away.

    They basically install wordpress for you and stuff like joomla if you like that sort of thing as well.

    $7 a month or something like that.

  • Danny Cooper

    July 30th, 2008 6:20 pm

    Hertzweb.net mainly because they are based in the UK, and extremely cheap :P

  • Rafael

    July 30th, 2008 6:35 pm

    All my blogs are 100% hosted on Dreamhost.
    Since someone talk about registrars. All my .com names are on Godaddy.

  • Suzie Cheel

    July 30th, 2008 6:45 pm

    Just writing about this as my blog broke last week. I had been thinking from switching from Hostgator, not any more
    Friday night about 10pm , I was not able to change anything on my blog. I knew there was something wrong with the theme and wanted to change it.

    Customer service gold stars. The online chat service was great and after they were unable to fix the challenge, they issued a ticket, which was emailed to me. I was told someone from Tech support would contact me in the next 3-4 hours. First we switched the theme to the default so my posts would show.

    I then went to bed. When I checked my email, I was told of the problem and then I was able to change themes- so I say a big thumbs up for Hostgator

  • Eric

    July 30th, 2008 7:16 pm

    One more vote for media temple! Been with them a week and no downtime so far. Lets see how it goes :)

    Btw, Kirk Warren – Blogger is definitely great in that it gives you a lot of freedom to play around but you have to keep 2 things in mind when it comes to Blogger -

    1) You don’t have ultimate control. Blogger does. You may own the domain name, but they own your site. Ever consider selling your site? It’s a pain in the butt (apparently there’s a way to do it via transferring the login control) but that’s only if your site hasn’t been shut down in the meantime.

    2) That brings me to the 2nd point to keep in mind – Blogger can shut down your blog ANYTIME. How do I know this? Because I too bought a domain through google/godady and started my blog at blogger. Because of a design issue, I happened to visit their help forum and that was when I saw the blogger help forum being littered with MULTIPLE ppl complaining that their blogs have been shut down, and not because of questionable content either (one lady has a blog on, wait for it, PARROTS!) The real problem comes afterwards when they don’t give you a single rhyme or reason as to WHY ur blog was shut down. You can email them repeatedly for weeks (like the ppl on those forums) and not hear a word back because they simply don’t have to reply to you (too bad blogger support isn’t like adsense support)

    That very night, I moved my blog from blogger to wordpress and got hosting. Yes, it costs more, but I like knowing that I have ultimate control and ownership of my blog and not some cubicle deskjockey who happens to get a random complaint and decides to shut down my blog.

    I will agree however, that if you don’t plan on getting 1000s of visitors, blogger will do just fine. But even then, I would get my own hosting because my site is my baby and just because it’s not too popular doesn’t mean I am willing to let someone else have the power to kill it

    What were we talking about again? Oh yeah, Media Temple all the way!

  • analogstuff

    July 30th, 2008 7:21 pm

    I use dreamhost i think that is most reliable,i never had any problems with it for the last one year.

  • Mikael

    July 30th, 2008 7:36 pm

    Hostgator.com hosts almost all my blogs. They have excellent online support and are very responsive.

    Mikael

  • Ajith Edassery

    July 30th, 2008 8:01 pm

    I use Hostmonster as well and it rocks! Hostmonster (Bluehost’s sister) provides probably the cheapest possible hosting solution for the kind of features they offer. For $5.95 (now 6.95) a month, I get unlimited domain hosting, unlimted storage space and bandwidth!

    The other attraction is the goodies that come free ($50 adwords credit, yahoo search marketing credit etc)

    The only issue I have faced so far is that the daily maintenance (I guess so) downtime of about a minute or so is at the wrong time for my timezone (though it’s good for US/Canada)

    Another thing, they have ONLY shared hosting. So if your blog grows suddently and wants dedicated hosting, you need to switch your hosting provider. Hosting companies like LunarPages have both shared and dedicated services!

