3 Nov, 2008
I had updated you guys on my Hostmonster server performance for the past few months. You can find the server performance report here , here , here , and here .
As I’m not the only one tracking on Hostmonster server status, here’s the Hostmonster server report by WebHosting-Analyse . Note that Hostmonster hit a record of 99.59% server uptime for the first week of October. The server performance seems excellent and it’s proportional with my record.
In case you wish to learn more about Hostmonster server performance and uptime review, why not check out Hostmonster yourself? After all, they have a very clear refund policy and you can refund on your order if you find anything improper with them.
Also, at the time of writing, Hostmonster is giving out *huge* promotion to win market segment in hosting industry – you’ll get unlimited bandwidth/disk storage/addon domains for all their customers with just $6.95 $5.95/mo (latest updates, on promo).
5 Oct, 2008
It’s been 6 months since my Hostmonster review project started. As mentioned before, I’m pretty happy with what I’m getting from Hostmonster except the over-sensitive scam alerts.
Thru out the 6 months, I’d been checking constantly on Hostmonster server uptime, tracking on the website load time as well the server loads. There were a lot of noise when Hostmonster offers unlimited bandwidth/disk storage at the beginning as web owners are worried by the nightmare of overselling.
Fortunately, I am not having any of these problems. The worries of this and that remained as just, well, worries. The server uptime had been respectable; the website load time is a little slow sometime (most probably because I am accessing it accross the globe from Asia) but nothing’s major; and their hosting plan remained top in the industry.
Is Hostmonster still good? The answer is yes, it’s still recommended.
Hostmonster reviews by other websites
Besides telling you my experience with Hostmonster, I would like to share some of the reviews I found from the Internet. One of the best reviews I got is from www.BestHostRating.com where it keep tracks of the Hostmonster’s server uptime 24/7.
For the ease to review, here’s the screen cap of Hostmonster’s uptime at BestHostRating. Notice that the uptime for Hostmonster achieve at least 99.5% thru out the months.
Awards won by Hostmonster
Another positive signs on Hostmonster hosting service is the outrages amount of awards won by Hostmonster.
It took me a while to search around the Internet and here’s the compiled list of Hostmonster’s awards:
- Best Web Hosting Award 2008: WebHostingClue.com
- Best Web Host Award 2008: AlreadyHosting.com
- Best Web Host Award 2008: Top-10-Web-Hosting.com
- Best Web Hosting Award 2006: Web-Hosting-Top.com
- Most Reliable Hosting 2006: Hosting-Review.com
- #2 Overall Best Web Host 2006: Top10WebHosting.com
- #2 Best Rated Web Host 2006: Top-5-Web-Hosting.com
- #2 Rated Best Web Host 2006: Hostcritique.com
Hostmonster: A recommended web hosting service
So again, is Hostmonster good? Hell yeah~ I am seeing good words on Hostmonster everywhere and I’m having good results in testing the web host first hand myself. In case you’re wondering about which host to go with, stop wondering and get Hostmonster now!
3 Oct, 2008
Ever heard about ‘Overselling’? Well if you haven’t, there’s a informative website that you should take a look at: No OverSelling Hosts (www.noshosts.com) .
www.noshosts.com is the few websites that are busting the ‘overselling activities’ in web hosting industry. You can learn how to catch an overselling hosting company as well as shop for no-oversell-certified hosting companies.
What’s overselling anyway?
Quoting Wikipedia’s definition ,
Overselling is a term used in the web hosting industry to describe a situation in which a company provides hosting plans that are unsustainable if every one of its customers uses the full extent of services advertised. The term is usually referred to the web space and bandwidth transfer allowance.
This practice usually incurs little ill-effect since most customers do not use any significant portion of their allocated share. If a customer has a small, low-traffic site serving static HTML pages, few resources will be used. If a customer wishes to run a high-traffic, professional, or business website an oversold hosting account can be detrimental. In these cases, a shared hosting provider that does not oversell, a virtual private server or dedicated server is a preferred option.
"Overselling" is always a huge concerns for web hosting shoppers. Overselling allows web hosting companies to operate more efficiently. When done properly, overselling is in fact benefiting the customers with lower hosting costs and extra hosting features.
Some readings around www.noshosts.com:
2 Oct, 2008
Well, it’s not just me recommending Hostmonster. Check out this recent positive feedback by a Hostmonster customer named Jordan Ancel, owner of the TinkerStreet Creative Group, LLC from Los Angeles, CA.
Excellent Value, Excellent Service
"Over the last few years, I have tried a few of the top ten webhosting companies for various clients, and I have found that HOSTMONSTER has provided the best customer service, uptime and features overall. Now they offer unlimited domain hosting, and I have migrated all of my numerous accounts to Hostmonster. They are reliable and their customer service is top-notch. "
- Review made on Sep 26, 2008.
I hope this strengthen your faith with Hostmonster services. In case you haven’t check out their latest hosting promotion, it’s wise to do so quickly as the $150 marketing credit offer could be expiring any soon. To learn more about Hostmonster deal, click here.
14 Jun, 2008
There are a few important consideration points when it comes to looking for a host for your blog. Personally, I would recommend you to check on these points:
- Easy blogging platform installtion?
- Good uptime record for the server?
- Fast load time for the web server?
Why Fantastico or Simple Script is handy?
I want an easy installation for my blogging software (like Fantastico or Simple Script) beacuse it’s troublesome to install those blogging software (like WordPress) manually. I just want to blog and do not want any hassles from setting up databases in MySQL or configurating my PHP files.
Why good server uptime record is crucial?
Good uptime history is crucial so whenever my blog readers want to read my blog, they can come to my site anytime. Web surfers who visit a blog and found it’s unavailable will think the website is gone. In most cases, they will not come back to your blog again (if it’s the first time visit) and will probably delete your website from their bookmark. I do not want to lose any of my readers because of this stupid reason.
Why fast server load time is important?
I wish to work of my blog efficiently. A fast server load time will assure blogging work like setting up blog plugins, savings/publishing a blogpost, regrouping blog pages, or editing reader’s comments to be done quickly. Ideally, no time should be wasted on waiting the server to response.
Is Hostmonster recommended for blog hosting?
Hostmonster offers both Fantastico and Simple Script features; their server uptime is respectable in my record; the server load time is better than average – seeing such, the answer for the question is ‘YES’. Blog hosting at Hostmonster is recommended – especially if you are blogging on Word Press (both Fantastico and SImple Script offer one-click-installation on Word Press).
