Hosting Your Domain
Deciding where to host your domain is an important decision.
There are a vast number of hosting providers out there and some are better than others.
A couple years ago I made the mistake of going with a discount host that was not well known. I saved a few bucks and received a major headache.
My service with them was fine for few months but then they started having problems. My website would be unavailable for several hours a day for no apparent reason. It would simply give an error with a white background. After a few hours it would magically be fixed and my site would come back up as if it had never had problems.
After two days of this I was furious. I went to the host’s homepage looking for the company’s phone number. I was going to give them a piece of my mind. Imagine my anger when I found their homepage to be replaced with an error with a white background.
Their problems were serious.
I did a whois search on the host and found their corporate phone number. I called the number and navigated their phone menu (I hate those stupid menus) only to get voice mail.
I called back and tried every possible menu option only to get voice mail every time. It seemed the entire company was on an extended vacation.
This insanity lasted a week. The host had not returned my numerous phone calls or replied to my emails. I was in my final year of college and money was tight but I had to switch hosting providers. The money I had spent for a year’s worth of hosting was gone; there was no getting it back from people who wouldn’t answer their phones.
I switched to GoDaddy for hosting and have never looked back.
I have decided not to mention the name of the crappy host I had. I hope they have improved their service in the last couple years. I recently checked their home page and I don’t see any problems, which is a good sign.
I recommend GoDaddy for hosting. Their prices are competitive and service is reliable.
For your first domain the cheapest hosting will work fine - about $3.99 a month.
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