Quote:
Originally Posted by via Email or PM
Hi there,
|
Hi there back.
Quote:
but you are in EU, right?
So they aren't hosters in the US?
|
Nope! We're in the USA, though we have strong ties to Europe and Canada both (and Australia somewhat), in terms of you we have relationships with, as well as you our primary members are. That's why I often put my location as "USA, Europe and the WWW". Because it's a global world, and we're a citizen. We suggest hosts primary in North America (both USA and Canada, sorry Mexico!), but with many suggestions for Europe and Asia as well.
Quote:
Do you take reviews from people like me who had a TERRIBLE experience with Host Dime & my current hoster who I won't name until I've moved?
|
Yep!
Please put your review here on this site. Here:
http://www.digitalFAQ.com/forum/web-hosting/
I also track how hosts are doing for others, not just myself. Because if something bad happens to you, odds are it will eventually happen to me (if using that same host) as well.
Quote:
I'm looking into Name Cheap now.
I know, I know, I normally would never touch a domain registrar company & I've already had HUGE problems with them not understanding me when I talk (not sure which Easter EUR country their support is out of)
|
Namecheap is an excellent choice, and is the one exception to the "never host with a registrar" rule. Most registrars offer pathetic "me too!" type hosting offers (mostly as new products only offered in recent years), but
Namecheap actually has quality hosting. We use Namecheap as well, for that very reason.
(FYI: Godaddy is almost an exception, too! Just not yet. They have vastly improved their hosting quality, though support has ways to go. They're working on it. The T&A ad days of former CEO Parsons are gone, and the company is moving in a more professional direction. Someday, they'll probably be the other exception to the registrar rule.)
However, there are many more good hosts. What do you actually need?
For example:
-
InMotion
-
Siteground
-
TurnKey
- Stablehost
- etc
Quote:
And they FINALLY passed me thru to someone who is understanding me, so there are some people there who understand English.
|
"Kindly please be awaited." < You hate Engrish, too?
Quote:
really did want to switch to SSD, but I guess I have no choice
|
Why? SSD is merely one component of a server and web host. If all things were equal, SSD would be faster, maybe better. It's mostly just newer tech, nothing more. It's usually the "SSD is faster" (false) meme that I hear. I don't often hear of others NOT wanting SSD.
This site uses HDD for files, but SSD for databases. HDD space is cheaper, and it's mostly the databases that benefits. On shared hosting, SSD is better solely if the same server is used for the MySQL. Some hosts use on-server MySQL, some use dedicated MySQL server. That's something to be aware of.
Quote:
I've decided that instead of paying for extra IPs every month which is what I've been doing for years & costs me a lot, I'm going to get different hosting plans instead & make sure the IPs are from different batches/servers. This is so people can't see every domain I own on reverse lookup.
I rejected this idea the first time my website coder recommended it, but at this point there's no other solution.
|
You should have rejected the idea. Your "website coder" believe is long-debunked myth involving IPs and SEO. It does nothing. You're (A) throwing away money on IPs and./or more hosts, and (B) wasting IPv4 space. If you want to hide the site, do what everybody else has been doing for 5+ years now: use CloudFlare. Then all anybody can see if the CloudFlare IP. FYi: That alone is proof that the "IP=SEO" myth is nonsense. Otherwise all sites using CloudFlare would rank badly, and that's NOT the case whatsoever.
This site uses CloudFlare. Not to "hide", but for the other benefit it offers. The free plans will work for that. The paid plans ($20/month/site) offer more features (firewalling ASN, etc), which is what we're using.
Quote:
I don't really log into CPanel on a regular basis, so that coupled with Cloud Flare will have to be the solution.
|
You need to do two things:
(1) If you have multiple non-HTML sites (WordPress, etc), use multi-domain "reseller" hosting. It's safer. Don't cram all your domains as "addons", as one hack WILL leads to all your "addon" sites getting hacked. If a site is hacked in it's own cPanel account (using true multidomain "reseller" hosting) only that one site is hacked. Others still fine.
(2) If using CMS like WordPress, monitor updates regularly, at least twice monthly. Some updates offers just features (no updates needed) while others offer security (often needed, though not always*). [For example, if hack only affects access to wp-admin, but you have wp-admin locked via htaccess, no worries.]
Quote:
I'm on VPS now which was THE most horrific experience for me,
|
VPS isn't fun. Stay shared as long as you can. The "use a VPS!" meme is just as bad use the "IP=SEO" myth. It sounds great, but is actually not at all accurate.
Related editorial from about two years ago:
The Myth of VPS Hosting: Reasons to Avoid It! Part 1
The Myth of VPS Hosting: Reasons to Avoid It! Part 2
Quote:
I'm going back to shared, but not resellers as I don't reseller, I just liked the reseller setup on CPanel.
|
I truly hate the term "reseller" hosting, as it implies reselling. I'm sure that many use it as such, but not the majority of users. It's simply multi-domain hosting. cPanel puts all sites in a single Linux account, meaning a hacker (or even errant script) can fubar everything in it. You have not only security issues to worry about, but overuse/abuse of resources. You don't have that worry when each site/domain gets it's own account. "Addons" are a leftover from the pre-CMS days of HTML-only sites.
Plesk was more intelligent about this, but nobody offers Plesk Linux shared hosting. (Well, not entirely true, several truly awful hosts have it!)
Quote:
If you have more questions, ask here. Just reply.