Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   What are the best e-commerce hosting companies?
   I have a small company looking to take a php site to a different host. Our current host is not cheap and not expensive and is down far too much to be suitable for running an online store. The problem is that all hosting companies that I see all guarantee 99.6% uptime, but when I try to research them online, there is very little information and I know that what they say cant be true because our current host says the same thing. Currently I'm looking towards HostMonster, Hostway, StartLogic, Yahoo for e-commerce, AT&T but I would appreciate some insight as I feel I may just be changing one bad host for another. Answers and advice welcome!

   • ANSWER:
     http://www.JuicyHosting.com or http://www.LocoDomains.com , they both are very good

2. QUESTION:
   Are there any good hosting companies out there?
   I've been looking into different hosting companies and for almost all of them I've come across nothing but bad reviews from unhappy customers! are all hosts as bad as people make them out to be?... who to trust??

   • ANSWER:
     Every hosting company has its bad reviews when they have over a million customers. This is natural.

     A good hosting company must have uptime 99.99% and great customer service.
     Don't trust companies that sell only Unlimited space and bandwith.
     Is there really hard disc with unlimited space? I want to buy it...

     Hostgator is a great company with uptime 99.920% and great customer service
     Dreamhost is another good company, they have uptime 99.533% (If you want use my promo code: BESTHOSTREVIEWS .This is for 12 month plan only and you save ).
     Fatcow is also a trustworthy company with 99.831%.

     For detailed statistics check my source. Good luck with your choice

3. QUESTION:
   Worst chennai hosting company webhost4u ( balaji hosting ) ?
   i buy webspace in www.webhost4u.in before three month ago , on last friday all data im my hosting datas are deleted , i ask to hosting company they say that we upgrade the server and they ask my database name.
   i am very unhappy due to delete my data and i am not remember my database also . that hosting company not intimate me about server update .
   please help me any one how i retrieve my data from that company ?

   • ANSWER:
     dear friends u have use big company like godaddy, bluehost etc. thanks

4. QUESTION:
   Do you know of a decent website builder and hosting package?
   I'm looking to start a website and want the simple option of using a website hosting company with a built in content management system/website builder.

   Siteground is coming up with tons of great reviews. However, I have been burnt before with another company setting up tons of fake reviews. The beauty of being an online hosting Company means you can do this I guess (not that I am accusing siteground). Would love to hear any experiences of good and bad hosting companies with web builders/cms attached

   • ANSWER:
     Surely webs would be a decent one just to hold a site? It has a content management and lets you upload files/all that stuff.

5. QUESTION:
   What is the best web hosting company ?
   I'm Looking for Cheap and Reliable Linux Stable Web Hosting, I have moved many times to another hosting company, Problems of hosting is bad support and compatibility for software I'm doing and Supporting Content Management systems In PHP

   • ANSWER:
     If you want personalized, reliable and quick advice, you should check out ProCompare.com (http://procompare.com/top/Web-hosting). They have a recommendation engine that ranks web hosting services based on ratings and reviews from a community of trusted IT professionals. They also have an effective personalization slider that lets you personalize the results based on the criteria that are most important to YOU.

     Hope you'll find this answer useful.
     TechyAdvice

6. QUESTION:
   which is the best web hosting company?
   Hope you are well.... I need some advice please.... I will be making a information (not selling stuff) website When you have a second, please inform me of the best (price, reliability, service etc) web Host company. I have already bought 3 domain names and need to Host them. Ideally I want to 1 Host for all 3 domains. If you have any experiance / advice please tell me the best and worst company. There are a lot of forums out there but it seems there are hundreds of diff companies. Once I get the host, I will attempt to build my website myself - unless you think I should chose a web design company. Thanks so much!

   • ANSWER:
     I use www.oneandone.co.uk whom I've found to be helpful, efficient, and good value for money.

7. QUESTION:
   Looking for economy hosting companies that offer cheap domain names too?
   The keywords " easy on my pocket", "small contracts", "no initial setup fees".
   secondly can someone tell me why cant i make this website made by myself show up on Google or any other search engine?
   It doesn't look that bad does it? http://positivethoughts.110mb.com/

   • ANSWER:
     Right now I'm using economy web hosting plan from http://www.SuperM.com 10 GB web space, 300 GB monthly bandwidth for just .99 month. You too can try it.

8. QUESTION:
   What is the best web hosting company on the market?
   I'm looking for a host for my small website (under 25 pages). Any input on good/bad experiences with web hosts? Who is the best?

   • ANSWER:
     I've used Lunarpages and HostMonster, and recommend them both for their features, price, and technical support.

     They both offer a free domain name and you can host unlimited domains with a single account using HostMonster. Other things to consider are the number of databases and web site templates that come with the account, in case you decide to grow your site in the future (WordPress for blogging, Drupal for content management, etc).

     There's a comparison of web hosting features and prices at the link below, as well as a list of hosts to avoid (including godaddy, yahoo, and others that are way overpriced).

9. QUESTION:
   sue a free hosting company?
   is it possible to sue a hosting company that deleted my site w/o any reasons terms don't say anythign about them having the right to remove my site for any reason only removes for certain reasons.. and they did this supposly "by accident" and i want to get some cash w/o sueing just an amount that will pay for the damage for a 3 yr and for 2 other domains for 1 yrs.

   this is not any ad host it is a post4hosting.com i post on forums for my host. 500+ posts to keep my site.. and they destroyed it w/o back-ups

   by the way anyone no ad-free no free domains and posted hhosting?

   or can any1 help w/ a free temp. host for max. 2 months???
   I am creating a private server just for me.

   No1 trust Post4hosting.com worst host on the net!
   ok, quote"
   It depends on their terms and condition ....
   Usually free hosting companies do not guarantee their service and they reserve the right to close your account any moment." nope nothing about this,

   And it was accindental but i would like to get some cash i have made over 2000+ posts in my forum and over 1,000 pages w/ forum and main site. it was a runescape fansite, rune-nation.net

   Not some freewebs crap.
   And i also had to pay 200 bucks for designs on my other two sites for a buisness ...

