I just went through the process of choosing a web hosting provider. Or

should I say Blog Hosting provider. I have been with Godaddy for years and

was a happy customer. Then I started blogging using a Word Press blog. Things

weren't going smoothly with Godaddy. At times my blog pages were coming up

blank and the load time was very slow. Then when I introduced Firepow to

automate my blogging business it got even more complicated. As Firepow is

optimized for Hostgator.

I quickly learned about cpanel hosting interface vs. Godaddy's proprietary

interface. The standard is cpanel which is an interface that one can learn

to navigate fairly quickly. Plus, most training you will find online provides

cpanel instruction. An easy to use hosting control panel is very important

when you are creating blogs and websites. Hostgator, also provides the

fantastico hosting interface which I haven't tried yet.

Then there is sql database creation. Godaddy takes a different approach.

One cannot just simply point to "localhost" for the location of the database

with Godaddy. You need to jump through hoops to find the location. Hostgator

provided excellent support and imported my sql database which was a great help

in moving my blogs to their system.

It would require a rather long article to provide all the details of the

differences between the 2 services. Plus, folks would need to familiarize

themselves with terms like: cpanel hosting, web hosts,blog,email hosting,

shared hosting, reseller hosting, domain hosting, dedicated servers,

dedicated hosting,ftp hosting,domain name hosting,hosting php,ecommerce

hosting etc.I would suggest familiarizing yourself with these terms to gain a

better understanding of the web and blog hosting environments.

The quick and dirty based on my experience is that Godaddy is great for domain

name registration and Hostgator is great for a reliable hosting company.

Hostgator has hosting plans from $4.95 per month. It really is not as problem

to domain host with one company and use a different company's hosting server.

Just simply point the DS nameservers to the location that your blog or website

is hosted at. The hosting provider will provide you with detailed instructions

as to how this works.

If you visit the site

http://www.keithblogs.com/webhost

you will find a 20 percent off coupon among other deals. There are links to

domain registration and web hosting plans. It is a great place to start for

hosting services and will provided you cheap webhosting. Additionally, if you

use Hostgator as your hosting service, I would pay for at least a year in

advance which provides even more savings. Hostgator really is a great

blog webhost. Additionally if you want to automate your blogging business

stop over at http://www.keithblogs.com and read the article on Firepow.

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