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#16 (permalink)   03-21-2009 sharnatlanta Contributing Member   Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 52 Re: Help picking a web host This is an old thread but since I just switched hosts, I thought I would share my experience. Most of the hosts I read about are loved by 50% of the people who use them, and hated by the other 50%. Trying to find a really good host that meets your needs, and oh - has the 99.9% up-time promised, is not easy. One site I used for research is this one: http://hostjury.com/ and did discover that my host I wanted to move away from was fairly low on their review list (http://hostjury.com/reviews/). Another search I used was Twitter (http://search.twitter.com/)! My new host is listed high on the Host Jury review chart and received quite a bit of positive commentary on Twitter. Hope this helps! __________________ Sharon Rosen Intelafina

#17 (permalink)   03-21-2009 Bernice Junior Member Company name: BCI-Your Executive Virtual Assistant Latest blog post: Lesson Learned My latest Twitter: I am not the 1% "@mercola: Avoid trying to ma...   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Posts: 450 Blog Entries: 4 Re: Help picking a web host I know I could go to a cheaper host but I need one that will handle test servers, varioius scripting and databases. I use the same company for hosting, internet accees and phone contracts. Some features are bundled so I save a bit. If I have a client that does not need all the extras, I usually go with a local company (I deal with them all the time) that is much cheaper about between 8-10.00/month for shared hosting and they can add on features they would want, ie additional e-mails etc. I've never tried the ones mentioned here but it would be interesting to know how great their customer service is and what % they are down. __________________ Bernice Energy Virtual Assistant

#18 (permalink)   03-22-2009 Kathya Junior Member Company name: Emerald Virtual Solutions My latest Twitter: Scanning the VA forum on www.virtualassistantforum...   Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mill Creek, WA Posts: 328 Re: Help picking a web host I've also just discovered this website in helping those of us find a webhosting service. http://www.webguides4u.com/ Hope this is helpful! Kathya

#19 (permalink)   03-22-2009 ShelleyH Junior Member Company name: Sage Virtual Assistance Latest blog post: I can feel Spring, I know its there My latest Twitter: setting up ping... it wont work for my client so I...   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 390 Blog Entries: 1 Re: Help picking a web host I had 1and1 with another site I own and didnt like it at all.. its all very techie and over my head. I eventually went with Bravenet for hosting my VA site. Its pretty straight forward, you have to email them to get help but I only have had to do that once and they got back to me fairly quickly. I paid 99.00 for the year and 4.99 for the domain name. __________________ www.sageva.com Shelley Halpain,

#20 (permalink)   03-23-2009 Kbennitt Contributing Member Company name: Seattle Virtual Bookkeeping Virtual Office Informatix: Are You Really Self Employed or Do You Just Work F...   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Woodinville, WA Posts: 128 Blog Entries: 1 Re: Help picking a web host I use 1and1 and haven't had any problems with them thus far. As for my website. I used a template design from freecsstemplates.org and made all the edits in dreamweaver. All in all, I really like the results. __________________ Kristi Bennitt Virtual Assistant/Bookkeeper