   • ANSWER:
     unless you suffered real fiscal damages from their accident (why didn't you have it copied to you local hard drive in the first place?) you won't get anywhere... you're not paying anything for it... so what reason would you have to seek restitution? - other than greed of course

10. QUESTION:
    Does anyone know Cheapest,worst webhosting company in india?
    Hi, Does anyone help me to find worst, company in india.... Please let me know..I really wann know whoes server slower than the walking tortoise, and whos control panel hangs often...whoes support is the handicaped,,....whos display the wrong information of thier hosting plans... even who allot the same space to two company...(not a joke)... who can change the hosting account detail such as password without telling u...
    I will be very greatful to u...thanks.... If u r going to tell me..one is manashosting.com....i know that...if u know more about this hosting company let me know

    • ANSWER:
      Dell

11. QUESTION:
    Do I lose my e-mail if I change my hosting company?
    I'm about to change my hosting company because it is bad company and the up time is less than 80 percent. I've 2 emails @ my website.com, for example Myname@mywebsite.com and MyCompany@mywebsite.com

    Now, if I change my hosting company and transfer to another company, Do I lose those emails?
    are they owned by my hosting company as a part of my hosting plan?
    and If I do lose them, what is the proven way to keep them since they are crucial to have.

    Thank you so much in advance

    • ANSWER:
      If the email accounts are created at your domain name which mean the domain name is owned by you, then you would not lose the them.

12. QUESTION:
    How can I host a Bad Company 2 server?
    I want to host/sell Battlefield BC2 servers, but I cannot find much information on how to do so. Thanks.
    HOST not buy. Doesn't take a genius to buy one.

    • ANSWER:
      Check out MyInternetServices.com http://www.myinternetservices.com/ great bunch of people there. Super fast support when ever I had any issues, which was rare.

13. QUESTION:
    Any experience with MidPhase web hosting company? Good, bad or indifferent?

    • ANSWER:
      I use them - they're great. I went through 6 other companies in the process of finding them. I'm a customer for life =)

14. QUESTION:
    DreamHost as a hosting company?? Good, bad?
    Anyone?

    • ANSWER:
      Very good company....

15. QUESTION:
    How long does it take for food poisoning to show it's ugly face?
    Someone please accurately settle this debate once and for all:
    how long does it take to get symptoms of food poisoning after you have eaten something bad? Our company hosted a Christmas dinner where they reheated frozen beef tamales twice. Of course, I did not know of this until after the fact. Now everyone is worried. We all ate at 12:30 pm. When will we know?

    • ANSWER:
      Few hours. Best the luck to you. If you didnt get it yet, that doesnt mean you got it, wait tomorrow morning when you wake up, if you dont have it then your fine. Just because they ere reheated frozen beef tamales twice doesnt mean its food poisioning, the food poisioning happens by food comtainmentation, cross-comtainmentation or comtainmentation at slaughter

16. QUESTION:
    I am looking for an internet hosting company that sells template website packages. I currently have a 1and1?
    (continued)- I currently have a 1and1.com package but they have the worst tech support ever. I need an e-commerce site which is a template site where I have to program almost nothing. or at least not very much. IS there any companies that provide something like this.

    • ANSWER:
      Get hosting at http://www.JuicyHosting.com
      and a template at http://www.web-site-templates.biz
      And you have a nicer web site

17. QUESTION:
    Which hosting company offer the fastest server?
    Which hosting company offer the fastest server for database-driven site?
    I'm currently using Yahoo Hosting and i think the overall page loading and query is slow as i have a large database and a lot of data to output.

    Does changing hosting company make a big difference in speed of page loading? is yahoo hosting really bad? because im not allowed to use .htaccess or include fuction either.

    which hosting should i choose? is godaddy.com FAST? i just want a fast, FAST hosting service no matter the cost.

    is dedicated hosting the best? what are some companies that offer them?

    i hear ppl recommend hosting sites like 100hosting..etc. are those reliable? or fast

    i kind of only trust the big brand.

    • ANSWER:
      As an experienced webmaster I recommend BH web hosting which I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer for hosting & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them. Very fast & uptime.

      You can reach reviews about this web hosting provider and its latest DISCOUNT COUPONS at:

      http://www.threehosts.com/reviews/1st

      ******IMPORTANT********
      * This service was awarded “The Best Web Host OF The Year”.
      * If you sign up for this service you will have credits to advertise your website with the google & yahoo search engines for free!
      * You Can Register A Free Domain or Use Your Existing Domains. They Support All Domain Names.
      ****************************

      Hope this helped.

18. QUESTION:
    Does my website hosting company effect how fast the web updates your page in other states?
    I updated my webpage a few days ago, and someone in New York said that they were seeing a very old page. Aside from the Cache, do you think that a cheaper hosting provider would do a worse job of getting my website changes out across the web to the different internet providers?

    Or maybe it is the person's internet provider that is slow in getting my changes up???

    Let me know your thoughts, and thanks a million.

    • ANSWER:
      No, the ISP has nothing to do with any of that. If the page is updated on your server, then the changes will be reflected immediately to everyone who visits your site. That person could have been looking at an archived version of your site on another server (like Google's cache) or simply seeing something saved on their computer. Good night!

19. QUESTION:
    What's a good site for hosting a website?
    What is a good/cheap website hosting company? I know godaddy is cheap, but I heard a lot of bad things about them. I should add that this site is for a teacher. So I don't need a lot of space/features. I prefer to pay monthly instead of paying for 12 or more months at a time. Thanks.

    • ANSWER:
      There are literally thousands of web hosting services out there some operate with their own servers and some operate as a reseller meaning they purchase a reseller account on a host and sell it under their own name.

