I have seriously considered doing this, but by some accounts, it’s actually more expensive to run an EC2 instance than purchase shared hosting. One option would be to not go with a hosting company at all and just use Amazon EC2 to self-host my blog. This post, then, is just my notes on what I’ve found while researching my next web host. So, take these things into consideration if you are trying to choose between them.) An outage affecting one can affect them all, as described in the Mashable article: Bluehost, HostGator and HostMonster Go Down. (As a little aside, BlueHost, HostGator, HostMonster, and JustHost are all owned by the same corporate parent, Endurance International Group. Even if one finds posts that appear to be from genuine customers, their descriptions of their experiences are usually subjective, anecdotal, and not comparative. If you look for personal recommendations based on experiences with multiple hosts, it is extremely hard to tell from the obscure bulletin board threads whether the posts come from shills or actual customers. The problem with researching new web hosts is that unbiased information (if it’s out there) is buried under tons of completely untrustworthy garbage sites that sell reviews and rankings. But really, there was nothing wrong with GoDaddy’s hosting at the time, that I could tell. I left because I didn’t like the proprietary admin panel that GoDaddy has developed and wanted to keep my domain registrar and my web host at separate companies. Customer service was incredibly, suprisingly good and the reps were always knowlegeable and effective. I’m willing to pay a little more, but not terribly much more.īefore JustHost, I was a GoDaddy customer for something like 5 years, and there was almost no downtime. I’m currently paying $108/year for hosting and an additional $19.99/year for a dedicated IP address. I’ve also considered using Google Drive, but I have enough photos that I would need to purchase additional space. I have an account with Drop Box, but I have gigs of photos, so I would have to purchase extra storage, and I kinda want to keep the Drop Box stuff separate. I don’t stream or make available for download any video or audio files, but I do want to be able to upload all of my personal photos and use my web host as an off-site backup. I have a blog () that gets about 1000 visits per day, a few other sites that barely get any traffic, and a small photo gallery that I share only with family and friends. I’m willing to pay about $10/month for hosting, and I don’t ask for much other than reasonable uptime. I am looking for cheap, shared web hosting because the downtime and customer support I’m getting with JustHost is intollerable (and well documented).
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