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Best webhost apart from Hostgator, bluehost and godaddy

by fanta81
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Is there any web-host apart from hostgator, bluehost, and godaddy that is reliable and guarantee up time 99.9% of the time. I did a quick review and found people suggesting siteground and dreamhost. How are they and can they be signed up for long term?
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  • Profile picture of the author simplyben
    Liquid Web, they are pricey but you get what you pay for. They are rock solid, blow away the reliability of Hostgator and Bluehost.
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    • Profile picture of the author Backlinko
      Originally Posted by simplyben View Post

      Liquid Web, they are pricey but you get what you pay for. They are rock solid, blow away the reliability of Hostgator and Bluehost.
      Totally agree. I use them (actually one of their hosting companies, Storm on Demand) to host all my stuff. Fast as hell and insanely reliable.

      Web hosting is like most things in life: you get what you pay for.
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  • Profile picture of the author Craig Allen
    I would suggest Big Scoots. They are trully great and offer user-friendly approach to the customers whenever you have a server-side problem. We've switched to them after bad experience with webhostingpad.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kingfish85
    It depends - what type of sites are you looking to host? There's no "best" web host - each one is different..
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  • Profile picture of the author seoace
    MediaTemple and WPEngine have a very good reputation in the web hosting industry. MediaTemple also provides free transfer from your current web host if you decide to switch over to them.

    Other than that, their prices starts from approx $20-30. If you have a huge website getting min.300 page views, a switch over to them is highly advisable because the increase in your website's loading speed will already cover the expense of your hosting.
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  • Profile picture of the author svetod
    Eukhost - I am very happy with them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dead Body
    if you are getting tired from Godday, BlueHost or Hostgator like internation companies.. then go and find webhost with local office.. they are good for support....
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  • Profile picture of the author fanta81
    Has anybody used siteground?
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    • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
      Originally Posted by fanta81 View Post

      Has anybody used siteground?
      Yes, that's a good one.

      @all
      As far as "Hostgator alternatives" are concerned, I'd use Site5, Namecheap or Arvixe
      If you no longer want "unlimited" host, look at Stablehost or MDDHosting.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Vick
      Originally Posted by fanta81 View Post

      Has anybody used siteground?
      I used Siteground and they were one of the best performing hosts I've used. Just be aware that you might not get a discount rate when you renew beyond the initial period. There have also been some billing complaints in the past- don't know if this is still an issue. I think they were charging people for a year of service and not allowing them to cancel.
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      • Profile picture of the author heavysm
        I guess it's hard to argue against someone's personal experience. I mean, who can tell them any different if they've always had decent performance from a host?

        But anyone who does a quick search on Hostgator (on this forum, not on google) will see the pages and pages and pages of threads that had to be closed and shut down because of so many people complaining about HG.

        And those aren't newbies either. If you read those threads some veteran marketers had to move their sites away from HG (liquid web is a solid option for high traffic sites, just saying). So that has to tell you it's not just an isolated thing, nor a bandwagon approach to talking smack about HG.

        Now to the positive side. The light at the other end of the tunnel. I can't list all of the EIG hosts here because there are enough threads about them (I believe Wikipedia has a good list of the current acquisitions) but here are some hosts I know from personal experience are pretty solid:

        Mddhost
        Stable host (now with a warrior web host sales thread )
        Hawkhost
        Veerotech (my personal fav...but anyway lol)
        Arvixe
        Site5
        Mediatemple (I say better for larger traffic sites)
        Liquidweb (ditto for high traffic)

        The top 6 hosts mentioned will work very well for 90% of marketers. If you're getting serious traffic then either mediatemple or liquid are both solid options.

        I am going to scream if someone mentions HG or another EIG host. With so many horror stories I mean...just why? :p:rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author seamy82
    I thought seo hosting providers was a no go due to all the dodgy websites sharing the ip addresses
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  • Profile picture of the author micksss
    Originally Posted by fanta81 View Post

    Is there any web-host apart from hostgator, bluehost, and godaddy that is reliable and guarantee up time 99.9% of the time. I did a quick review and found people suggesting siteground and dreamhost. How are they and can they be signed up for long term?
    Check out InMotion Hosting / Webhostinghub as well as StableHost.
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    Originally Posted by fanta81 View Post

    Is there any web-host apart from hostgator, bluehost, and godaddy that is reliable and guarantee up time 99.9% of the time. I did a quick review and found people suggesting siteground and dreamhost. How are they and can they be signed up for long term?

