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I’ve been thinking about the bandwidth usage of my other blog and I realized that in the near future, it’s bandwidth usage will become higher so I tried to look at the other plans that my current webhost, HostGator. I discovered that the 3rd plan, Swamp, offers unlimited bandwidth and I’m wondering. Is that really feasible? Read the rest of this entry »
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Due to numerous web hosting companies out there, it’s hard to look for the best web hosting that you will trust to host your blog. I have switched webhosts before and I know how hard it is just to choose a webhost. Well, here’s my little experience on how I managed to pick a webhost.
First I searched for web hosting companies and tallied them in an excel. I took note of their plans (durations), prizes, bandwidth, and web space being provided. I rarely look at their feature set because I’m sure they all have similar features. The difference maker for me was the plans. I give higher priority to webhosts that allows monthly payments and those who give discounts because I’m not that rich as to buy annual or higher plans. I also noticed that many webhosts provide plans that are as low as $5-$7 a month but looking at them carefully, those are the rates if you buy the annual plans. So you pay $5 a month but for 5 years or so and it will become a $300 one time payment. I guess it’s more of a marketing strategy. I nearly got fooled into joining them and getting a plan which I cannot afford.
One thing I forgot to check when I was looking for a webhost was to check their reviews. It’s an easy thing to do because all you have to do is to type in these sample keywords,
“webhost company” reviews
“webhost company” scam
“webhost company” experiences
and you will see in the results the experiences and reviews written by people who used to or currently hosted by them. Some of the posts I’ve read are promoting that said webhost while some are bashing it like there’s no tomorrow. Well, it really depends on what their experience was for that host. This is a very important filter that I forgot to use when I was looking for one. But so far, I’m happy with my current host. Although I’ve read some posts where it got hacked before and all of that stuff, I admit I panicked due to security reasons but I just have to trust them that they won’t get hacked again.
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As you all know, I recently switched webhosts due to bandwidth problems. The whole process took nearly two weeks and this is what happenened. Read the rest of this entry »
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One of the troubles in transferring your blog/website to a new host is updating the domain name servers of your new location. For example, your domain currently goes to the ip address 123.456.78.90 and upon switching to a new webhost, you will get a new address. You need to redirect your domain to this new address. (btw, I got to discover my domain’s ip address but running a ping on command prompt)
As an analogy, think of it as changing your permanent address. You have to inform the other people of your new address or else they will still go to your old address.
So how do we update the dns of our new site location (ip address)? Read the rest of this entry »
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I initially bought my webhosting account at Philhosting at PHP275 for 6 months. Late December 2007, I got an email from Philhosting that I need to renew my webhosting account because it’s expiring. So I went to their website to look for ways to pay for my bill and I discovered that they now have three ways in which you can pay your bill.
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Introduction
I have been with Philhosting for nearly three months and I had my shares of ups and downs while using their services. Right now, I would like to give a review on Philhosting.net based on my experience. I have been ranting in rage in the past before due to their unannounced downtimes. If you were to scan my blog for anything Philhosting, it would return results that are saying negative things about them. I wish to correct it by writing a review based on their services while not in rage (hehe).
This Philhosting.net review is unpaid and is based on my experiences only. This review will focus on three main topics which are (1) pricing, (2) support and (3) services. Read the rest of this entry »
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I am tired of the constant downtimes Philhosting.net is serving their clients… Just today, my blog, other customers of Philhosting.net and even their own website of Philhosting.net was down… Downtime started early morning, perhaps 11pm yesterday up to 10am today..
What kind of service is this?
Their tagline, Affordable Solutions for everyone true…
but what about reliability?!
… I need to switch webhosts asap… haha any suggestions?
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I’m going to try to compile a list of web hosts in the Philippines and I need your help on this matter. Please go through the list and inform me if you wish to add more web hosts. Also, if you can make a mini review about your experiences, do include it also. Thank you! ^_^
How do you know if it’s in the Philippines?
You check their rates. If their prices as in Peso (P) then it’s in the Philippines. I noticed that some have their rates in dollars ($).
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One of the first things you got to do when you want your own stand alone blog is to go look for a web host. In the Philippines alone, there are a lot of web hosting companies that you can choose from and you have to choose carefully which web hosting company you wish to purchase from.
Personally, I only compared two web hosts. The only thing I compared between them is their prices. ^_^ I did not do enough research before making the purchase so I’m currently suffering from blog downtimes.
There are three things you should consider when looking for a web hosting.
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Yesterday, I witnessed yet another downtime of my blog. This is the third time that I have experienced this. I think there might have been other downtimes that have happened in my blog but I wasn’t been able to see it.
I noticed this first when I went to visit Karlo.PinoyBlogero’s blog and noticed it was down. I then tried to access mine, it’s also down. I thought about this and for sure, this has become a problem for us. Although, Karlo warned me before I bought from this webhosting company, I still bought because of it’s very cheap price…
I realized, price is not the only thing you should look at when looking for a webhosting… So, what other factors do we need to consider? The answer will be in the next post…
Will I get sued if I name the webhosting company? hehe
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