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samedi 12 novembre 2016

Google+ vs. Facebook: Comparative Review

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id="floatright">Even as adoption of Google Plus by new users seems to be slowing down a bit less than three months after its launch in June 2011, the experts are yet undecided as to who will win the battle for number one place in the social networking arena, href="https://plus.google.com/up/start/" target="_blank">Google Plus or href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook.

The bitter lessons that the Internet giant learned in the social media space with Google Buzz and Google Wave may stand it in good stead, but in the modern open source age, lessons are really out there for all to learn. Facebook’s privacy controls debacle has not resulted in a significant drop in active users, following a concerted campaign to educate them about existing and new features.

Look at how the two social networking platforms stack up against each other when compared from an end-user perspective.

1. A suite of web services versus a standalone social network.

Facebook, a social network has become a part of our daily lives. While, the highest number of Google Plus adopters were existing users of other Google services, such as Gmail, Picasa, Google Reader, and Google Docs. The reason was the ease with which this social networking platform allowed all these services to be integrated into one place. In addition, for people not using the other web services, joining Google Plus gives instant and single log-in access not only to all of the services, but also allows users to use features of other services without actively using them. Google has also cleverly repackaged other services and built them into Google Plus in a similar way, such as multi-user text and video chat, and a feed reader in the form of the Sparks feature.

2. Multi-user real time video chat.

The “next big thing” was due in the realm of video chat for quite a while, but no one had really anticipated the top grade multi-user video chat that came with Google Plus. With surprising image and streaming quality even on middle of the road broadband line, Hangout really pushes the envelope as far as technical finesse is concerned. Even though, Facebook came out with a plain vanilla video chat option soon after, Google has gained the lead as far as this aspect is concerned.

3. Privacy features out in public.

Many observers ascribe the phenomenal early adoption rate of Google Plus to the privacy issues with the Facebook way of sharing everything with everyone by default. Google Plus circumvents this with the concept of independent Circles of contacts, letting you share specific content with particular sets of people. Facebook has a similar level of sharing control called lists, but this was something that many people were either unaware of or found complicated to access and utilize. Of late, though, Facebook has begun putting its privacy tweaks out in the open in an attempt to reassure its users.

4. A difficult to beat network in terms of numbers.

Facebook has the incredible advantage of 750 million users, something that Google Plus can only look at longingly for the near future. With this huge user base and a seven-year lead in the social networking field, Facebook is at a clear advantage.

5. Innovative users find hidden value in Google Plus.

The fact that Google is often seen as the lone voice in the wilderness against the evil empire of corporate monopoly has seen a greater adoption of its services by the creative, alternative-lifestyle population. One of the first trends that set Google Plus apart from Facebook was the innovative ways that people began using the features on it, from real time video blogging and collaborative writing, to using the streams as classrooms, life-hack tutorials and discussion centers.

Wrapping Up…

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At the end of an unbiased pros and cons analysis, it is clear that for those wanting to get on to the social network to find and reconnect with long lost school friends and family members, Facebook is still the preferred destination with its sheer volume of users. To date, there has been little in terms of front page features that set the Stream of Google Plus apart from Facebook’s Wall. The privacy control offered by Circle is really just a tweak on the List feature, and with the new campaign to promote its privacy features, Facebook is fast shedding its risky image.

For those who migrated to Google Plus thinking it is a more serious platform, well, you might not have noticed the games tab that has shown up over the last month! However, the video chat feature in Google Plus is really cool, and it will take some effort to match it. For users already on other Google services, there is a lot of comfort in this Taco-Bell-meets-KFC application. But other than these two, there is little to write home about as far as Google Plus is concerned. For all purposes, both these giants are equally placed in the battle for the social media log-ins.

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Why ping test is not the right hosting review method?

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It’s common that people like to do things in their own way. When it comes to web host shopping, some shoppers just like to use their own method to review hosting companies. Now I’m absolutely alright with readers that prefer to go with their own methodology; but it is important for me to inform you that certain review methods are just incorrect.

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The Infamous Ping Test

Some so call ‘tech shoppers’ like to act smart and run ping test on hosting provider’s website.

“This will show how fast the web host server is.” – that’s what my friend once told me. The ping test method is so popular that even experienced webmasters will think it actually works.

How to do a ping test?

A ping test is done when a short request is sent to the web server via your local machine. For example if I wish to ping-test Bluehost, I simply open my command prompt and hit ‘ping bluehost.com’. The ping results will come back in a time figures (normally in ‘ms’) to show how long it takes to get reply from the web server.

Why pinging the web host website will not work?

First of all a ping test is NEVER a good method to check on a web host server response rate. This is due to the fact that how well a web server response on a ping request depends on many factors that are not controlled by a web host (for example: distance between your computer and the servers).

Most importantly, you are (most of the time) hitting the wrong horse when you ping the web host’s website. Hosting providers are smart nowadays; they simply do not host their website on the same server as their customers. In fact, some web hosts even operate their websites on a different network system! Now tell me, how can you determine server response rate by pinging the web hosts’ websites?

How to check the speed of a web host?

If you would like to know how fast a web host is, the better way is to find a website that’s hosted on the web host instead of the web host’s website. Download a few files and wandering around the website should reveal what’s the web host response rate.

Another good way to check a server response rate is to run a website speed test online. Website speed test tools (like what you have on href="http://www.web-hosting-top.com/web-hosting/tools.website-speed-test" rel="nofollow">Top-Web-Hosting.com and href="http://www.websitegoodies.com/tools/speed-test.php" rel="nofollow">WebsiteGoodies.com) are handy to check and compare web hosts’ speed performance.

Example of test results:
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A few more words on website load time issue

Who’s responsible for a slow website?

A website’s response rate is dependent on many factors; including the hosting server CPU load, RAM usage, network speeds, and the web program’s efficiency. Do note that not every one of these factors are web host’s responsible.For instance, it’s the web owner’s responsibility to assure that his/her website is coded efficiently to avoid server resources wastage. Sometimes, it can be your ISP that’s responsible for the slow website.

How slow load time will affect your website?

Slow website load time is a problem that you cannot afford to overlook. A few critical consequences with slow website load time, including permanent lost of website traffics and increase of advertising cost are simply destructive.

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My (somewhat) Biased A2Hosting Review

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I came across A2Hosting recently during my casual Internet surfing. I have never use A2’s hosting service before but I’m very impressed with what I am seeing from the outside and I thought you guys’d like to know. Note that this post is NOT a paid post or advertisement in any sort – the web host is seriously something (you’ll see why).

Why I like A2Hosting Hosting Services?

Super-Reliable Server + Transparent Operations

Throughout my years working on Internet, A2Hosting is the only web host I knew that is willing to track and reveal their server uptime publicly. The website uptime is tracked by a third party system named WebsitePulse from four different locations, Washington and Los Angeles (US), Brisbane (Australia), as well as Desseldorf (Germany), every 5 minutes; and the href="http://www.mywebreports.net/s0e0i2v0q.html">results are opened for anyone on the Internet.

A2Hosting Uptime Record: Screen Cap from WebsitePulse

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Take time to check out the uptime report. Note that the web host is tracked since June 2006 and the overall uptime in the four year time span is 99.97%; with the longest 100% uptime of 212 days and 8 hours! Trust me, I have been tracking web host uptimes for some years now and these numbers mean a lot. What A2Hosting achieved here is simply outstanding.

The Best Incentive Gifts

Beside server reliability, I am also equally impressed with the free gifts A2Hosting is giving away. For a hosting plan that cost less than per year, A2Hosting customers are getting back practical, free marketing credits that worth more than 0.
For reference, I have listed down some of the key incentives you are getting upon subscription.

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Google Adwords – credit
Yahoo! PPC – credit
Text Link Ads – 0 credit
MIVA PPC – credit
Bidvertiser PPC – credit
Trasnfer Credits – Free for customers switching host

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LogoYes – discount
PixMac Stock Images – Free 2 images
RatePoint Testimonial – Free 30 days trial
SubmitNet SEO – Free 30 days trial
Website Magazine – Free subscription
Constant Contact Email Marketing – Free 60 days trial

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July Football Discount – 40% price cut

Perhaps the best reason why you should try A2Hosting at this time of writing is the company’s special promotion. A2Hosting is giving a special one-time discount for all July orders. Enter ‘GOAL40’ upon signup and you will receive a one-time 40% price discount.