    If you are looking for long term sign up best is to try our :

    WebHost UK Or RSHosting using them for a long time with no major issues and reliable service.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    Dreamhost is one of the most popular hosts, They have good features great customer support.
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryHaywood
    Check out Kingfish's sig, his hosting company Veerotech Systems has over 3000+ Warriors hosted (if I'm not mistaken with my numbers) including myself. I received top quality support already and I'm a brand new customer. ;P
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    • Profile picture of the author Kingfish85
      Originally Posted by LarryHaywood View Post

      Check out Kingfish's sig, his hosting company Veerotech Systems has over 3000+ Warriors hosted (if I'm not mistaken with my numbers) including myself. I received top quality support already and I'm a brand new customer. ;P
      Thanks for the recommendation here Larry, greatly appreciated & glad to see you're happy with our service so far.
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  • Profile picture of the author Oranges
    Moved to WiredTree after Hostgator Sold to EIG.
    So far so good.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chang47
    I'm using Stablehost I like them, my sites loads fast enough, and they're cheap!
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  • Profile picture of the author flipfire
    Crochost is a very good webhosting solution. I went from hostgator to croc host and never had any problems.

    They are a Canadian web host. A very good one so far after 5 months.

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  • Profile picture of the author l23bc
    Originally Posted by fanta81 View Post

    Is there any web-host apart from hostgator, bluehost, and godaddy that is reliable and guarantee up time 99.9% of the time. I did a quick review and found people suggesting siteground and dreamhost. How are they and can they be signed up for long term?

    Royal host unlimited you can get hosting,Domain name,all for a fiver off fiverr
    for a year not boasting but i did a review of them on the blogsite below if you want to know more
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  • Profile picture of the author wendallb
    Thanks for the host leads folks, I am also looking for hosting..
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  • Profile picture of the author videoinviter
    No one seems to be mentioning the companies with a bias towards internet marketers. Email (self hosted) plus amazon integration youtube and curration built in. All sorts of Internet marketer goodies.
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  • Profile picture of the author Niroshana Tharu
    Hostgator was good while I was using there shared hosting but I left them because of the Inodes limit (max files we can host) actually even if they says it's unlimited hosting still they have a files limit (100,000 - 250,000 still this will be very good for beginners).

    I decided to shift and try a VPS first I tried hosting24 and had very bad experience with them due to hours of down time (this started to happen after first month), when I contacted them they told me it's a problem with my websites mysqul queries but actually I didn't have such problem even with Hostgator shared hosting before. So I decided to find a better and reliable VPS provider after searching hours online and after went through reading dozens of online forums, comments and reviews I found KnownHost VPS, now I'm using their service for almost 4 months, so far I have no such issues to report, their support staff is very knowledgeable and great when it comes to support! and that's my experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    It's always funny to see folks rip on HG, my HG hosted sites are always up.
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    • Profile picture of the author fanta81
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      It's always funny to see folks rip on HG, my HG hosted sites are always up.
      Yup. Even my sites are always up. The only thing is that the site loading time increases during peak hours which badly affect the off page SEO.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kingfish85
        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        It's always funny to see folks rip on HG, my HG hosted sites are always up.
        Originally Posted by fanta81 View Post

        Yup. Even my sites are always up. The only thing is that the site loading time increases during peak hours which badly affect the off page SEO.

        Monitor them more closely.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by fanta81 View Post

        Yup. Even my sites are always up. The only thing is that the site loading time increases during peak hours which badly affect the off page SEO.
        I haven't seen that (slow pages) & I'm still ranking for the keywords I'm targeting.






        Originally Posted by cagliostro View Post

        You better read their Forums.
        No thanks, I'm not one of those guys that believes in other peoples reviews (cough... fake). Besides, it's stupid to ask for help on a forum when HG has live support/chat. I screwed up a database once & HG had me up & running in just a few min, my own fault & they did all the work to make it right (awesome customer support).

