Time for hosting renewal. Might switch away from Hostgator as it seems they are now overpriced over the competition and after researching it I found 3 hosting companies that are cheaper and rated higher (not by an official source).
FastDomain (http://www.fastdomain.com/hosting_features.html)
HostMonster (http://www.hostmonster.com/)
BlueHost (https://www.bluehost.com/)
They are all priced the same - $2.41 per month cheaper than Hostgator for the same product.
Anyone have any real world experience with any of these?
Nope.
Good luck.
there's always godaddy...
Think I have 2 years left on gator so I won't be looking soon. Good to hear others experiences though.
I think Delooch has used HostMonster.
FUCK GoDaddy and their SOPA loving ass.
I though you would get a kick outa that... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Farabomb on January 31, 2012, 08:28:54 AMThink I have 2 years left on gator so I won't be looking soon. Good to hear others experiences though.
I think Delooch has used HostMonster.
FUCK GoDaddy and their SOPA loving ass.
Don't get me wrong....I have not had any problems with Hostgator. It's just that my hosting package is expiring so I went and did some price comparisons. I can get the same thing for cheaper prices at those other places. I've been happy with Hostgator as far as reliability and performance and I'm a little concerned about switching to another company.
Quote from: david on January 31, 2012, 09:46:15 AMI though you would get a kick outa that... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Oddly, GoDaddy did not make the list of the review of the top Hosting providers I was looking at. :huh:
Oh man...my head is spinning. You can find horror stories out there about all of the popular shared hosting providers including Hostgator. At least with Hostgator I know what I have. I think I'll be staying put even if it is a couple of dollars a month more than other providers. The one thing I found is a lot of the shared hosting companies are owned by the same individual. Like in my first posts links, the same guy owns BlueHost and several others. If you are a good and reliable provider why would you need to do that?
Sometimes the devil you know is better than the one you don't.
Take a 7 out of your post count and it's the year I was born (1976)
What are you paying, Joe? I pay around $60/yr for my site and don't want to change because of good service. All my sites are hosted through a reseller.
Quote from: gnubler on February 01, 2012, 01:12:44 AMWhat are you paying, Joe? I pay around $60/yr for my site and don't want to change because of good service. All my sites are hosted through a reseller.
I was paying $47.52 per year to host one domain but I needed to have more than one domain so I upgraded from the Hatchling plan to the Baby plan that allows me to host multiple domains and I'm now paying $76.32 per year. The three I linked in the first post charge right at the same amount for multiple domains that Hostgator is charging for hosting one domain. Not really worth the savings to chance getting piss poor performance or lousy support. Like I said, I know what I've got with HG.
Hope he got a discount on his hosting.
(http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/brand-tattoos-3.jpg?w=500&h=262)
If that's real that guy is a waste of space.
Dumb-ASS Deluxe.
Prolly has a QR code tat on his teabag.
:lmao:
Quote from: gnubler on February 03, 2012, 03:47:01 PMProlly has a QR code tat on his teabag.
QR Redirect to www.godaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com)
More like a 404 error
"Page not found" :laugh:
Brain not found.
Quote from: gnubler on February 03, 2012, 04:40:40 PMMore like a 404 error
"Page not found" :laugh:
Brain not found.
(http://failads.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/013-yahoo-down-404.jpg)
I primarily use Godaddy, but that's basically because it came with the domain name and I've been too lazy to switch. How difficult is it to switch hosting and how much cheaper is it?
Also what are the benefits to switching? I know as a techie I should know these things, but web hosting isn't an area that I'm overly familiar with.
Any help would be appreciated!
Quote from: StrutzinInc on July 14, 2012, 01:08:16 PMI primarily use Godaddy, but that's basically because it came with the domain name and I've been too lazy to switch. How difficult is it to switch hosting and how much cheaper is it?
Also what are the benefits to switching? I know as a techie I should know these things, but web hosting isn't an area that I'm overly familiar with.
Any help would be appreciated!
If you start getting some traffic to your site GoDaddy will throttle it back or suspend it without warning.
If I remember the pricing, GoDaddy was $4.95 a month when I used it and Hostgator was $2.96 a month when I started there. And GoDaddy uses some proprietary piece of crap hosting panel while Hostgator uses the industry standard CPanel. YMMV...
Ditto. I have recommended HostGator to several people in recent months.
If you get a customer that "helps you" by purchasing a hosting account with GoDaddy, fire them.
Or at least charge extra! (quadruple would be the place to start) :laugh:
Joe already knows about my ex-customer who "helped" me by purchasing some EZ Web Deziner by Broderbund so he would be able to update the site himself. I told him he couldn't have possibly made things more difficult for both of us and I built his site using WordPress. :laugh:
I was asked to re-do a site that was originally done with this: http://www.serif.com/webplus/ (http://www.serif.com/webplus/)
I got it done but it was like trying to skin a skunk alive without getting all stinky.
I'm afraid to click but I'm sure it's as stellar as this program from my customer. Initially I actually installed it on one of our PCs to assure myself it was shit. It generated such a bunch of garbage I just laughed.
Quote from: Joe on July 16, 2012, 02:23:52 PMI was asked to re-do a site that was originally done with this: http://www.serif.com/webplus/ (http://www.serif.com/webplus/)
I got it done but it was like trying to skin a skunk alive without getting all stinky.
here, this says it all, got it from Joe's link:
QuoteYour visitors will never know if you're a total beginner.
:death: