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HostPapa User Reviews

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HostPapa started business in year 2006 and it is one of the earliest green hosting companies. For only .95 customers can enjoy unlimited disk space, domain hosting, and bandwidth. At this time of writing, the hosting company operates business from both United States, Canada, UK and France.

My Overall Rating on HostPapa Hosting

I rated HostPapa a ‘B+’ in my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/hostpapa/">HostPapa Review. The best thing about HostPapa is their ultra-low price tag of .95/mo – the web host is, in fact, one of the lowest price and it is highly recommended for those who are searching for budget host.

For more info, you can visit HostPapa’s website at: href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/hostpapa">http://www.hostpapa.com.

I need your HostPapa Reviews!

In support of HostPapa recent web marketing campaign, I am dedicating this special post to collect user reviews on HostPapa services. In case you are existing HostPapa users, please help others by submitting your feedback about the web host using the comment form below.

Related Updates: Special HostPapa Promotion (.95/mo)

I’m in the mid of getting a special deal for WHSR readers who wish to go with HostPapa hosting. We are currently using monthly coupon code (eg. JC99 for October, discount) but some of my readers might miss it and ended up paying extra for the same thing. What we are trying to do now is to create a special promo link to neglect the use of coupon codes and develop a special landing page to simplify the ordering process. Things should be done very soon, stay tuned for more updates.

Exclusive: No Coupon Code Is Needed For HostPapa Discount!

Updates: The special landing page is ready! Right now WHSR readers can enjoy the special discount without using the coupon code. All you need to do is follow this href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/hostpapa">special promo link to a dedicated order page and you will be entitled with the special promotion ( discount) automatically.

For the mean time, again, if you are an existing users, please help me and the readers by telling us what you think about HostPapa in term of reliability, user friendliness, customer support quality, as well as its web hosting features.

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Updates and Latest User Reviews on FatCow

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I was doing my usual readings online and I found some (old) news: FatCow hosting now comes along with SimpleScripts.

SimpleScripts is an auto script-installer, it helps users to install and maintain web application and software in just a few clicks. Right now SimpleScripts support installation for more than 50+ open source web apps including bloging platform, content management system (CMS), forum apps, project management software, shopping cart, RSS, form survey, and so on.

From what I see, the function of SimpleScripts and InstallCentral are exactly the same. BUT, the upgrade does make sense and benefits the users, SimpleScipts provides much wider choice (more apps can be installed) and fastest updates (from my experience). In case you are into images, here are some print screen from the inside.

Here’s where you can get into SimpleScripts from FatCow Control Panel frontpage

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Lots of scripts supported

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Updates September 2011: FatCow Review by Peter Benson

I got this informative FatCow review recently via email and I think you guys should have a look at it.

I think you have FatCow rated too high
I tried FatCow for webhosting a local political campaign site based on good reviews like these. The price was decent – for a year.
The campaign was successful, and I took the site down afterward. Unfortunately, I did not cancel the account, and it autorenewed at _7_ for a year. When I went to cancel it, they told me there would be a cancellation fee. When I said I didn’t remember seeing that when I signed up, they said it’s in "Terms and Conditions" – buried with a ton of legalese. Their "cancellation fee" is almost as much as the first year of web hosting. For what it’s worth, I had _much_ better luck getting a refund for unused time from JustHost.
Anyway, fool me once and all that. I told them I thought their policy was misleading and abusive, and I won’t be back.
(PS- They also take _forever_ to answer their phone – it took three tries to get this cancelled since one time I had to leave after ~20 minutes on hold and the other time I was cut off after a similar wait time.)
Anyway, I think you have them rated too high, and I think you ought to let people know about their loss-leader, bait-and-switch pricing and high cancellation fee.
– Peter Benson / Minnesota @ September 4th, 2011

Other Latest FatCow User Reviews

Now for more other FatCow user reviews – Quoted below are user reviews I read from elsewhere on the Internet. Sadly I note that many are unhappy with FatCow’s recent performance (email features and the phone support, especially). Perhaps FatCow has changed a lot since I signed up with them 3 years ago; perhaps some users are over-demanding; perhaps the company is now running under-staff …the reason behind these complaints are anybody’s guess.

As a smart Internet shoppers, you should always do your own homework, be skeptical to ALL (including mine) comments you read online, and NEVER hesitate to ask for a refund whenever you are unhappy with your host.