    Cheers,
    Ajith

  • Hipotecas

    July 30th, 2008 8:09 pm

    I recommend not to user dreamhost if your target is spain

  • Hemu

    July 30th, 2008 8:15 pm

    For Wordpress platforms, Dream Host is a nice one to choose, One that am using. Specially for starters they are giving offers like extra space. One can get 1TB space and 1 domain for just $100/first year.

  • Robert Barr

    July 30th, 2008 8:23 pm

    Hey Darren,

    Great topic and timely as I am in the market for a new host. I think there is an add-on question that should go with the primary question and that is…how much traffic do you get?

    I ask because some of the $5 to $7 dollar hosting firms are great, once you start building traffic you run into problems. So I wonder who is the better host while also getting good traffic or Digg spikes?

  • zachdude1094

    July 30th, 2008 8:38 pm

    Use WordPress.com.
    WordPress.com is the best website host I’ve used in three years of blogging. DIgg’s okay, but it’s not a blog. Twitter is very primitive. I’ve used over 30 different website hosts and WordPress is by far the best.

  • Alina Popescu

    July 30th, 2008 8:51 pm

    I got my .com domain as a present and it came to a GoDaddy free account. I got bored of ads and the fact my feed wasn’t displayed right in all readers because of some GoDaddy insertion in the blog code, so I decided to get myself some paid hosting.

    A friend recommended tophostincenter.com. They were new at the time but definitely had a better offer than GoDaddy, so I bought a plan from them. I’ve had no major issues since moving there and for whatever minor problem I had, I got help from the support team quite fast. I like it that there’s always someone online on the chat support and that they help you with your problems.

    I’ve been in the IT field long enough to know there’s no bulletproof service, so I decide on what a provider has to offer, what their support is like and the price :)

  • Orel

    July 30th, 2008 8:57 pm

    I’m using HostDime.Co.il.

  • Laura

    July 30th, 2008 9:25 pm

    I use Nearly Free Speech and have been happy with their service so far.

  • Max Forlani

    July 30th, 2008 9:39 pm

    Hi, I used the services from Hostek for both my sites, which was actually a legacy from a previous web development that required coldfusion.

    Now Istanbul Trails is still at Hostek, but as it happens I just moved The Forlanis to Bluehost yesterday. Too soon to tell, but so far I’m pretty happy with their services. I wonder if they will live up to the great customer service I’m used to at Hostek.

    Cheers,
    Max

  • Lance

    July 30th, 2008 10:10 pm

    Hostgator.com and proithosting.com, both give great service, I’ve had no issues.

  • justin

    July 30th, 2008 10:10 pm

    dream host!

  • markowe

    July 30th, 2008 10:12 pm

    I think it’s important to emphasise the facy that it really depends what kind of user you are. This big long list of favourite hosts isn’t the end of the story because you have to decide on the features you need. I came unstuck because I didn’t realise this – some hosts only have very basic features, so basic that you can’t even install and run Wordpress on them properly (a must for bloggers obviously).

    Then again, some dedicated hosting packages give you the kind of muscle you will probably (regrettably) NEVER need as a small-time blogger.

    So you really need to do some research. If you are not very technically knowledgeable, get some advice! You don’t want to start out like I did with, say Netfirms, only to realise that you can’t do what you wanted to do.

    For my tuppence-worth, as I said before, I am very happy with Bluehost. PLENTY of features and capacity for not very much money, will probably satisfy your needs from small-time bloggers, right up to a small-to-medium business, or dozens of cheesy sites, like me :)

  • MillionDollarJourney

    July 30th, 2008 10:17 pm

    With the growth of the blog, i’ve recently switched to ServInt for my VPS. I picked servint from word of mouth recommendations and they have worked out well thus far.

  • Paul

    July 30th, 2008 10:36 pm

    I use http://www.jumba.com.au to start with, a nice reliable budget host, and then if traffic takes off I move them to higher grade hosting at http://www.aussiehq.com.au.

    I try to stick with Aussie hosting companies.

  • Kevin Boss

    July 30th, 2008 10:42 pm

    I’ve had really good luck with Hostdogs.com. Less than 5 bucks a month, plenty of space, and their customer service is awesome.

