Recommend a good host for blog

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by JonPM, Aug 26, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hey all, I am in the beginning stages of starting my own wordpress blog on a topic I enjoy very much. I will be using my own domain name and host, question is which host should I go with?

    If anyone can give comments on the following:

    Godaddy
    Bluehost
    Anhost

    Or if you would like to comment on one you have experience with that would also be great.

    I guess what I am looking for is affordability, reliability, and ease of use. I have used Godaddy in the past with non-blog sites and they seemed ok. I just dont know how their blog hosting accounts are.
     
    JonPM, Aug 26, 2007 IP
  2. bryandy

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    I am looking at bluehost, but I am not to sure what to get cause I am still a newbie at blogging sites lol
     
    bryandy, Aug 26, 2007 IP
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    scuba5794 Active Member

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    i personally don't like go daddy had hosting with them for 3 months before i switched to bluehost. I really like Bluehost 7bucks/month for shared hosting which is pretty fair price. Custom support for blue host has been pretty good to me as well although i have never had any real technical problems or issues, but the few times i need them they were there my choice would be bluehost!
     
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  4. JonPM

    JonPM Active Member

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    scuba - thanks for the info. would u mind elaborating on why you didnt like godaddy?
     
    JonPM, Aug 26, 2007 IP
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    coldtek Active Member

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    I use bluehost for my wordpress blog and I'm very happy with them. One advantage bluehost has over godaddy is toll free customer support. Might come in handy if it's your first blog....
     
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  6. Blogging The Movie

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    i usually buy the domain name at go daddy.. then transfer to ixwebhosting.com a it works fine.. you just need to know how to set up. it's going to take you a full day and half to set up for the first time.

    my blog is CASHforCOMMENTS.com its only been up 2 months. but i've ranked at 201k in 2 months.
     
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  7. JonPM

    JonPM Active Member

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    did u just say 201K? as in traffic right? :p
     
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    sorry thats. alexa.com rank. Number one is the highest rank. So I guess it means. im the 201,000 rank out of 7 million. You just need to learn how to SEO your site.

    to check my stats you can go to alexa.com
    then search cashforcomments.com and see the 2 month graph.
     
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    I just started using Bluehost. So far, no problems.
     
    r3born, Aug 27, 2007 IP