I would choose FatCow definitely! "When I first heard of FatCow, my response was, "What?!" It didn’t take me long to look through the features, and notice that the price was well within my range, so I decided why not. There were times when my website went down due to technical reasons I couldn’t understand, so I would contact their 24/7 help desk. Within minutes, my problem was either rectified or passed on to a tech support person who would figure out the root cause of the issue within a day or so. Not bad for the price in my opinion. I would recommend FatCow for anyone that wants a hosting company that offers ease of use and also friendly customer service reps. Check them out when you can!" – Jupiter / www.darryldsmith.com @ June 08, 2011.
Okay hosting, but email is quite bad. "I am pretty much ok with the web hosting service of fatcow, though file uploads and update times are inferior to other services. My main complaint is about their email service. It’s really bad in my opinion. Their web client is really bad. Folders are presented as names with "." separating the folder hierarchy. Apple mail and the mailboxes aren’t synchronized easily. Sent vs Sent Messages folders for example. The smtp server has constant problems and I’ve contacted customer support or hundred times. Certain letters aren’t allowed in the password either. I was told that the n-th letter in my password was not allowed. I was a bit shocked that they knew my password in plain text." Anonymus @ June 24, 2011.
FatCow rocks! "You can never be satisfied with the web host providers these days. I’ve been switching from one web host to another in the hope of finding the almost perfect one. I have always landed providers which if are not too expensive, they will fire back with downtime. This has made me hopeless that my shoe business will ever grow. Good thing, I learned about FatCow and I’m proud to say that I’m a satisfied subscriber. With FatCow, you don’t have to pay a pricey amount to experience quality service, uptime guarantee, and easy to use features and tools. Their staffs are always there to assist you, 24 hours a day." – Shelly M. @ July 11, 2011.
Okay hosting with very cheap price. "The truth is, you can’t expect too much when a host is only charging you the price less than a cup of coffee. Fatcow hosting is doing alright in my opinion and I love the fact that they are offering wide support of different hosting features. The new Simplescripts function is a stunner and I am betting that more users will be flocking in to the servers soon (geez, this means bad or good?). All in all, Fatcow is an average host with a very low price tags. As a budget finder, I am happy with it." – James @ July 19, 2011.
FatCow support is no help. "The first issue I had with Fat Cow was when I noticed that I had an alternate domain designation of .ca It was first noticed when I was not getting any emails I called support and I was able to get into my control panel there it was discovered that my emails had a .ca at the end not a .com as I had requested when setting up the account. This was fixed on the emails but little to my knowledge it was still present in my domain central section, I only found out about this when I received a bill for domain listing from the company in Austria that controls the .ca domain designation. Fat cow support was of no help in discovering how this alternate domain was associated with my account. I would assume that some sort of log is kept to track this. I never registered it in the first place, it obviously was the account rep that set the account up. And now it is time for my renew and the cost is 3X what i paid for when 1st set up so I will be leaving for another." – Anonymous @ July 24, 2011.

So again, before we end this post, I have to stress that my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/fatcow-review/" target="_blank">FatCow review (and so does everyone else) is written just for your reference. I am writing base on my preferences and personal experience – what I think is acceptable might be a no-good for you. Cheers! :)

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Recent FatCow User Reviews

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We have roughly another two months to go for href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/updates-news/fatcow-host-smart-drive-smart-contest/">FatCow Host Smart Drive Smart Giveaway. In case you are considering FatCow hosting, here are some recent user feedback for references. Some of these reviews are quoted else where from the Internet; some were e-mailed to my directly.

FatCow Hosting User Feedback

“Great Service!!” I’m using fatcow for more than 6 months, and did not had any problems so far. They servers are reliable and didn’t noticed any downtime for my websites. Some times the live chat support is slow, but the email and phone support is professional. Fatcow is my first hosting provider, and they has helped me a lot to put my business online. Great service! I would recommend to any business owner! – Reviewed by Jorg @ July 8, 2010.
“Jaw-droppingly easy to use!” Fat Cow’s automated installations are jaw- droppingly easy to use. I create and sell CMS/Joomla! websites using Fat Cow’s unlimited hosting plan and it has been a very profitable experience with Fat Cow. I do have to note that the overall speed of Fat Cow’s hosting plan leaves something to be desired when it comes to load time for scripts – mainly in Joomla! / MySQL installations. Otherwise – Fat Cow is the only hosting choice that makes sense to my business. – Reviewed by Matherarts.com @ July 01, 2010
“Average” I’ve hosted many different websites using a variety of web hosts over the years. The only time I’ve ever been “hacked” into was with FatCow – not once, but twice in less than a six-month period. My account was suspended with virtually no notice, and it’s a hassle to get it reinstated. While they gave me general guidance on removing bad files and preventing it from happening again, it was beyond difficult to get anything that specifically addressed my situation such as the type of files that are vulnerable, etc. When I asked customer support for details, I was told that someone will send an e-mail to me “very soon” but the email is never in my mailbox until today (it’s been months!). I’ve been a FatCow customer for less than a year, so I’m not sure how much of a “fluke” this is. Having said that, online support has been fairly prompt and responsive when I’ve had other sorts of issues and questions. Aside from the “phishing” concerns, I’ve been content. – Reviewed by Anonymous @ June 8, 2010.
“FatCow – Not Impressed! “ I have been trying to get a FatCow reseller account now for about 3 weeks.. my paypal payment had an error, so i tried it again.. then realized in my paypal account the first one had gone through.. although was sat “unclaimed” so now I had two “unclaimed” payments in my paypal account. I have been talking to support staff throughout the last two weeks trying to resolve the issue and NOTHING has been done.. they have “escalated” the issue to a senior specialist or something of the sort. I mean a two year old could accept a paypal payment in a few minutes!!!! After reading some of these reviews I am having second thoughts about using them.. they obviously have the look and the pricing but apart from that they seem to be pretty rubbish. – Reviewed by Luke @ June 26, 2010.
“Nothing but pleasures!” Hi Jerry I just wanna drop by and say thanks for sharing your comments about fatcow. I signed up with them in late march and I am 100% satisfy with the kind of service I am getting. fatcow servers are fast (as you said) and I never experience any site down time so far…. The overall setup process was amazingly fast and easy so I’d recommend FatCow to any newbies out there who wish to get things started immediately. In short, fatcow is nothing but pleasures!! – Reviewed by Teressa @ May 17, 2010.
“Debra Lamb Psychic Loves FatCow!” I found FatCow on the Consumer Report site as one of the top recommended web hosting sites for price and customer service. Their web building tools made building my website fairly easy, considering I had absolutely no experience, and every time I called tech support (which was a lot) I was helped by a friendly and knowledgeable associate. I also received encouragement along the way! – Reviewed by DebraLambPsychic @ April 5, 2010.