      There are various things you look for when trying to find a host. First since you're new I'd suggest looking one with excellent support team who are willing to help with your technical questions and general website help.

      Also you want to consider pricing it's a very competitive market so you can find many great prices at rock bottom prices with various coupon codes.

      Lastly you want to cons

      I'd also caution you looking for reviews online many reviews online are actually sociated and influenced in some way. You can see an excellent host being trashed but a low grade host being praised it can be quite confusing.

      If you're looking to go with the popular brands with known great service some would be:
      Host Gator, Host Dime, BlueHost

      The cost of hosting varies greatly with shared hosting starting as low as - depending on the package you purchase and the host you go with.

      You also need to be caution of overselling host. Many host oversell since they are actually running at deficit. What they do is offer crazy packages claiming you this much harddrive but they can't actually provide everyone that quoted amount of diskspace.

      Essentially they aspect not everyone will use the max amount of space thus it's a good promotional stunt making them believe they are getting more for their buck. If it's managed proper there isn't really any issue but if not your host can run into quite some issue as slow load time which will affect your SEO.

      A slow host will also affect your Search Engine Rankings and affect user experience thus you want to be careful in choosing hosts.

      VPS and Dedicated hosting do cost a lot more since it's hard to oversell a VPS or a Dedicated Hosting they can range from -0 depending on where you go and what features you add.

      Generally if you're just wanting to host one business website I'd go with shared hosting. Depending on the amount of media you have on your website I'd say it'll take no more than 100 MB space max 1GB and these are high estimations. Most of my own sites only take about 10MB or less depending on the size.

      You don't need much bandwidth as well you just need to be save 10GB but for a high media site but for a text site with a couple of images I can get about 1000 page views only consuming 100MB so you got plenty of space.

      These are the large hosts however there are also many established and great host which are also reliable the key thing is doing research.

      I'd caution you once again on going with the top ten host recommendations kind of things. Host pay big money to affiliates. They pay 0/ client even shared hosting this is why many of these reviews and these sites will recommend bad host even if they know it's bad. Also some of these sites are actually owned by the host itself.

      BTW please do get in contact with me:
      benjamin_canada@yahoo.ca
      I'm sure I can help you out with finding a host. I'm an experience internet marketer with vast experience in web development and Search Engine Optimization as well as social media marketing so I've spent good couple months doing research on hosts to use.

      I myself in the process of writing an honest site where I can share all the information I researched and found while helping new comers looking to start their own website. I'll be providing a lot of resource on it shortly such as free guides on web site building, SEO, as well as templates, and advice, and suggestions.

      It's not fully up yet but do check it out and bookmark it please:
      http://www.findahost.co
      You'll be sure to find a lot of useful resource in starting a site there shortly.

      I can also help you with your website building but it'll be too long to write that much. If you're not experience with websites though you might want to steer clear of html as it might take too much time to update as you have to individually update each page. Instead use a CMS like Joomla or WordPress.
      "

      Also if you want just pm me if you're hosting one or two small sites I'll let you host on my shared account free depending on what you require to host. I have a couple shared hosting account and I haven't maxed it out yet.

20. QUESTION:
    does anybody know how to fix a 403 error? I built my own site. I am unable to contact the hosting company?
    I built my own site. I tried uploading some files the other night and putting in some redirect codes then my site went down. Everytime I try to access it I get an error 403 message.

    Please tell me how to fix this. I tried contacting the hosting company but they have really bad customer service and I can not reach anyone.

    Hopefully someone can help.

    the hosting company is startlogic

    • ANSWER:
      Without knowing exactly what you did it's hard to say where the problem is. But it sounds like somewhere along the line you changed the permissions of a file or directory. If you can, go through your site from you FTP client and check to make sure everything is readable by the web.

21. QUESTION:
    ukhost4u any good? I have read on many blogs, the hosting company ukhost4u were very unreliable, is this true?
    I have a question about ukhost 4 u. ukhost4u are running a trial, but is it worth risking if their servers are often down or slow. I heard that this company is a one-man-band, which is why I thought the service may be better. Surely ukhost4u are not as bad as all these guys are saying it is? Is there an alternative company that provides a trial which offer a better service than uk host4u?

    • ANSWER:
      If you're from the UK I recommend http://www.hosttell.com/one They are one of the leading European hosting companies (hosting over 500 000 websites), and they currently have a promotion in the UK. They are offering free hosting and a domain (you have to pay the £9.00 setup fee and that's it). Every plan includes Photo Gallery, WebEditor (so you can build a website without knowledge of HTML), Google Adwords coupon (so you can advertise your website on google for free) and a lot more. Check them out.

      Otherwise, I recommend one of these: http://www.hosttell.com/

      Powweb is on a 50% sale - .88/month (.56/year), and you get a free domain from them.

22. QUESTION:
    as far as web hosting services, who is better and why, yahoo or godaddy?
    I need to start my website and I have looked at both of these for my hosting. just wondering if anyone has had good or bad experiences with customer service, tech support or other issues with these two companies for web hosting. maybe recommend someone else. I am looking for a good, reliable with many features, add ons and good customer service, and tech support.

    • ANSWER:
      There are many good webhosting sites.

      Visit
      http://www.nicewebhosts.com

      there you will find best web hosting providers compared with their webspace and bandwidth as well as their prices.

      Hope you find the right one.

23. QUESTION:
    What is a good web hosting company to use?
    Other people have asked this, but I haven't been happy with the answers. Any help would be very much appreciated on this. There is so much marketing junk out there I can't tell the good companies from the bad. So I'm looking for suggestions.

    I need to host a web site. Here is what I need:
    1. Scalability. I want to start small and grow, so it will have to be a company with a wide range of "service plans."

