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Whats the best .com hosting site?
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You don't have to purchase your domain from your host. In fact, if you're inexperienced I recommend against it. Some of the el-cheapo hosting companies that provide "Free domain registration with hosting!" actually retain ownership of the domain. In other words if you change hosts in the future you lose your domain.
I recommend registering your domain through a reputable reseller like Network Solutions or GoDaddy, then shop for your host.
I know you said you wanted cheap, just remember you get what you pay for. I have used both GoDaddy and IXWebHosting in the past when I needed an inexpensive host. Both were acceptable. I'm sure others will have more recommendations.
I recommend registering your domain through a reputable reseller like Network Solutions or GoDaddy, then shop for your host.
I know you said you wanted cheap, just remember you get what you pay for. I have used both GoDaddy and IXWebHosting in the past when I needed an inexpensive host. Both were acceptable. I'm sure others will have more recommendations.
I would stay as far away from 1and1.com A lot of people have had mixed feelings for them...
I use elief.com for my smaller sites, but as inexperienced, I would go with the Dark side as Darth said; Godaddy.com. Godaddy.com also has good customer support from what I hear.
I use elief.com for my smaller sites, but as inexperienced, I would go with the Dark side as Darth said; Godaddy.com. Godaddy.com also has good customer support from what I hear.
Put me in the camp of "I do not care for 1and1".
Me -> GoDaddy for domain "purchase" (rental, really) & BlueDomino for hosting.
I'm quite happy with BlueDomino. All of 1 problem I've had on their end (PHP5 not running properly) took about 15 minutes from me emailing their tech support to their tech support fixing the issue and getting back to me.
Me -> GoDaddy for domain "purchase" (rental, really) & BlueDomino for hosting.
I'm quite happy with BlueDomino. All of 1 problem I've had on their end (PHP5 not running properly) took about 15 minutes from me emailing their tech support to their tech support fixing the issue and getting back to me.
Thanks guys, I just bought my domain from GoDaddy, and I WAS using x10hosting before, and I was excited that I could use my new domain with them, so thats what I did.
I have several domains and sites with 1and1, and they've been good to me -- not without problems, but good enough. They weren't high-traffic or commercial sites, though.
I put up a couple of sites via dot5hosting, and they've been OK too.
I put up a couple of sites via dot5hosting, and they've been OK too.
Rented a dedicated server from them, they not only charged me twice, they also took about 2 weeks to set it up.
I use GoDaddy for my registrar needs and host free with x10hosting.com. I also have some free hosting at zymic.com as well.
The way I have mine setup is to use x10hosting's nameservers and either add a parked domain or add-on domain to my x10hosting account, then modify my MX records at x10 to point back to the email servers GoDaddy uses.
I prefer the stability of GoDaddy's mail servers and I use their forwarding primarily. I tried x10hosting's mail with forwarding, but it came back with spam bounces whereas GoDaddy works perfectly.
You can also do web forwarding to the free host, but I don't like the choices. You either forward to the host and people see the free hosting domain info or you mask the forwarding and then all people ever see in the address bar is www.yourdomain.com. That makes it hard to link to specific pages on your site.
The way I have mine setup is to use x10hosting's nameservers and either add a parked domain or add-on domain to my x10hosting account, then modify my MX records at x10 to point back to the email servers GoDaddy uses.
I prefer the stability of GoDaddy's mail servers and I use their forwarding primarily. I tried x10hosting's mail with forwarding, but it came back with spam bounces whereas GoDaddy works perfectly.
You can also do web forwarding to the free host, but I don't like the choices. You either forward to the host and people see the free hosting domain info or you mask the forwarding and then all people ever see in the address bar is www.yourdomain.com. That makes it hard to link to specific pages on your site.