Hi there! I currently have a blog about gaming (in English). Although I'm from the Netherlands, I've noticed visitors come mostly from the USA. The blog is hosted in the Netherlands, but I'm thinking it makes more sense to host it in the USA, to make it a little quicker. As you might have guessed, I know almost nothing about USA/international webhosts. So what are good webhosts with an affordable down to earth plan (we're not talking 1000's of visitors)? I've looked at GoDaddy and I am considering the 4,99 plan (which price-wise is sort of the maximum), but are there other solid options?
You won't find anything better than GoDaddy for 4.99. I'm currently on webfaction and having pretty good luck, and of course the Media Temple (ve) plans are very tempting.
I'm assuming your blog uses WordPress. If so, definitely go for the GoDaddy WordPress hosting plan. It's optimized for database use from WordPress (apparently).
Thanks for the responses so far! Just a few questions: when looking around, I saw some recommendations for ipage.com, are they any good? I don't like the look of their site, but looks can be deceiving of course.
And betzster, is your personal site hosted on GoDaddy? Satisfied apparently? I'm tempted to just pull the trigger on it, don't feel like waiting lol! Oh, you're correct about WordPress.
I know friends who have had massive problems with GoDaddy. This site is hosted on Media Temple (http://www.mediatemple.com/) and I host all mine, for free, on http://www.000webhost.com/. It does have premium hosting plans, which I've never needed, but you might. I've been with them for two years and have had no issues.
@marcoslooten my personal site is on webfaction, but when I was on GoDaddy I was always pretty happy with them. I've recommended GoDaddy's WordPress plans to a few clients within the last 6 months or so and I think they've been happy.
I've never had good luck my hostmonster. I'd also stay away from iPower and myHosting.
The thing about GoDaddy is that their support rocks. If you signup for an account and are unhappy with the service they will usually give you the remaining money back without giving you a hard time. I always loved their support when I was with them.
Stay away from Justhost unless you enjoy glacially slow service. Their support is basically non-existent. I switched to MediaTemple and am very happy with it so far. I've also heard good things about GoDaddy's support.
Thanks guys! I went with GoDaddy. Also dealt with e-mailsupport already, I had a question about the ad-credit you get when you buy hosting. First response was simply quoting their own FAQ, to which I replied that I knew that already and I rephrased the question. Then I got a helpful response. So it seems the support is good or at least sufficient. Speed of the site seems fine as well.
@ccc630 Are you using MT's (gs) plan? And how long have you been with them now? I'm thinking about moving over to MediaTemple, but I've heard some not-so-good things about the grid service.
Try Mediatemple. They offer a good support service and their servers won't go down. It is 6 years that my website are hosted in their servers. Good lack. Carl
I'm assuming your blog uses WordPress. If so, definitely go for the GoDaddy WordPress hosting plan. It's optimized for database use from WordPress (apparently).
And betzster, is your personal site hosted on GoDaddy? Satisfied apparently? I'm tempted to just pull the trigger on it, don't feel like waiting lol! Oh, you're correct about WordPress.
Hope this helps!
The thing about GoDaddy is that their support rocks. If you signup for an account and are unhappy with the service they will usually give you the remaining money back without giving you a hard time. I always loved their support when I was with them.
Good lack.
Carl