1&1 is running an August promotion where customers who sign up for a 24 month hosting plan get the first year for free. 1&1 is a hosting company that offers a variety of solutions, from shared hosting to virtual dedicated and fully dedicated. A variety of plans are available under each type of hosting solution.
For most first-time site owners, and even many long-time site owners, selecting a hosting company simply consists of checking around for the biggest promises combined with the lowest prices. That seems reasonable. That is what, afterall, value is: the most for the least. The problem is that most shared hosting companies are now promising the same things, but not providing the same services. How is this possible? The answer comes in how each company defines its terms, particularly as it relates to “unlimited” anything. For the nitty-gritty of what each hosting company is really offering, you have to venture away from the marketing pages and into the shadowy world of the “Terms of Service” (TOS).
I’ve updated the Web Hosting Updated Sales, Promotions and Coupons Page. As usual, these things change practically on a daily basis, so it has taken me some time since I got back from vacation to go through all the changes in coupon codes, promotions, etc.
Well, getting back from vacation and back to working on Hosting Website has not been as smooth as I had hoped. You know how things tend to pile up on you while you are away. Still, I’ve made great progress with my work yesterday and today and should be back to regular updating (as opposed [...]
You may think your site is okay because your anti-spam software filters out all the spam comments. Chances are that you are wrong. Just filtering out the spam isn’t good enough…If this site had been hosted on a shared host, it would have been taken down. That’s how severe it was.
Hosting Website is not planning on a Jumpline.com test and review any time soon, but I feel compelled to jump around and point at them, nevertheless. Why? Because they offer something that no one I’ve found in the shared hosting business offers: a choice, via plans, of how many people, generally, are on your shared server. In fact, their graduated scalability is astonishing.
Pre-Review: Hosting Website’s policy is not to review hosting companies without trying them out first. However, companies that are on the short-list for trials are going to start being given a pre-review. We feel generally comfortable, based on experience, that we can get to the bottom-line on most companies this way because we know specifically what to [...]
First let me say we are making a lot changes in 2009 – we have expanded our management team by 50%, and continue to staff the company in all other positions to ensure we can continue to be a leader in Web Hosting, Domains and Website Related Services.