what website host are you using, cost?

southsoundtree

southsoundtree

Been here much more than a while
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Olympia, WA
I finally found the free time and, what I though to be, relatively inexpensive webhost (if that's the right term), to put up a website.

I'm curious who uses whom for their websites. Just wanted to put this provider out there for people that don't have the dough for a super fancy one, but want something.

I paid about $150 a year for the domain and email associated with the site. I went with www.freewebs.com when I saw an friend's web that had her own domain name and email. Seemed like an okay deal.

I'll take feedback on my site, please. www.southsoundtree.com
 
hey, great job on the website! I really like the "Guestbook". Very cool idea. And the falling leaves were a pretty unique feature except, why only on the removal page?
 
I am using Vauleweb.. I believe it is around 29 a month, including the email. Only problem we are having now, is that some other big servers (sbc, comcast, att) are rejecting email from valueweb servers... And, this has been like this for over a month! So, I am having to use my google address when I get returned mail from any rejected servers. Pain in the arse
 
I use readyhosting.com

$100/year for the website and email addresses. I have several www.com names pointing to my site and they have to be registered every couple of years at $20 each

I'm very happy with the readyhosting service. Been with them over 5 years now. Easy FTP uploading of my web pages. I edit everything inhouse then send it via FTP
 
Next year, I'm thinking about going with Godaddy.com and think that the $14.99 per month unlimited would be a great deal.

Last summer, I reached 1100 page views per day, which is not enormous, but my pages are not stingy on images.

My albums are stored on Image Event right now, but I'm considering putting all my photos on my website as well. That could make a big difference for my space needs.

But if you are at $150 per year - nothing wrong with that. I know there is less, but seems like anything under $200 per year these days is almost inconsequential.
 
I use bluehost.com - very easy to use, and I pay $99/yr. I also have two domains registered with dotster. I can't remember how much they are per year, but it can't be a lot.

I remember reading in a couple places that you don't want to use the same company for hosting domain and name registration. Something about them having too much leverage if there was ever a dispute with your account, etc. Maybe someone with more web creation experience knows a little more about it...
 
southsoundtree said:
I finally found the free time and, what I though to be, relatively inexpensive webhost (if that's the right term), to put up a website.

I'm curious who uses whom for their websites. Just wanted to put this provider out there for people that don't have the dough for a super fancy one, but want something.

I paid about $150 a year for the domain and email associated with the site. I went with www.freewebs.com when I saw an friend's web that had her own domain name and email. Seemed like an okay deal.

I'll take feedback on my site, please. www.southsoundtree.com
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Sean looking over your site now. I would add both an email/phone number so people can immediately contact you, without navigating throughout your site. I would also say the design of the site itself looks a bit dated too. Lastly, on the contact page, I would add an actual form, so people can contact you faster. You'd be surprised how lazy people are on the web.
 
Peter Rota said:
Sean looking over your site now. I would add both an email/phone number so people can immediately contact you, without navigating throughout your site. I would also say the design of the site itself looks a bit dated too. Lastly, on the contact page, I would add an actual form, so people can contact you faster. You'd be surprised how lazy people are on the web.
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Thanks for the feedback. The site is old/ outdated. At the moment, I have all I can handle. In the future, I will improve my web presence. I'll add the contact info.
 
Here's my usual offer of some advice since the landscape in website and internet world is always changing and I am in the thick of it....or as they say, "You know you are on the bleeding edge of technology when you see the blood!"

For those of you in the Wordpress arena (the publishing platform that creates your pages and web functionality), here is a tip about hosting services. Because many people are using Wordpress, and it is so readily available, it is also the one software that is often "attacked" by hackers. I and my peers are learning that it is better to pay a bit more to go with a hosting service that offers a Wordpress hosting tier that includes online support staff that know more about Wordpress, that moves your site to a server that has better security in place, and provides good backup and restore services for you. I compared notes with a colleague who has her company's website on GoDaddy's special Wordpress service but many of her clients have resisted the upgrade--she ends up being fine with her own website during a hack attack but often is flying around trying to handle issues with her clients. I moved one of mine to the service after trying it out myself and it has been far better for us both.

One of the big reasons Wordpress is targeted, besides being so heavily used, is that a lot of folks never bother to run updates on their sites. The problem there is that even when you do keep all the software, themes, and plugins current, another lamebrain can bring a hosts' shared server to a grinding halt. This is where the Wordpress tiers may be beneficial, because the extra price puts more of a wall between the different websites, even though you are still on a shared server, and "infection" is harder to spread. A dedicated hosting package is really the only way to build yourself a fortress but if you aren't doing a ton of financial transactions and other sensitive information transfers, it isn't worth it.

I've used Bluehost and iPage to date. iPage has some better deals and the Wordpress Essentials package gives a customer some great tools and rarely do I have to wait to get a support person. So when shopping, and if using Wordpress, please consider the value of what is in a Wordpress package and not just go for price. Everyone starts you at a low price and it is likely to go up after 1-2 years anyway. Best to buy a domain name for 5 years from GoDaddy or Yahoo or another registrar company that offers multi-year plans and then maybe you can move around every 2-3 years from hosts if you really need to watch the bottom-line.

Carol
 
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