As my readers know, from time to time we like to feature hosting comparison websites that allow new webmasters to choose the right web hosting solution for their needs. Today, when advertisements dominate the niche, it’s really not easy to makeup your mind about a certain company and as I always say — there is no better advertisement than a satisfied client. Find people who liked a certain web host, ask which host was it — and the chances that you will be unsatisfied are quite small (unless your website is significantly larger, heavier and popular). The problem is always the same though, finding these web hosting reviews is not easy. Many times I came across people who speak in favor of a certain web hosting company without even trying it ever themselves, only because they are paid to promote this host. That’s not fair, right?

This mean you need to look for a website that features ALL the web hosting companies (and not just one) and posts an objective web hosting review about each and every one of them, allowing users to add rating and comments to their feedback. This is the only way for you to enter a “one-stop-shop” and overview the entire selection of webhosting solutions, choose a hosting review that seems to have all the benefits you are looking for, and go for it.

A new website has popped out in this niche, which caught my attention last week — Hosting Posting. This rather catchy name belongs to a blog that is becoming rapidly popular nowadays and, to my surprise, contains no ads, pop ups or banners, it is dedicated only to honest reviews and overviews of over 50 popular web hosting providers. You will find their own review, users review (you can post your own as well!), overview of the plans and also coupon codes for getting the best deal out of each hosting.

Chime in and share your experience about a web hosting company you have been using or use this guide to find a company that will suit your needs and answer the most popular geek’s question: “to host or not to host?” Good Luck!

I noticed that we have a lot of webmasters subscribed to our blog, because every time we discuss web hosting, a lot of comments, suggestions and questions pop out. One of the most commonly spread question is — if a web hosting is cheap, can it still be good?

First of all, “cheap” is a very relative description for a host. Some may consider $5 a month to be way over their budget, while others  pay hundreds of dollars every month and still, are considered on a cheap host compared to the big sharks. But okay, let’s not talk about business hosting and stick just to the small and more personal deals. In my experience, cheap web hosting can and probably will be a good deal for you, because there are a few downsides to the small price to be aware of:

1. All the hosting deals under $10 are (generally)  will get your site hosted on a shared environment. While this does not mean you will have others interfering with your site or potential security risks, this does mean, however, that the CPU usage and the bandwidth will most likely be limited, and once your website grows big enough, you will need to upgrade, to allow faster loading of your website to all visitors. So these hosts allow you to start really cheap in order to try your skills out in webmasters world, and then hope for the “upgrade factor” to come.

2. Cheap hosting services today should not scare you the way they used to, say 5 years ago, when bandwidth was expensive and internet connection was overpriced. Today the picture is different, even when they charge you a few dollars a month they will probably cover all the expenses so low price should not scare you off. Moreover, don’t forget that very web host is looking to hook a long term client and therefore will go towards you, hoping you will not move away next year.

Once you realize these downsides, you understand what exactly the limitations are, and  can estimate the low price more objectively. While hosting an html site on the cheapest hosting plan could not be a problem, having a large SQL database with millions of visitors will not be possible, due to CPU issues. If you are a beginner web master or a web designer, looking to build a medium size site, a personal blog, or a portfolio — by all means don’t over invest in your website and start as cheap as possible. Once you will see your website starting to give back in terms of cash, you can expand your site and upgrade, if you see it has outgrown its shared environment. If you are looking for a really cheap place to begin at, go with 2mhost.com as they start the pricing as low as 2,75 USD a month. That’s about half the price from the cheapest hosts out there! Check their service out and don’t hesitate to try them out too, since they offer a full money back guarantee within 30 days.

Fall is perhaps one of the best seasons for getting cheap deals, and for some reason most web hosting companies are giving away special deals and coupons right now. However, picking a web hosting provider is an important decision and requires a lot of checking and comparing, relying blindly on coupon codes and blatant advertisement can lead you astray and cost you more money in the future. To make sure you don’t fall a victim of blatant advertising, you need to visit a good, reliable and well known website hosting comparison websites, that highlights all the benefits and downsides of each hosting company, based on users’ rating, reviews, website hosting specifications and so on.

I have been in a search for a hosting company myself many times, even though I consider myself a rather experienced user, I still needed to read the web hosting guide since companies tend to change their features, service may go downhills or on the contrary — some hosting companies upgrade to better hardware and become a whole better host over night. You need to keep track with the actual events, read regularly updated blog posts about hosting and most of all I recommend WebhostingRating.com since they feature complete information on all web hosting providers, plans, promotional a coupons, and unedited reviews by real customers. This will definitely help you to make the most comprehensive comparison and come to the right decision.