        My sites are up, my sites load fast, I'm ranking for my keywords, good enough for me.








        Originally Posted by Kingfish85 View Post

        Monitor them more closely.
        Should I sit there all day refreshing my own pages, lol?
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        • Profile picture of the author cagliostro
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post



          No thanks, I'm not one of those guys that believes in other peoples reviews (cough... fake). Besides, it's stupid to ask for help on a forum when HG has live support/chat. I screwed up a database once & HG had me up & running in just a few min, my own fault & they did all the work to make it right (awesome customer support).

          My sites are up, my sites load fast, I'm ranking for my keywords, good enough for me.


          Should I sit their all day refreshing my own pages, lol?

          Apparently you have no idea what you are talking about.

          None.
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          • Profile picture of the author yukon
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            Originally Posted by cagliostro View Post

            Apparently you have no idea what you are talking about.

            None.
            So your going to tell me what I've experienced with Hostgator (great uptime, great customer service, low cost)?

            Okie dokie.
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        • Profile picture of the author Kingfish85
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          Should I sit their all day refreshing my own pages, lol?
          No, you should use a monitor that monitors in 1,5,10 & 15 minute intervals.

          It's been like this for years, but, half of the people don't monitor their sites for anything other than 15 minutes & higher.

          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          No thanks, I'm not one of those guys that believes in other peoples reviews (cough... fake). Besides, it's stupid to ask for help on a forum when HG has live support/chat. I screwed up a database once & HG had me up & running in just a few min, my own fault & they did all the work to make it right (awesome customer support).
          You do know that is HostGators user forums right? Their own customers are complaining on their own forums and continuously being fed bs. Hardware failures etc etc didn't start popping up until EIG took over. EVERY SINGLE company they've acquired has problems shortly after.

          Your sites very well may have not been migrated out of SoftLayer yet, but they will. Give it time.
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          • Profile picture of the author yukon
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            Originally Posted by Kingfish85 View Post

            No, you should use a monitor that monitors in 1,5,10 & 15 minute intervals.

            It's been like this for years, but, half of the people don't monitor their sites for anything other than 15 minutes & higher.



            You do know that is HostGators user forums right? Their own customers are complaining on their own forums and continuously being fed bs. Hardware failures etc etc didn't start popping up until EIG took over. EVERY SINGLE company they've acquired has problems shortly after.

            Your sites very well may have not been migrated out of SoftLayer yet, but they will. Give it time.
            Why would I hang out on a host forum? If I ever have a problem I'll use the HG live chat like I did when I screwed up my database (my own fault).

            You guys act like the rest of the world has your problems.
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            • Profile picture of the author Kingfish85
              Originally Posted by yukon View Post

              Why would I hang out on a host forum? If I ever have a problem I'll use the HG live chat like I did when I screwed up my database (my own fault).

              You guys act like the rest of the world has your problems.
              /sigh... What's being said here is that their own user support forum (where their users can interact with others regarding issues that may not need direct support attention) are complaining about tons of problems, botched migrations etc. Upgrade? Heh, yea. Blatant lie about a migration to Provo Utah, not exactly any upgrade.
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            • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
              Originally Posted by yukon View Post

              You guys act like the rest of the world has your problems.
              No, it's that some customers don't see beyond the BS and fluffy marketing.

              1. Hostgator is an EIG company. There is no HG anymore, and hasn't been since summer 2012.
              2. Since moving to Utah, Hostgator uses the "Bluehost method" and sites are MUCH slower at loading now.
              3. You do realize the whole datacenter was down for almost a full day a week ago, right?

              For being a forum supposedly full of "affiliate marketers", most seem to be duped by fake "top 10" hosts. Affiliate lists, not lists of a good hosts. That's why it's almost entirely EIG hosts, and why the fake lists are almost all the same. Heck, half the people with those fake lists don't even use the hosts they suggest!

              Stop drinking the kool-aid.

              Furthermore, monitor your sites every 3-5 minutes.
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              • Profile picture of the author yukon
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                Originally Posted by kpmedia View Post

                No, it's that some customers don't see beyond the BS and fluffy marketing.