Listed below are the A2Hosting’s price differences before and after discount.

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No one would deny that A2Hosting’s price tag is a little expensive previously but thing looks much better after the 40% discount – the .77/mo price tag is, without doubt, a stunner. However, be aware that this promotion ends on July 31 (sorry, I should have write this post earlier) so remember to order A2 before it’s too late.

Wrapping Things Up: I need your A2Hosting Review!

I don’t normally write such a ‘biased’ post on a web host that I have never tried before. In fact the title of this article is only decided after I reread my writing and noticed how biased I sounded.

As you can read from above, the facts I found about A2Hosting are just too good to be ignored. In case are looking for some hosts out of my list, A2Hosting is for sure a must-see alternative. Every signs and customer feedbacks I got online indicate that A2Hosting cares a lot about its customers and is ready to serve long term.

To see for more yourself, visit A2hoting online at href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/a2hosting.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.a2hosting.com

On the other hand, since I am not an A2Hosting user, I’d appreciate existing A2Hosting users chip in and tell us more about the web host.

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Updates: Hostgator Uptime Review

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Following up on the href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/discount-freebies/web-hosting-coupons/hostgator-hosting-coupon/">Hostgator Coupon Code post, I am gonna show you something quick about the Gators in this blogpost. You might want to check out my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/hostgator/">Hostgator Review to see what I think about them, in details; but in case you are sort of in a hurry, this short post should tell you everything you need to know about Hostgator.

Hostgator Uptime Review

Firstly, you need to know that this site, WebHostingSecretRevealed.com, is hosted at Hostgator since year 2009 and I’ve been tracking its uptime since the beginning (that’s how I review a hosting service after all).

Now, check out the graph below – it shows the uptime record of WHSR for the past 14 months.

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Translation Please…

I am tracking my site’s uptime using PingDom and the graph is showing WHSR’s uptime record from January 1, 2010 till Febuary 28, 2011. Saw the flat green line? That’s the indicating line representing WHSR’s uptime it is marking on the 100% point. That’s right, WHSR is ‘up and running’ (almost) 24/7 just like this dead-flat line.

In case you wonder, Hostgator scored a 99.96% server uptime for the past 14 months with 3 hours and 44 minutes within this period, and the number of down-times is 33x.

If you have been tracking (and reading) website uptime regularly, you should understand that this is a S-U-P-E-R-B result for a shared-hosted website. I mean, these guys might be a little more expensive than the rest but hey, 99.96% uptime on a shared server! Isn’t that something remarkable and worth paying extra for? By the way, if you look close enough, you are going to see a small ‘valley’ in the middle (that’s 07/19/2010 FYI) and that’s the only unplanned downtime I had with Hostgator in 14 months.

So… there goes my updates on Hostgator’s recent performance – I hope it helps. For full-length evaluation on Hostgator hosting service, check out my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/hostgator/">Hostgator Review.

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Review of WebHostingBreak.com

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I know, it’s crazy. My friends think I am insane when I told them I’m gonna write a post about other hosting review sites. The web hosting world is an extremely competitive industry and it sounds insane to even mention just a bit about other websites that are doing the same thing like you.

But, I think you guys should know more about this awesome website – Web Hosting Break (href="http://www.webhostingbreak.com/" target="_blank">http://www.webhostingbreak.com).

About Web Hosting Break

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When I first starting WebHostingSecretRevealed.com a few years ago, there was literally zero website that is doing what I’m doing now (buy a web host account, test it as a user, and write reviews on it). I believe Ian Mason saw the same thing and started WHB. Like WHSR, Ian writes his hosting reviews based his real experience. There were more than 10 web hosts tested and reviewed at WHB; and Ian had created a lot of tutorials and videos (which is something you can’t get on my blog) in order to help his readers to get started with the new host.

So… in case you are need a second view on a web host besides mine (and would like to watch more videos), I suggest you have a look on WHB.

I hope this short post helps you a little. I am currently working on a couple of other in-depth articles on web development and web marketing – hopefully I can get them published soon. Till then, take care! :)

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CoolHandle: Exclusive Promotion (20% Off) & Review Updates

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Great company respond on consumer feedbacks and make changes accordingly. Not long ago I did a review on CoolHandle and I mentioned that I dislike their expensive price tags in my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/coolhandle-review/">CoolHandle Review. Guess what? They responded and made me a special promotion code (WHSR) that gives one-time 20% discount to all CoolHandle shared hosting deals.

CoolHandle – 20% Discount

That’s right. href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/coolhandle.php" target="_blank">Visit CoolHandle, copy-and-paste the code WHSR, get 20% discount off from your shared hosting bill.

Should you go with CoolHandle?

If you asked me is CoolHandle recommended yesterday, I would node and say they are not bad. But if you ask me today, then I have no hesitation to tell you a BIG YES. This promo-code thingy improves things greatly and franlyI can’t help but have the perception that CoolHandle is one of the best hosts now.

Here’s why.

One, after 20% discount using promo code WHSR, CoolHandle shared hosting prices are now at .96/mo, .76/mo, and .36/mo for their Starter, Business, and Pro Package. Yes, considering the web host is giving limited addon domains and MySQL databases for Starter and Business Plans, these after-discount-prices are still not the cheapest.Nevertheless, seeing that we are getting ultra fast server, green hosting features, and great room for hosting upgrades at CoolHandle, the prices are (at least) reasonable.

Two, think about when’s the last time a big hosting company like CoolHandle will read and listen to online reviews? I bet you don’t get a lot of that. This is why I think that the response on this pricey-thingy is a H-U-G-E positive sign for CoolHandle. This means folks at CoolHandle are listening, and working lively in doing C.I. (aka continuous improvement). If you are serious about getting a good web host, I am sure you prefer to stick with the kind of hosts where they care about their reputation and work hard to grow their business.

How to have this CoolHandle Promotion?

It’s pretty easy to use the promotion code on CoolHandle. But for your reference I have made a couple of print screen below and the most important part of it is that you copy-and-paste the right code WHSR.

1. Start ordering from the shared hosting offer page.

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2. Pick a new domain or enter existng one.

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3. Select your shared hosting plan.

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4. Apply the promo code WHSR.

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5. And… you are done. Easy? :)

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Visit CoolHandle online now: href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/coolhandle.php" target="_blank">http://www.coolhandle.com

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Latest iPage Hosting Review

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Here’s a customer review on iPage (href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/ipage" target="_blank">http://www.ipage.com) by Bob Dickson Jr. It was first submitted as a comment to my old post about cheap web hosting last week but it’s a very useful piece of information so I decided to publish it here.

iPage Review by Bob Dickson Jr

In brief, Bob thinks iPage has some lousy customer services but he finds the web host a good budget hosting in overall.

So here goes the review.

