Web Hosting Handbook

New Web Hosting Reviews

Jim Sutton — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:00:47 +0000

We have just added a few new web hosting reviews as well as updated some of our older reviews based on our experience and some comments that users have been sending us. At the moment our Top 3 hosts are:

1. Hostmonster
2. BlueHost
3. HostGator

If you have had any experiences with a web host recently please e-mail me at jim@webhostinghandbook.com with your hosting reviews. We will attempt to incorporate your review into our next update.

Site5 Reviewed

Jim Sutton — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:11:40 +0000

“Site5 is no longer a web host …At least not in the web hosting industry’s implicit definition of what a web host should be,” writes Kevin Hazard, Site5’s Director of Customer Service and hosting evangelist extreme. So what is Site5 then? Read on as we try to answer this age-old question …

Site5 was a relative unknown until a couple years ago when they repositioned themselves as the web host for a new generation of web developers and designers (if you don’t fall into this category you should probably look elsewhere). Their current rapid growth stems from a major shift in focus towards innovation and engineering coupled with a new website loaded with Web 2.0 terminology and exclusive brand names. (more…)

Bluehost Reviewed

Jim Sutton — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:29:58 +0000

Readers of this site know we’re not big fans of CPanel (a usability challenged hosting control panel), so when we started getting requests to review Bluehost we almost took a pass … if you’ve seen one CPanel host you’ve seen them all right? Well, apparently it’s not that simple.

Bluehost popped up on the radar a couple of years ago with an aggressive affiliate program promoting a single hosting plan at an excellent price. Of course iPowerWeb invented this business model a way back when. What’s interesting with Bluehost is that they’ve gone from zero to hosting over 100,000 domain names in just a couple of years. In terms of growth they’re one of the fastest growing hosts around. (more …)

It’s Alive!

Jim Sutton — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:04:44 +0000

Well after a brief disappearance from the world of web hosting I’m back with a whole bunch of cool new stuff. For starters you may have noticed that the entire site has been redesigned. Basically I switched from a pile of messy code to the neat and tidy WordPress platform for publishing, which is already making writing these posts way more fun. I’ve also been using Site5 and Bluehost for a couple of months now … reviews coming very soon. Also in the works is a Gate.com (formerly HostSave) review. Stay tuned.

Review - Netfirms (Reloaded)

Jim Sutton — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:35:55 +0000

Just as we did before, we opted to review Netfirms $9.95 / month Business Advantage web hosting plan, which now includes a massive 20 GB of storage space and 750 GB of monthly transfer (way up from last year). In fact at that price point you would be hard pressed to find more storage space or bandwidth anywhere else (check our top 8 hosts). (more …)

Review - (mt) Media Temple Web Hosting

Jim Sutton — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:42:39 +0000

Media Temple’s product line is minimal, with just two shared hosting plans on display. We opted to review their advertised $7.95 per month (actually $12.95 per month unless you pay for 2 years up front) (ss) Professional package, which includes 2GB of storage space, 30GB of rollover bandwidth and the ability to host up to 5 websites. (more …)

Review - Yahoo! Web Hosting

Jim Sutton — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:45:22 +0000

Yahoo! is arguably the biggest player in the web hosting industry with millions upon millions of websites hosted. We reviewed the Standard Hosting plan, which includes 75GB data transfer, 4GB disk space, and 50 POP accounts for $19.95 a month. (more …)