    I would be careful with Godaddy. I currently have a client who’s using Godaddy shared hosting, and a vanilla wordpress install is taking forever to load. Seems his MySQL server is a little overcrowded. He called them about it, and they basically offered no help at all and told him to “check his program for errors”.

  • Ian

    July 30th, 2008 10:43 pm

    I use Hostgator.

  • Nathan Driver

    July 30th, 2008 10:44 pm

    I can’t say which one to go to in confidence BUT i can say do not go to Aplus.net – horrible customer service and even worse tech dept sadly.

  • John Young | We Have Contact

    July 30th, 2008 11:11 pm

    We use Lunarpages, and while we had some difficulties in the beginning (what do you expect for budget pricing) it has worked out nicely for our need so far.

  • Brian

    July 30th, 2008 11:11 pm

    http://www.hostmysite.com

    they do a basic blog package for $45 per year with ftp access

    or

    more traditional plans – I have both

  • Brian

    July 30th, 2008 11:12 pm

    I should say that for hostmysite – the support I have received has been outstanding

  • Fred

    July 30th, 2008 11:20 pm

    Like Kirk stated above, I use blogger.com for my personal site, http://fredeppensteiner.com. I just bought my domain name from godaddy, and pointed it to my blogger URL. I’m not hardcore like a lot of you, it’s just a personal blog with my crazy thoughts about whatever, so I don’t feel like I need anything too serious. Easy integration with the other google apps like adsense, google docs, and Picasa. It’s a no brainer for me, and a lot of people could probably save themselves some money.

  • Fidens Felix

    July 30th, 2008 11:20 pm

    I use DreamHost and HostGator.

    DreamHost:

    Growing webspace and bandwidth. Perfect to store my digital products for my customers to download.

    HostGator:

    I need another webhost for backup. HostGator provides me with what I need. Cpanel and SSH connection.

  • Pras

    July 30th, 2008 11:24 pm

    I am using BlueHost for my wordpress.org blog. They provide some of the advanced features. And also their customer service is excellent.

  • Virtual Impax

    July 30th, 2008 11:45 pm

    I loved HostGator until my blog started getting traffic. Now I’m searching. Thanks for all the comments! I’ll be checking these out!

  • Kostandinos

    July 30th, 2008 11:50 pm

    Long time reader, first time poster. :D

    I’ve used GoDaddy for a little over two years now and have been very pleased. I started only hosting one site there and have since transferred all of my domains to a Deluxe Plan with unlimited domain hosting (I got a great discount by ordering over the phone). I’ve found that they sometimes run even better promotions and give better deals if you make a purchase over the phone. Buying two years in advance saved me even more… just over $3 a month… and I usually get domains for about $7.10.

    The longest I’ve had to wait to speak to customer service has been about 2 minutes and the person I get has always been very easy to communicate with.

    My one complaint is the navigation can be a bit difficult at times, especially with everything looking the same, no matter what you’re trying to do. I’m not a fan of the logo/design of the brand, but I’ve not found a host to beat their prices or service.

    The Others:
    I originally started out with deadserious and their billing was terrible and prices too high, so I switched to Yahoo! but their $11.95 a month is about three times the price I pay now. It’s great for someone just starting out that knows next to nothing about websites, but that only lasts so long. I also tried 1&1 for a short time and found their control panels to be difficult to navigate and service lacking. When I went to cancel service and transfer domains, I had to do it by SNAIL MAIL! Never again.

  • Scott Marlowe

    July 30th, 2008 11:54 pm

    GoDaddy. I have 2 sites I host there. Never had any outages or other problems and they’re reasonbly responsive when I have questions.

    I use BlogEngine.NET as my blogging platform–it’s an open source ASP.NET/C# project which I like b/c I wanted to be able to tweak my site at the code level. You don’t have to tweak it, but it’s something I know from past experience that I wanted the option to do.

  • Angel Cuala

    July 30th, 2008 11:56 pm

    I am new to paid hosting so I choose the cheaper one – 3ix dot org. Maybe you haven’t heard of it yet but it is one-dollar a month host, and so far it is doing well for me.