2010-2011. I have had Ipage for close to a year now and have mixed feelings about their services and hosting. First off, though it has happened, I have had very few problems with them as far as the servers being down and/or my page not loading, but a simple refresh of my browser usually does the trick here. Sooo over all I give them “fair to good no kiss butt rating” in this area. Then again, what server isn’t down or slow for some reason or another in a given day,month,year? Think about it!
CUSTOMER SERVICE
I have used it but not to the extent of any issues resolution that resulted in satisfaction. They suck the top and bottom layer of the brown substance in this area. Tickets are days slow, Live chats for me have not resulted in any resolutions. Forget phone support, as I have waited over 10 mins before hanging up and using live chat. Reminds me of the old tech support days of DELLs hemorrhoid sore waits! Ahhhhhhaaa.
FILE MANGEMENT
Using http://ftp… seems to be reliable for me performing upload/downloads without as many timeouts and size limits. I can say that I have uploaded files using their file manager and seen size limits and timeout issues. Phabblllah!Thus the use of my own file management software.
ULIMITED DATABASE
The Database is MYSQL,(currently 5.2.1…)and DB management is /php myadmin “WHATEVER”! The database is located on a different server. You can do backups and choose to download scripts should you need to recreate a DB or table. HOWEVER, you cannot connect to your database/s and perform DB management with local DB management software!ARGH!!!!!
Mixed feelings here,I do not like it but I do! As an X- DB Programmer/script-er/applications software developer/programmer, I love MySQL PHPMyAdmin for generating some of the queries and scripts as it saves me from having to do it and debug anything that goes wrong. But!!! I hate it when I cannot use my own DB management software as I feel I have little control over my DB maintenance! Unlimited Database? I guess, I have created 5 db’s and haven’t seen Ipage kicking me in the round thingy/s saying that’s all you get!
BANDWIDTH and UNLIMITED SPACE
No problems so far! My site is not that huge as I sell photos, which is like selling condoms to an Nun, using Os Commerce (which brings up another issue). Needless to say, Though I have not tried to upload/download/display one of my 20mb photos, I have all the space I need for photos and content. The bottom line is I do not have a great turnover in clients/users in my small town so bandwidth is not an issue for me.
INTRODUCTORY PRICE
Watch out here! If you can, opt for the longest hosting term (3 or more years)at the intro price else you will fall into the abyss of what is almost a bait and switch. I set up shop for a year for around 50 bucks. When it came time to renew,I renewed my domain for 3 years. Why? In all I like Ipage spite the fact they are jerk-offs. Still, I didn’t realize I was only renewing my domain name(url) and not the hosting service(storage space)wich is an additional cost of 107.00+ other features.
Remember the intro price was for one year? When the term elapsed, the intro price went up to full price. Meaning, you have to pay for the domain renewal(currently 12.xx a year) and another years hosting at an additional(107.xx)! Plus if you want the other features such as domain privacy…that cost extra as well.
THE FREEBIES
Dont fall for the 50 dollah con advertising credits to facebook, google… that they offer unless you need to use them. They are Credits! Most likely you will have to sign up for the services and be billed later after the credits expire and you continue to use the service.
SOFTWARE FREEBIES
iPage has many features that make it look like a good deal! The so called “feature rich, free with every account” bells and whistles that look so good in the advertisement, They cost nothing for anyone to grab and use, Ipage hosting or not. Don’t let this be a factor in your decision unless you are actually looking for that software. Yes they take the headache out of the installs and basic configurations on your web, but considering they are mostly open source freeware in the first place, they do not offer tech support.
Which brings up the last comment. I am an x programmer, love tech stuff… “Ok, to a point I do!” Most newbies will spend their fist year setting up and learning to customizing their site if they want more than the basics. If you want to sell and install OSCommerce or other, be prepared to learn PHP, HTML, Javascripts. Most all the installs have their own learning curb quirks, like word press, jomallia….IPage will not help you with these unless it is an install problem. Otherwise, be prepared to spend countless hours in front of the monitor going through each freeware’s web site gazing mindlessly in the help and faqs pages for documentation and answers.
SUMMARY
I page is fair to good on cheap hosting packages for the first term. After that, be prepared to fork over some real cash if you want to keep your domain and hosting. They offer very little support to justify the cost, but contrarily the cost is justified by the unlimited features of the site. All the services except yellow pages have additional cost in one way or another. Most all the install software are open-source freeware and have both advantages and disadvantages such as using or learning curbs when it comes to using or customizing/editing the pages. Some web templates are available for quick page setup, but if you are paying for a web site just so you can put up a blog, stick with twitter, facebook, myspace…chances are you will get more exposure there than that of a private page.
The actual services and features that Ipage really offers can be described as: “Though a fair service” An empty hard drive that has the capability of accessing the internet, customarily installing certain chosen free software that can be downloaded from the internet to a specific file set or folder for the purpose of manipulation,(((storing,retrieving,sending,displaying,denying or allowing access to files))), offering certain securities of protection and reservations of selected and chosen custom name spaces for a price, and over charging for such.
– iPage Review by Bob Dickson Jr @ May 7th, 2011.
About: Bob Dickens is a freelance photographer located in the southern portion of Humphreys Co. Tennessee and has enjoyed photography for over 20 years.

I was hoping to show you Bob’s site in this review but he rejected the idea as he does not wish to have countless unrelated hits to his site. So… that’s all I have right now.

What I think about iPage hosting now?

Presently, iPage remains as my top rated budget web host. I have no complain on iPage hosting services especially in term of hosting features (like allocated bandwidth) and server stability (without surprise, that’s what Bob said as well). It’s been a while since I last contacted iPage’s support department so I have nothing to comment on that.

In case you wish to learn more about them, I suggest further reading on my detail href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/ipage/">iPage Review.

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My Recent WP Engine Review

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class="att">*Important Note
In case you are unaware, WHSR is now hosted on WP Engine and I have written a new, lengthy review on WP Engine hosting. For my latest WP Engine usage experience, server track record, discount, and updated details; check out this href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/wpengine-review/">updated WP Engine Review.

Founded by Aaron Brazell and Jason Cohen, WP Engine offers premium WordPress hosting with tons of valuable WordPress optimization (security, load speed, updates, as well as plugin recommendations).

In case you are unaware, I did an href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/featured-articles/interview-with-wp-engine-co-founder-jason-cohen/">interview with WP Engine Co-Founder, Jason Cohen, recently. This is my review of WP Engine. I am not a WP Engine customer BUT, I have spent hours of reading and researching before I publish this post – I’m sure some of you guys will find this piece useful.

WP Engine: Premier Built-for-WordPress Hosting

As much as the fact that WordPress is world #1 blogging platform, it’s hard to find web host that focuses solely on WordPress. It’s even href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/wordpress-blog/best-wordpress-hosting/">harder to get good WordPress hosting company that is “serious” with their business.

This makes WP Engine a special gem in the market.

WP Engine is one of the very, very few companies that focus only on WordPress hosting; and what’s more, the folks at WP Engine are dead serious about their business.
You can visit WP Engine online here: href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/wpengine">http://www.wpengine.com. The company has recently renovate the website and it has a total new outlook now.

Why WordPress-Only Hosting?

“Why do we need a web host that focuses solely on WordPress? Other hosting companies can do the same job and host my WP blogs!”, you may ask. Jason, co-founder of WP Engine, gave the perfect answer in our recent interview session.

When asked “How has the strategy of solely focusing on WordPress users affected the business?”
Jason answered: “Focusing only on WordPress means we can do a fantastic job. For example we hire WordPress experts only, so everyone at the company is helpful and knowledgeable when you call into tech support.
Lots of hosting companies answer the phone on the first ring and call that “good service.” Of course if the person on the other end can’t debug the WordPress problem, at the end of the day it’s not helpful. We know what we’re good at — and what we’re NOT good at! — and we do only the former.”
“That’s how it affects you — the customer. How it affects the back-end business is that we can be more profitable because we don’t have to diversify technology or talent. American Airlines can’t make money because they service 20 kinds of planes; Southwest and JetBlue are profitable and run only a few models. We’re like the latter; most hosting companies are the former.”

What I like about WP Engine Hosting

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As a big-time WordPress fans, there are plenty to like about WP Engine. But here are some of the important advantages with the WordPress host.

Backed by WordPress expert

The best reason to like WP Engine is because of its people. WP Engine is founded and run by WordPress experts. I mean, *REAL* WordPress experts.

Co-founder Jason Cohen is the maker of href="http://smartbear.com/products/development-tools/code-review/features/" target="_blank">Code Collaborator; Aaron Brazel, co-founder, has been an active WordPress developer since 2004 and he wrote href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470568135?ie=UTF8&tag=emmensetechno-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470568135">WordPress Bible (Wiley); and we have Advisor, href="http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/" target="_blank">Ben Metcalfe, who is involve with WordPress development since the very early days.

WordPress Security

WordPress sites hosted on WP Engine is protected in several levels. WP Engine utilizes hardware-base intrusion detection appliances from DDos attack and rogue scanning. On the inside, hosting accounts are isolated with limited user access.

Server Scalabilty

The standard Touring Package allows 250,000 pageviews per month. But that doesn’t mean you have to limit your traffics at that level. According to statistics, WP Engine moves 50 million hits per day through their system. In other words, this means WP Engine is highly scalable.

As claimed by WP Engine, their customers have hit huge media sites like Huffington Post, TechCrunch from time to time and “never skipped a beat”.