First of all, when you visit WebhostingRating.com, go to their articles section and read about bandwidth requirements, types of hosting, learn the difference between Windows and Lunix hosting, and of course — find out what are YOUR needs and expectations from a hosting provider. there is no such a thing as “best” hosting company — some will suit best a tight budget, others will be “overpriced” yet will offer features most webmasters never even heard about. it all depends on your specific needs and only the biggest searchable web hosting directory will offer you everything together with special deal and a coupon for almost every website hosting on the planet.

From time to time I am trying to write a blog post about hosting, because many new webmasters need to choose a good managed hosting service but don’t know how to do it. Today we will post a brief overview of SingleHop hosting service. The main advantage of SingleHop is that it allows you to start your managed account with no regular fees, the so-called “a la carta” plan. Moreover if you have someone on your staff that can handle managing email, you don’t have to pay them for it. When you start with the free plan, you can add services for a fee — server backup, general management, OS updates and more. Basically, the more you do yourself, the less you need to pay. If you are a pro with computers or, again, have someone to can handle it all for you, you can get started with no, or minimal monthly fees and enjoy hosting your website on a fantastic server.

SingleHop has 2 data centers, both located in Chicago and seem to have a very impressive overview of their hardware. Not only they are “green” but also they are a sponsor and member of The Green Grid Association since 2006. Running on the leading hardware suppliers, maintaining an eco-friendly environment and not ripping you off unless you ask for it, what more can you ask for, when it comes to a hosting service?

You can also buy a fully managed plan, which will include all the support and managing, that free plan didn’t cover (naturally) and for a $50 a month you can save yourself any headache or hassle. Mainly I’d recommend this hosting service to PRO’s who want to save money and aren’t afraid of dedicating time to managing their account, upgrading software and running scans.

As you maybe know, FatCow hosting has been around for quite a while (11 years in fact) but recently, when they tremendously improved the quality of their hosting service, upgraded the hardware and switched to a much more professional level of support, they make very decent competition to leading hosting providers such as Dreamhost and Lunarpages. I guess that tells you a lot. But, it’s impossible to beat FatCow’s competition because they lower their prices below any reasonable price.

The regular price is $88 a year, but they go ahead and give you a new price –

You Pay: $66 a year (Now Only $44!)
You Get: Free Domain, Unlimited bandwidth and Disk space, $50 Free Adwords voucher, $25 Yahoo publisher voucher, 2GB Desktop backup with Carbonite, Free SEO and WordPress tools. Also — Shopping cart, Website Builder, SSL, CGI, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, MySQL.

For this price you can host as many website as you like, open as many stores as you wish and moreover, toptut.com readers get a special $10 OFF their order additionally to everything listed above. Check their website NOW because they run the 50% OFF offer — and if they do, you only have 30 days to sign up before the offer will expire.

$10 off web hosting by FatCow!

If you think about it from a business prospective, paying $66 a year (or even $45, if you came right in time) gives you a domain name ($10), advertising vouchers ($50 + $25 = $75), which means we already got $85 pure value for our $45 and we also have a great hosting service for the whole year with no limitations whatsoever.

They are reliable  (if they been online for 11 years they will probably stick around a little longer), they offer live support 24/7, they are a “green” and eco-friendly hosting, but lastly — they are CHEAP. Read FatCow Reviews in the meantime…

Check out if the 50% off is still running!

I keep seeing frustrated posted on the internet about people who signed up with a host who scammed them or, at best, didn’t live up to their expectations, as a result they had to move and lose some data they could not recover from the old hosting service. WHY hundreds of users still make this mistake? I understand, only a novice will pay for a host he didn’t hear of before, but come on boys and girl, you must do your homework before you sign up with a certain web hosting!

First of all, go to webhostinggeeks.com and make a small comparison. Most of the new users don’t even know weather they need a shared hosting or a dedicated server but if you will go through all the articles on their website, you will understand the difference and find the optimal solution for your site. Secondly, now with all the awareness about ecology and global warming, most companies offer, what’s called — green hosting. So if you care about the environment and want to maintain an eco-friendly website, go green, it’s often also cheaper.

When you visit Web Hosting Geeks dot com, you will see that there is a host for any budget, starting from as low as 1,99 $ per month, but each host comes with a list of ratings and independent user reviews, so you will be able to compare not only prices and features but also feedbacks and reviews. I guess this is what many beginners miss, they don’t read reviews and rely blindly on the advertisement, assuming that a well promoted company can’t go wrong. While it could be correct about most web hosting companies, there is nothing like a human review. Today, when bandwidth is no longer expensive, when almost every company will give you a free domain upon sign up and also shower you with Google coupons and miscellaneous discounts and goodies, the most important factor is the uptime of the server, ability to perform under load and support.

Go on and chose yourself one of the top rated hosting services, make sure you do a good and comprehensive comparison before you pay and start uploading your data to the server. Remember that each day spent on studying your future host will save you weeks and month of headache afterward. Good luck!