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Curious as to web hosting sites and prices. Looking at Mikes sticky from 2010, I find the hosting service no longer available. My question is what is a good web hosting service, and monthly rate you are paying for? I am currently designing a web site, but they want 6 bucks a month for upgraded services which include no advertisement, etc, etc.
Right now,I am fronting all cost's out of my pocket with no revenue being generated from detailing. I just don't know if that price is a bargain or IMHO seems a little expensive. In my full time job, I work on fiber optics, and switch network systems, I have just been out of the personal computer world for almost 6 years.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
Stay away from any that charge you extra for no ads. There are numerous hosting services that charge like 3.95 a month for the first year then around 7.99 after that. That is if you pay for a year in advance.
Godaddy, hostgator, just do a search and compare.
 
Keeping an eye on this thread.. do NOT use Vistaprint... very limited with SEO customization etc
 
Pete Strain said:
Keeping an eye on this thread.. do NOT use Vistaprint... very limited with SEO customization etc
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I have been playing around on webs.com. Just not sure if the $6 a month is a good bargain.
 
RonAlv said:
I have been playing around on webs.com. Just not sure if the $6 a month is a good bargain.
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Those "drag and drop to build your web site" places don't give you the flexibility you may want or need in the future. I have built and customized numerous websites using wordpress. Although it is a blog type software, you can make it do just about anything you want. Pages instead of posts, seo optimization, themes, plugins, photo galleries, and all free.
If you want to get ambitious you can develop your site on your computer(no internet needed) with another free program called xampp. If there is interest here I might do a tutorial on how to set it up.
 
Wordpress is what I've been dabbling in lately. It is a blog type software, but it's completely customizable. Very simple to use, you'll just need hosting.

The cheaper hosting services are not always the best. Customer service tends to lack when you get into the super cheap stuff. Also, are you looking at a shared, VPN, dedicated, Wordpress, etc., configuration?
 
You would think that working for the 2nd largest cable company in the U.S. as my full time job would offer some type of hosting service. I would love to see a tutorial on Word Press. I will have to look deeper into that and start playing around. Thanks everyone for the input.
 
I bought my domains through godaddy... and use wix for the site creation. Really love everything you can do with wix. We get a ton of compliments on our site.
 
zmcgovern45 said:
I bought my domains through godaddy... and use wix for the site creation. Really love everything you can do with wix. We get a ton of compliments on our site.
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Found wix.com this morning and so far I am really liking it. Pretty easy to build, but on some features, you have to think a little outside the box, but overall, I give it a thumbs up.
 
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<a href="https://www.innovativehostingcorp.com">Dedicated Server</a>
 
Had Arvixe which was initially good, but like many web hosts (bluehost, godaddy, etc) was bought out by EIG. EIG literally decimates all hosting companies, it's quite disgusting. My Arvixe experience plummeted in terms of CS & overall care, my website was losing business from being down.

For anyone willing to build/start a website do the following:

1) Go on Web Hosting Talk Forum, search for deals on basic/shared/VPS/reseller hosting, whatever you think you need.
2) Re check to see how good offers are, and which companies have a loyal/good customer service rating. Ideally you want to be able to email/private message known customer service members that hover on the board. This is reassurance you actually have a worthwhile company.
3) Get your domain from namecheap or some 3rd party site so YOU OWN IT. Do not buy into "Forever Domain Management", that's just short form for your web hosting company holding your money.
4) Sign up, get your hosting company, and use an Uptime Website. They are free and show you how reliable your website hosting is performing.

It was a nightmare releasing the domain/hosting properly. You cannot afford to have downtime on your website. Don't cheap out on hosting, the difference is probably $50-100 per year for basic websites. If you have huge volumes of traffic then I'm sure your web management company will have this all covered. Websites are by far the best marketing per money IMO, just pay a tiny bit more and have a reliable functioning website. I currently use StableHost.com, very reasonable (even under unlimited bandwidth, which is another issue in terms of basic hosting for your money, but that's another topic) and great service.
 
So far I like Word Press and wix.com. Been designing my site for the past few weeks now. Once I purchase the domain name, I will throw it out here for critiquing. What I am liking about wix, is the ability to edit in mobile site design and not affect your desktop version of your site. IMO, more people are using smart phones, than desktops to search information.
 
I use Wix.com - SEO is fairly easy and can be done on a page by page basis - also the SEO wizard on their is a pretty good tool, I do wish they had a pure html/css/ advanced developer mode that you could switch to if you want to go a bit deeper into coding. I haven't been able to locate that feature if they do lol.

@RonAlv which cable company do you work for? Charter?

I work for the #1 most hated cable/ telecom company in the US lol
 
RaydiantDetail said:
I use Wix.com - SEO is fairly easy and can be done on a page by page basis - also the SEO wizard on their is a pretty good tool, I do wish they had a pure html/css/ advanced developer mode that you could switch to if you want to go a bit deeper into coding. I haven't been able to locate that feature if they do lol.

@RonAlv which cable company do you work for? Charter?

I work for the #1 most hated cable/ telecom company in the US lol
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You guessed it on the Cable Co. Use to be Time Warner. I work on fiber optics and switch network systems. Cisco and Juniper gear.
 
Yola is nice ..free so good for someone starting out, then just upgrade o a real hosting site when you start o get some traffic
I used o just make my pages in dream Weaver then copy/paste it into the Yola html mode
I may try wix out for my new site, looks good
 
nothingface5384 said:
Yola is nice ..free so good for someone starting out, then just upgrade o a real hosting site when you start o get some traffic
I used o just make my pages in dream Weaver then copy/paste it into the Yola html mode
I may try wix out for my new site, looks good
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Have not used Dream Weaver in years. I like wix now I have the hang of it.
 
i used godaddy for domain and bluehost for the hosting. Bluehost works well with wordpress.
 
RonAlv said:
Found wix.com this morning and so far I am really liking it. Pretty easy to build, but on some features, you have to think a little outside the box, but overall, I give it a thumbs up.
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i dont like you have to upgrade to a premium plan to be able to redirect your elsewhere purchased domain name..
if i knew id keep the server down the line it wouldnt be a big deal..but i know i'll probably end up with Ehost
also if you ever decide to change hosts for one reason or another, theres no way of extracting the web code to transfer to new host that im seeing in the free package anyways..

weebly is same way..need to upgrade to repoint youre elsewhere purchased domain

Yola, Squarespace, and Jimdo seem to let you while retaining free site
 
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