    2. Trust. I don't want a company that offers free domain registration. I don't trust it, and it seems like a scam to me. They register the domain, they own it. I already own my domain. I don't trust a company that wants to own other's domains. Likewise, I don't trust a company that puts emphasis on things like the number of e-mail addresses they offer. "Now with 5000 e-mail addresses!" looks like a distraction to me.

    3. Reliable and affordable almost go without saying. But I'd be willing to pay a little more for better service.

    4. Freedom to advertise. I noticed some hosting companies have restrictions on what kind of advertising you can have on a site. I want to be able to put whatever kind of advertising I want on my own site.

    5. PHP

    Thanks for your help guys.
    Thanks Bonnie, but I'm not looking for a free site.

    JT, I'll check them out and see what other's say as well. The immediate red flag for me with netfirms is the "free domain registration."
    Sites like godaddy are exactly what I'm not looking for. The scandals they've had recently, combined with the way they do business... that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid.

    • ANSWER:
      Almost everyone is offering a free domain, because their competition does it, so it's a nice selling point. But of course you don't have to use it. I use Namecheap for my domain names.

      If you're willing to pay +/monthly for a web host I recommend:

      1. http://www.mediatemple.com
      2. http://www.slicehost.com

      If you're looking for something cheaper I recommend Dreamhost:
      http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html
      (you can get discount by using the promo code DNA)

      P.S. If you want to start small (something around )

      1. Register your domain with a 3rd party (like Namecheap)
      2. Buy hosting with Dreamhost, but choose the monthly payment option. (.95/month + .95 setup fee)
      3. Use the promo code DNA to waive the setup fee.
      4. Point your domain name to Dreamhost dns servers
      5. This way you get cheap hosting, but with no long term contract, so you can cancel at any time and switch to another host if you feel you need more resources.
      6. Switching is really fast, just backup your website content, upload it to the new host and point your domain name to your new host and that's it.

      P.P.S. I've been using Dreamhost for over 2 years, hosting over 20 sites with them, and they've been great so far, but it's nice to keep your options open.

24. QUESTION:
    WHAT IS THE BEST WEB HOST COMPANY OUT THERE WITH GREAT CUSTOMER SUPPORT?!?!?!?
    I AM TRYING TO CREATE A NEW WEBSITE AND UPLOAD A NEW TEMPLATE THAT I PURCHASED FROM TEMPLATEMONSTER.COM

    SO FAR OUR NEW BUSINESS HAS EXPERIENCED 2 OF THE WORST WEB HOST COMPANIES I COULD EVER HAVE IMAGINED HAVING TO DEAL WITH (BLUE DOMAIN & JUSTHOST.COM)

    SINCE WE ARE RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS PROCESS...WE NEED SOME SUGGESTIONS OF FANTASTIC WEB HOSTING COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE EXCELLENT SUPPORT...

    WHAT ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE?!?!? PLEASE HELP!

    • ANSWER:
      There are many web hosting providers and you might become confused to choose which one.

      I recommend reading reviews so that you may compare and become more familiar with the hosting companies before making a decision. I have many websites and I often visit http://www.top15hosting.com to get familiar with the current top hosts. There you will find the best and cheap website hosting, rankings, and reviews of the top web hosting provider’s worldwide.

      Web hosting doesn't have to be expensive if you’re on a budget like me. Take a look at the #1 rated web host in the site I just gave you. They currently have a great offer. That's as cheap as it can get when you’re being offered unlimited disk space, bandwidth, and free domain for life.

      You should also be aware of scams and unreliable hosting companies. I have been scammed before but since I started paying attention to the website I just mentioned I’ve been well protected.

      Good Luck!

25. QUESTION:
    Hosting Company with Web Design (See Below)?
    In Australia, would creating my own Hosting Company with Web Design be a bad idea? (i.e. there are two many existing companies or doesn't provide much income)

    • ANSWER:

26. QUESTION:
    i have had a bad experience with ipowerweb.com. what hosting company is good?
    i have used ipowerweb.com services for years and recently i found out that they have over charged me and they refuse to take responsibility for their illegal actions.
    i bought my domains for 3 years and they had a free domain privacy offer on them. but they are charging me from the second year. sounds like I'm dealing with some illiterate pirates in the middle of ocean.

    i would like to transfer my 100 domains to a new company.
    which company do you suggest?
    thank you!

    • ANSWER:
      Yeah I did some research and found a lot of bad reviews on ipowerweb. I highly recommend Hostgator as I've been with them for a while and the customer service is great as is the hosting solutions itself.

      I also have another site hosted with Bluehost and they are also very good too.

      Stay away from Godaddy Hosting (only use it for domain names) and stay away (very far away) from HostRocket.

27. QUESTION:
    Does anyone know a worst Airline Company than Aerolineas Argentinas?
    I did travel with them two weeks ago from Buenos Aires to Sydney and apart from all the delays (they were numerous) Someone pinched my Fuji Finepix Digital camara from my lugagge. The air hosts were rude, they were looking down to us. They wouldn't serve us food for more than 12 hours. etc, etc. If you can tell me any worst service, I may feel better.

    • ANSWER:
      According to Forbes, America's worst airline is America West. They state in their article "America's Worst Airline?", that "We scoured tons of data on canceled flights, lost luggage, staff rudeness and more to find which carrier is worst at what. And the loser is America West. Even in an industry rife with screwups, crummy service and dissembling, America West stands out as a paragon of badness. It ranks worst in customer complaints, worst in lost luggage, worst in cabin comfort and next-to-worst in on-time performance. It has one thing going for it: In denied boardings (bumping ticketed passengers because a flight is oversold), it is somewhat less bad than the average airline. "

      Also, according to the Guardian Unlimited, the world's worst airline is Afghanistan's Ariana - nicknamed Scaryana. They state in the article "On a wing and a prayer", that "With its long history of shot-down flights, crashes and hijackings (not to mention cancellations), Afghanistan's Ariana - nicknamed Scaryana - is arguably the world's worst airline. But can its new head get the company off the ground again? "

28. QUESTION:
    Which hosting company offer the fastest server for database-driven site?
    I'm currently using Yahoo Hosting and i think the overall page loading and query is slow as i have a large database and a lot of data to output.