  • Jon

    July 31st, 2008 12:00 am

    I use 1and1.com. I’ve been very happy with them so far and they are inexpensive. I think I’m paying $4.95/month.

  • Bob Bloom

    July 31st, 2008 12:13 am

    HostGator.com.

    Excellent service. Reliable. Easy to contact real people.

    I have WordPress & Joomla & Virtuemart sites on it.

    My reseller account is there. Clients are there on their own package.

    I have a blog post about HG.

    Tip: choose “X3″ theme in cPanel.

    -Bob

  • PChere

    July 31st, 2008 12:16 am

    Happy on Dreamhost.com for over 2 years. New customers should look out for the abundance of coupons from $50 to $200 online.

  • Noticias Automotivas

    July 31st, 2008 12:29 am

    I have a dedicated server, Dual Xeon, 4 GB of RAM, at Hostdime.com

  • Andrea

    July 31st, 2008 12:37 am

    Another vote for VPS service from futurehosting.biz.

    If you’re planning on getting any size, getting off a shared hosting account and on your own VPS is the way to go. And it’s reasonably priced.

  • Joey

    July 31st, 2008 1:06 am

    Anhosting/Midphase based on a recommendation from Chris Pearson. It is really cheap and it has been a long time since I needed to contact support.

    They are currently replacing servers so they seem to be proactive on management.

  • dinu

    July 31st, 2008 1:31 am

    Dreamhost :)

  • Josh

    July 31st, 2008 1:33 am

    I use Byet Internet Services to host my blog. They’re not very well-known, but they’re wholly terrific I have to say.

    I used to use Brain Hub since they do free hosting—it’s ideal for newbies like I was back then, but you can’t beat proper paid-for hosting.

  • Mark

    July 31st, 2008 2:08 am

    Dreamhost last 4 years or so. With the space they provide you could host virtually an unlimited amount of projects.

  • Winston

    July 31st, 2008 2:12 am

    In the UK; http://www.eukhost.com and http://www.uk2.net

    Both seem very similar and offer a lot for their money. I think both are aimed at the mass market and ideal for starter blogs. I moved over to eukhost because they had MySql 5 and allowed mod_rewrite, which at the time of writing, uk2 dont offer.

    You get a lot of space and bandwidth for your money, especially compared with some smaller providers. But arguably you don’t get such a flexible package. That said, eukhost’s support has always helped me out just fine and the range of packages both offer should meet most needs.

    GL!

  • Matthew of whybuymadeinusa

    July 31st, 2008 2:20 am

    I’ve been on Dreamhost for years and I’ve been happy with them, but I’m concerned that their Ruby On Rails Passenger performance won’t be good enough. I’m experimenting with typo blogging software – http://typosphere.org/ – and it seems a bit slow even though I have very little traffic since I just started.

    I may have to upgrade my account to get more speed.

  • Dharmesh Shah

    July 31st, 2008 2:50 am

    I use HubSpot to host the OnStartups.com blog.

    But, I’m biased, as it’s custom-developed (and designed for business blogging).

  • Andrew

    July 31st, 2008 2:57 am

    Years ago, I used HostGator. These days I am with [url=http://www.knownhost.com/]KnownHost[/url] on a VPS in their TX location. The network is excellent, the servers are high end, and the tech support (they provide managed support for the VPS) is timely and knowledgeable.

    There are a lot of cheaper hosts, but you really do get what you pay for in hosting. I would rather pay more to work with a company that provides high quality hosting.

  • Chris

    July 31st, 2008 3:30 am

    I have a self-hosted blog with HostGator. Used to use GoDaddy, but so true about the control panel. Yikes! Their blog interface is very weak too.

    I use WordPress because I love being able to easily customize it with plug-ins and extras.

  • United Voices

    July 31st, 2008 3:46 am

    I host my own blog site. And I use word press to power my blog. I just love its simplicity and quality and user-friendly interface. And not to forget the plugins as well.

    Thanks again Wordpress for making it happen.

