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11 years ago

I personally use a dedicated box for super lightning speeds over a mediatemple.

But it's not just hosting that can affect the load time of page. When the speed test says as such it doesn't necessarily mean it's the servers faults, but it's waiting on things from the server.

It could be the case that some of your PHP scripts are taking a long time to evaluate, or it could be because too many resources are being loaded in. Generally if you use a premium theme with a load of plugins, it ends up doing many many requests, which definitely affects loading speeds. The same goes if your site is picture heavy.

PM or reply with a couple of your site urls and i'd be able to rule out whether it's resource related or not.

If it is resource related then you'll need to look into CDN's, lazyloading and asynchronously loading scripts etc.

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Knowledge Kick

I figured Programming Talk would be the best place for this. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, PLEASE HELP. I currently host with iPage and have several sites, including a handful of WordPress sites. The load time on some of these sites is TERRIBLE. Every time I do a Google Speed Test, the number 1 concern they point out is the server.

I have W3 Total Cache installed, which makes the pages zoom and load instantly, which is awesome. HOWEVER, the most important visitors for me would be first time visitors. This means that first time visitors are getting ridiculously long load times.

Do you guys have a host you would recommend? Even if it's a more expensive option, I would at least like to hear it. Shared hosting is preferred, but I want to hear all options.

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Chances are you're on servers that are jam packed to the brim with accounts. I'd suggest you find a better web host that has specific limits and is not on one of the fake "top ten" lists.

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Knowledge Kick

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kingfish85

Chances are you're on servers that are jam packed to the brim with accounts. I'd suggest you find a better web host that has specific limits and is not on one of the fake "top ten" lists.

Yes, I am. Thank you for the reply, but that's exactly what the thread was asking. I am trying to get suggestions on specific hosts. I'm currently on iPage, which has some cool benefits, but it has too many flaws if you want to take your online business seriously.

I have a lot of sites and don't want to worry about slow load times, their continuous 404 errors, etc. I'm big on WordPress sites, so I wanted to mention that, since certain hosts are better suited for this than others.

I don't want to go from paying a few bucks a month to thousands per month, but there has to be a healthy medium, right? I don't mind paying more for increased performance and higher quality.

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MikeOranguu 11 years ago

Well you need to cover all of your bases for site speed. However before i had a dedicated box I used to use Hostgator, never had any problems with them and their starter package (which i used to use) is a mere $9 a month.
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M@tt

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Knowledge Kick

Yes, I am. Thank you for the reply, but that's exactly what the thread was asking. I am trying to get suggestions on specific hosts. I'm currently on iPage, which has some cool benefits, but it has too many flaws if you want to take your online business seriously.

I have a lot of sites and don't want to worry about slow load times, their continuous 404 errors, etc. I'm big on WordPress sites, so I wanted to mention that, since certain hosts are better suited for this than others.

I don't want to go from paying a few bucks a month to thousands per month, but there has to be a healthy medium, right? I don't mind paying more for increased performance and higher quality.

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Yep. There's definitely better options where performance if fast and you aren't crammed in 2000-deep on a server.

Are you still looking for a shared platform? If so, distribute your sites across several smaller shared packages. This could be with several providers/hosts or if you're happy with 1, several of their servers. Trying to cram 100+ busy WordPress sites into a $5/month account isn't going to do you or the host any favors.

You may also want to consider reseller hosting. You get WHM and can create an account for each of your sites. This is a much cleaner way of the cPanel Addon domain route. It gives your accounts/sites true separation should you ever sell a site/domain, need to give a third party access, etc.

VPS is another option but bear in mind low-end VPSes will probably perform worse than a well configured shared account. A VPS with 1GB of RAM and cPanel will only have around half that available for your sites. And a good shared platform will easily let you burst into several gigs of RAM usage. A VPS also assumes you have more technical knowledge in running the server, even with a managed option to help you out.

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reymarguia

11 years ago

I would recommend bluehost. its fast and reliable. you can check wordpress.org for their recommended hosting provider.

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M@tt

11 years ago

Originally Posted by reymarguia

I would recommend bluehost. its fast and reliable. you can check wordpress.org for their recommended hosting provider.

WordPress.org only recommend BlueHost because BH pay them a LOT in affilitae commission. Their recommendation has nothing to do with QoS.

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Knowledge Kick

11 years ago

I was looking into BlueHost and considering them. While I do realize that BlueHost probably pays them for that...they still seem like a good option.

How do you all feel about their different plans? They offer a VPS plan and a Dedicated Server plan? Any thoughts on these?

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M@tt

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Knowledge Kick

I was looking into BlueHost and considering them. While I do realize that BlueHost probably pays them for that...they still seem like a good option.

How do you all feel about their different plans? They offer a VPS plan and a Dedicated Server plan? Any thoughts on these?

Yep. Google / research BlueHost Reviews and EIG / Endurance...

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RobinInTexas

11 years ago

Originally Posted by M@tt

WordPress.org only recommend BlueHost because BH pay them a LOT in affilitae commission. Their recommendation has nothing to do with QoS.

I think you are wrong about WordPress org collecting affiliate commissions.

To get the truth though, you'd have to ask Mark Jaquith, or Matt Mullenweg.

While you are at it, see if they will tell you why they don't have any affiliate links to any of the three hosts they recommend, not just BlueHost.

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

Originally Posted by RobinInTexas

I think you are wrong about WordPress org collecting affiliate commissions.

To get the truth though, you'd have to ask Mark Jaquith, or Matt Mullenweg.

While you are at it, see if they will tell you why they don't have any affiliate links to any of the three hosts they recommend, not just BlueHost.

I quoted you in another thread about this. All of those links are affiliate links.

See here & read thoroughly the my posts:

http://www.warriorforum.com/programm...p-hosting.html

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M@tt

11 years ago

Originally Posted by RobinInTexas

I think you are wrong about WordPress org collecting affiliate commissions.

To get the truth though, you'd have to ask Mark Jaquith, or Matt Mullenweg.

While you are at it, see if they will tell you why they don't have any affiliate links to any of the three hosts they recommend, not just BlueHost.

WordPress.org themselves have told me they make $200/CPA.

See KingFish's post above.

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Mrewards

11 years ago

My experience with BlueHost is good

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kpmedia

11 years ago

Bluehost = Hostgator = EIG = 50+ brands.
Please don't "switch" hosts -- but you don't actually switch. Why? Same company.
Get away from EIG entirely.
Namecheap and Veerotech folks have helped you here, and both are great hosts.
There's also Site5, Arvixe and Stablehost.

There's you go -- 5 great options, none of them are EIG crap.

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tarifhossain

11 years ago

Hello there, if you are concern about your website more then I will suggest to use websynthesis.com . I must agree its a bit expensive hosting but I know some people and company are using this hosting and they never complained. Its managed, secured and it will not let you down.

Please review yourself and decision is always yours.

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kpmedia

11 years ago

Websynthesis is crap.
It resells Medialayer and does little beyond updating Genesis and WP.
There's better hosts.

It's not even remotely "secure". Just standard shared security. Not locked-down WP security.

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digo

11 years ago

wpengine.com is the one you're looking for. Words saying that you don't even need a cache plugin. They'll take care of your site. Liquidweb has a lot of fans too.