If these are not enough, check out my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/fatcow-review/">personal reviews on FatCow hosting here.

Are web hosting user reviews reliable? Here’s what I think.

As a smart shopper, you should understand that a user/customer review is always written based on one’s preference. How well a web host scores in one’s record is always biased towards his/her expectation.

I once received an email complaining about Hostgator. The reason why this guy is unhappy with Hostgator is because (ready for this?) the company does not provide real time web stats reporting tool for his shared hosting account. That’s right, he is looking for a real time web analytic tool – can you believe that? Seriously, if you are expecting such a tool from a /mo hosting service, there is no way in this world you can be pleased.

Another example: Look at this recently published href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/user-reviews/justhost-user-review-by-katja/">JustHost user reviews, check out the review in that post and the comment that follows, I can’t help but wonder why we can have such different feedback on the same web host (Katja was unhappy with JustHost while reader Voyager was shock to see a negative JustHost user review and think it’s a fake review).

So hey, just because you found a negative review on a web host means that it’s a bad choice; vise versa, a web host with some positive reviews might not work rightly for you. Web hosting user reviews (this one included) are solely for your references. Sure some basic research and reviews will help filter out some bad apples but to be safe you should always href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/web-hosting-shopping/15-tips-on-how-not-to-get-screwed-by-your-web-host/">protect yourself from being screwed by a lousy web host.

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Web Hosting Reviews and Advice from 35 Helpful Internet Savvy

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Looking forward to start a web host? Can’t decide on which web hosting company to go with? Then this post is a must-read.

About two weeks ago I reached out to a group of Internet savvy users – pro bloggers, WordPress developers, book writers, WordPress designers, Internet marketers, and web developers – and asked one simple question:

If you could only recommend one web hosting provider, who would it be? (And, why?)

I want to know what hosting service are the other website owners are using. And moreover, I want to get real names and real hosting advice from trustable sources.

The responses I got were very positive.

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More than half of the interviewees replied my email almost instantly and they sent very helpful feedbacks. Hence before we go deep into this post, I would like to send out a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated.

Ian, Colette, Debra, Paul, Michael, Lori, Kevin, Sharon, Jamie, Veerle, John, Andrij, Steph, Kristi, Chris, Jason, Bryan, Kathy, Rochester, Adam, Nile, Gina, Hong Kiat, Seng Yin, Jacob, Konstantin, Kane, Shreice, Ross, Rob, Tom, Melisa, Gregory, Ryan, Jeff, Daniel, Darren, Ralph, and Jeremy.

Thank you very much, you guys are awesome.

Web Hosting Advice, Reviews, and Recommendations

In summary, here are are the votes casted to 16 different web hosting companies.

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As you can see, Hostgator, Media Temple, and BlueHost are the three obvious winners in this survey. While I am not surprise that Hostgator and Media Temple had stolen the dime light in this round survey; I have to admit that I wasn’t expecting this much of love on BlueHost.

Without wasting any more time, here are the feedbacks I got (arranged according to hosting names in alphabetical order) from this round of survey.

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Click links below to skip to reviews on a particular web host.

title="Skip to read BlueHost review" href="#bluehost">Bluehost, title="skip to read Engine Hosting review" href="#enginehosting">Engine Hosting, href="#fused">Fused, href="#godaddy">GoDaddy, href="#hostgator">Hostgator, href="#idologic">Idologic, href="#inmotion">InMotion Hosting, href="#mt">Media Temple, href="#site5">Site 5, href="#siteground">Site Ground, href="#softlayer">Soft Layer, href="#synthesis">Synthesis, href="#vidahost">Vida Host, href="#webhostinghub">WebHostingHub, href="#westhost">West Host, href="#wpengine">WP Engine.