  • Andreas Hobi

    July 31st, 2008 4:01 am

    My weblog ist hostet by bluehost.com

  • James-DigitalKeyToInfo

    July 31st, 2008 4:02 am

    I have accounts with 3 hosts right now.
    Hostgator is the only one that I have not seen any downtime with that I know of. I have had some downtime or significant problems with the other two lasting at least a day long even though both were quick to respond to tickets. I am considering moving everything to Hostgator in the near future.

  • ep

    July 31st, 2008 4:06 am

    Like several other commenters, I use hostmonster.com. I can’t say enough good things about this host. They offer unlimited subdomains, excellent pricing, and plenty of file space and tools to work with.
    I haven’t had a second of downtime in two years. I had one issue with my site, sent out a request for help, and had a response in less than an hour.

  • Pachi

    July 31st, 2008 5:07 am

    I use nearlyfreespeech.net … its the best service i have found till now! they charge less.. and give more.. really… I used to pay$7 and get low quality web hosting.. now I pay less than $2 and get reliable fast web hosting!

  • Debt Free Hispanic

    July 31st, 2008 5:16 am

    I use Bluehost, always have, they are the best for hosting blogs and regular pages. Easy to install wordpress blogs, one click install.

  • Miha

    July 31st, 2008 5:31 am

    When I was looking for cheap Windows resseler account I found vonetwork.com and use them for all my blogs and websites. I have also bought a Linux resseler account. I have just good expirience with them. They are cheap and their support is gret. I could only recommend them to although if you are looking for Windows hosting they don’t do that anymore.

  • Brent

    July 31st, 2008 5:40 am

    I use a dedicated server hosted by 1and1. It’s simple and it just works.

  • Fred

    July 31st, 2008 5:49 am

    Brent, I signed up for 1and1, and after waiting for 3 weeks for them to get my account straightened out, I called them and told them I wasn’t interested and to cancel. Of course one month later I got the bill. I fought with them for another month before I got all my money back. Glad you’re having success with them, but I will never go back to them.

  • John Stewart

    July 31st, 2008 6:02 am

    I’ve been using Bluehost for a couple of months now, have to say I’m very happy with their package!

    Happy to recommend them to anyone searching for a new host.

    All the best,

    John.

  • Buzz Brockway

    July 31st, 2008 6:10 am

    I use an outfit called Host Excellence. They’re cheap and fairly reliable – very few outages.

  • Sean Mathena

    July 31st, 2008 6:46 am

    I use http://blackbox-tech.com/ they have great scalability, and the service is exceptional. They are a small company, but the guys that are running it are very knowledgeable and run several blogs of their own.

  • Lassirra

    July 31st, 2008 6:50 am

    I actually had really bad experiences with a hosting company I’d used in the past for other projects (I’d actually used them, and recommended them to others, for years), to the point where I actually reported them to the Better Business Bureau. While I was at the BBB website, I looked around at some of the hosting companies listed and ranked well by the Bureau, and decided to give one of those hosts a try as a replacement for the company that I’d been with previously and was experiencing such poor service from.

    The hosting company I’m with now is Lunar Pages, and they’ve been extremely good so far. Their prices are reasonable, they have a variety of different hosting packages to choose from, even their most basic packages have a lot of nice perks, in my experience they’ve had 100% network up-time, and they’ve had prompt, polite, and helpful tech support the couple times I’ve needed to ask questions.

    I can see now why they were ranked so well by the BBB. :)

  • JSHAW

    July 31st, 2008 7:12 am

    I also am a web developer so i have hosting with Media Temple…. they are the best!!!

  • David

    July 31st, 2008 7:39 am

    I use BlueHost as well. What really sold me on them was the ability to have multiple sites on one account. That way I can expirement with different sites without paying for hosting on each of them. They also were highly recommended by others and have a good price.

    David

  • Mike Nichols

    July 31st, 2008 7:41 am

    I use HostGator for my blogs and website.

    Great plans, good price. Support has been sterling. One-click installation and upgrades for WordPress software. No problems at all.

    What more can I say?

