Comments on: I Hate My Web Host

By: How to select a good web hosting provider

How to select a good web hosting provider — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:05:28 +0000

[...] still not satisfied, then head over to Lorelle’s post rant on her hosting provider. There are tons of recommedations for hosting providers in the comments along with package specifications and personal tales. If you [...]

By: Resto4Life» Blog Archive » Community Watch or “Yet More Blogroll Additions”

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:17:44 +0000

[...] read about my new web host, A Small Orange via an article on Lorelle @ WordPress where she bemoans terrible service by her web host and solicits recommendations from her visitors. [...]

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:20:36 +0000

@ Ross:

Thank you for the list, and I thank everyone for their recommendations. It’s a pity so many missed the point of this article. I was looking for characteristics, the questions to ask when searching for a web host, not specific web hosts. I covered some of these in The Taboo Topics You Need to Know When Choosing A Web Host.

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:51:00 +0000

Lorelle,

I know this post is older but some great hosts that I could recommend to you would be:

[edited list]

Let me know if you have any questions

Ross

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:53:50 +0000

@Colleen W:

There are some who do not like Cpanel, but knowing which interface you like best is one of the features you should put on your list to look for in a new host.

Price “should” be the last thing you look for, but what most people begin with. Remember, you get what you pay for.

By: Colleen W

Colleen W — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:52:11 +0000

I too have tried many different hosting companies over the last few years.
Just for the heck of it, I tried one that did not have CPanel!!
aarrggghhhh! I ended that subscription quickly because I was so lost without the ease of using CPanel.
Price is always a factor in choosing a good host, but so are knowing what each plan offers so that you know what will work for you.
As far as recommendations go, you can always google search or yahoo search a particular hosting company and see how favorable they rank with the public.

By: Fran

Fran — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:07:17 +0000

I had done some research as to who is happy with their webhost and who is not, too much time invested?! not really. unless you get someone else to do the dirty work to spend all that time finding a new webhost.

so here is the reason why im posting this win - win situation:

I got my hosting a few months ago with servage and I’m quite happy with them and the price is right, they give me tons of space and good traffic amounts. they have unlimited this unlimited that, most of which i would never use.

PS they have autoinstallers for WordPress, Joomla, and many others…really good!!!

cheers

By: andrej

andrej — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:53:20 +0000

Hi Lorelle, I’m with ASmallOrange right now and am fine with them. However, if you need more space and bandwidth and don’t care to pay a little more, I would recommend you to go for a dedicated web host if you still haven’t find a new web hosting.

By: Bill_S

Bill_S — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:59:32 +0000

This is a valuable and interesting thread. Thanks.

I’d offer an additional consideration regarding blogs and web hosts, namely: what are the host’s strengths/weaknesses in supporting e-commerce (web stores, web point of sale)?

I raise this because a blog can be a valuable ancillary ‘asset’ on a web store site; and the blog can be its own ‘product display’ (especially in the case of photographs and fine art for sale).

I also wonder if a strong web-store host and a strong blog host may be two separate animals. Might one need to host a blog with one host, and do business on another?

Enjoying the site and the good ideas. Bill

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:58:01 +0000

I have been with Lunarpages for nearly 3 years, and I’ve had my grandma signed up for more than a year as well. For the most part, we have been happy. Decent uptime (better than the Dotster hosting I previously tried, anyway), and you get plenty for your money. They also have cPanel with Fantastico, although I have not successfully used it to upgrade WordPress. I tried once a long time ago (before I realized how easy upgrading is), and the process just didn’t seem to do anything.

Every now and then, however, something goes wrong on Lunarpages’ end (in general, not re: WP), and that’s when I get really frustrated. I don’t get frustrated because they ran into a (usually) minor fixable problem, but rather because their support is absolutely horrible. The response time is usually pretty fast, but the people just don’t know what they’re talking about, until someone finally agrees to escalate the ticket and/or talk with a senior sysadmin. Half of the time it seems like they (the people you initially get when opening a ticket) just read the first few sentences and then paste an answer. Also worth noting is that Lunarpages’ toll-free number is no longer listed on their site, as far as I can see.

I wound up on this blog because I’m finally starting to give up on Lunarpages and look for another shared hosting provider. My impression before I came here was to try HostGator, ASmallOrange, or BlueHost. The comments here seem to more or less confirm that conclusion.