If you are anything like me you like to know that you are getting most out of your money when investing in a web host. You want near 100% uptime, great transfer rates, flexible back-end management and tons of scripts. I am glad to say that I was lucky to have come across Blue Host a few years back.
As an independent web designer for the past 7 years I’ve come across lots of web hosts. Some have been good experiences others have been horrible experiences, but most are simply middle of the road. Blue Host I must has one of the most comprehensive packages I’ve ever used. They use cPanel for the back-end management with lots of features and goodies packed in. They provide one of the largest bandwidth packages I’ve ever used and all for under $8 a month!
Some of the features include 400 GB monthly bandwidth with unlimited disk space. My account typically is between 6 and 10 GB on disc! They also have all kinds of promotional gifts such as $50 in AdWords, $25 at Yahoo! search and up to $50 matched at ask.com. Along with up to 2500 email accounts they have spam assassin and an upgrade to postini.
The best part is this isn’t even the tip of the iceberg with Blue Host! You get 1 free domain registration with private registration for the life of your account. They have power script suite such Fantastico De Luxe and my favorite Simple Scripts. I think my favorite part though has been the near flawless delivery of their network. In over 5 years using Blue Host I can count on one hand the times my sites have been offline.
Other features include:
- Host UNLIMITED Domains (WOW!)
- Free Drag and Drop Site Builder (NEW!)
- Support International Domain Names
- POP3/POP3 Secure Email Support (2,500 )
- IMAP/Secure IMAP Email Support (2,500)
- 3 Different Web Based Email Solutions
- Forwarding Email Accounts (Unlimited)
- Email Autoresponder (Unlimited)
- Gigs of Site Transfer (NOW MORE!) (Unlimited)
- Add-on Domains (Unlimited)
- Parked Domains (Unlimited)
- Subdomains (Unlimited)
- Additional FTP Accounts (1,000)
- MySQL Databases (100)
- PostgreSQL Databases (100)
- CGI-BIN
- CGI Library
- Server Side Includes
- Frontpage 2000/2002 Extensions
- Account “Control Panel”
- FTP Access
- Shell Access (SSH)
- Override .htaccess Support
- Anonymous FTP
- Webmail (Browser Based Email)
- Log Files + Site Stats
- Customizable Error Pages
- Web File Manager
- Custom Cronjobs
- Hotlink Protection
and much more!
So if you are in the market for web host that has it all or are always looking for a better bang for your buck I recommend that you give Blue Host a try! I think you’ll be very pleased with their product.
Hey cool looking blog but it’s a bit funky looking in my K-meleon internet browser. Looks good otherwise!
Thanks…I can’t say I’ve done a lot of browser testing with the layout. Just the latest Firefox, Chrome and IE7/8. Probably should do that sooner than later.
Well-written. Thanks. I have been learning a lot about different CMS programs lately. I have also been experimenting with setting up an e-commerce site using WordPress. Have you ever done that? Any suggestions for me? It’s pretty fun learning it. If you’d like to see my blog it’s here. Thanks again for this blog – it is really educational.
Thanks Callie. I am not sure that I would approach an e-commerce site using WordPress.
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