    Does changing hosting company make a big difference in speed of page loading? is yahoo hosting really bad? because im not allowed to use .htaccess or include fuction either.

    which hosting should i choose? is godaddy.com FAST? i just want a fast, FAST hosting service no matter the cost.
    i hear ppl recommend hosting sites like 100hosting..etc. are those reliable? or fast

    i kind of only trust the big brand.

    • ANSWER:
      As an experienced webmaster I recommend BH web hosting which I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer for hosting & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them.

      You can reach reviews about this web hosting provider and its latest DISCOUNT COUPONS at:

      http://www.threehosts.com/reviews/1st

      Fast and uptime service.

      ******IMPORTANT********
      * This service was awarded “The Best Web Host OF The Year”.
      * If you sign up for this service you will have credits to advertise your website with the google & yahoo search engines for free!
      * You Can Register A Free Domain or Use Your Existing Domains. They Support All Domain Names.
      ****************************

      Hope this helps.

29. QUESTION:
    What is the worst Thanksgiving dinner that you ever had?
    My Great Aunt invited me and My boyfriend to Thanksgiving at My Other Aunts house. She never told my other that she was having company or hosting Thanksgiving. So when we all got there at her house, there was no Turkey and no food whats so ever....My Aunt is a business woman that never cooks. She went to the store and grabbed an already cooked" Chicken" There wasnt enough food so after me and my bf went to McDonalds....how about you?

    • ANSWER:
      My cousin made the turkey and it wasn't done inside and so my uncle tried to cook it further with a torch gun or something like that and I didn't like it but no one told us till afterwards. It was disgusting

30. QUESTION:
    hosting company?
    always looking for good hosting deals. What website hosting company would you recommend?
    As a webmaster, I would NOT recommend bluehost or 1and1. Bluehost has pretty good customer service time, but have found them to not really have much knowledge, and there are too many little kinks in their system.
    1and1.com has the worst customer service I have ever seen in any company - be it hosting or not hosting.
    futurequest is the best hosting company and service..but their prices are too high for too little disk space.
    so..who do you suggest?

    • ANSWER:
      Try http://www.netivo.com - I use them, tehy are pretty good, but also cheap.

31. QUESTION:
    Has anyone else had any experience with a hosting company named byet.net?
    If so, can you tell me if your experience was good, bad or moderate.

    • ANSWER:
      Honestly, I don't have any direct experience with your mentioned web host. But if you’re looking for the best service on the web, take a look at: http://bluehost-service.atspace.com . As an experienced webmaster I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them. Their service is really great and easy to use.

32. QUESTION:
    Is there any free GAME hosting website's?
    Is there any free game hosting website's b/c i know how to make server's but i can't leave my computer on all day, and my internet is slow. Games like Counter strike source, Team fortress 2, Battlefield bad company 2.

    • ANSWER:
      I don't know of any free hosts that allow you to run games or chat servers on them. Those tend to use up a lot of bandwidth.

      You might have better luck finding some sort of VPS package that is on the cheap side, but you get what you pay for...

33. QUESTION:
    Can a hosting company make changes to your website without your knowledge?
    Hi! I was wondering if hosting companies can modify any data that you host on their servers. Because my web site is going to be made of a lot of databases with very sensitive financial and personal data of my users, I want to be sure that nobody will be able to take a look at this data or even worse – modify it. I was thinking of a remote server to keep it in our office, but heard that this is going to be a great headache. What shall I do?
    I’m not very good at programming that is why I need to figure out if the web designers won’t abuse of their situation.

    • ANSWER:
      The servers belong to the hosting company, and they can do anything they want to them.

      Hosting companies that do this won't want people to use their service, and thus will lose money, so most should leave your data alone.

34. QUESTION:
    What Hosting Company w/ Good Reviews?
    I am looking for an EXCELLENT and INEXPENSIVE hosting company, one where I will not see a lot of bad reviews but good ones. Please also let me know how long you have been with them. I'm almost done with Startlogic and Go - Daddy seems awful too. So let's save some time and please don't recommend those.

    • ANSWER:
      That really depends on your website requirements. For me, I want a hosting where I can host unlimited domains and subdomains, an FTP, a mySQL/PHP, one-click installs of some popular programs, good amount of space and bandwidth and a reliable service support.

      My hosted sites are currently hosted at Dreamhost and I have been with them for a year now. So far, their service is good. I'll be renewing in a few days.

      Use the coupon code "free2domains" or this link http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?293201|free2domains so you can get free registrations of 2 domains everytime you purchase/renew your annual hosting.

      If your budget is limited and your website does not require too much bandwidth and space, then you can try free hosting at http://tinyurl.com/36vp6w
      Features include 250MB space, 100MB BW, cPanel, PHP/mySQL, host domain and most important is it has no forced ads like other free hosting.

35. QUESTION:
    UK based web hosting needed?
    I am looking for web hosting based within the UK (Due to search engine issues it has to be based within the UK). The hosting only needs to be shared and not a dedicated server or virtual.

    I will need around 20-50GB bandwidth per month and the usual FTP access/stats etc. Costing £10-£15 per month but upgradable.

    I am already in the I.T. industry and work closely with large ISP's and web hosting companies, however these are too large and do not provide any shared hosting.

    If you have experience of a particular provider (Good or Bad) then your help and advice would be apreciated.

    • ANSWER:
      I am living in UK but using hosting from US.

      I suggest following webhosting , they are quite good.

