The purpose of this post is to inform bloggers looking to host their Wordpress sites of my experience. It is not an advertisement for one company or another but simply my findings which I have documented at my main blog with Youtube videos.
[]Prior to going with Bluehost, I compared them to Hostgator as well as Godaddy. I should point out that my aim is the web hosting service of Wordpress sites. Some of what I state may well not apply to non-Wordpress internet sites but a majority will.
Quickly, ahead of evaluating other features, I selected Bluehost (at first, but read on) due to the fact I can host an unrestricted number of Wordpress sites for the exact same $6 a month. Most other hosting companies I analyzed billed more for each website. Because my purpose is to have 100+ Wordpress weblogs running, it was truly appealing to pay just $6 month to month for that. I refused Godaddy swiftly since you do not get limitless web sites for the same cost. Each site is further cost. In addition, not being a techie, I am not sure just how much of bandwidth or even storage I use. With Bluehost, these are unrestricted and with Godaddy, aside from their top priced plan, their various other plans have restrictions.
However, I want to be fair with this Bluehost review. I am certain if you start utilizing tons of storage area along with bandwidth and also have a huge number of visitors a day, they'll enforce a number of limitations. So if you're a heavy user, then you can want to talk to them initially. (I later found out, this is a big problem).
One other thing I would point out is that I have used Wordpress before but I am not really a technical guy. I don't know how to change the php programs or even anything regarding php, cascading style sheets, as well as other technical stuff. It's Greek to me. You may possibly need to work with the File transfer protocol functionality (even though a Wordpress user could possibly never ever need to) and Bluehost features an application that automates your set up of the FTP account with well-liked free of charge FTP software including CuteFTP and Core FTP.
Next up, for me, was that Bluehost has an anytime money-back promise. So if you're not satisfied, you are able to walk. You can work with them on a month to month basis (you'll save a bit in the event you join for 12 months but it is only a few bucks). Nevertheless, with the year plan, you receive a free of charge domain (worth approximately twelve dollars).
Up until I started my account using Bluehost, I wasn't aware of Simple scripts (a single button installation of Wordpress), but don't make use of any hosting company without this. Simple scripts is really a push-one-button build of your Wordpress web site . Literally, you push 1 key and this tool creates the complete Wordpress website so you can complete your first article in five minutes. It is really an outstanding time-saving application and avoid any host that does not offer it.
The next issue for me, that we did not comprehend until I had the Bluehost account for several days, was the opportunity to buy Internet domain names by way of Bluehost. It is restricted as I was not able to obtain a .cc domain by way of the firm. However, I recognized that it wasn't a big concern as I was able to acquire my domain names by way of my own Godaddy account and simply point them to Bluehost and make use of them within my Bluehost account. Keep in mind, I am not a techie consequently probably none of the items I cover in this article is incredibly hard.
After a few months however, I realized I made the wrong choice and have switched my hosting to Hostgator. As I added sites to my Bluehost account, the speed got worse and worse. I gave them a number of opportunities to correct this. Each time they had an excuse, blaming the slow speed on my sites. When I did some research, I found that many people have been dissatisfied with Bluehost. I cannot recommend them if you have more than a few small sites. []
[]Prior to going with Bluehost, I compared them to Hostgator as well as Godaddy. I should point out that my aim is the web hosting service of Wordpress sites. Some of what I state may well not apply to non-Wordpress internet sites but a majority will.
Quickly, ahead of evaluating other features, I selected Bluehost (at first, but read on) due to the fact I can host an unrestricted number of Wordpress sites for the exact same $6 a month. Most other hosting companies I analyzed billed more for each website. Because my purpose is to have 100+ Wordpress weblogs running, it was truly appealing to pay just $6 month to month for that. I refused Godaddy swiftly since you do not get limitless web sites for the same cost. Each site is further cost. In addition, not being a techie, I am not sure just how much of bandwidth or even storage I use. With Bluehost, these are unrestricted and with Godaddy, aside from their top priced plan, their various other plans have restrictions.
However, I want to be fair with this Bluehost review. I am certain if you start utilizing tons of storage area along with bandwidth and also have a huge number of visitors a day, they'll enforce a number of limitations. So if you're a heavy user, then you can want to talk to them initially. (I later found out, this is a big problem).
One other thing I would point out is that I have used Wordpress before but I am not really a technical guy. I don't know how to change the php programs or even anything regarding php, cascading style sheets, as well as other technical stuff. It's Greek to me. You may possibly need to work with the File transfer protocol functionality (even though a Wordpress user could possibly never ever need to) and Bluehost features an application that automates your set up of the FTP account with well-liked free of charge FTP software including CuteFTP and Core FTP.
Next up, for me, was that Bluehost has an anytime money-back promise. So if you're not satisfied, you are able to walk. You can work with them on a month to month basis (you'll save a bit in the event you join for 12 months but it is only a few bucks). Nevertheless, with the year plan, you receive a free of charge domain (worth approximately twelve dollars).
Up until I started my account using Bluehost, I wasn't aware of Simple scripts (a single button installation of Wordpress), but don't make use of any hosting company without this. Simple scripts is really a push-one-button build of your Wordpress web site . Literally, you push 1 key and this tool creates the complete Wordpress website so you can complete your first article in five minutes. It is really an outstanding time-saving application and avoid any host that does not offer it.
The next issue for me, that we did not comprehend until I had the Bluehost account for several days, was the opportunity to buy Internet domain names by way of Bluehost. It is restricted as I was not able to obtain a .cc domain by way of the firm. However, I recognized that it wasn't a big concern as I was able to acquire my domain names by way of my own Godaddy account and simply point them to Bluehost and make use of them within my Bluehost account. Keep in mind, I am not a techie consequently probably none of the items I cover in this article is incredibly hard.
After a few months however, I realized I made the wrong choice and have switched my hosting to Hostgator. As I added sites to my Bluehost account, the speed got worse and worse. I gave them a number of opportunities to correct this. Each time they had an excuse, blaming the slow speed on my sites. When I did some research, I found that many people have been dissatisfied with Bluehost. I cannot recommend them if you have more than a few small sites. []
About the Author:
Bob Richards is publisher of a number of sites on practical use of the Internet for small business owners. See a list of sites at his Google Plus page.
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