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HostGator Launches Hosting Backup Service

April 25th, 2010

HostGator, the web hosting provider, announced the launch of a new service. HostGator’s public backup service enables automatic backups for anyone hosting their websites using the cPanel control panel. The backup includes the web site, databases, emails and cPanel settings.

The new service, SiteAutoBackup.com, is open to the general public, and is not limited to HostGator users.

The backup plans buy HostGator start at $1.95 per month for a 1GB account. Additional disk space is available for as low as $1 per additional 1GB.

By default, SiteAutoBackup.com backups run daily, but users can define a custom schedule.

SiteAutoBackup.com backup data is securely stored within servers at its Texas data center space, run by its exclusive data center and network provider The Planet. HostGator has servers in four of The Planet’s Dallas-area data centers, which provide top-of-the-line technology ensuring that servers stay cool, secure, and up at all times. The facilities feature redundant power, HVAC and fire detection systems, and are monitored 24/7 by both HostGator and The Planet’s Network Operation Centers.

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Most Reliable Web Hosting Services – March 2010

April 16th, 2010

Netcraft has published their monthly list of most reliable hosting services.

According to Netcraft, Memset had the most reliable hosting company site in March.

Memset provides dedicated physical and virtual servers, all-inclusive managed hosting and cloud-computing services from their two data centres near Reading, UK. Memset uses Apache on Linux to run their own website.

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Most Popular Web Hosting Services – March 2010

April 7th, 2010

Web Host Directory published the 5 most popular web hosting services for March 2010, based on activity and clicks on their site.

According to Web Host Directory:

Our most popular list is decided by the number of votes a company receives and the amount of times their profile page has been viewed each month. This ensures that every month we provide an up to date list of the leading hosting companies.

Most Popular Hosting Services – US

  1. HostGator
  2. 1&1 Internet
  3. HostForWeb
  4. Aplus.net
  5. Netfirms

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Most Reliable Web Hosting Services – February 2010

March 8th, 2010

Choosing a good web hosting to your site might be crucial. An internet site which is down or malfunctioning could mean loss of business and sales. There are many factors to consider when choosing a hosting for your site. One of them is up-time, which is the total time your site has been accessible to internet users.

Netcraft measures the response times of around forty leading hosting providers’ sites. The performance measurements are made at 15 minute intervals from separate points around the internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24 hour period.

As of February 2010, the most reliable hosting service, according to Netcraft, is Navisite, which had no down time and no failed requests. The second place goes to Datapipe, and INetU is in the third place.

According to Netcraft:

From a customer’s point of view, the percentage of failed requests is more pertinent than outages on hosting companies’ own sites, as this gives a pointer to reliability of routing, and this is why we choose to rank our table by fewest failed requests, rather than shortest periods of outage.

Winners of 2009 Web Hosting Awards Announced

January 28th, 2010

It’s not easy to choose a hosting service for your site. There are so many options, and the prices are similar in many cases. There are many factors to consider when choosing a hosting for a website – price, reliability, features, security etc.

HostReview has chosen the best web hosting services in 2009 – so this might make it easier for you to choose. These are also the companies to keep an eye on in 2010, as they are the best providers to solutions for your web hosting needs

Best Web Hosting Company

First place: Verio
Second place: Liquid Web
Third place: The Planet

Best Dedicated Server Package

First place: Liquid Web
Second place: Codero
Third place: The Planet

Best Managed Hosting Service

First place: NaviSite
Second place: PEER 1
Third place: INetU

Best Budget Hosting

First place: Host Gator
Second place: GoDaddy
Third place: Pronet Hosting

Best Reseller Hosting

First place: Host Gator
Second place: Verio
Third place: MochaHost

Best Cloud Computing Service

First place: Amazon Web Services
Second place: 3Tera
Third place: Rackspace Cloud

Readers’ Choice Award

First place: Verio
Second place: SoftLayer
Third place: SiteGround

The full listings are available here.

When ranking the firms, the HostReview editorial team takes into consideration a suite of factors, including offered services, package diversity, customer support, new products and services, feedback, and overall performance of the selected companies.