  • Glenn Abel

    July 31st, 2008 12:28 pm

    GoDaddy has been fine so far … although you pay for the tech support call and it is a total crap shoot as to the quality of the knowledge on the other end. Sometimes you get a tech guy who knows it all, other times it’s some sales kid. Nothing has ever been down for me, and they are improving and adding all the time. I would not buy anything from them without using a coupon code, costs are reduced by 20-40% typically.

  • Cindy Sue Causey

    July 31st, 2008 12:42 pm

    GoDaddy’s been mine for a couple of years now.. Been my domain registrar for like six years.. Took me this long to realize they did hosting.. Oopsie.. :grin:

    Cognitively, I agree with an earlier poster.. Just.. Yikes..

    But.. Customer Service.. Outside of a (for your protection) glitch in how you get locked out instantly if you breathe wrong when you store your credit card on file, GoDaddy’s been very, very, *VERY* good to me over these past few years..

    A tip I wish I’d understood better early on about using hosts is to use FTP where you can.. These days I use Filezilla, purely by accident..

    Being on dialup, starting right off the bat with FTP would have saved an amazing number of hours of frustration in dealing with transferring files to a “weighty” webhost while on slow transfer rate dialup.. Not to mention the pain of getting timed out off the web host and having to start back through their (tedious) step-by-step log-on process over and over and over ad infinitum..

    So totally cool to not have to endure that particular stress-inducing part of [blogging] anymore.. *HIGHLY* recommend taking the FTP plunge to those who haven’t already..

    Peace and best wishes from North Georgia.. :D

  • Srinivasan R

    July 31st, 2008 1:07 pm

    Great list of all web hosting companies. Right now I use NearlyFreeSpeech.net and haven’t got any very high traffic spikes.

  • Robert Witham

    July 31st, 2008 2:19 pm

    I moved to GoDaddy about a year ago and have been very happy there. I actually have a virtual dedicated server that I host a number of blogs and other sites on. So far so good.

  • Jeff Kay

    July 31st, 2008 6:06 pm

    I use a small company in San Francisco, called Hostito. Couldn’t be happier.

  • Laura Iriarte

    July 31st, 2008 6:26 pm

    i am currently moving my blog hosting over to shiftplusone.com. Mark Davidson runs it and is there to personally help you with your questions. I’m very happy!

    ~Laura Iriarte/aka lauralovesart/twitter
    http://lauralovesart.com
    http://thesmartmomsnetwork.com

  • Hilary

    July 31st, 2008 9:51 pm

    Using Wordpress – as a relative novice to this I just looked at Blogger, didn’t get on with it and then found Wordpress, it’s done the trick for me and is easy enough for me to yse!

  • Paul William Tenny

    July 31st, 2008 10:07 pm

    Dreamhost, and I have a dedicated page on my site listing all the reasons why I use them and why others should as well, but since it has an affiliate link…

    No affiliate links in comments please – they will be deleted.

    Spoil sport.

  • Tom Stine | Living from Consciousness

    July 31st, 2008 11:13 pm

    Liquid Web. They are the best, bar none.

  • Luca Dezmir

    August 1st, 2008 1:58 am

    I use bluehost.com and I am veeery satisfied!

  • Genesis

    August 1st, 2008 3:54 am

    I use HostGator. My main reason was that my $10 a year host had 0 support. I opted for the Swamp Package on HostGator, which lets me host multiple blogs and domains.

    So far (just over a year), they`ve been great, rescued me from my own stupidity (accidentally erased my blogs. :S) and have had amazing, fast support. They even helped me figure out what was wrong when something completely unrelated to them happened (domain account on GoDaddy was hacked). Definitely a good service. I like the fact that I can pay by the month, too, via Paypal, because in the beginning, I didn`t have the money for a full year.

  • katy

    August 1st, 2008 4:27 am

    i still use bluehost mostly because i’m too lazy to switch, but unlike many of the people here, i think they’re terrible.

    i submitted a complaint that was absolutely ignored after a support person was extremely rude to me — told me that “the server no workie” and that I didn’t know what I was talking about. Every time my site has gone down, they’ve told me it would be back up within 30 minutes and it has taken hours.

    i have better things to do than follow up with them, but i definitely wanted to add my two cents here.

