What is the best web hosting for small businesses?

[maisura]

Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what web hosting company would be best for their
business, I had no idea. I have tried searching online, but I have no
idea what most of the technological terms mean (such as PERL, VPS,
SSL) The following is their requirement (they have a small business
that sells less than ten products / services):

# They need access of certain parts of the Electronic shop (e-shop) to
be restricted to certain members
# Unlimited Disc Space
# Unlimited Data Transfer
# At least 250 email addresses with unlimited storage and at least
10MB of attachments; catch all; free aliases; mailing list
# Free Site Building/ Design Tools
# Hosting of the Web Site & ability to accept payment through pay pal,
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover plus Free Shopping Cart
# The ability for customers to create usernames and passwords to log
in
# Interactive chatting between customers and support
# Site Statistics
# Online Gift Certificates and Coupons



Thank you !!!!



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Post by maisura
Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what web hosting company would be best for their
business, I had no idea. I have tried searching online, but I have no
idea what most of the technological terms mean (such as PERL, VPS,
SSL) The following is their requirement (they have a small business
# They need access of certain parts of the Electronic shop (e-shop) to
be restricted to certain members
# Unlimited Disc Space
# Unlimited Data Transfer
# At least 250 email addresses with unlimited storage and at least
10MB of attachments; catch all; free aliases; mailing list
# Free Site Building/ Design Tools
# Hosting of the Web Site & ability to accept payment through pay pal,
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover plus Free Shopping Cart
# The ability for customers to create usernames and passwords to log
in
# Interactive chatting between customers and support
# Site Statistics
# Online Gift Certificates and Coupons

"Unlimited Disc Space" and "Unlimited Data Transfer" do not exist.
Figure out your present and projected future needs.

Don't assume that the same vendor has to provide email and web
hosting. Those are two different skills.

Try pair.com for hosting and tuffmail for email. You won't go
wrong with either of them.

[Nick Wedd]

In message <***@giganews.com>, ***@example.com
writes

Post by i***@example.com

Post by maisura
Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what web hosting company would be best for their
business, I had no idea. I have tried searching online, but I have no
idea what most of the technological terms mean (such as PERL, VPS,
SSL) The following is their requirement (they have a small business
# They need access of certain parts of the Electronic shop (e-shop) to
be restricted to certain members
# Unlimited Disc Space
# Unlimited Data Transfer
# At least 250 email addresses with unlimited storage and at least
10MB of attachments; catch all; free aliases; mailing list
# Free Site Building/ Design Tools
# Hosting of the Web Site & ability to accept payment through pay pal,
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover plus Free Shopping Cart
# The ability for customers to create usernames and passwords to log
in
# Interactive chatting between customers and support
# Site Statistics
# Online Gift Certificates and Coupons

"Unlimited Disc Space" and "Unlimited Data Transfer" do not exist.
Figure out your present and projected future needs.
Don't assume that the same vendor has to provide email and web
hosting. Those are two different skills.
Try pair.com for hosting and tuffmail for email. You won't go
wrong with either of them.

I support what you say about pair. I have changed web hosts three times
now, and settled with pair. They even have a tech support department
that gives prompt and helpful responses, something almost unknown in my
country.

Nick

[Andrew Heenan]

Post by Nick Wedd

Try pair.com for hosting ...

I support what you say about pair. I have changed web hosts three times
now, and settled with pair. They even have a tech support department that
gives prompt and helpful responses, something almost unknown in my
country.

They don't look too bad - though I get more features for my money with
Dreamhost.com

One thing we can agree on is that any UK small business would do much, much
better to look stateside for ahost than pay the theft rates that UK hosts
charge. You'll cut your hosting fees by at least 33% - often 50%+ -
overnight. AND get real support, not just an idiot with a cheatsheet. Yes,
I'm sure there's at least one UK host that provides value for money AND
support, it's just that no-one's ever heard of them!

[Pet - www.GymRatZ.co.uk]

Post by Andrew Heenan
I'm sure there's at least one UK host that provides value for money AND
support, it's just that no-one's ever heard of them!

Wannabet?

http://www.your-name-here.co.uk/

Been with them since 1999 and have absolutely no cause for complain.
Eventually went to their top "re-seller" package with 2GB web space and
75GB/month bandwidth.
http://www.your-name-here.co.uk/pro_business_hosting.php

[Andrew Heenan]

"Pet - www.GymRatZ.co.uk" wrote...