Fully Managed Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Heard about CDN? Long story short, CDN is an effective way to stores and delivers your content frpm different servers and this allows your site to load faster. WP Engine is the ONLY WordPress host that includes a fully managed CDN service where your site’s static content (images, videos, static pdf files, etc) are served from servers all around the world. Furthermore, WP Engine also employs proxy servers, data bases, disk caching, file minification, as well as image compression to speed up customer sites load time.

Things you might don’t like about WP Engine

No 24×7 Customer Support

I know, most shared hosting companies offer 24×7 customer supports via live chat and telephone. But that’s not the case for WP Engine. The company’s customer support team does seem very dedicated (they call it ‘Customer Happiness Department’) but newbies who need hand-to-hand spoonfeed support might want to think twice.

Expensive Web Host

WP Engine offers 3 different stand plans; namely Sport (/mo), Touring (/mo), and Luxury Package (custom pricing). I know, WP Engine’s high price tag is a big turn-off. But hey, be realistic, how much do you expect them to charge? .99/mo for a premium hosting service?

Short Trial Period – 15 Days Only

WP Engine offers only 15 days of free trial period. But hey that’s not a big deal since WP Engine is charging its customer on per-month basis. This means it’s easy to leave WP Engine. ;)

WP Engine Customer Reviews

They are pros! “It’s nice to pay someone to handle all the hosting BS that we’re no good at. They’re WordPress Pros.” – Ash Maurya, Author of href="http://www.runningleanhq.com/">Running Lean.

WP Engine has been running well! “All in all WP Engine has been running well for a week. Now that I’m using their services I’ll probably stay with them for the foreseeable future. As I always try to remind you guys, when you are determining what you are willing to pay for a solution always include the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). per month for a site may seem expensive, but I don’t have to worry about maintenance, backups, server hacking and such. I do believe that their overall system needs to be streamlined and made to be more user friendly, but if you have a decent knowledge of Web Server Administration WP Engine may be a good option for you.” – Eli of href="http://www.everymanit.com/" target="_blank">EverymanIT.com, href="http://www.everymanit.com/2011/01/24/first-thoughts-on-the-migration-to-wp-engine/" target="_blank">full WP Engine review here.

WP Engine Hosting Plans At A Glance

Here’s a quick screen cap on WP Engine price and plan details. For more details, visit: href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/wpengine" target="_blank">http://www.wpengine.com

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WP Engine Hosting Review:Should you go with WP Engine?

Any WordPress user who are serious about their blog should consider using WP Engine.

The reason why I am not switching to WP Engine is because I am very happy with Hostgator and I had recently bought/installed PressVault. If price is not a problem, then why suffer another sleepless night worrying about your site cracked due to hackers or heavy traffic loads? Just go with WP Engine!

To visit (opens in new window): href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/wpengine" target="_blank">http://www.wpengine.com

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JustHost User Review by Katja

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I received an unsolicited JustHost review from a reader named Katja recently and I think it’s a useful piece for those who are considering JustHost.

JustHost Review by Katja
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Just as you, I have been spending hours searching for a reliable host and reading reviews. To be honest, I do this about once a month, every time our hosting with JustHost majorly tanks and causes problems.

Frequent server outages

We have been with them since January 2010 and so far had at least once a month server outages, promises of being moved to a newer “faster” server, suggestions of add on fees for priority support (which completely ignored us during one episode of issues), daily backups and faster server guarantee for additional fee… all of which we purchased to make our forum site running more smoothly.

Every time we started encountering issues and escalated it to priority support they started off with the old “the problem is on your end, have you tried turning it off and on again” bit and endless email trails to finally get to the bottom that a server had failed and they were working on it.

Now things like this can happen, a bit of a downtime is unfortunate but I guess to be expected, however to go through this once a month, lies of them moving the site to a faster server, them migrating the sites and doing it incorrectly (TWICE IN A ROW) by forgetting to point the nameservers to the new servers so the forum was active in two “universes”… them telling us the site cannot be restored to the daily backup but only the last weekly one (losing a weeks worth of data despite having paid extra for daily backups), their customer service not even properly reading mails and properly addressing the people who sent it and after all of this not ONCE being refunded the monthly hosting fee when we had major troubles and downtimes.

10 hours down time!

Last issue was a 10+ hours outage and continued problems when the site was restored, mainly data loss and again wrongly pointed nameservers, despite them being warned about that when they finally agreed to move the site to a new server after being out for 10h already. What is frustrating is that there are no warnings or info mails when a server tanks or is undergoing some sort of maintenance. They don’t apply any type of load balancing that servers can be maintained without customers losing uptimes. When the customer contacts them about an issue they have a long list of lies to reply with before they honestly admit what is going on, they don’t apply services you pay for (priority service taking 24h to reply when they promise 30 minutes, daily back ups, faster servers) and every small issue turns into a few days worth of email trails and headaches.

JustHost -cheap and good for low traffic website

So all in all, JustHost may be cheap and good for websites with low traffic but their technical support is incompetent and reliability is significantly less than 97% stated in most online reviews.

Cheers and happy reviewing!

Katja

P/S: Katja if you are reading this please contact me – I wish to give a link to your site (as credit) but couldn’t reach you thru the email address you were using.

Send me your web hosting reviews!

Have something to say about your web host? Why not get it published here at Web Hosting Secret Revealed – send your hosting review to href="userfeedback@webhostingsecretrevealed.com">userfeedback@webhostingsecretrevealed.com.

Note: We no longer track or review JustHost hosting. In case you were considering JustHost – we recommend href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/bluehost/">BlueHost, href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/ipage/">iPage, and href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/fatcow/">FatCow as better alternatives. FYI, these web hosts belong (and are managed) by the same owner – Endurance International Group.

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SiteServing User Review By Myra Levi

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I received a very detail SiteServing review from a reader named Myra Levi on Dec 15, 2011; and, I think it’s a very useful piece of information (thanks man!). So… here goes.

About SiteServing Hosting
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SiteServing is a privately held web hosting company that was started in 2000. SiteServing was built to service our customers and their requirements. You can visit SiteServing at href="http://www.siteserving.com/" target="_blank">http://www.siteserving.com/
Having not heard of SiteServing before, I decided to give them a shot back around eight months ago. They aren’t newcomers in the business, but they haven’t really been overly aggressive in the marketing before either. Having been around since 2000, they have proven to know what their doing (just by age alone). Below, are just some of my findings and opinions about this web hosting company.
My experience with SiteServing hosting
What can I say; SiteServing has everything any Webmaster will never need. From three different shared hosting plans, in around five locations, to every virtualization type known to man (or at least at the moment). SiteServing has all the accoutrements of an experienced team, and none of the short fallings (at least that I’ve been able to see so far).
What’s the pricing like?
The pricing for SiteServing is very reasonable; they have certainly done their research and it shows. SiteServing is extremely well priced and their initial shared hosting offering goes for as little as .95/mo, and that’s actually very hard to beat (no matter where you look).
From a visitors perspective, SiteServing has everything in one easy-to-use location, from their extensive 700+ knowledgebase articles, to their 364+ video tutorials, they generally have everything you need to get started. Even some of the other hosting providers have no where near this level of documentation or user assistance guides. That’s just some of the items that make SiteServing standout for me and for probably any first time visitor.
So, what’s good about SiteServing?
Fact: SiteServing has been around for over 10 years. Frankly, I’ve never heard much about them, until fairly recently. It seems that something within that company changed, and sounds, looks and feels like someone experienced has shown up. In fact, if you review everything you’ll notice quickly that they are extremely well documented, and everything is meticulously groomed to perfection. I was browsing their site and see that they have won numerous awards from industry review organizations such as PC Pro, WebHostDir, and many others. This really makes me realize that SiteServing might be that hidden gem that you’ve never found. This was the case for me at least.
99.99% Uptime Guarantee
While uptime guarantees vary, very few hosting providers have dared place 99.99% uptime guarantees on their website, due to the possibility of outages. This is certainly another quality marker of the SiteServing system, if you take a look into what 99.99% actually means, and that’s literally less than 52.56 minutes per year! That simply goes to show that SiteServing really has high expectations, showing customers, like me, that not only are they providing quality service, but they are putting money where their mouth is, literally.
Shared hosting plans and affordable plans
It seems that there are some web hosting providers such as SiteServing that are saying “enough” with the “unlimited everything” approach to web hosting, and actually starting to offer something that is real. As you see nowadays most hosting providers don’t actually provide true unlimited resources, SiteServing has decided to end with the fiasco and provide true resources for true money.
What makes SiteServing better than the rest, is that they are affordable, clean, crisp and by the looks of it, a highly motivated company. SiteServing isn’t your fly-by-night operation, nor is it the run of the mill web hosting provider, they are a serious player that has invested heavily into their presence – I can tell this from just looking at their website. What that means to customers, is that you get to enjoy all the extras they provide, while they do all the heavy lifting.
One-Click web App Installations
If you take a look at the SiteServing control panel, you’ll quickly notice a couple of things. The first being that SiteServing offers not one, but two auto installers, the first is called Fantastico and the second is called Softaculous. Both have huge pluses, and a wide selection of one-click installable scripts. For example, ever wanted to install WordPress, Joomla, Mambo, Drupal, or anything else, quickly? Well, with SiteServing you can, in one click – literally. All this goes to show that SiteServing is dedicated to creating a better experience for the customer, it certainly is for me.
So what might go wrong with SiteServing?
So far, having been hosted with them eight months, I can’t say that I’ve actually had any issues with them so far. The Server is fast, the uptime is strong, and the whole system feels solid.
The only thing that I can say about them that is negative (dependent on the way you look at it) is that they are a name that hasn’t been as widely spread as others. However, you have to remember that it doesn’t mean anything, it’s just rare to see such a highly optimized, and built company that hasn’t been pushed into the limelight. My guess is that they have not paid for reviews and top spots like I suspect other hosting companies do. I know some pay to have their top spot. I also know from experience that a top spot means nothing. I have plenty of horror stories from previous hosts, and all from the most popular web hosting companies.
Conclusion: Is SiteServing hosting a go or a stay?
If you’re searching for a web hosting provider that has everything under one roof, and has the vast amount of documentation, then SiteServing is a go. Having fairly priced hosting and over a decade (from what I’ve researched) of experience, SiteServing isn’t a company that is going away anytime soon. I’m just going to rate SiteServing an A and surely going to (and have) recommend them to all my friends, co-workers and family.