  • The Happy Rock

    August 1st, 2008 7:56 am

    Hostmonster / Bluehost are great for most bloggers

  • Ebony Jones

    August 1st, 2008 9:59 am

    We have a dedicated server with The Planet.

    Not to expensive and good hardware.

  • Yvonne

    August 1st, 2008 11:44 am

    I have been using blogger for a year now but I’m looking into switching to a webhosting service. Blogger is great because it’s free but I think I can have more freedom to custom design my page if I use a different host.

  • Stephen James

    August 1st, 2008 11:54 pm

    I recommend slicehost.com. It’s a VPS, so you have to install everything but the OS yourself. I recommend it for cheap ($20/month) full control.

    Oh, wait, I shouldn’t mention SliceHost, because I don’t want more people on their servers. . . . no, it’s good, they don’t oversell. That’s the main thing, they don’t oversell.

  • Liz

    August 2nd, 2008 3:06 am

    So many recommendations…I wish there was a consensus!

  • mike

    August 2nd, 2008 8:47 am

    @liz – i think the reason there’s no consensus is that there are so many good (or at least adequate) hosts out there.

  • WiseMoneyMatters

    August 2nd, 2008 10:50 am

    I’ve used several hosting services and even have hosted my own server.

    Here’s the two I have had most experience with:

    IPowerWeb – Mediocre hosting service. I liked them in the beginning but their customer service has been declining, their uptime has been marginal and I hate their new control panel.

    Midphase – Overall I’ve been very pleased with them. Great customer service. They’ve had a few issues with uptime during their growth spurt, but I haven’t had issues in about a year.

  • app

    August 2nd, 2008 3:19 pm

    Half of my blogs are hosted on Blogspot and the rest of my sites & blogs are hosted on a friend’s dedicated server, for free. He’s a great host, but since he isn’t in the hosting biz, I can’t recommend him to anyone.

    Prior to that, I was with what was once a marvelous inexpensive hosting company, but it was sold to a bunch of guys that run the company as if they were children hosting sites on a server located in their parent’s basement.

    Whatever you do, stay away from Elected Hosting! (I am not providing their URL because I don’t want this blog promoting them by accident)

    They failed to inform me that they were moving my account to another server. Failed to inform me the nameserver info was changed, and when I contacted them after my site went down a few days before Christmas, they told me that someone must have hacked my account at my registrar and changed the nameserver info on me. (not true)

    By the time I got all that straightened out and could access my account again, which took about a week because they never added it to the new server, I found that they had replaced everything I had with a 2 year old backup of my site, revoked my unlimited add-on domain privs that I paid for, and had the database backup & restore functions disabled in CPanel.

    They told me backups were my responsibility, which I can agree with, but they disabled my ability to restore from my own backups and denied anything was wrong on their end or that any part of this fiasco was their fault.

    After I freaked out and accused them of ruining my Christmas, they got spiteful and told me they wouldn’t be offerring me any more support and offered to cancel my account without refunding the rest of the one year contract I had paid for, if I didn’t like it.

    This didn’t affect just one blog, but all 10 websites I had on my account, including a friend’s final research project for his degree.

    So don’t give Elected Hosting a dime of your money, because all they do is lie, cheat, steal, and give really bad service.

  • cheaplee

    August 3rd, 2008 11:51 pm

    Blue host. Great service. However, I wish their Page Wizard for building pages has more options in creating a web page. As for WP help, Blue host is very limited. You must remember that hosting companies just host, and Blue Host does a good job, but don’t expect hosting companies to help with setting up your WP blog.

  • Ben

    August 4th, 2008 3:38 pm

    Media Layer – extremely fast and reliable hosting. Plus their support is top notch – all emails I’ve sent have been responded to within a couple minutes. Yes they are a bit more expensive than GoDaddy, Host Gator, etc but you really do get what you pay for here.

    http://www.medialayer.com

  • Dennis Ray Nestor Jr.