Post by Pet - www.GymRatZ.co.uk

Post by Andrew Heenan
I'm sure there's at least one UK host that provides value for money AND
support, it's just that no-one's ever heard of them!

Wannabet?
Been with them since 1999 and have absolutely no cause for complain.
Eventually went to their top "re-seller" package with 2GB web space and
75GB/month bandwidth.
http://www.your-name-here.co.uk/pro_business_hosting.php

Well, all things are relative, I suppose - and for a UK host, they are
stupendous compared to all the ones I've seen.

In fact, they are so good (in UK terms), that I feel a little guilty
pointing out that they still look pretty pale compared to the standard US
host - let alone the bargain guys.

But I'm SERIOUSLY impressed to hear that one UK host has good enough service
to keep a customer for nine years!

Go "Your-Name-Here!" We Love You!!

[Big Bill]

On Thu, 29 May 2008 10:05:33 +0100, "Andrew Heenan"

Post by Andrew Heenan
"Pet - www.GymRatZ.co.uk" wrote...

Post by Pet - www.GymRatZ.co.uk

Post by Andrew Heenan
I'm sure there's at least one UK host that provides value for money AND
support, it's just that no-one's ever heard of them!

Wannabet?
Been with them since 1999 and have absolutely no cause for complain.
Eventually went to their top "re-seller" package with 2GB web space and
75GB/month bandwidth.
http://www.your-name-here.co.uk/pro_business_hosting.php

Well, all things are relative, I suppose - and for a UK host, they are
stupendous compared to all the ones I've seen.
In fact, they are so good (in UK terms), that I feel a little guilty
pointing out that they still look pretty pale compared to the standard US
host - let alone the bargain guys.
But I'm SERIOUSLY impressed to hear that one UK host has good enough service
to keep a customer for nine years!
Go "Your-Name-Here!" We Love You!!

I've been with Demon for around ten years. I didn't ever want to be,
but they keep buying whoever I get signed up with :-(

BB

[Big Bill]

On Wed, 28 May 2008 15:22:44 +0100, "Andrew Heenan"

Post by Andrew Heenan

Post by Nick Wedd

Try pair.com for hosting ...

I support what you say about pair. I have changed web hosts three times
now, and settled with pair. They even have a tech support department that
gives prompt and helpful responses, something almost unknown in my
country.

They don't look too bad - though I get more features for my money with
Dreamhost.com
One thing we can agree on is that any UK small business would do much, much
better to look stateside for ahost than pay the theft rates that UK hosts
charge. You'll cut your hosting fees by at least 33% - often 50%+ -
overnight. AND get real support, not just an idiot with a cheatsheet. Yes,
I'm sure there's at least one UK host that provides value for money AND
support, it's just that no-one's ever heard of them!

Some might suggest that sites hosted in America, .co.uk extension
notwithstanding, will do worse in the UK SERPS than an
all-else-being-equal site hosted on a UK server. Any comment, Andrew?

BB

[Pet - www.GymRatZ.co.uk]

Post by Big Bill
Some might suggest that sites hosted in America, .co.uk extension
notwithstanding, will do worse in the UK SERPS than an
all-else-being-equal site hosted on a UK server. Any comment, Andrew?

Never effected us.
I have had several server switches, 2 US ones and just recently to a UK one as
we needed PHP5 for the new site that's being developed.
(All still with the same hosting co.)

Been on a UK server for a couple of months and it's made no difference.

[Andrew Heenan]

"Pet - www.GymRatZ.co.uk" wrote ...

Post by Pet - www.GymRatZ.co.uk

Post by Big Bill
Some might suggest that sites hosted in America, .co.uk extension
notwithstanding, will do worse in the UK SERPS than an
all-else-being-equal site hosted on a UK server. Any comment, Andrew?

Never effected us.
I have had several server switches, 2 US ones and just recently to a UK
one as we needed PHP5 for the new site that's being developed.

Me neither.
So long as a site has EITHER UK hosting OR a UK tld, it does just fine in UK
serps (including "pages from the UK" searches).

