Website hosting with Godaddy
First fact - I don't get any money or sponsorship for this blog and hence this is an honest account from experience.Its amazing how when looking for hosting deals, you come across lots of websites claiming that they give web hosting reviews. But looking through many such sites, I found that they all talked about the same companies over and over again and usually Godaddy and Yahoo hosting rated very poor on these review sites.
Also, its shocking to know that many major hosting companies are infact part of the same group. We might think they are competitors, but they are just a big group working with each other. This is one reason we can see good reviews about all these sites always together in the same place. I am not going to mention any names. Please do your research.
3IX Hosting:
I was with a hosting company called 3ix for a year before switching to Godaddy. I must say that 3iX did an excellent job for the price. I paid around $33 for hosting for a year for 3 websites and the sites have been down for only a couple of days in a whole year. Because my requirements were low, I really did not get affected by this. All other times, it has been very stable and fast. I could get the live chat support anytime instantly. If someone is looking for extremely cheap hosting with excellent support, then 3ix would be a great choice.Godaddy:
I switched to Godaddy seeking more stability. I have been with them for over a year now and have been very happy. The sites have rarely went down and I could do all the things I needed using the hosting. The support has been great and friendly.There are minor glitches like
- htaccess takes around 1 hour to get activated
- Its not cpanel and its their own control panel software
- There are no logging apps like awstats
- Very limited MySQL Databases
- Setting new things like new ftp user, new database, new domains can take couple of hours
Positives:
- Friendly and good support
- Fast - I have never had speed or bandwidth problems
- Stable - The server has been very stable and my sites have hardly gone down
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