Finding the Right Affordable Web Hosting Package
So you're writing a website. Congratulations!
But you want a reliable low cost web host, which can
provide you with the ideal affordable web hosting package.
You find a web hosting directory, you read customer web host
reviews, find loads of sites with a list of top 10 web
hosts. You end up faced with a bewildering amout of
information, and realize that everybody seems to say
different things. Take the Top 10 lists, for example, one
hosting company might appear at the top of one list, and
fail to appear on anybody else's list.
You now come along and say:
- I need a low cost web host - one that's
reliable.
- Good customer service: I'd like to be able to
call anytime day or night, and get straight through to
someone who can help me straight away.
- Minimum down time. I don't want my customers to
try and log on to my website only to find - no website!
- I don't want my site to "go slow" just when most of my
customers are trying to log on.
- I'd like the ideal affordable web hosting
package. Plenty of nice features: databases, CGI
scripting, email accounts, autoresponders, FrontPage.
- Plenty of bandwidth!
- Just find me the best - the "cream" of affordable web
hosting!
In website hosting, no clear market leader exists at
present, which means that to find the best deal you must do
plenty of research.
Nice if someone could do it for you.. Welcome to HostCream.com!
At HostCream.com we regularly search the internet for web
hosting directories, reviews, customer web host reviews,
forums, etc. Based on our findings we publish our own list
of top 10 web hosts, and reviews. We rate each web host
according to our simple system, and even though many people
say different things, we find there are four clear
leaders:
- StartLogic
- iPowerWeb
- PowWeb
- BlueHost
With all of our churning, the "cream" floats to the top.
But you're welcome to disagree, many people tell of their
"horror stories" whichever hosting company you choose.
When we search for reviews or top 10 lists, forum
postings, etc., we always ensure that they recently
published the information, and not three years ago! We also
check for consistancy. If the service offered by a
particular hosting company satisfies most people, we will
report that. And if we find many complaints about an aspect
of a certain host, we will report that too. Someone will
always say that such-and-such-a-host "sucks" - fact!
In this website, we focus on shared website hosting
plans, rather than more expensive packages such as dedicated
hosting. In our reviews we give details of the lowest cost
shared hosting plan. Generally the low cost plans use the
Linux operating system, and those using Windows come
slightly more expensive. Most hosting companies provide
Linux website hosting, and many provide Windows based plans
as well for those needing cheap ASP.net web hosting. We
outline the Linux plan in most of our reviews, making
mention of a Windows plan should one exist.
The information we give for each hosting company focusses
on the main factors which people should concentrate on when
choosing a web host. This includes quality of customer
support, uptime guarantee, bandwidth and data center
information including its location. Would you feel happy
with your precious online business residing in an earthquake
zone? Just a thought! We exclude hosts allowing adult
content in websites, and those for which we found an
excessive amount of negative comments. |