Disclaimer: I am affiliated to some of the listed hosting companies, namely WP Engine, WebHostingHub, InMotion Hosting, BlueHost, Hostgator, and Media Temple. I make a small commission if you order these web hosts via my links (at no extra cost). These commissions help me pay the writers, develop new web apps, and keep things run smoothly (and FREE!) on WHSR.id="bluehost" name="bluehost">

BlueHost

Company profile: BlueHost was founded by Matt Heaton, who also owned HostMonster and FastDomain, about a decade ago. Back in the 2000′s, BlueHost was the go-to host for small-to-mid size websites – the cost is cheap and the company provides excellent hosting service and customer support. In 2010, BlueHost and its sister companies FastDomain and HostMonster were sold to the Endurance International Group (EIG), an U.S. conglomerate based in Massachusetts.

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BlueHost reviews

Lori Soard, Paul Crowe, Kevin Muldoon, and Sharon Hurley recommend BlueHost hosting. Below are their feedbacks.

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“For a first-time blogger, I would recommend BlueHost.
Although this hosting company gets a few mixed reviews, they come recommended by WordPress, which is one of the most popular blogging platforms. The hosting company also offers a WordPress auto-install, which makes getting set up quick and easy for someone without a lot of webdesign experience. Unlimited disk space and bandwidth transfer are also a nice addition. Rates start at .95/month (if you pay in advance), so it is also reasonably priced for someone trying things out. I also like the fact that newbies can get support 24/7 in a variety of ways (online, via telephone or via e-mail).”

– Lori Soard; radio personality, published author, writer and social media marketers at href="http://www.lorisoard.com/" target="_blank">Lori Soard.

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“For my WordPress hosted sites I have gone with Blue Host.I have used HostGator in the past but I find Blue Host provides the best packages for my needs.
They have the easy install of WordPress we expect from all hosting services but also a great uptime record and costumer support.

– Paul Crowe, blogging guru at href="http://www.spiceupyourblog.com/" target="_blank">Spice Up Your Blog.

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“First time bloggers should not use a lot of resources at first.
Due to this, I would recommend a good shared hosting company such as BlueHost. Once their website has started generating more traffic, they can then review their hosting requirements.”

– Kevin Muldoon, pro-blogger at href="http://www.kevinmuldoon.com/" target="_blank">Kevin Muldoon.

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“I’ve used 5 or 6 web hosting service providers over the last 7 years, including many of the popular shared hosting providers.
The one I keep coming back to is Bluehost, where I currently host more than ten domains. It’s a great host for sites with low to medium traffic and everything you want is easy to set up. I’ve been impressed with their uptime and their tech support department is extremely responsive and helpful if there’s ever an issue.”

– Sharon Hurley, professional web writer at href="http://www.sharonhh.com/" target="_blank">Sharon HH.

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“If you use WordPress as I recommend, you will need a hosting service too.
And, BlueHost is the best web host for WordPress.”

– href="http://michaelhyatt.com/">Michael Hyatt; NY Times Bestseller Author, Former Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers.

style="line-height: 1.5em;">Jerry’s note: I wasn’t able to reach Michael Hyatt in person. His personal assistant Trivinia Barber replied my email and pointed out that Michael has repeatedly recommended BlueHost on his blog in the past. The feedback above is quoted from Michael’s blog. As for BlueHost, unfortunately I don’t have that much of good experience with them in recent years. I have been using the web host for more than 5 years, you can read my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/bluehost/">BlueHost review here.

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Engine Hosting

Company profile: The two co-founders of Engine Hosting, Nevin Lyne and Rick Ellis, first met in 2002, and setup a deal which opened pMachineHosting.com. In 2007, pMachineHosting.com changed its name to EngineHosting.com to better communicate the company’s focus on clustered web hosting solutions for ExpressionEngine, and other apache/mysql/php based web applications. Engine Hosting currently operates out of four state-of-the-art data centers in three different cities in North America: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Edina, Minnesota; Fremont, California, and Reston, VA.

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Engine Hosting reviews

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“I would recommend Engine Hosting because they keep my site up and running.
It’s really that simple. They are the first that live up to the promise of handling a high traffic site. Great support too if you need it.”

– href="http://veerle.duoh.com/" target="_blank">Veerle, graphic/web designer, co-founder of Duoh.

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Fused

Company profile: Established in 2006, Fused provides web hosting for over six thousand websites and serves an average of one billion visitors monthly at time of writing. The company is eadquartered in San Diego and host clients in over 65 countries worldwide.

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Fused reviews

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style="line-height: 1.5em;">“Without hesitation I’d recommend Fused. Almost always 100% uptime and good, fast support. “

– John Boardly, Typography artist and blogger at href="http://ilovetypography.com/">I Love Typography.

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GoDaddy

Company profile: Founded in 1997, GoDaddy is a company that needs littel introduction. With more than 4,000 employees, 55 million domains under management, and 12 million customers around the world; the company is currently largest domain registrar in the world. GoDaddy operates business from 9 different facilities in United States (Arizona, Iowa, California, Colorado, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts) and India.

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GoDaddy reviews

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“So, for quite a while I have had a regrettable guilty pleasure of using GoDaddy. I know, noob move, yes. However, although I don’t agree with many of their political stances they have taken over the years, I can’t fault their constant availability through customer service, never waiting long to talk to tech or sales rep, quick to resolve issues – I mean, that is one thing you get with a behemoth company like that. However, to avoid being chastised, I finally decided to make a move. I am going to transfer over to BlueHost.
It’s well priced, and most users rave about the reliability and up-time. As with any hosting provider there are some who complain of lost data, but it happens everywhere. BlueHtost seems to be fast to respond to customer service requests, and handles most everything in house rather than with outside companies, so they’d rarely ever have to wait for a third party to resolve a conflict. That really is what did it for me, when I was comparing it to other providers. If you are a small to medium sized business, it really seems to be the way to go, in my opinion. You also get bonuses which are usually relegated only to GoDaddy hosted accounts: advertising credits, website builders, easy integration with things like: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, RoundCube, Zen Cart, PrestaShop, and they even advertise some web stats, though I can’t imagine it’s any better than Google Analytics. :)
In the end, it seems like the winner.”

– Andrij Harasewych, founder of href="http://www.gosocializeme.com/">Go Socialize Me.

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Hostgator

Company profile: Hostgator was founded by Brent Oxley in his college dorm back in 2002. The Gator grew from a one-man operation to one with hundreds of employees over the years; and was ranked 21st on Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company in year 2008, 239th on Inc. 5000 in year 2009. The company was sold to Endurance International Group (EIG) for, unofficial figure, 5 million in 2012.

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Hostgator reviews

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“Regarding your question, I’ve tried quite a lot of hosting services and to be honest I haven’t found one that I could say 100% that it’s great.
But right now I’m using Hostgator for my personal site and they have quite a good platform for first timers and a “good” technical support for advanced guys also so I think they can help you well when you blog grows.”

– Rochester, writer and WordPress developer at href="http://roch.com.br/">Roch.

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“There’s been pros and cons to all the services I’ve used, but HostGator’s Baby package has always been a great, reliable service that I use for small personal websites and client projects.”

– Chris Spooner, professional blogger and designer at href="http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/">Spoon Graphics.

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“I recommend and use Host Gator for anyone deciding on starting or moving to a new host. Why? They are dependable, affordable, and they are on par for performance from other hosting plans out there. Along with their additional services they offer such as a full featured cPanel, email, free SEO services, and now Domain Management they are a great one stop shop for those looking for a self host solution that doesn’t break the bank.”

– Jason, IT expert and game junky at href="http://avgjoegeek.net/">Avg Joe Geek.

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“If I had to recommend one web host, it’d be HostGator. I’ve been on it for two years, and I’ve never had a problem. It’s reliable and cheap. WordPress installs are a snap, their online help pages are helpful, and I love that they allow geeks like me to have shell access to their shared servers.
Full disclosure that HostGator is the only host I’ve ever used, and I’ve only had experience with their shared hosting. That said, I have no intention of looking elsewhere for web hosting.”

– Bryan, blogger at href="http://www.thehobbyblogger.com/" target="_blank">Hobby Blogger.

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“I’ve used both Blue Host and Host Gator.
At the moment I’m using Host Gator and it’s never let me down. The support staff have also been very helpful when it’s asked them questions over live chat. I’d definitely recommend it to beginners because it’s easy-to-use and reliable. I’m thinking about upgrading to a new host soon, so I wouldn’t recommend Host Gator to anyone who’s been around for a while.”

– Jamie, freelance writer and blogger at href="http://lucidability.com/">Lucid Ability.

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“My site is hosted on HostGator, and I’ve had no trouble with them.”

– Kathryn Aragon, editor and professional writer at href="http://www.kathrynaragon.com/">Kathryn Aragon.

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“HostGator because they’re the only ones I have personal experience with. Been using them for 6+ years for my sites (and some client’s sites) and they’ve never given me a reason to look elsewhere.”

– Adam, Internet marketer at href="http://wordsthatclick.com/">Words That Click.

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“Asking me which web host, it really depends on what type of service you need and whether you’re a startup that is bootstrapping, or have investors, or you’re an established site that has grown beyond a regular shared plan. While there have been some hiccups, I recommend the dedicated server hosting at HostGator. I recommend them because at that level you can keep growing and adding more features or resources to your server. I’ve been a client of HostGator since 2008, and they have gone beyond what other hosts I’ve known. I’ve been compensated twice on severe downtime issues that they accepted responsibility for. I’ve never had that with other web hosts.”

– Neil, web designer and developer at href="http://blondish.net/">Blondish.