      Hostmonster http://www.anurl.com/?PQMRY

      They offer hosting of "unlimited domains" and you will get massive webspace of 200000 MB (200 GB ). They only charge .95/month and they offer "a free Domain Name" and installing service called "Fantastico". By using Fantastico, you could create own forum, photo gallery, shopping cart (e-commerce),your own auction site and your own blogs within few seconds. They also offer "Free Website Builder" as well.
      Visit the site to check details.

      Hostmonster http://www.anurl.com/?PQMRY

      Domains
      Following site is quite good to register domains as price is reasonable with free privacy. Some charge about / year just for free privacy.

      IPOWER http://www.anurl.com/?TXIBE

36. QUESTION:
    Are all companies who host ads with doubleclick.net bad?
    I'm not saying that I go around clicking ads, but if I do by accident, should I be worried if it says "connecting to doubleclick.net," or something like that? (I know I should do a virus scan afterwards, so you don't need to tell me).

    • ANSWER:
      Ad servers like DoubleClick.net keep tabs on you when the site that hosts the ads let them embed them in their site. They use tracking cookies built into their ads to watch what you click, what you don't click, and where you are on the Web. And they'll use this to tailor ads more to your preference.

      If ads are a nuisance or you don't want to feel so darn insecure, consider getting Firefox (if you don't have it already) and the small add-on Adblock Plus, which does exactly what it sounds like. It'll make your browsing faster (won't load the ads at all), secure (ditto), and all-around nicer.

37. QUESTION:
    What's a good web hosting service (I also want to buy a domain through the same people)?
    I really want to use Yahoo's own Small Business Web Hosting and Domain, but I've heard a bunch of horror stories about it. I mean, I know that every web hosting company has a lot of BS said about them, because SOMEBODY has to have a bad experience with a company - its just the nature of things.
    But, if you recommend Yahoo, great! That means I'm on the right track. If you don't, then what do you recommend? I need unlimited hosting and bandwidth! Thanks!

    • ANSWER:
      iPower is very Powerful and fully reliable webhost have a lookup at the features. Remember Those who provide UNLIMITED web space or Bandwidth and other things are faking you because you know they themselves don't have unlimited web space or Bandwidth. So dont bother about web space rather concentrate on other features. They have very good customor support and I use this webhost too. Monthly payment option available and you get 1 free domain with this pack.
      .98/month only for limited time ( 4 days to go )

      BASIC FEATURES DETAILS
      Storage Space 1,500 GB
      Transfer / Bandwidth 15,000 GB
      Your-Name.com (Free, Personalized Domain Name)
      Internationals Domain Name Support
      Domains Allowed Unlimited
      E-MAIL FEATURES DETAILS
      POP3 E-mail Accounts: Supports Outlook, etc. 2,500
      Forwarding Accounts & Auto Responders
      Spam-filtering
      Browser-based E-mail (WebMail)
      WEB-SITE BUILDER DETAILS
      WebSite Creator by CM4all
      SOFTWARE AND SCRIPTS DETAILS
      CGI-BIN + PHP 4 & 5 Support
      Perl Support
      MySQL Database 25
      Server Side Includes
      Web-hosting Control Panel (vDeck 3.0)
      COMMERCE-RELATED FEATURES DETAILS
      AgoraCart
      PayPal Shopping Cart Integration
      ShopSite Starter
      osCommerce
      HOSTING UTILITIES DETAILS
      FTP Subusers
      FTP Management
      File Manager
      POWER PLUGINS DETAILS
      Form Mail Script
      Guest Book: GBook
      Bulletin Board: phpBB
      Blogging Software: WordPress
      Chat: X7 Chat
      MARKETING & PROMOTIONS DETAILS
      Yahoo! Search Marketing Credit
      Google AdWords™ Credit
      RatePoint 60-Day Free Membership
      Google Webmaster Tools
      New! Carbonite Online Backup
      New! SubmitNet
      New! Community Directory
      WEB STATISTICS DETAILS
      Graphical Web Statistic Program
      Access Logs
      CGI Error Logs
      Bandwidth Usage
      ADVANCED SETTINGS DETAILS
      FrontPage 2000 / 2002 Extensions
      Error Pages
      URL Redirects
      Customizable MIME Types
      WORLD-CLASS TECHNOLOGY DETAILS
      High Performance Servers
      Multiple Gigabit & Fiberoptic Connections on Divers Backbones
      NetApp Snapshot Data Backups
      2 Data Center Locations
      Cisco Routers Using BGP4 Protocol
      UPS Power Back-up, Diesel Back-up Generator
      24/7 Network Monitoring

      And good thing is that it is currently running in a special promotion price 50% Off !
      http://www.ipower.com/join/index.bml?AffID=577849
      So you will get all this for only .98/month if you signup within 4 days

38. QUESTION:
    Does anyone know of a worse company for customer service than Talk Talk (aka Opal)?
    They took over my web hosting company, Pipex Dial, and the service just deteriorated from bad to worse. They "lost" my payment even though I proved it had been paid into their account; took down my web site and after telling me it would be back up within 48 hours (and making me pay again for the service) said they couldn't get it back up at all; continually tell me they are working on my case and somebody will get back to me (nobody ever has); make me pay premium rates to call them; and now are making it extremely hard to migrate my domain to another provider. I know Talk Talk persistently gets rated as the worst ISP in the country, but they are clearly also an expensive and incompetent hosting company too.

    • ANSWER:
      Phones 4 u also have amazingly bad customer service.

      I'm with talktalk and I know how you feel about their customer service- when I had a problem I was told that I was now a priority case and I would hear from someone within 5-7 days (which I didn't). I would hate to be one of their low priority cases!

      I found the best way to get someone to deal with it was to use their customer services forum, they were really helpful (possibly because there is a proper record of what they are doing for anyone to see). I recommend you try it out here's the link http://www.talktalkmembers.com/forums/

      They work from oldest to newest threads so once you have posted something, don't add to it before they answer you otherwise you will go to the back of the queue. They usually answer within a couple of hours and actually get things sorted- they basically act as a liaison between you and the actual department you need. No more getting passed around departments, but on hold for 30+ mins, or having the phone hung up on you!

