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Hostpapa is a privately held shared web hosting company with offices in both the United States and Canada. Hostpapa was founded in 1995 and their world class customer service is based around their motto “Let Papa take care of you”. Hostpapa is also notable because of its dedication to being environmentally friendly and is considered a green energy technology company by participating in some form of carbon credits program.

Insane about their support and customer service.

Hostpapa built up its excellent reputation as a web hosting provider through the simple formula of having first rate customer service that is not only technically competent, but personal in their interaction with their customers. Hostpapa uses the best server technology available and has a 99.9% guaranteed uptime and has a thirty-day money back guarantee for new clients. Hostpapa has a massive online support database as well as live support online and free 24-hour telephone support with access numbers both in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Technologically speaking Hostpapa is considered a leader in the shared hosting field because of their great security features and early adaptation to MySQL 5, PHP 5.2 & private .htaccess. The web application Fantastico makes it easy for you to install a variety of web 2.0 applications ranging from Wordpress & Wordpress MU, Forums, Auctions, Image Galleries, Soho Launch, and much more.

I picked Hostpapa as my shared web hosting company for five reasons:

1. I was impressed with their customer service and customer satisfaction index. 99% of Hostpapa’s customers are happy with their service and stay with the company year after year with many who have been with them as far back as 1995. I have never had a question that their customer service team could not answer.
2. Their hosting services are reliable. With 99.9%+ uptime and tech support who are constantly monitoring Hostpapa’s server farms I can rest easy at night knowing my website is available 24/7 365 days a year gathering customers for me.
3. Hostpapa uses modern technology so my website is responsive and loads fast. Once I properly optimized my site I was amazed at the speed I was receiving from a shared web hosting solution.
4. I like going with winners and Hostpapa is an award winning company who is regularly ranked as one of the top ten hosting providers.
5. Hostpapa makes it easy to be a website administrator with the industry standard cPanel web 2.0 web application.

You can visit them at their website here.

When looking for web hosting services, it only makes sense that you would want the best. Anyone in the market for dedicated server hosting would likely want to consider The Planet, which is number one in the world as a provider of dedicated server hosting.

Providing customers with flexible hosting services that can combine management and infrastructure services, The Planet has the personnel and products to give your business the service that you need. They excel in managed hosting, dedicated servers, and data center colocation. Their new colocation center is located in Dallas,Texas and is an SAS Type II facility with over 86000 square feet of space. It was just opened in May of 2009 and is one of six certified data centers, with two in Houston and four in Dallas, owned and managed by the company.

One of the largest data centers in the US!

The Planet currently serves as the hosting preference for over 15.7 million websites around the world, encompassing over 20,000 businesses. A good percentage of their customers, approximately 40 percent, are located outside the continent of North America. This company currently manages over 48,500 servers, and their fully operational Network Operations Centers supply monitoring for any business 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

With over 500 employees, The Planet has the manpower and technical experience needed to provide any business with the hosting service they need. Their network is one of the fastest in existence, with over 250 GB per second of transit network capacity.

Their website at www.theplanet.com gives someone all the information they need to to decide what hosting package is best for them. They have bargain servers you can purchase for less than $200, as well as more expensive packages for all kinds of hosting products.

The Planet has been a leader in the hosting services industry for years now, and it looks as though their popularity will continue. The fact that they supply exceptional service in their field, along with pricing that clients can afford, has put them at the top of the dedicated server industry, and will likely have them staying there for a number of years to come.

UK2.Net is a major website hosting company that not only is world class in its shared hosting solutions, but its dedicated server web hosts as well. UK2.Net was founded in 1998 and prides itself on absolutely smashing customer service. UK2.Net is one of the biggest and fastest growing web hosting companies in the motherland. Uk2.Net is recognized as a caring business because of its support for the landmark charity ‘No More Landmines’ which raises funds for location and removal of landmines in previous war-zones.

Website URLS: www.uk2.net, www.uk2.co.uk

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A really high quality service for those serious about starting a website!

UK2.Net is the best web hosting provider in the entire UK because of their proper customer service and belief that customers are the core base of every business. UK2.Net has great server technology available and has a 99.9% guaranteed live uptime. UK2.Net’s massive online support database, 24/7 live online support and UK based call centre insure you can always contact them with your questions, concerns, and comments.

UK2.Net is considered #1 in both the shared hosting and dedicated server field in England because of their managed setup, business booster service, stats features. No matter what type of website you want to create UK2.Net can make it easy for you by helping you install a variety of web 2.0 applications including: Auctions, Static HTML sites, Image Galleries, Java & Flash Sites, Wordpress & Wordpress MU blog platforms, Forums, and much more.

I picked UK2.Net as my dedicated web hosting company for the following four reasons:

1. 98.9% of UK2.Net’s customers are happy with their service and I am one of those fans. Their customer service is amazing and I pity those poor blokes who have chosen a different company.

2. I have found their hosting services to be reliable. I have experienced 99.9%+ uptime and the company has tech-support employees constantly monitoring all their clients’ servers. I rest easy at night knowing my website is in the good hands of a company who treats me like a valued friend.

3. UK2.Net uses cutting-edge technology and my website loads fast and is very responsive. I can’t find better shared or dedicated hosting in the UK and I have looked.

4. UK2.Net is an award winning company who is regularly ranked by Hitwise, Web Host Directory, and Dedicated Servers Award. After doing my research UK2.Net was the only choice for me.

UK2.Net provides easy to implement web hosting solutions for both the average bloke and virtually any business endeavor you can imagine. This great company has already made my company successful.

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GoDaddy is virtual a house hold name as of 2009. They should just add it to the dictionary.

If you haven’t heard of Godaddy by now, you need to get out from under that rock you’ve been living in. I mean with all those SuperBowl ads and cable tv commercials, Godaddy is definitely one of the most well known names in the internet website provider industry.

Company URLs: www.godaddy.com, www.godaddy.net, www.godaddy.org

But is their hosting service any good?

They got so many different services ranging from domain name registration, web hosting, virtual servers, dedicated servers, and SSL Certificates. However, their domain registration service is what is most widely known throughout the world.

Let’s review their hosting service:

Shared Hosting – They have pretty reasonable plans(both Linux or Windows) starting out at $4.25/month for 10GB Disk Space and 300GB of bandwidth. I also see that they have just recently added the magical unlimited disk space and bandwidth plan starting at $12.74/m.

Virtual Dedicated – I heard they are trying to beef up their image in this market. They have some really nice offers for semi dedicated servers which I think are also very reasonable offers. Your virtual server is guaranteed 256MB of server RAM and is burstable up to 1GB on either a Linux or Windows server of your choice. Dedicated Servers at GoDaddy.com

Dedicated Servers – I didn’t realize Godaddy had such ridiculous dedicated server offers. They have Pentium 3.0GHz machines allowed 500Gb of bandwidth for a flat out $79.99/m. All I can say is I will probably be getting me one of those in the future. GoDaddy.com Virtual Dedicated Hosting

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User Submitted Reviews of Web.com for 2009. Great for Small Business Owners!

Web.com, an internet service provider, was founded during, what I like to call, the dawn of the web hosting age on 1999. Web.com is one of the very few hosting companies listed on Nasdaq – Others include Network Solutions, Enom, and Godaddy.

Since its creation, users have created over 15 million successful websites with their website building tool. This is one fact that I can say no other hosting company can compare with.

Company Websites: www.web.com, www.web.net

Lets take a look at the services they offer:

They offer a ridiculous amount of services – from web design, to marketing, to web hosting – they can provide you everything you need to start and run a successful website. If you have no experience with websites, no problem. They will fully manage every aspect of a web site – however it does come at a price.

They currently offer 2 types of web hosting services:

Shared Hosting -They offer your typical unlimited disk space and bandwidth web hosting plans – They have both Linux and Windows servers you can choose from. While I have seen many a good reviews of web.com, I am still highly skeptical of any web host that offers unlimited anything. Because of this, I highly recommend you always keep backups of your website, and have a plan in action just in case they decide to suspend you one day. Plans are a little bit more expensive than the typical web host, but you are paying for quality. Save 20% on Web.com web creation/web hosting products using code TWC287

E-Commerce Hosting - Their ecommerce plans are very expensive – start @ $59.95/m. If you want an all in one solution – AKA are a newbie – this plan will definitely provide everything you need. That said, if you actually know what you are doing, than do yourself a favor and buy a cheaper plan and setup all the ecommerce stuff on your own – this will save you a lot of money. Sell and Market Your Products Online using Web.com

Email Servers – If you have your own in house email servers that are costing you a fortune, their Microsoft Exchange email servers can really save you a whole lot of cash. Starting at $8.95/m, this is nothing compared to the hundreds/m businesses end up paying to have their own in house email.

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2009 reviews for iPower Web Hosting – A reputable web host since the beginning.

Ipower is one of those web hosting companies that has been the since the start of the web hosting industry. One thing that I always remembered about ipower is that they have had one ugly web site ever since I can remember.

But where they lack in a good design department, they make up for it with a really solid web hosting service. They have been known ever since 2001 to provide some really reliable web hosting – this is when they got their first data center.

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Let’s take a look at their services offered:

They offer a wide range of services including:

Shared Hosting – the plans start at $3.95/m for 5GB of disk space and 250GB bandwidth. They have just recently jumped on the unlimited disk space/transfer and offer starting at $5.95/m. You can decide between Linux and Windows Hosting – however they are mostly known for their Linux line of hosting.

VPS Web Hosting - Virtual Private Servers starting at $49.99/m for 20GB disk space and 1TB of bandwidth. The plan is guaranteed 128MB of server RAM but is burst able up to 1GB when loads are low.

Dedicated Servers - Really bargin based servers starting at $129.99. All their servers are Hewlett Packard and are Intel Celeron based. I am not a big fan of Celerons in servers so I can’t personally recommend them – however some people are big fans of the Celeron.

Company Website URLs: www.ipower.com, www.ipower.net, www.ipower.org

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2009 review of JustHost – User submitted reviews welcome!

I remember when JustHost started back in 2002. Immediately I saw that they had a really decisive plan on what kind of service they wanted to deliver – a very reliable, clean cut, while still very affordable web host.