Send Me Your Hosting Review!

Have something to say about this web host? Like it or hate it – send us your comment (min. 250 words) today at style="text-decoration: underline;">jerry [a] webhostingsecretrevealed.com. I’m paying for each published review!

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Updates On My iPage Review (2012)

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A little Background Story On Previous iPage Review

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A few years back I acquired a hosting account at iPage and href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/ipage/">wrote an in-depth review on it. Although I do update my iPage review from time to time; there was nothing major being re-reviewed or modified once I have fully tested the web host. My previous iPage account was left dormant and eventually expired some time ago.

Thanks to some active readers who sent me emails and Twitter messages, I picked up my lazy bones and signup myself again with a brand new iPage account*.

Yes, I spent on web hosting plus the new domain fees and did a total re-check on iPage hosting (actually no, I spent about 0 on new web hosting accounts including IX Web Hosting and A2 Hosting; but that’s story for some other day).

My 2012 Experience With iPage Hosting

Well, in general things are still all good at iPage. I do, however, have a few points (both plus and minus) to add on top of my old review. Here are a few extra good things I see in iPage during the recent signup.

iPage Is Now Serving Simple Scripts

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iPage is no more using the old Install Central system. Instead, Simple Scripts (created by Matt Heaton and Ben Merrill) is served and users now get to install more than 100 of popular web applications (WordPress, Joomla, MODx, QuickBooks, etc) conveniently.

Instant Account Activation With iPage Is For Real

When iPage talks about its instant account activation, it is *really* instant. I got my new account login details right after my payment; I was already done with the WordPress installation and working on the new site content within the next 10 minutes.

When you are working with 10 other different web hosts in the same time, you’ll appreciate such level of efficiency. Believe me, not many hosting companies offer such rapid service when it comes to account activation. I used to wait for days for a phone call activation even though I was paying with cash in my PayPal account.

iPage Hosting Is Extremely Cheap

Yes, I knew I have mentioned this in my old review but seriously, this is worth mentioning again and again. At .50/mo**, you get to host unlimited domain in one hosting account. Remember that the year is 2012, not 2008. While every other hosting companies I knew have raised their price in the past few years, iPage has reduced its price by 25% the least.
If you are looking for a budget host, look no further, iPage is the answer.

iPage now comes with ultra clear usage policy

Remember my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/the-truth-about-unlimited-hosting/">post about unlimited hosting some years ago? Well, I am glad to see some hosting companies, including iPage, are no longer hiding behind such dodgy marketing tricks anymore.
The company now states clearly (a link to the policy is visible at the homepage) that it will give 48 hours of warning period (and suspend after the warning period) to the users who have exceed “normal bandwidth and disk space utilization”.

While this does not affect much of the user experience practically, I do see the company’s attitude of being honest as a positive sign (that it’s going to take good care of its customers).

Problems with iPage Hosting

Okay, enough with the trumpet blowing. Now let’s talk about some of the problems with iPage. Just like any other web hosts, iPage has its own pros and cons – hey, iPage is just another hosting company in business to make money, right? As a smart consumer, you should always know the story on both sides. My job here is to lay down all the facts about hosting at iPage – both good and bad – so you can make an informed choice.

There are a few questionable practices at iPage that you should pay attention to.

Be Careful Of iPage’s Internal Selling

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Frankly I do not know what to call this, I guess Internal Selling or (Inbound Marketing?) is the right phrase to use. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong. Anyway, here’s what I am trying to describe:

When you first signup with iPage, you will be “lured” into various free trials. There is a wide list of so-call Marketing Services in iPage control panel including Constant Contact, EmailBrain Small Business, Free Toll-Free Phone Number, Free YP.com Listing, Google Webmaster Tools, Y! Sponsored Search Credits, and so on. Please be aware that many of these services are only free for the trial period – you will need to pay if once the trial period has ended. Careless users who accidentally activated the trials (or forgot to cancel the services within the trial period) are forced to pay for useless services.

Expensive Renewal Fees

When you first sign up with iPage, the price is .50/mo. This is actually the special offers made possible with my special partnership with the company. Upon renewal, you will be requested to pay at the regular rate (which is relative higher, but reasonable) for your iPage account.

The regular price structures are as below.

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You should also be aware that iPage actually stated this clearly in its billing policy and you may always check BillingCentral (inside iPage Control Panel) to get an up-to-date statement of the current amount being billed for services.

iPage Review From WHSR Readers

Before I end this updates on iPage, I would like to include this iPage review by Saskia Davis of href="http://www.symptomsofinnerpeace.net/Authors_Website/Home.html" target="_blank">Symptoms Of Inner Peace. It is a bit long, our discussion took about two weeks to conclude, and it is a very useful piece.