I've heard it suggested that some UK-specific content seals the deal, but
I've never tested that, as all my UK domains have UK-specific content - and
if a site did not have UK-specific content, then .com would be a better way
to go, anyway.
--
Andrew
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Post by maisura
Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what web hosting company would be best for their
business, I had no idea. I have tried searching online, but I have no
idea what most of the technological terms mean (such as PERL, VPS,
SSL) The following is their requirement (they have a small business
# They need access of certain parts of the Electronic shop (e-shop) to
be restricted to certain members
# Unlimited Disc Space
# Unlimited Data Transfer
# At least 250 email addresses with unlimited storage and at least
10MB of attachments; catch all; free aliases; mailing list
# Free Site Building/ Design Tools
# Hosting of the Web Site & ability to accept payment through pay pal,
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover plus Free Shopping Cart
# The ability for customers to create usernames and passwords to log
in
# Interactive chatting between customers and support
# Site Statistics
# Online Gift Certificates and Coupons

"Unlimited Disc Space" and "Unlimited Data Transfer" do not exist.
Figure out your present and projected future needs.
Don't assume that the same vendor has to provide email and web
hosting. Those are two different skills.
Try pair.com for hosting and tuffmail for email. You won't go
wrong with either of them.

I support what you say about pair. I have changed web hosts three times
now, and settled with pair. They even have a tech support department
that gives prompt and helpful responses, something almost unknown in my
country.

Tuffmail is also very,very good. Other email service providers talk
about having effective spam filtering, but they either let a load of
spam through or lose legitimate mail. The best thing about tuffmail
is the ability to create unlimited email addresses. If you sign up
to website ABC with an email address like ***@example.com and you
sign up to website XYZ with an email address like ***@example.com,
then later start getting spam to ***@example.com, you not only know
who the spammer is, you can block XYZ without interfering with ABC.

[a***@gmail.com]

maisura:

Here are some web hosting companies that I have personally used.

JKA Hosting offers Red Hat Linux plus these free features:
Free Account Setup, Web Site Builder, Domain Name, Web Site Tools,
Templates, Blogs and Forums, and Shopping Carts. In addition, the
company offers Unlimited Domains, Unlimited Databases, Spam
Protection, Month to Month Hosting.
http://www.jkahosting.com/ price is at $4.95 per month.

I started using JKA Hosting in mid-May 2008. I have not used any of
the freebies that the company offers.


Crystal Tech offers the latest Microsoft .NET features at a reasonable
price.
http://www.crystaltech.com/ price is at $2.95 per month.

I used Crystal Tech for another website for over 2 years and still
using them.

Omnis offers Unix web hosting and has a lot of freebies as well.
Free Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer per/month,
Unlimited POP3/IMAP4 Email Accounts, Unlimited Forwarding Email
Accounts, Unlimited Hosted Domains, Unlimited Domain Aliases,
Unlimited SubDomains,
Free Site Builder3, Shared SSL1
http://www.omnis.com/ price is at $8.95 per month

I have used Omnis for over 5 years and still using them.

Another one is OCS Solutions (http://www.ocssolutions.com/). It has
Ruby, Ruby on Rails, eRuby, mod_ruby, Mongrel, and tons of Ruby Gems
installed. Custom Ruby on Rails Hosting available at no extra charge.

I hope you'll find this information helpful.

Rob
Advanced Analytics IQ - Smart Marketing. Quantifiable Results.
http://www.advancedanalyticsiq.com/

[Andrew Heenan]

Post by a***@gmail.com
Custom Ruby on Rails Hosting available at no extra charge.

Please tell me, do you need to install RonR on a separate domain, or can it
be added to the main domain on another folder?

I don't know the stuff myself, but I've had someone being told he has to use
it on a subdomain, which has severely damaged his site.

Sorry to take you off-topic, but I'd be grateful for any advice.

Thanks,

Andrew

[a***@gmail.com]

Post by Andrew Heenan

Post by a***@gmail.com
Custom Ruby on Rails Hosting available at no extra charge.

Please tell me, do you need to install RonR on a separate domain, or can it
be added to the main domain on another folder?
I don't know the stuff myself, but I've had someone being told he has to use
it on a subdomain, which has severely damaged his site.
Sorry to take you off-topic, but I'd be grateful for any advice.
Thanks,
Andrew

Andrew Heenan:

Hi. I hope your day is going well. I am unable to answer your
question. I do not have any experience / knowledge in implementing
Ruby on Rails.

The main experience I have had with Ruby is working with some code
utilizing the Book, Ruby in 21 Days and the website
http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ Programming Ruby - The
Pragmatic Programmer's Guide.

Robert
Advanced Analytics IQ
http://www.advancedanalyticsiq.com/learn/

[John Bokma]

Yeah, yeah, it's back (not really)

Post by Andrew Heenan

Post by a***@gmail.com
Custom Ruby on Rails Hosting available at no extra charge.