39. QUESTION:
    Yahoo webhosting? What's a good web host?
    Every Top 10 Hosting Plans list I see is different. So those don't offer much help.

    Bluehost I've never heard of but keeps emerging as one of the best.

    I'm currently using godaddy which I REALLY DISLIKE. It's tortuous. Everytime you buy a domain, you're blasted with screens of more options to buy crap. I dislike godaddy hosting.

    I have about 8 domains and a hosting package currently on godaddy so if I switched I'd need to be able to transfer those.

    I REALLY like yahoo's search engine and answers! area, etc. But I am not sure about there webhosting.

    Would need

    -- ecommerce (i'm going to be selling audio products, documents, and possibly video products from the site. So auto-downloading of a purchased product is a must (I know ejunkie offers that but that's too small scale).

    --Site analytics!!! I MUST have site analytics!

    -- domain transfer ease

    --quality cPanel installs

    -- low cost etc.

    Thanks. Bluehost was the top of this one list, so I may check them out.

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    Bluehost looks like fail
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    Customer for years... raised my rate without warning. Restricted number of emails I could send. Requested an increase and got the run around. Was told to write to someone in particular and they never wrote back or responded to any calls. POOR customer service so switched. Must be nice to be making enough $$ to not care about service anymore.

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    Swindle company .

    NOT UNLIMITED SPACE===against the contract you can put only 50000 files . 100K jpg x 50000 =5G Precisely LIMITED 5Gb

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    It charges separately when server loads are increasing. .

    this company requested additional money when Our Server 's CPU quota are increasing.

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    Worst Swindle Company Blue host LIMITED 50000 FILES!!.

    If you review a hosting company do not choose this company. Unlimited web space is the lie. YOU CAN ONLY PUT 50000FILES. If you put over 50000 files. Following mail come to you. >>>>>> Our reseach shows that server performance degrades when accounts have over 50,000 files. In order to ensure optimal performance for your account and the others in your shared hosting environment, we request that you reduce the number of files on your account to under 50,000 by---2009 Proper maintenance of your account will ensure the best performance for your website. If you are unable to comply with these requests your account will be automatically deactivated on -/-/2009 to maintain proper server performance. Thank you for your help in resolving this issue.

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    NOT UNLIMITED.

    I just received the mail from BLUEHOST.com >>> It has come to our attention that your site is using an excessive number of files stored on your BlueHost.Com account. This is causing performance problems on your website as well as for other customers that are on this server. It can cause our servers to crash and cause additional downtime. Our reseach shows that server performance degrades when accounts have over 50,000 files. In order to ensure optimal performance for your account and the others in your shared hosting environment, we request that you reduce the number of files on your account to under 50,000 by 06/10/2009. you can set up Only 50000 files!!@@
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    What's up with yahoo hosting? I'm interested in that.

    • ANSWER:
      John K ...

      I've used Yahoo web hosting ( http://bit.ly/cHSop ) for years, and am very pleased with it. Yahoo ISP offers great price, free domain name, unlimited disk space, unlimited data transfer, unlimited email storage, 24-hour customer service, reliable hosting, etc.

      And save 25% here:
      http://bit.ly/cHSop

      They also offer everything you mentioned, I believe -- ecommerce, analytics, transfers, etc.

      Good luck!

40. QUESTION:
    I want to start a web hosting business. How do I start?
    I always wanted to start a business, in the web hosting industry. I installed server 2003 on an old laptop I had, played with IIS and Active Directory.
    I also played around with linux, and Apache. I'm more experienced on Apache, than IIS.

    I want to manage customers, websites, and feel cool. I wanted a business like this since I was small.
    I'm 17 now, a senior in high school. I want to do networking and security when I get older.

    I would like to start a web hosting business. It would make me harder worker, and then money to look at and tell myself I did a good job.

    I see web hosting companies all the time, not providing support all the time. :/ Once in a while, they log in to their support, then back out. I'd like to be the host that does provide support all the time. I sold Microsoft keys a while ago on eBay, and in two weeks - I managed to sell over 100 keys, and got ,200. I haven't had one person say my support was bad. They all thanked me for helping them out right away, after buying the key.

    So, anyhow, does anyone know where I can start to start my own business?
    Should I buy a dedicated server, advertise, gain customers. Then when I get money, I can advertise more, buy a bigger server.
    With more and more money, I can buy my own server and bandwidth and host at my house.

    Does that how other businesses start? I have about 00 I can use to start my business, but I would only like to spend 0 of it now because I need to look for a car.

    • ANSWER:

41. QUESTION:
    Would it be a problem for a company if an employee hosts a bad website?
    If someone hosts a website from work that is inappropriate, could that damage the company in any way or be traced back to the company. Is there any reason why an employee would do that using company computers rather than his own?

    • ANSWER:
      If you host any website FROM WORK, you are essentially stealing resources from your employer. That alone is grounds for termination regardless of the sites contents. If you host an 'inappropriate' site, your employer may object even if you don't use their computers.

42. QUESTION:
    Anyway i can take STREAMLINE.NET to court?
    Hi , Streamline.net have been nothing but trouble from one day ( From day 1 i asked for a refund ) They said no . 2. I never agreed to their terms but apparently i have . 3. They do not support anything apart from FTP . 4. Their customer service is beyond a joke . Their the worst Web hosting company ever Their are thousands of reviews saying streamline robbed them and i am naiver unsatisfied customer . i would like to make a court case against them but i don't know Wear i stand . the website always down . And have no aces to anything you dint even get aces to your DNS cnamed or anything Sql , nothing works!