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“I used to use GoDaddy for my hosting needs. As a beginner, they were cheap and ‘ok’ but I grew tired of their confusing emails (too many!) and the portal was very complicated for newbies. So this year after reading some reviews, I found a discount to Hostgator and signed up with them. I am thrilled with them–their customer service is excellent and I find it a lot easier to navigate. (I think they’re even cheaper than what I was paying at GoDaddy.) I’ve been using them since May, so it’s still new, but I’m quite happy with the switch.”

– Stephanie Martel, blogger at href="http://www.vibrantlivingproject.com/">Vibrant Living Project.

Jerry’s note: Guess what, I’m also a Hostgator fan and I have been using the web host since 2007! If you are interested in reading some of the latest updates and changes at Hostgator (the company was bought over by Endurance International Group recently), check out href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/hostgator/">my review on Hostgator hosting here.

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Idologic

Company profile: Idologic is a global data center services company and maintains data center space in prime telecommunication hubs across North America and has highly skilled employees from and working around the world. Idologic offers industry leading reseller, dedicated, and co-location hosting services.

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Idologic reviews

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“Idologic.com, recommended by many of my web designer friends when I was experiencing too much downtime and service slow down at another company. They did EVERYTHING for me, free of charge, so I went to bed with one host and seamlessly woke up with all my sites on the new host. No issues, no hiccups, and no more downtime.”

– Gina Badataly, professional blogger, brand ambassador, and awesome mom who blogs at href="http://mom-blog.com/">Mom Blog.

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InMotion Hosting

Company profile: Based in both Carlifonia and Virginia, InMotion Hosting has been around for more than a decade (established in year 2001). InMotion Hosting offers a wide range of web hosting services (shared/vps/dedicated) in dozen of different packages. The company is best known with its superior customer service – the company is BBB Accredited since 23/6/2003 and scores A+ with BBB Busines Review at time of writing.

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InMotion Hosting reviews

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“I use Inmotion Hosting as my business host. Therefore 2 things came into my considereation:- 1) business cost and 2) quality. I wanted to achieve a balance in these 2 things. I wanted a cPanel hosting for it’s an established control panel in my opinion. Also I needed the hosting to be stable and have excellent uptime. It has to be at least 99.9%. Speed was my concern too. I do not want my websites to have low speed. The Max Speed Zone of Inmotion Hosting does get my attention. With this feature I can choose the location of my data center to better serve my visitors. So I’d eventually decided to try out Inmotion Hosting. In short, I chose Inmotion Hosting for quality. And I think I’ve made the right move.”

– Darren Low, professional blogger at href="http://www.insidershostreview.com/">Insider Host Review.

Jerry’s note: I’m a big fan of InMotion since 2008. This site, Web Hosting Secret Revealed, is hosted on InMotion Hosting. I am using both InMotion’s shared and VPS hosting plans at this time of writing and highly recommend the web host. If you wish to learn more about the company, go read my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/inmotion-hosting/">InMotion review.

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Media Temple

Company profile: Media Temple, often known as (mt), is a web hosting and cloud services provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and founded in 1998. They provide hosting for websites and applications as well as virtual servers, email, and other Internet content. They serve over 125,000 customers in 100 countries, powering over 1.5 million websites in its datacenters on the East and West Coasts of the United States.

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Media Temple reviews

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“@WebHostingJerry I’d recommend @mediatemple – been using their VPS for years, and it’s pretty solid.”

– Konstantin, Automattic WordPress developers, blogs at href="http://kovshenin.com/">Kovshenin.

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“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.
I’ve been happy ever since.”

– Jeff Starr, WordPress experts at href="http://perishablepress.com/">Perishable Press.

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“I don’t see much of a point in asking what the best web hosting provider is, since everyone’s needs are different. For whatever it’s worth, I like mediatemple and Wired Tree for my own business.”

– Kane Jamison, blogs at href="http://www.contentharmony.com/">Content Harmony.

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“Since 2009, I have been using Media Temple as my web hosting provider, first on their grid shared hosting service, and now on their managed DV VPS server. Why? One, they provide great customer support; two, their service is highly scalable; and three, their hosting plans are great value for money.”

– Jacob Cass, professional graphic designer and founder of href="http://justcreative.com/">Just Creative.

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” I’m going to go with MediaTemple on this one.
It may be a little more expensive than the others out there, but MediaTemple can give first-time bloggers peace of mind. Their grid hosting technology minimizes downtime and they have pretty responsive support.”

– SingYin Lee, senior editor at href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/">HongKiat.com.

Jerry’s note: Jeff Starr’s statement is quoted from this href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/interviews/jeff-starr-interview/">recent interview on WHSR. I got a free Media Temple account for two months and ran some basic testing when I was making this post, you can check out my findings and opinions in thishref="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/media-temple/"> Media Temple review.

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Site 5

Company profile: Site5 founded their business in California in 1998. Site5 is qualify and reliable Linux Cloud hosting provider. They have various of featured hosting plans which will handle requirements from personal to large business websites. With over 200 dedicated servers and nearly 200,000 domains hosted, Site5 knows how to bring their vision to life.