Please tell me, do you need to install RonR on a separate domain, or
can it be added to the main domain on another folder?

Yes

Post by Andrew Heenan
I don't know the stuff myself, but I've had someone being told he has
to use it on a subdomain, which has severely damaged his site.

Someone got wrong info.

Post by Andrew Heenan
Sorry to take you off-topic, but I'd be grateful for any advice.

AFAIK, the RoR server (Mongrel?) runs on a high port (3000?), you let
Apache proxy requests for a path (and everything below it) to the port the
RoR server is using.
http://www.webmasterwords.com/ruby-rails-mongrel-apache-easy
<http://schwuk.com/articles/2006/06/13/hosting-rails-applications-with-
mongrel-apache-2-mod_proxy-on-debian-stable>

Or run RoR as CGI (AFAIK):
http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Tutorial


BTW: email me if you've changed your mind on the water cooler thingy (web
forum). To be honest we need questions like yours ;-)

[Big Bill]

Post by John Bokma
Yeah, yeah, it's back (not really)

Post by Andrew Heenan

Post by a***@gmail.com
Custom Ruby on Rails Hosting available at no extra charge.

Please tell me, do you need to install RonR on a separate domain, or
can it be added to the main domain on another folder?

Yes

Post by Andrew Heenan
I don't know the stuff myself, but I've had someone being told he has
to use it on a subdomain, which has severely damaged his site.

Someone got wrong info.

Post by Andrew Heenan
Sorry to take you off-topic, but I'd be grateful for any advice.

AFAIK, the RoR server (Mongrel?) runs on a high port (3000?), you let
Apache proxy requests for a path (and everything below it) to the port the
RoR server is using.
http://www.webmasterwords.com/ruby-rails-mongrel-apache-easy
<http://schwuk.com/articles/2006/06/13/hosting-rails-applications-with-
mongrel-apache-2-mod_proxy-on-debian-stable>
http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Tutorial
BTW: email me if you've changed your mind on the water cooler thingy (web
forum). To be honest we need questions like yours ;-)

If people don't know you exist though... maybe you need an SEO :-)

Anyway (studies fingernails) I've been handling all the technical
queries while you-all have been away... and we been doing pretty good,
haven't we, guys?
Guys?

BB

[John Bokma]

Big Bill <***@kruse.co.uk> wrote:

[Water cooler]

Post by Big Bill
If people don't know you exist though... maybe you need an SEO :-)

1:0 :-D

Yeah, have been considering uploading an index.html on the /
Probably will do that.

Post by Big Bill
Anyway (studies fingernails) I've been handling all the technical
queries while you-all have been away... and we been doing pretty good,
haven't we, guys?
Guys?

:-D. The board had quite a good start the first week, but then it dried
up. No idea why. I was hoping for more personal stories (like how was your
weekend) mixed with a SEO/programming/HTML or whatever question.

I know boards are hard to start, but since this one had such an excellent
start, I was hoping that it would move much faster (especially with so
many Usenet addicts).

[Big Bill]

Post by John Bokma
[Water cooler]

Post by Big Bill
If people don't know you exist though... maybe you need an SEO :-)

1:0 :-D
Yeah, have been considering uploading an index.html on the /
Probably will do that.

Post by Big Bill
Anyway (studies fingernails) I've been handling all the technical
queries while you-all have been away... and we been doing pretty good,
haven't we, guys?
Guys?

:-D. The board had quite a good start the first week, but then it dried
up. No idea why. I was hoping for more personal stories (like how was your
weekend) mixed with a SEO/programming/HTML or whatever question.

That isn't really who we are, though, is it? How often do I shoot the
breeze here?

Post by John Bokma
I know boards are hard to start, but since this one had such an excellent
start, I was hoping that it would move much faster (especially with so
many Usenet addicts).

We're not addicted to that bit of the Usenet.

BB

[John Bokma]

[ personal stuff ]

Post by Big Bill
That isn't really who we are, though, is it? How often do I shoot the
breeze here?

You've talked about your eyes, Stacey has been sharing stuff, I have,
hell, even Dave has :-D. And somehow, away from usenet it's easier, IMO.

Post by Big Bill

Post by John Bokma
I know boards are hard to start, but since this one had such an
excellent start, I was hoping that it would move much faster
(especially with so many Usenet addicts).

We're not addicted to that bit of the Usenet.

Well, the other part is present as well (the technical stuff, etc.), I
don't mind if the balance tips that way. On the other board I admin it
swings either way, it's a lot of geek/semi-geek stuff, but also a lot of
personal stuff (and shit).