In my opinion, JustHost is one of the greatest value web hosts consider the service level they offer, the amount of resources you get, and yet they still are under $3.99/m for a shared hosting plan.

Services Offered Review

Shared Web Hosting – They offer only 2 shared web hosting plans but they are pretty much the only thing you will need resource wise. They offer unlimited disk space and bandwidth…I’ll talk a little more about that later…

Free domain name for life: A pretty cool feature. But for life means for as long as you pay for your hosting plan lol.

Dedicated Servers – They also provided some nice dedicated servers sold through a sister company SingleHop. I don’t know very much about them just yet but they are on my list of web hosts to research. They have servers starting at $149/month.

Company Website: www.justhost.com, www.justhost.net, www.justhost.org

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HostMonster 2009 User Submitted Reviews.

HostMonster is one web hosting company I’m not so sure about. I have seen many reviews on the web hosting forums I frequently visit for and against Host Monster. I constantly see threads open about people who either love HostMonster like crazy or hate them to the nth degree.

That said, HostMonster is a really big web hosting company – probably one of the biggest in the industry. They really started growing back in 2005 and since then have taken off like crazy. While in business since 1996, just recently did they start getting really big which I think accounts for a lot of the negative reviews they have gotten.

Usually when hosting companies go through big growth spurts it takes them a little bit of time to catch up to their customers requirements and demands. Usually during these periods is when you see the most negative reviews towards a company.

Company Websites: www.hostmonster.com, www.hostmonster.net

Types of services offered:

• Shared Hosting Only - They have adopted the single hosting plan model. It is an all-inclusive plan that boasts unlimited web space and unlimited bandwidth starting at $5.95/m if you buy for a 3 year pre-pay. Their month to month rate is $9.95/m. Linux Servers only at the moment. You can check out their shared web hosting plan here.

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Recent User Submitted Reviews for FatCow Web Hosting 2009

Today I am reviewing one of the oldies that have been in the hosting business since the very beginning – FatCow Web Hosting.

Fat Cow was founded in 1998 and is a very unique hosting company as far as their branding is concerned. If you check out their website at www.fatcow.com, you will notice that it is very newbie oriented. You will notice hardly and technical terms on their site and they like to substitute a lot of the words with normal everyday words that make more sense.

If you are a newbie to owning, running, or designing websites, I highly recommend FatCow to you. Their service is probably one of the easiest to use as they dull it all down so even someone who just starting using computers will probably be able to understand how to do everything. They also offer a number of easy to use tools for building your website. These are perfect if you absolutely no nothing about web design or web hosting!

Let’s take a look at their hosting plan:

Shared web hosting only! – They offer only one hosting plan but it is a completely scalable unlimited bandwidth and disk space hosting plan. This is perfect for new websites as you will probably never reach that amount of resource usage for years and years to come. This particular plan comes to about $4.99/m which if you pay for it for a year. A Special $10 off “moo”pon for TWHR readers!

Domain registration – They also offer domain registration like many of the standard hosting companies. I do not suggest you order both web hosting and your domain name from FatCow as it is never a good idea to put all your eggs into one basket!

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Here is a review from another hosting review site:
FatCow is a very special web hosting company – the way they brought up their hosting plans, they way they design their website, the way they offer their hosting features – everything seems different in FatCow. Personally, I define being different and surviving for 10 years as remarkable!
With FatCow Hosting, you’ll get fast server and reliable backup policy, and effecient customer supports! – Review by Web Hosting Secret Revealed.

LunarPages.com: User submitted reviews for 2009 and 2010.

At one point or another, you probably have already stumbled upon LunarPages in search of a good web hosting plan. It is hard not to sign up with Lunar Pages based on the amount of resources they offer and the price, however this company does have a pretty solid reputation around some of the web hosting forums I visit.

Company Info: www.lunarpages.com, www.lunarpages.net

LunarPages has been around since the start of web hosting and has been considering a major competitor in the industry itself. They have a large spectrum of different hosting services including:

Shared Web Hosting - They offer a completely unlimited shared hosting plan starting at $4.95/m. To be quite honest, I am quite skeptical of this plan. I know they defend their unlimited web hosting plan quite rigorously so it could be so…but that doesn’t change my natural skepticism towards anything ‘unlimited’. Check out their Shared plans here.

Reseller Hosting - Their reseller hosting is a little bit different than how many hosting companies do it. Instead of giving you a chunk of server space and bandwidth to divide up, they make you sell basically individual versions of their main shared hosting plan. This could be very profitable depending on how you work it.

Linux and Windows VPS Plans – Their VPS plans have become on of their big sellers these days. They really do come decked out with some really nice specs and they even guarantee 512MB of RAM solely to your account. 20GB Disk Space + 1000 GB Bandwidth starting at $39.95/m. Maybe not the cheapest plans around but certainly a reliable and high powered option. Virtual Private Servers for $39.95 a month!

Dedicated Servers - They have a huge line of bargin type web servers starting at $99.99/m. While they aren’t the most powerful thing on the planet, they are certainly great if you are trying to start a web hosting company with little monthly investment.

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