After a few small outages with my last site host over the month of September, I decided to go with “Bluehost“…
Now some of you might be asking, why Bluehost… isn’t it one of the more expensive host out there?
Yes, It’s true, it is a few more dollars a month, but I’ve been doing some speed testing of different sites using free online site checkers and my test results has shown that the other sites that I know of, while receiving very respectable performance times, weren’t quite as fast as bluehost..
Here is the real kicker… I view the slightly higher cost as an advantage!
Why? Well, I think that since BlueHost is more expensive, fewer people will be buying new accounts in the short-term (at least until BlueHost reduces their rates again).
Sorry for this lame post. Tomorrow, I’ll be back to a more normal routine (I hope) and write a longer post.
-MR
Good luck with the new host. I’ll let you know if I notice any changes! I thought that your rationale of the higher price excluding cost-conscious bloggers was interesting.
Hi Roshawn,
I was just trying to make myself feel better about the price 😉
I’m hoping it has some merit though! The performances stats are pretty accurate though.
Later, I ready that sometimes Bluehost gets as low as $4.95 for the same package that I got, grrrr…
Oh well 🙂
First off, congratulations on breaking the 100,000 Alexa rank!
Second, I think you will be happy you switched. I don’t know anything about blue host, but I know you have been contemplating this awhile because of some issues with your previous setup. I use inmotion hosting and couldn’t be happier. It will be great for you to get your ‘system’ off your mind!
Thanks!
This will be my 2nd time passing this elusive mark :)…
Ironically, the first time I passed it, I held for 2 days and them started to move down (along with everybody’s scores) for some reason…
Hopefully, it’ll hold for more that 2 days this time 🙁
MR- I’m on Bluehost as well and think they do a great job. And in the scheme of things, $6-9/mo. is nothing at all….for the lowest level dedicated server hosting (for a small business) you can easily spend $300+ mo.
So far, my experience has been awesome with them! I’ve already called them three times, and they’ve always been great!
I wish I would have went with them from the onset 🙂
Good for you, now you won’t have any problem with the speed of your site. I wonder if you have any idea with the other hostings performances? Like godaddy or hostgator for example???
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