EXABYTES

Superb and reliable service. Website owner will be notified before website suspension due to excess use of resources. All email queries will be entertained within 3-4 hours or for faster response, you can easily give them a call and ask for Support. They are available 24/7. After one year with them, I think people at the Support Department have known me well. I can remember them by all of their first names. Now, don't get me wrong, because I called them not because I have many problems with my website but because I keep asking them silly questions like on how to install stuff into my website and gladly they are all very eager to help. Standard package includes unlimited subdomain names, php and sql scripts and fantastico functionalities. This is the next best thing to a free webhosting package that you get at geocities.com and tripod.com with extras. I once have a problem installing some complex affiliate scripts on the server, and guess what, the technical engineers were on hand to assist me although it's not part of services that they provide. If you ask around for help from your tech-savvy friends, chances are they will charge you. But not Exabytes. It is the webhosting company that grows with you and willing to give up some discounts as you progress towards more and better server with them (semi-dedicated or dedicated server from shared server). They run contests every now and then to reward lucky domain or webhosting package buyer with exciting prizes. Who knows it will be your luck next time around. Slick isn't it? I am running on a semi-dedicated server with Exabytes for some of my main websites which receive visits of more than 15o connections at any one time, and so far I have no problems with it except for a few warnings as stated below! Unlike some websites, if your website ever receive connections (i.e. number of users at the same time accessing your website) of more than 100 visitors, it will be cut off automatically to avoid overloading the CPU and RAM resources of the server without any warning.  As for me, only on a few occassions where my website had used a lot of resources but I was only given a warning without them shutting down my website  abruptly. So you could say  I am pretty happy. Most of the time they just let me off without asking me to upgrade...Damn I was soo lucky. They are based in Malaysia but have a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) whereby your website data are backed up by co-location servers in the United States. They are also pretty knowledgeable in preventing website hacks by unknown intruders.

DOTEASY

USD0 webhosting, free of advertising banner, if you purchase a domain name with them. Quite a good deal, considering the price of their domain name is only USD18/year.  Just imagine other webhosting companies that may force you to pay up to USD100 per year for both domain and hosting. USD18/per year if you break it up by month is equivalent to only USD1.50/per month. Good for those who are new and just want to get started very quickly. Included is 1Gb of data transfer every month and 100MB of diskspace. However this is the basic package and it does not include access to mysql and php scripts if you would like to install a blog on your website. Good for business beginner for simple contact information and gallery without the need to use the mysql database functionalities for blogs, forum and complex gallery like coppermine.

NOTE OF CAUTION:

Although some websites such as yahoo.com does offer domain name registration at the cheapest price around in the market, but be warned of the hidden clause in the agreement. You may pay extra in the subsequent years.

HOSTGATOR

SCAM PLANS (Extracted and modified from Hostgator Website)

If it sounds too good too be true it usually is! All hosts have the same basic limitations when it comes to server resources and specs. There is no magic server that has a never ending supply of RAM and CPU. If a host ever claims to give unlimited space or bandwidth DO NOT JOIN THEM e.g. 3ix.com. They are my second service provider before I found Exabytes. The thing to remember is that the average web site uses about 50 Megs space and less then 1 gig bandwidth a month. So what hosting companies do is they lie! They make up scam plans with tons of space and bandwidth for around $8 bucks a month. It's a numbers game... Only one or two of every 100 people that signup on the plan are going to use all the bandwidth advertised. So what do they do? They usually terminate the sites that use it saying "your site is using too many resources." They aren't lying about the resource usage. IT'S the truth! Most people don't realize that bandwidth and space used have nothing to do with the server resources being used. Resource usage has to do with the amount of CPU and RAM a site uses. If a site uses a lot of bandwidth they aren't kicked for using their bandwidth they are kicked for using up most of the servers cpu and ram. Another thing to remember is that the cheaper the plan is, and the more space / bandwidth included the more sites per server the host will have to pack in to make their money back. So the lesson here is don't shop for a host based on their plans! You should shop based on recommendations and experience!

DOING A WHOIS ON DOMAIN NAME

Do a whois on their domain name. Then look for the creation date of the domain name. If the domain name was created less then a year ago it's more of a risk to join that hosting company. They could be a great host, but considering more then 95% of new hosts go out of business within a year that really isn't something you should be taking a chance on. It's too easy to become a hosting company. All someone has to do is join our reseller plan and they are now a host. Sure the hosting may be good, but that doesn't mean they are going to provide good support nor does it mean they are going to pay their hosting bill. We end up kicking resellers of ours all the time for not paying their bills (after many warnings) and in many cases their unsuspecting customers lose their site.

Also when registering your domain name, make sure that it's registered under your name. Again do a whois on your registered domain to check on this. Some of the well-know internet marketer that is using Hostgator is Gobala Krishnan who is known for various internet marketing ebooks such as Chapter-M.com and Easywordpress.com