On June 24th, 2012, Saskia Davis wrote:
Hi Jerry,
I have appreciated your website. This is feedback for you and a request for your input, as well.
I have spent a few days with your host reviews and recommendations. Made some calls. Since on the basis of your reviews and my calls, I had narrowed the field to 3, when I discovered Ipage and Fat Cow had merged, I went with Ipage. So far, that is. I   signed up, yesterday, without first having read their terms of service. (I never thought of it until I was creating the on-line account this morning.) Now am rethinking it.
1. Promises made by the salesman are not born out by techs. Techs are not prepared, as promised, to help me upload from IWeb. Nor was the supervisor helpful in that regard. However, I had the presence of mind to call the Sales Department, again. Spoke with a different salesman from the one from whom I bought the program. He offered and
followed through with a website tutorial on how to do the upload. He   m-a-y have redeemed the company. The jury is still out.
2. Terms of service: Their Terms of Service are very iPage-centric.   If I had gotten off to a better start with the tech department, I might not be worrying so much about the Terms of Service. But customer has to agree to pay costs of any dispute, apparently whether or not the dispute is settled in favor of the customer. See below:
3. Customer must agree to auto-billing and/or charging of credit card. When talking with the supervisor, I said I wanted to opt for the billing, not the charging of the card. He said they were the same thing. I had not read the terms of service before signing up.(Lesson learned) In fact, it was hard to read them because there is no scroll mechanism; so most of the terms are below the bottom level of the screen. I had to copy and paste them onto a document on my computer in order to read what I would be agreeing to.
4. After receiving the unbelievable news from the supervisor that “billing” and “credit card charging” “mean the same thing”, I called the Billing Department. When I explained that I had signed up for 3 years and that I would want the opportunity to consider my needs and the costs before my credit card was charged for the next term, she did have an alternative. However, her alternative is not mentioned in the Terms of Service, so I will have to decide how much I trust the company to honor what one of their employees has told me.
5. My next move will be to contact the BBB to find out if they have had complaints.
Jerry, any perspective that you can provide will be welcome at this point.
Sincerely,
Saskia Davis
On July 5th, 2012, Saskia Davis wrote:
Dear Jerry,
I worry that this feedback would be overly long for a review, but I still would consider it if you were to give me the opportunity to approve any edits.
After writing to you, the last time, I went to the Better Business Bureau site (BBB). Although resolution had been effective, still I found far too many complaints had been filed with reviews that supported my concerns about the company not keeping its promises. So, I decided to pay more money and go with my other choice, Web Hosting Hub, which you also had reviewed.
Their terms also included credit card auto-draft, but the BBB customer reviews, on the whole, had been positive with very few complaints and their original salesperson’s approach had sounded more tutorial and less like a sales pitch. I decided to trust that I could work with them. In fact, I was able to make other billing arrangements with them.
At this point it is important to say that my host search was driven by Apple’s impending end of MobileMe services. The salespeople of both hosts said that their techs could provide the information I would need to transfer my iWeb site to their service. However the iPage tech team did not agree. Before deciding to cancel, I tried to call the salesman back who had made that promise. Fortunately for me, he wasn’t there. A colleague took the call. This is the positive thing that came out of my experience with iPage. He provided me with the URL for a free AP with which to make the transfer. When I commented that it was a surprise to find that the salesman knew more than the techs, he replied that he had been around a long time. I might have let the help he had given me outweigh my concerns, but the BBB complaints and customer reviews tipped the balance.
The switch to WebHostingHub (WHH) would not have been smooth, might not even have been possible, without the AP to which I had been introduced by the iPage sales colleague. The WHH tech sourced a set of instructions for another iWeb version and I did not have the technical understanding to reinterpret them for my version. Neither did he. He seemed utterly at a loss. The little w2w AP saved the day! At my request, the tech stayed with me while I read the instructions. I needed him to interpret some of the techy terms.
Once I understood it, it was VERY simple.
When I returned the requested WHH tech evaluation, I included the URL for the AP. They were not interested, replying that they could not recommend a 3rd party AP. So, knowing that, at least for iWeb site owners, I probably can’t recommend WHH, either… that is: unless site owners find and use the AP without the recommendation of WHH. Here is the href="http://macintoshhowto.com/internet/upload-iweb-sites-if-you-dont-have-a-mac-account.html" target="_blank">link. Once past the transfer challenge, so far, smooth sailing. I am anticipating a positive experience.
Best, Saskia Davis

So, Is iPage Hosting Still A Go?

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Well as I said, my job here is to lay out all the facts and you’ll have to make your own decision (whether iPage is right for you or not). In my personal opinion, iPage is indeed a great choice for those who wants a balance between quality and price. .50/mo can merely buy you a Starbucks coffee but with that price iPage is offering you the capacity to host unlimited addon domain with 24/7 support. For those who are searching for a budget web host, iPage has all that you need. But hey, then again, that’s me – If you think you can get a better deal elsewhere, feel free to do so.

For further details, visit href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/ipage.php" target="_blank">http://www.ipage.com.

Remark *: For your reference, here’s my href="http://www.ipagereviews.co/" target="_blank">test site on the new iPage account. **: The price .50/mo is based on the price with my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/ipage" target="_blank">special promotion link. Prices may be different if you order iPage independently or via other independently.

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My Hosting Story: Downtown Host Review

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I’ve designed websites for almost 15 years now, first for my own pleasure and later for others as a paid web designer.

In that decade and a half, I’ve tried several different hosts. I currently use three different hosts for my various websites, because of different features and such, but href="http://www.downtownhost.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Downtown Host has quickly become my favorite web host and the one I keep the majority of my sites on. They were founded in 2001, so have been around for well over 10 years.

Web Hosting Problems

If you’ve been in the web design business longer than three seconds, you’ve likely run into problems with a host or two. There are few things more aggravating than getting your sites transferred to the new server, thinking it is a good fit and then running into problems that can’t be resolved.

These issues can include things like:

Slow load times
Too much down time
Disappearing updates – you update and it doesn’t take
Hackers getting into your sites from the backend
Lack of customer service
Slow response from customer service
Billing errors
Poor technical support
Technical support by someone in another country and you can’t understand what he is saying because of a thick accent
Limitations you didn’t expect as far as bandwidth or number of domains you can add

Out of all of these problems, I have to say that slow or poor customer service is the worst. I can deal with missing a feature or two, if I can work around it. I can deal with an occasional billing error. Poor customer service is one of the most difficult things to deal with, because it makes it impossible to fix any problem you might have. The next thing that causes the most issues is slow load times or down time. Your visitors will get frustrated over these things and you’ll lose business.

In the past, I have had some true horror stories about sites going down and having to be rebuilt (that will teach you very quickly to always backup your sites). On top of that, I’ve had hosts who try to overcharge by billing too soon, changing billings dates around, double-charging for the same services and so on. Then, there was the time when all of my sites went down for no obvious reason and the host tried to tell me that it must just be on my end. Strange, since it was the same on every computer I tried and for all of those I asked to try to access my sites on their end. You can imagine that I’m a bit leery of href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/compare-best-five-hosting/" target="_blank">web hosting companies and that honesty and customer service are two of the qualities that matter most to me.

My Experience with Downtown Host

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I switched to Downtown Host for the majority of my accounts in September of 2007. I’ve now been with them nearly five years, which is the longest I’ve ever stayed with a single hosting company. Almost immediately, I saw the difference in the customer service. I didn’t have to ask if they offered a move of my websites as a courtesy, they offered.

The few times I’ve had issues with something, they have responded to my e-mails within minutes, not days or hours. Once, it did take them a couple of days to figure out a backend issue, but they stayed in contact and kept me posted on the progress. I have to say that the technical support people at Downtown Host are knowledgeable and pleasant.

When my site was attacked by hackers, they helped me figure out how to get it back to where it was and gave me some information to secure it. These were issues they did not have to help me with, as the hacking was not related to their servers, yet they took the time to help me out because they had the knowledge and were able to.

No hosting company is perfect 100% of the time. I’d like to remain unbiased in this review and report problems, but I simply have not had many. I am not affiliated with Downtown Host, other than hosting my sites with them, and I am not being paid by them to write this review. I am simply reporting my personal experience as one of their customers. Is there an occasional blip here and there?

Of course. What makes the difference at Downtown Host is that they respond to those issues quickly, professionally and to my satisfaction. That is what keeps me hosting on their servers for years on end.

Types of Hosting

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Downtown Host offers shared hosting, basic hosting and reseller hosting accounts. If you need more dedicated services, they have several options, such as semi-dedicated, dedicated, or virtual private servers.

Although cost can vary, if you just need basic hosting for a single site, you can get 10 GB of space and 200 GB bandwidth for only .95 a month if you sign up for the longest plan and pay in advance. You can also pay monthly if you don’t want to commit to such a long-term investment.

If you want to host multiple domains, you’ll need more space. Their “Shared Gold” account offers 20 GB of disk space and the ability to add on unlimited domains for around .95 per month. You’ll save more if you pay for several months up to three years in advance.

Hosting Features

The features offered by Downtown Host are excellent for most websites. There is a href="http://cpanel.net/products/cpanelwhm/try-demo.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">live demo of their control panel on their website, so you can give it a spin. This panel allows you to access everything their servers have to offer. It includes Fantastico, which allows you to easily install WordPress, PHPList and many other open source programs. This will install the program and create your SQL database automatically, making it perfect for the non-technical website owner. Capabilities include:

Frontpage Extensions
Ruby
Fantastico
SQL Wizards
Spam Assassin
RV Skin
Website Statistics
Unlimited Domain Parking
Supports Streaming Media
CGI-Bin
Server Side Includes

Technical Specs

The specifications for hosting vary, but shared hosting the package most people will choose, so we will look at that here.