[bytehouse]

Post by maisura
Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what webhostingcompany would be best for their
business, I had no idea. I have tried searching online, but I have no
idea what most of the technological terms mean (such as PERL,VPS,
SSL) The following is their requirement (they have a small business
# They need access of certain parts of the Electronic shop (e-shop) to
be restricted to certain members
# Unlimited Disc Space
# Unlimited Data Transfer
# At least 250 email addresses with unlimited storage and at least
10MB of attachments; catch all; free aliases; mailing list
# Free Site Building/ Design Tools
#Hostingof the Web Site & ability to accept payment through pay pal,
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover plus Free Shopping Cart
# The ability for customers to create usernames and passwords to log
in
# Interactive chatting between customers and support
# Site Statistics
# Online Gift Certificates and Coupons
Thank you !!!!
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Hi Maisura

You seemed to have opened a hornets�� nest, especially regarding the
level of service and reliability, not withstanding costs of hosting in
the UK!

Unfortunately they are right, you definitely can't get unlimited disk
space, and usually only get unlimited bandwidth when its of an
inferior quality and reliability. It would be best to determine what
it is that you are looking for. The secured location is not difficult
to get, either through a shared SSL or your very own. But you should
definitely be able to combine email with your hosting, especially if
you go for a Virtual server or even a dedicated one (of course
depending on your budget!), but most good shared hosting providers
would be able to combine email and web hosting. But just remember at
the end of the day one pay's for what one gets :-)

Notwithstanding all of that, I am going to throw my hat in the ring,
to trial �� and fly the British Flag! Although our prices are not the
cheapest, we really focus on quality service, at good prices, and
would suggest that we are most definitely worth a visit and a short
list!

Fred
www.bytehouse.co.uk
UK Web Hosting.

[gunny72]

Post by maisura
Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what web hosting company would be best for their
business, I had no idea. I have tried searching online, but I have no
idea what most of the technological terms mean (such as PERL, VPS,
SSL) The following is their requirement (they have a small business
# They need access of certain parts of the Electronic shop (e-shop) to
be restricted to certain members
# Unlimited Disc Space
# Unlimited Data Transfer
# At least 250 email addresses with unlimited storage and at least
10MB of attachments; catch all; free aliases; mailing list
# Free Site Building/ Design Tools
# Hosting of the Web Site & ability to accept payment through pay pal,
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover plus Free Shopping Cart
# The ability for customers to create usernames and passwords to log
in
# Interactive chatting between customers and support
# Site Statistics
# Online Gift Certificates and Coupons
Thank you !!!!
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I would check out http://www.domainregandhosting.com. I think they
will have most of what you need, including a Quick Shopping Cart, web
hosting packages, e-mail packages, ssl certs, marketing tools, etc. I
have about a dozen sites thru them and am very satisfied. They throw
in a bunch of freebies when you purchase hosting plans.

Thanks,

Rick

[August March]

Post by maisura
Help! I'm usually the technologically savvy one, but when a friend of
mine asked me what web hosting company would be best for their
business, I had no idea. I have tried searching online, but I have no
idea what most of the technological terms mean (such as PERL, VPS,
SSL) The following is their requirement (they have a small business
# They need access of certain parts of the Electronic shop (e-shop) to
be restricted to certain members
# Unlimited Disc Space
# Unlimited Data Transfer
# At least 250 email addresses with unlimited storage and at least
10MB of attachments; catch all; free aliases; mailing list
# Free Site Building/ Design Tools
# Hosting of the Web Site & ability to accept payment through pay pal,
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover plus Free Shopping Cart
# The ability for customers to create usernames and passwords to log
in
# Interactive chatting between customers and support
# Site Statistics
# Online Gift Certificates and Coupons
Thank you !!!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://web-hosting-solutions.fantastic-galleries.nethttp://best-web-hosting.fantastic-galleries.nethttp://web-hosting-companies.fantastic-galleries.net

I sent an answer but most likely it went to the author of the last
post instead of the group.

The best I have seen up to now, because it includes all tools
mentioned plus more, including hosting, software and excellent (free)
manuals going beyond having a website towards having a business in
internet, without all balloney associated with this type of business.

See: http://compare.sitesell.com/website-marketing.html

On that same page you will be able to to compare features offered with
major suppliers by clicking around the middle of the page on:
"Click here to compare
SBI! to Yahoo! and 1&1.com
SHOW"

Success!!

[vincy]

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