                1. Hostgator is an EIG company. There is no HG anymore, and hasn't been since summer 2012.
                2. Since moving to Utah, Hostgator uses the "Bluehost method" and sites are MUCH slower at loading now.
                3. You do realize the whole datacenter was down for almost a full day a week ago, right?

                For being a forum supposedly full of "affiliate marketers", most seem to be duped by fake "top 10" hosts. Affiliate lists, not lists of a good hosts. That's why it's almost entirely EIG hosts, and why the fake lists are almost all the same. Heck, half the people with those fake lists don't even use the hosts they suggest!

                Stop drinking the kool-aid.

                Furthermore, monitor your sites every 3-5 minutes.
                My sites are up & they've been up.

                Monitor your own sites so you can keep jumping from one host to the next.
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                • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
                  Originally Posted by yukon View Post

                  My sites are up & they've been up.
                  Monitor your own sites so you can keep jumping from one host to the next.
                  Uh-huh. :rolleyes:

                  I guess you're not "upgraded" (migrated) to Utah yet. That's the only way to explain your uptime claim.
                  And I've been with the same host for 7+ years now.

                  Anyway, good luck with that.
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                  • Profile picture of the author cagliostro
                    Originally Posted by kpmedia View Post

                    Uh-huh. :rolleyes:

                    I guess you're not "upgraded" (migrated) to Utah yet. That's the only way to explain your uptime claim.
                    And I've been with the same host for 7+ years now.

                    Anyway, good luck with that.
                    Actually he has no idea what he is talking about.

                    Usual crap.
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                  • Profile picture of the author l23bc
                    Originally Posted by kpmedia View Post

                    Uh-huh. :rolleyes:

                    I guess you're not "upgraded" (migrated) to Utah yet. That's the only way to explain your uptime claim.
                    And I've been with the same host for 7+ years now.

                    Anyway, good luck with that.

                    Think the Original Poster's trying to talk about High Availability on Hosting,
                    High Availability Guide - Wiki | Liferay
                    HG does have this problem more then say B.H or other host site's been really bad for my Email marketing site in some respects spent more times to HG chat asking whats sup with it....
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    • Profile picture of the author cagliostro
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      It's always funny to see folks rip on HG, my HG hosted sites are always up.
      You better read their Forums.
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    Ive been testing D9 hosting the past 6 months and they are pretty solid
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  • Profile picture of the author robcop
    HG support is pretty good like yukon already said. When you have a problem just hit them up in the chat and they will try their very best to help. My site has like 99,99% uptime. Decent hosting price, so you cant go wrong with Hostgator.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rehmat
    After facing issues with HostMonster (EIG) VPS, I migrated to ASmallOrange where the performance is brilliant till now. But some people are saying that ASO has been acquired by EIG too . But I'll stay with it as long as the up-time and load times are good.
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    • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
      Originally Posted by Rehmat View Post

      After facing issues with HostMonster (EIG) VPS, I migrated to ASmallOrange where the performance is brilliant till now. But some people are saying that ASO has been acquired by EIG too . But I'll stay with it as long as the up-time and load times are good.
      ASO was sold to EIG along with Hostgator in June 2012. Brent Oxley owned both companies, and sold them for $225 million. When HG was migrated, $hit hit the fan. ASO hasn't been migrated yet, so it's likely, given the history of EIG (as early as 2003).

      There's plenty of non-EIG hosts out there, so I'd not gamble on it.

      That's what you're doing here: gambling fate!
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      • Profile picture of the author Rehmat
        Originally Posted by kpmedia View Post

        ASO was sold to EIG along with Hostgator in June 2012. Brent Oxley owned both companies, and sold them for $225 million. When HG was migrated, hit the fan. ASO hasn't been migrated yet, so it's likely, given the history of EIG (as early as 2003).
        Then an "UPGRADE" can be expected at ASO too. EIG pays so handsomely that no one can reject their offer. HG was deserving to be the best shared host in market but its owner handed it over for the big money he got from EIG. Same can be expected with other brands too. Nothing is stable. BTW I read about EIG at your links. It was interesting to know about
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