DreamHost
If you ever want to get serious about making money online from your sites, then you will probably need your own hosting. Although you can still go with Blogger, TypePad or the many other hosted alternatives, nothing compares to the power and ability to customize settings as having your own hosting account. I run one dedicated server at Dedicated Now and a couple of sites at DreamHost. In the future when adding any more servers to the network they will all be done at DreamHost.
Why? Well it’s the fact that they make running a server and hosting a site very easy. Dedicated Now has a cheaper offering of dedicated servers, but administering them is not for the faint of heart since they are unmanaged. In any case most of you will not even wish to touch a dedicated server and just want simple site hosting.
DreamHost has one-click installs where you can install numerous software packages at the press of a button. For example, suppose you want to use WordPress, all you have to do is click the WordPress button and you instantly have a WordPress installation on your site. Too easy.
The control panel is easy to use and really does make you feel in control of your website without being intimidating. Nobody wants to have to fiddle around with website settings because that is time you could be using to make money or having fun writing great content.
Currently their lowest price plan ($7.95/mo) includes:
- 1 free domain registration
- 3 full domains
- 2400 MB diskspace
- 120 GB Transfer (more than enough for 99% of the webmasters out there)
- 600 mailboxes
Not bad. Again if you search around it is quite possible to find a cheaper alternative, but the overall experience will not be as fluid and enjoyable as the one offered by DreamHost. So if you ever wonder who I would recommend for webhosting, it would definitely be them. Even if I wasn’t getting paid for referring people to them I would still recommend them just like I recommend people use Macs over PCs.
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5 opinions for DreamHost
Ben
Apr 28, 2005 at 5:47 pm
Macs over PCs? Cmon Scrivs…
mahalie
Apr 28, 2005 at 7:26 pm
You’re not alone on this one. An additional benefit of using Dreamhost is the great number of savvy users as a support group. They are not unlike the WP community and Dreamhost currently has a wiki in development that will make getting the most out of their services easier than ever. If you happen to be a web designer or otherwise in a position to refer people, their referral program really pays off too. (I’ve been with them for over 5 years and my referrals almost pay for all of my hosting.)
Ryan Latham
Apr 28, 2005 at 7:57 pm
Agreed…Dreamhost is simple, and what you don’t see in the business world too much…compassionate and understanding. I just upgraded my services about a week ago, and after upgrading planned on paying right away…but their was a message saying…
“Do not worry about paying your balance until [month later here].”
Something I find highly odd coming from a company, and an online company at that. They take out a lot of the hassles of virtually everything, and they are highly reliable. I do have one gripe though; and that is no AwStats. I think all servers should have this pre-installed…and don’t let this deter you…you can install AwStats yourself, but it was a pain.
fred
Apr 29, 2005 at 3:12 pm
Why shouldn’t he recommend Macs over PC’s? He’s recommending a unix based hosting company. In general I find it much easier to develop in a Unix environment (Mac) if I’m hosting on a Unix environment.
BTW, Dreamhost really is the best deal around. Especially if you opt for one of their higher end packages. Code Monster is a baragain when you consider you can host 15 domains and 75 sub domains. My yearn for a dedicated server ended the day I signed up with Dreamhost.
Matt
May 2, 2005 at 8:17 pm
If you can afford them, TextDrive offers the most technically advanced and robust service I’ve ever seen, and that’s not an affiliate link. :)
DreamHost is good too, and we recommend them on the WordPress Hosting page because they are one of the better places you can park your online presence, but once you grow beyond a certain size they can become restrictive, in my experience.
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