    • ANSWER:
      Hi Joey, firstly when you are posting on here, use the spell checker as accurate information, and spelling is required so that mo one gets the wrong name.
      You could speak to a solicitor, or the Citizens Advice Bureau ( CAB) number in the phone book for free advice.
      before agreeing to anything, read the small print.
      Mike t.

43. QUESTION:
    What's the best ecommerce website builder / hosting company?
    I want to have an ecommerce website but building it on my own just takes too long. That's why I've decided to use an ecommerce website builder like Bizhosting but I read some bad (and 1 good)reviews about them and now I'm not sure whether to sign up.
    Has anyone used Bizhosting.com?
    My other choices are ProStores.com , Homestead.com and acomsolutions.com.
    If anyone can give me advice about which one of these hosts is best that would be great, or tell me about another similar host.
    Thanks in advance!

    • ANSWER:
      Well you can browse through the site below for some more options if you wish!

      http://www.excelyourbiz.com

44. QUESTION:
    If you had a friend.....?
    If you had a friend over, would you let them watch something that interests them or make them watch what yer watching?

    Are you a good company host or bad company host?
    I know talking is a fun thing to do sometimes but just chilling, watching tv is fun too.

    • ANSWER:
      It depends. I rather watch something that interests us both.

45. QUESTION:
    Anyone tries out Stores Online (hosting company) and its products?
    I went to Stores Online's (also known as Galaxy Mall and Imergent) seminar yesterday and I was thinking about buying their package to help build my eCommerce website. However, I saw some bad reviews on the web. I wonder if any of you have actually bought their products and what is your opinion about them? For example, can you actually build the websites without a lot of problem? How is their support? Are you happy about the wholesalers, drop-ship vendors, etc.

    • ANSWER:
      I would like to suggest following webhosting , they are excellent.

      Hostmonster http://www.hostmonster.com/track/ryukenden/

      They offer hosting of "unlimited domains" and you will get massive webspace of 200000 MB (200 GB ). They only charge .95/month and they offer "a free Domain Name" and installing service called "Fantastico". By using Fantastico, you could create own forum, photo gallery, shopping cart (E-COMMERCE),your own auction site and your own blogs within few seconds. They also offer "Free Website Builder" as well.
      Visit the site to check details.

      Hostmonster http://www.hostmonster.com/track/ryukenden/

      Domains
      Following site is quite good to register domains as price is reasonable with free privacy. Some charge about / year just for free privacy.

      IPOWER http://www.anurl.com/?TXIBE

46. QUESTION:
    Is writing a bad review about a service defamatory?
    I wrote a review about a Minecraft game server hosting company the review was bad and they suspended it saying it was against their terms of service. I wrote this review under the username "whileloop", the first one on the review list.

    The review can be found here.
    http://www.bestminecrafthosts.com/turf-hosting/

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47. QUESTION:
    Which hosting company is better? Ipage or Bluehost?
    Ipage is cheaper, and unless someone gives me a reason as to why Ipage sucks and bluehost is great, why shouldn't I go with Ipage? I have read some bad reviews but I don't know, could be bluhost talking smack about ipage.
    Hostgator is more expensive than both of those Dummy! I want a 12 month package!
    BlueHost and IPage are not the same company. Your website was a terrible example of your hosting capabilities. Fatcow and Ipage are the same company, get it straight.

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48. QUESTION:
    How can legitimate companies with clients who WANT to receive emails avoid being filtered as spam?
    We are a gaming company with over 5000 beta signups for our beta. It seems that almost 40% of our emails end up in our beta players' junk mail, unless they specifically add us to their approved list. We are not sending junkmail, but often important announcements. Players are upset they have not received the notice. We have checked with our web host and they have done what they can to assure that all of our settings are right, that our emails aren't sent out in too big a volume at a time, and that we have no bad keywords that should be causing any filter red flags. What can we do? Is there a "secure" hosting service out there that guarantees that its users don't spam through them, which the gmails and yahoos and hotmails recognize as self-policing so they won't filter emails from that host? If so, sign me up, I'll go with any host who can get my emails through to my clients. We're losing a lot of money due to inability to communicate!

    • ANSWER:
      You will need to educate your clients.
      Perhaps when the first sign up for service explain to them from the beginning that they should add your email address to the "safe" recipient list.
      Even if it means showing them screen shots and having a whole page on your servers or website to educate them about the possibility of future important notices to be blocked by their spam filters.

      Perhaps giving them an option to see the latest important bulletin or announcement on the websever themselves, like a message board or something.
      Maybe you should consider setting up a webmail service ( or just an Inbox for messages only) for each of your clients so they can see important emails on the server with out using their own email clients.
      Doesn't have to be massive in space, you can make it so they can only hold 2-4 mb of information.

49. QUESTION:
    web hosting?
    whats the best web hosting company? How can i tell the good from the bad? How much space should I be expecting if im paying for it ?

    • ANSWER:
      Honestly, It is just not worth it to go with any one site without doing your research first. You should consider going to a website like http://www.hostgumbo.com ... They have an up to date pricing and incentives comparison chart for the top 2008 web hosting companies starting at .96 per month with free for life domain names, plus you get back when you choose your web host. Feel free to email me if you have any questions or just want to talk about hosting and websites in general. Always do your research before you buy. Good luck!

50. QUESTION:
    Do I have any rights concerning my files that a hosting company won't let me have back?
    The hosting expired on my site, and I didn't get to download my files in time, and I don't want to renew it because the price went up. The hosting company said I could buy hosting for a month in order to get access to my files. I already found a cheaper hosting account, so I don't want to do that.

    Is there any way I can get my files back without paying?

    Are they breaking any laws? I could spread som bad reviews on the net and ruin stuff for them, but that is not what I want to do. I just want the files.

    What are my options?

    • ANSWER:
      No, they aren't breaking any laws, simply try asking nicely and see if you can get your files. If they haven't deleted them it will only take them a few minutes to zip them for you and upload them to a place where you can download the files from.