Dual Quad Core Servers – 8
Minimum 12000mb RAM
CentOS Linux
Redundant Connection Lines
Redundant Power Backup
Litespeed Web Server
Daily Site Backup

Support

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Downtown Host has 24/7 live support. Technical support can be reached by filing a ticket on the website, e-mailing technical support, or by placing a telephone call. As I mentioned previously, response times have always been very fast for me. Independent reviews on various personal blogs all seem to be positive. Customers on the site offer testimonials about why they like Downtown Host. They do offer a 30-day Money Back Guarantee as well.

Latest Discount

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Scroll down the “Home” page to find out what special offers are currently available (under ‘Current Promotion’ section) to help save a little extra money.

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Visit Downtown host online here: href="http://www.downtownhost.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.downtownhost.com/, or follow them href="https://twitter.com/downtownhost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@downtownhost.

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GreenGeeks Review

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First off, some quick facts on GreenGeeks: The company was founded in 2006 by Trey Gardner, currently it is hosting more than 100,000 websites, it is the only web host that goes up to 300% eco-friendly (more about this later), and the Geeks is the official partner with and recommended Drupal Hosting by the book ‘Drupal For Dummies’.

About GreenGeeks CEO: Trey Gardner

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When I talk about GreenGeeks, Trey Gardner is an important name that I will never miss mentioning.

Trey has been around for more than 10 years and I have never known anyone myself with broader experience as he has in web hosting industry. More than a decade ago, he founded (and sold) iPowerWeb; he was one of the key-players in Lunarpages back in the company’s glory days; he has held a number of top positions in several large hosting companies including General Manager, Director of Marketing, Reseller Program Director, Sales Director and Quality Assurance Director; and he has built a reseller programs from scratch back in 2000s. I was also equally impressed by his friendliness and dedication to work when I did title="Greengeeks Trey Gardner Interview" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/featured-articles/interview-with-trey-gardner-greengeekstigersites/">this interview some years ago.

What I wanted to point out is that GreenGeeks is founded and established by a group of experienced guys lead by one of the most famous web hosting CEO. These guys are here to stay in business, and their broad industry experience is definitely something valuable to the customers.

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GreenGeeks Coupon: TAKE20OFF

GreenGeeks is offering a special discount in 2015 (which is better than our old WHSR30 promo code). Simply apply “take20off” (title="Click here to activate "Take20Off" promo to your order" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/greengeeks" target="_blank">activated automatically) when ordering and you’ll get 20% discount of your first hosting bill.

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GreenGeeks Promo Code: Take20off
Details: 20% Discount Off Your First GreenGeeks Hosting Bill.

How To Use The GreenGeeks Discount Code

style="line-height: 1.5em;">To order and enjoy the discount on GreenGeeks hosting, you will need to key in the coupon code “take20off” on the GreenGeeks payment page (see image below). This payment page is only shown after you have clicked ‘Order’ and select your domain name.

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To order GreenGeeks at this discounted price, title="Click here to order GreenGeeks with discount" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/greengeeks/" target="_blank">click here and use promo code Take20Off.

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The Truth Behind 300% Green Hosting

How is 300% green possible?

Honestly, I was just as skeptical as you are now when I first heard about GreenGeeks’s Green Policy. I got extremely curious and sent tons of questions to both Trey and TJ Williams (another key person in GreenGeeks) before I made my purchase.

Eventually, the GreenGeeks guys explained everything in a long email and sent me a scan copy of a certification from Bonneville Environmental Foundation, showing that the company had just purchased 2.3 million MW of clean energy back into the grid at that time of writing. It got me convinced and got on-board.

How GreenGeeks is 300% green?

In case you are curious like me, this is how 300% green works: For every unit power consumed, GreenGeeks will purchase three times (hence, the figure 300%) of it, in wind-powered energy form, and send it back to the grid to offset the company’s carbon footprint.

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Updates: GreenGeeks has also been recently inducted into the title="EPA Partner" href="http://www.greengeeks.com/going-green/epa-partner.php" target="_blank">United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership (see image above).

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What’s Good About GreenGeeks?

Here’s what we like about GreenGeeks Hosting according to our usage experience.

The Best Green Hosting Service

Want the most eco-friendly web host? It has to be GreenGeeks! By introducing 300% green hosting, GreenGeeks is definitely setting new high in hosting industry standards.

Daily Backup Policy

One feature that you don’t normally see on a .95/mo hosting deal is daily site backup. Well, not the case with GreenGeeks – the company support Nightly Backups – this means your website data is backup daily. If something bad happens (hacks, server hardware failure, etc), rest assure that your data is in safe hands.

Affordable Pricing After Discount

It’s worth noting that GreenGeeks is relative cheap, especially when the company spent so much money in purchasing renewable energy. With my exclusive discount code, you’ll get discount from your first hosting bill. This pull down GreenGeeks price to .25/mo for 36-month subscription and roughly .90/mo for 24- and 12-month subscription.

Room To Grow

There are three types of hosting offered at GreenGeeks – shared, reseller, and VPS hosting. In other words, server upgrade is an easy option when you host with GreenGeeks and you don’t have to worry about your websites outgrowing your host.

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Drawbacks – GreenGeeks Hosting

Customer Supports Need Improvement

If you search around long enough, you should be aware that there are quite some complaints on GreenGeeks customer support. Well, this is sort of the common problem for all budget web hosts. While GreenGeeks does state that their support staffs are all in-house staffs stationed in North Americans, it’s obvious that some of the guys need more training in solving customers’ problem instead of pissing them off.

Expensive Domain Fees on Refund Claims

Under GreenGeek’s 30 days full refund policy, you can ask for a refund on the first 30 days trial period. However, this refund policy does not include domain registration fees (of .95/domain) as well as other addon features cost (such as SSL, CDN cost, etc). While I think the policy is fair (as GreenGeeks actually pull out from their pocket to cover the domain registration), .95 is rather expensive. So my advice is not to take up their free domain (nor transfer in your existing domain to GreenGeeks) when you are signing up.

Quoted from GreenGeeks’ TOS
Domain Names transferred to our service incur an additional year of registration and therefore are considered a domain registration. Domain registration fees are .95/yr. Domain names of customers which leave our hosting service will be refunded the package price total less the domain registration fee if the customer leaves GreenGeeks hosting service within the 30 day money back guarantee.

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Conclusion: Should You Go With GreenGeeks?

Okay, after all the facts and comparison info, you might ask: What do all these mean to you as a user?

Who should (or should not) host at GreenGeeks?

Well, for one, since there are some negative feedbacks on GreenGeeks customer support, if you are a newbie who always need hand-holding-spoon-feed support, then perhaps it’s not the best choice. If, however, you are confident that you can handle some basic hosting operations, and you want a good cheap eco-friendly hosting, then GreenGeeks is definitely your cup of tea.

The company’s eco-friendly policy is truly top of its class and I don’t see any other hosting company is doing better than 300% green. Note, again, that GreenGeeks is run by experienced management with more than 15 years of industry experience. Also, the founder has been around long enough to prove that it’s not some fly-by-night web host riding on the ‘green label’ trying to make some quick bucks. The company is here to stay, and you can trust GreenGeeks with your websites.

And, last but not least, it is a truly, 300% green, certified by Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), eco-friendly web hosting company.

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Order GreenGeeks

To order or visit GreenGeeks online, follow: title="http://www.greengeeks.com" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/greengeeks" target="_blank">http://www.greengeeks.com

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Media Temple Review

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Established in 1998 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Media Temple, also often known as (mt), is a web hosting and cloud services provider recommended by many. The company offers all four kinds of hosting services – the Grid (shared hosting), DV (VPS hosting), DV Enterprise (dedicated hosting), and Helix (cloud hosting).

Media Temple is one of the most popular web hosts among developers and professional bloggers, and that position is well earned with more than 125,000 users with more than 1,500,000 domains. Media Temple generously gave me a free trial account on the Grid and the following is my Media Temple review based on the usage experience.

