Oooo you know how I have been bemoaning my Bluehost hosting problems? And my Whip An Orbit web hosting problems (although Whip An Orbit is behaving better now). I had another half-hour outage for all three blogs with Bluehost today. Boy, this is getting old. I’ve only been with them about two months now, and I’ve had a lot of problems.
I’m paying a lot of attention these days to websites discussing hosting sites and hosting information. Here’s a great website on linux web hosting and more. DUH! I wish I’d seen this earlier! It’s called Web Hosting Rating.
Cheap web hosting can be tricky and it definitely takes one with the technical knowledge and experience to be able to judge whether the host is good. More often than not, it is the bad experiences from using cheap web hosting that eventually leads people to lose trust in these low cost endevours and move onto more expensive options, which may not necessarily be better.
“Tricky” is the understatement of the month for me. Bluehost has been tricky. Yeah. [insert angry-face icon here]
Anyway, the site lists three things to look for when choosing a web host. There are some good articles there, too. The information may help you if you are looking for tips. Looks like this blog will be brimming with good ideas to come! <
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May 22, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Hey Rebecca
I had the same problem with my blog on Monday, got ahold of support through Live Chat, they said they had a server that was having a problem and they had to take it down, normally they do maintenance in the middle of the night.
I LOVE the design of this blog, BTW.
May 22, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Hey Elizabeth! Oh I am happy to hear that you had problems, too! Uh, that didn’t come out right, but I figure you know what I mean, lol! I’ve only had one outage since then! Woooo! Here’s hoping the problems are solved!
Thanks for visiting, and thanks about the design! I blended two together and came up with this!