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Site 5 reviews

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“If I were to recommend only one, for beginners, it would be Site5.com .I’ve been with them for years and my clients have as well. Support is fast and thorough, and updates/outages are announced well in advance, and tracked on support forums. I’d recommend a reseller account if you have multiple websites.”

– Sherice, copywriter and designer at href="http://ielectrify.com/">iElectify.

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Site Ground

Company profile: Founded in 2003, SiteGround began, and continues to be, a privately held company headquartered in Humble, Texas and New York City, USA. SiteGround also has a European presence with an office in Sofia, Bulgaria. Siteground currently hosts about 250,000 domains. They maintain an active Facebook page, Twitter account and blog with interesting posts that don’t just push their product or respond to service complaints.

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Site Ground reviews

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“I had used a lot different hosting companies in the past but they all had the same problem for me: inaccessibility outside “normal” office hours. Once I had a problem with a website and in order to solve it I needed to contact the hosting company for one simple request. It was a Friday late in the afternoon, and I had to wait until Monday morning to contact them.
At that time I decided to look for a hosting company that suited me better, one with the same mentality as me: helping clients and treating them as you would your best friend, your father or sister. SiteGround does this. I’m not a server-guy, and I don’t want to become one, so I needed a hosting partner who would do that for me, SiteGround does and they are fast and affordable as well.
At this moment I have over 50 reseller hosting accounts and I host 60 websites. I started using SiteGround in 2008 so I’ve been with them over five years. I signed up with them and within five minutes I was ready to go.”

– Ralph De Groot, SEO and hosting reseller at href="http://web-pepper.nl/">Web Pepper.

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SoftLayer

Company profile: SoftLayer, an IBM company, is the cloud infrastructure provider of choice for companies building for Internet Scale. The company provides global, on-demand data center and hosting services from world-class data centers in Amsterdam, Dallas, Houston, San Jose, Seattle, Singapore, and Washington D.C., with network Points of Presence nationwide.

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SoftLayer reviews

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“Without question I would recommend SoftLayer which does a fantastic job of covering the bases of a web site marketing company like my own which has several websites with significant traffic and hosts a few clients (just out of convenience – not as a published service).
What do I mean by covering the bases? In short, I expect near-to-perfect uptime along with top-notch/responsive support and a service that doesn’t ever make me wonder if my money is being spent unwisely. That last bit is all about reliability; I expect my hosting company to be an extension of the rock-solid reliability I offer my own clients and site visitors.
You may have noticed throughout all of that I didn’t mention price. That is because price is all too often the first consideration for anyone looking for hosting but in our case as important as it is, (I don’t care to be gouged) it is not the number one consideration. That said I find SoftLayer’s pricing to be reasonable for the quality components and outstanding service I and my team receive.”

– Ross, CEO of href="http://www.stepforth.com/">StepForth Web Marketing Inc.

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Synthesis

Company profile: Synthesis is a WordPress hosting company recently co-founded by Brian Clark (CopyBlogger) and Derick Shaefer (OrangeCast).

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Synthesis reviews

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“Currently, I am in love with Synthesis from Copyblogger. While I never had any significant problems with my previous hosting company and still use them for my smaller websites, I wanted something more powerful for my main blog (href="http://kikolani.com/">http://kikolani.com) and new membership course (href="http://blogpostpromotion.com/">http://blogpostpromotion.com). One thing that really convinced me to switch was how awesome their support team was – I hit them up with a LOT of questions before I purchased anything, and they were always happy to help.
Synthesis is fully focused on WordPress websites, with built in security, backups, and site monitoring. So instead of having to have my hosting company, Sucuri, and VaultPress, I now just have my hosting company. I used their paid migration service to move my main blog, and I manually transferred my membership site. Both went smoothly – it took 3 business days for the paid migration service to move my bog and only an hour to move my membership course myself. Both sites are running faster and smoother than they ever have.”

– Kristi Hines, professional blogger and freelance writer at href="http://kikolani.com/">Kikolani.

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Vida Host

Company profile: Vida Host is part of Paragon Internet Group and we run some of the UK’s best known internet companies. At time of writing, the company hosts over 100,000 websites for over 20,000 active clients in over 100 countries.

Vida Host review

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“I would have to go for Vidahost, I’ve tried a variety of hosts and they are definitely the best. Not only supremely good page speed times but also extremely responsive support. And I always get a good and fast support response from them – whether the problem is their fault or not.”

– Rob Cubbon, web designer and founder of href="http://robcubbon.com/">Rob Cubbon Ltd.

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Web Hosting Hub

Company profile: Based in Virginia Beach, WebHostingHub (WHH) is a new brand established by InMotion Hosting back in 2002. Like most other budget hosting companies, WHH offers only one simple hosting plan – the All-In-One Shared Hosting Plan.