Introducing Media Temple Hosting Services

As mentioned, Media Temple offers a wide range of hosting services. The vast choices might be a little confusing for first-timers, especially when Media Temple named their hosting plans based on various short forms.

Hence, before we dig into the meat of this review, let’s have a closer look on what Media Temple has to offer.

Media Temple Grid (Shared Hosting)

Cluster-based shared hosting in Linux environment
Optimized for WordPress with 100GB storage and 1TB bandwidth
Host up to 1,000 email addresses and 100 websites per account
Price: /mo

Media Temple DV Managed & DV Developer (VPS Hosting)

For VPS hosting, Media Temple users get to choose between a non-managed or managed hosting environment. Non-managed VPS hosting plans (DV Developer) are generally cheaper but you will have to build everything from the ground up. On the other hand, users who opt for managed VPS (DV Managed) will need to pay a slightly higher price but you will start with a ready-to-go hosting environment in Parallels Plesks 11.

Entry level server specs at 1GB RAM, 30GB storage, and 1TB bandwidth
Price starts at /mo for DV Developer; for DV Managed
99.999% managed uptime guaranteed for DV Managed
Full SSH and root access available for DV Developer plans
One-click installation and Plesks 11 control panel available for DV Managed plans

DV Enterprise (Dedicated Hosting)

Like Media Temple VPS hosting plans, users get to choose between managed and non-managed hosting environments with a price difference of 0/mo. Some quick server specifications for DV Enterprise deal.

16-core Intel Xeon 2.13 GHz with 64GB DDR3 RAM
2.4 TB (8 x 300GB) SAS hard drives
RAID-10, battery-backed write-cache, 1GB network switch

Media Temple Discount

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Media Temple Promo Code: WHSR
Details: Get one-time 20% discount on Media Temple hosting, insert promo code “WHSR” upon ordering.

For more details or to order Media Temple, visit (link opens in new window): title="http://www.mediatemple.net" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/mediatemple" target="_blank">http://www.mediatemple.net

My experience at Media Temple (so far)

My Media Temple experience (slightly more than one month at the time of writing this review) so far has been very positive. I am particular impressed with how fast Media Temple responds to customer requests. Both of my live chat requests were answered immediately by a helpful Media Temple staff member; and the staff handling Media Temple’s Twitter account are ultra-active. Tweets containing @mediatemple were replied to within hours.

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What’s good about Media Temple

In summary, here are the major benefits you get at Media Temple

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Great Customer Service

Support at Media Temple is 24/7 available by phone, email, live chat, and Twitter. I contacted the customer service twice so far; no complaints at all.

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CloudTech Premium Support

You can pay a little extra to get pampered by Media Temple support staff. The company will have certified engineers analyze your web codes, install web apps, backup and restore data, as well as cleaning a hack on your account.

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Ultra Fast Servers

My Media Temple hosted dummy site scores an 84/100 on Pingdom (faster than 73% of all sites). My dummy site hosted on A2 Hosting (which is one of the fastests), in comparison, was 80/100 and faster than 70% of all sites. For your reference, here are the comparison results I checked using Pingdom Website Speed Test Tool.

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* All results are based on test from server at Amsterdam, Netherlands using title="Pingdom Speed Test Tool" href="http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/" target="_blank">Pingdom Website Speed Test Tool.

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Reddit-ready Bandwidth

Hosting servers at Media Temple are highly scalable. The Grid bandwidth and database system scales with your web traffics.

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Valuable Add-on Services at the Grid

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style="line-height: 1.5em;">Media Temple offers a number of rare (but very handy) upgrades to Grid users who need extra server performance. To name a few – MySQL GridContainer (for scalable MySQL environment that guarantees performance) and CloudFlare with RailGun (for extra site security).

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Drawbacks at Media Temple Grid Hosting Plan

There are, however, two small issues with Media Temple.

1-click installation supports a very limited number of web apps

WordPress, Drupal, and Zen Cart are the only three web apps Grid users can install via 1-click installation. Users who wish to use other web apps (such as Joomla, OS Commerce, and Gallery) will have to do manual installation. Media Temple DV users, however, get to install over 200+ web apps via the 1-click installation feature.

Slightly disappointing uptime record

My site was down for 19 minutes in the past month, scoring 99.94% in uptime for the last 30 days. No big deal with 99.94%, but I am certainly expecting better for a host that costs /mo.

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Feedbacks from Media Temple customers on WHSR

I have interviewed more than 40 web developers and bloggers in the past 30 days. Guess what? Out of thousands (if not more) of hosting brand names, Media Temple is the one of the most recommended brand names in my interviews.

David’s feedback on Media Temple Hosting

I am absolutely happy with my current web host. Media Temple has been there when I needed them.
For example, a WordPress plugin used by my blog was exploited and caused problems on my virtual server. I was in Brazil at the time, so I was unable to call them. I tweeted them and they had a new machine ready for me in no time. They were a major lifesaver and they’ve always jumped to help any time I needed it.
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Jeff Starr’s comment on Media Temple Hosting

Yes, I am very happy with Media Temple. Moving around from host to host over the course of my 10+ years online, I’ve found Media Temple to provide affordable, awesome hosting and excellent customer service.
It was around 2009 and I had been hosted at “A Small Orange” (on a shared server) for a couple of years. The servers were inconsistent and the support staff (with an exception or two) was pretty horrible, so I finally got fed up and decided to find something better. After much research I finally chose Media Temple because of their reported 1) consistency/uptime, 2) excellent customer service, 3) not too crazy expensive pricing. So at that time I stepped up from mediocre shared hosting to Media Temple’s VPS (dv) hosting.
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– Quote from href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/interviews/jeff-starr-interview/">Jeff Starr Interview (Aug 27, 2013)

Matthew Evers recommends Media Temple

Just like their servers, their customer support too doesn’t have any downtime either; it’s open any day any time of the year and the average wait time for technical phone support is less than 2 minutes. When you take all these things into account, Media Temple undoubtedly offers the best value for money compared to any of its competitors. So, if you are looking for the best VPS hosting and don’t want to burn your fingers with the so called ‘cheap web hosting’, I would, without a second thought, ask you to go with Media Temple. Go, get it now!
– Quoted from Matthew’s Media Temple Review (title="Media Temple VPS Hosting Review" href="http://www.vpshostingreviews.net/media-temple-vps-hosting-reviews/" target="_blank">Click here to learn more)

Conclusion: Should you host at Media Temple?

My answer is: Yes and no.

Media Temple is definitely one of the best choices for experienced web developers and bloggers who need extra server stability and scalability. However, there are much cheaper options for those who are just starting out, or simply need a budget hosting solution.

Order Media Temple Now

For more details or to order Media Temple, visit title="http://www.mediatemple.net" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/mediatemple" target="_blank">http://www.mediatemple.net

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1. A suite of web services versus a standalone social network.

2. Multi-user real time video chat.

3. Privacy features out in public.

4. A difficult to beat network in terms of numbers.

5. Innovative users find hidden value in Google Plus.

Wrapping Up…

Why pinging the web host website will not work?

How to check the speed of a web host?

A few more words on website load time issue

Why I like A2Hosting Hosting Services?

Wrapping Things Up: I need your A2Hosting Review!

Hostgator Uptime Review

Translation Please…

About Web Hosting Break

CoolHandle – 20% Discount

Should you go with CoolHandle?

How to have this CoolHandle Promotion?

iPage Review by Bob Dickson Jr

What I think about iPage hosting now?

WP Engine: Premier Built-for-WordPress Hosting

Why WordPress-Only Hosting?

What I like about WP Engine Hosting

Things you might don’t like about WP Engine

WP Engine Customer Reviews

WP Engine Hosting Plans At A Glance

WP Engine Hosting Review:Should you go with WP Engine?

JustHost Review by Katja

Send me your web hosting reviews!

My experience with SiteServing hosting

So, what’s good about SiteServing?

So what might go wrong with SiteServing?

Conclusion: Is SiteServing hosting a go or a stay?

Send Me Your Hosting Review!

My 2012 Experience With iPage Hosting

Problems with iPage Hosting

iPage Review From WHSR Readers

So, Is iPage Hosting Still A Go?

Web Hosting Problems

My Experience with Downtown Host

Types of Hosting

Hosting Features

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The Truth Behind 300% Green Hosting

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