    August 5th, 2008 6:49 am

    1and1

  • Rajesh

    August 5th, 2008 4:59 pm

    From the comments here, majority seem to be hosted on bluehost.

    and most seem to be happy with them too…it is difficult to get that sort of feedback. But how many servers do they actually have guys? If so many are hosted with them, i am worried that their servers might be packed to full capacity.

    Doreo seem to be an interesting option. But why is a guy so unhappy with bluefur/ He seem to have made his displeasure so clear by calling himself bluefursucks !!! One thing for sure is he is not Johhn chow :)

  • WookieGTB

    August 5th, 2008 5:37 pm

    For all my web clients and now for my new blogs I’m building I use HostGator. I have 1 reseller account at the moment, and will be purchasing another one for just my blog work.

    I rather use the Reseller hosting as it is more reliable, faster, and is a virtual dedicated service.

    I used to use iPower and and that was the biggest mistake I ever did. Slow, server configuration issues…. bahh. HostGator has been fantastic and the few times I’ve had to use their support they have been brilliant.

  • Eric

    August 5th, 2008 10:56 pm

    I also host with TCH: http://www.totalchoicehosting.com.

    I would also like to mention I’ve had bad experiences with web.com. As one example, a site I maintain was down 14 hours recently. All they had to do was iisreset the server. Needless to say, I’m moving that site off web.com and on to TCH! Not just due to that one incident, but due to numerous problems and poor customer service and support.

  • Eduardo Sasso

    August 12th, 2008 11:11 am

    eApps, i pay $50,00 a month for a VPS where i can do anything i want from installing applications to restart the server, it works really great, i’ve been their clients for the last two years and i totally recommend them! Thumbs up for eApps.

  • Doug C.

    August 21st, 2008 8:25 am

    I bought my domain through Blogger and let them host it as well. It was a pretty painless operation. I don’t have a lot of experience in hosting, but so far it seems decent.

  • Kyle

    August 21st, 2008 1:26 pm

    I’ve been using BlueHost for close to two years now and have been happy until just recently. I always – and I mean always – get 100% uptime reports.

    The problem is when I surpass the CPU Quota. They suspend my blog (Wordpress – PHP) for 10 minutes. It’s apparently not too difficult to happen as it’s been happening with my blog a bit lately. I get about 3,000 unique visitors a day, nothing huge by any means, but decent for my niche.

    It can’t seem to handle more than three hundred unique visitors at a given time for Wordpress blogs without throwing that error page and simply not displaying my site for a full 10 minutes. I’m currently exploring other options – thanks Darren for providing this, I’ll look into MT.

  • David Leggett

    August 21st, 2008 9:13 pm

    WiredTree

    Hands down, the best service I’ve ever has in hosting — really, better service than I could of imagined after some of the nightmares I went through. And I’m not just saying this… I’m not getting referral payments or anything, they’re just the most helpful host out there (in my experience). They’ve helped me survive 300,000+ Unique Visitors a day during Digg’s, they have personally installed extra hardware and software temporarily to keep my projects online under heavy loads (at no extra charge), and have also explained to me ways to avoid problems in the future that I otherwise would have never known.

    Give them a look if you’re looking for dedicated hosting.

  • charles

    August 22nd, 2008 2:42 am

    If you are really serious about hosting, you can buy a server then sell those unused space to others who want host a cheaper rate. Make it cheap at first and as soon as there are alot of users. Increase the capacity or increase the price.

    Thanks.
    http://www.resourcesandmoney.blogspot.com

  • pinch-penny

    September 5th, 2008 4:57 am

    I started a hosting company after I got frustrated looking for small-scale, affordable blog hosting. My blogs have never needed more than around 50MB of space, even with images in most posts. I found that the hosting companies were only offering large amounts of space – and then NO addon domains.

    So to answer your question, my blogs are hosted with Pinch Penny Web Hosting – http://www.pinch-penny.com.

  • العاب شمس الدين

    September 21st, 2008 10:29 am

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  • mysapce

    November 10th, 2008 4:56 am

    Bluehost is a really good hosting company for blogs especially wordpress blogs.

  • Host

    February 15th, 2009 4:49 am

    I am using WebHostingPad.


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