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WebHostingHub reviews

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“Web Hosting Hub had very comparable and affordable pricing. I never felt that I would be getting in over my head. Plus the 24/7 U.S.-based tech support gave me added comfort if something were to happen. Most e-commerce website owners rely on their site for main income. We can’t afford to lose our online presence. Plus, I have access to the design team as well. It’s not a case of their team just building my site but also assisting in the ongoing updates and maintenance.”

– Daniel Sumelin, freelance designer at href="http://www.daniel-sumerlin.com/">Daniel Sumerlin.

Jerry’s note: Ralph’s feedback on Site Ground and Daniel’s feedback on WebHostingHub is quoted with permission from href="http://www.insidershostreview.com/web-hosting-hub-review/web-hosting-hub-interview">this and href="http://www.insidershostreview.com/siteground-review/siteground-interview">this interview. WebHostingHub is selected as one of the two Best Budget Hosting. In case you wonder why, go href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/webhostinghub/">learn more about WebHostingHub in my review.

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West Host

Company profile: Established in 1998, Headquartered at Providence Utah, WebstHost claims itself to be one of the best budget hosting companies. The company was acquired by UK2 Group, a large worldwide Web hosting provider, in 2008.

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West Host review

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“The web hosting company I use for all of my sites (including Leaving Work Behind) is Westhost.
I have been with Westhost for the past year or so and haven’t regretted it for one moment. Not only did they handle the migration from my previous hosting provider at no extra charge, Leaving Work Behind’s load speed increased by 10% immediately after the switch.”

– Tom, professional blogger at href="http://www.leavingworkbehind.com/">Leaving Work Behind.

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WP Engine

Company profile: Founded by Aaron Brazell and Jason Cohen in July 2010, WP Engine is a powerful hosting platform for WordPress users that focuses on three main WordPress site issues: Security, Speed, and Scalability. HTC, FourSquare, Balsamiq, SoundCloud are some of the popular brands that are now WP Engine-hosted.

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WP Engine review

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“As a WordPress user, it’s quite obvious I like things simple and turnkey. I run a blog with 100,000+ unique monthly visitors (Sparring Mind), and I wouldn’t spend my hosting dollar anywhere other than WPEngine. I view hosting as a necessary evil, and I’m happy to say that the WPEngine crew takes a lot of the “evil” out of the process by having great support and uptime. I’ve done a more extensive review of them in the past, but all you really need to know is that they deliver where it matters.”

– Gregory Ciotti, founder of href="http://www.sparringmind.com/">Sparring Mind.

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“WP Engine – Okay price, fast, good service; Linode – Cheap, fast, reliable and excellent service.”

– Ryan, software developer and WordPress expert who blogs at href="http://geek.ryanhellyer.net/">Ryan Hellyer.

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“We recommend WP Engine to our clients when we referred them out for hosting. They are an extremely capable team, and we back them up 100%!”

– Melissa Hoppe of href="http://webdevstudios.com/">Web Dev Studios.

Jerry’s note: I LOVE WP Engine. I switched and started using WP Engine a few years back and my experience with the company is nothing but pleasure. For technical details such as uptime and site speed info, please read more on my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/wp-engine/">WP Engine review.

Web Hosting Advice

Debra from href="http://www.multichannelmagic.com/">MultiChannel Magic did not gave us any names but she shared some really good advice on how to choose the right web host:

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“My answer isn’t as simple as the question because I have yet to see a web hosting company that warrants being the only recommendation. I have extensive experience with different companies from personal experience and client challenges. This is what I tell my clients:
The best way to choose a web hosting company begins with defining your needs and budget for the next five years. Once you know what you need, you can evaluate how well the hosting companies match your specifications. After narrowing the list down to three or four candidates, interview current users to see how responsive the company is to issues. Questions to ask include:
How long has company XYZ hosted your site?
Why did you choose company XYZ?
Did you have a relationship with anyone at the company prior to choosing it?
Have you had any issues with your service? If so, what were they? How responsive was the company?
How is your site programmed? Is it a custom solution or a content management system like WordPress?
What would you do differently if choosing a web hosting company now?
Additional questions would focus on the specific type of source code used to develop the site. For example, if the site is using WordPress, knowing whether or not the host company stays current with updates is a really good idea.
Visiting forums and using search engines to find complaints is part of the due diligence in choosing a web hosting company too. This sheds light on how well problems are resolved. “

Over to You: Give Us Your Hosting Recommendation!

Again, huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this post. These guys are awesome people, go check out their websites and follow them on social networks!

Admittedly, 35 is a not a very big samples (hence I will keep reaching out and setup more similar surveys). However, keep in mind that these hosting advices are coming from experienced people who know what they are doing. In case you need more readings, be sure to check out title="How to choose the right web host " href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/choose-the-right-web-hosting/">How to pick the right web hosting as well as my title="Best Hosting Advice: Top 5 Pick" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/compare-best-five-hosting/">Top 5 web hosting recommendations.

Now it’s time for you to voice up. Tell us:

If you could only recommend one web hosting provider, who would it be?

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