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Toll-Free: (888) 401-4678http://www.bluehost.com
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1958 South 950 East, Provo,
UT 84606, United States
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Bluehost
Bluehost has been providing quality web hosting solutions to businesses and individuals since 1996. Their goal is to provide outstanding services for the best possible price. To achieve these goals Bluehost team is constantly innovating and upgrading their services at no additional cost to customers.
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BlueHost Awards and Certifications
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Bluehost Review
Established in 1996, Bluehost is considered a serious competitor in the web hosting industry and has been since creation. The company is independently owned and operated based in Orem, Utah. Bluehost is a highly respected web hosting provider due to its length of service and many features offered to its customers.
The most important aspects of Bluehost include:
* Security
* Hosting plan
* Customer satisfaction
* User experience
* Technical specifications
Security is always vital to operating a successful online business. Customers need to be reassured their transactions will be safe and protected from outside threats. Like most other web hosting providers, BlueHost is running mod_suPHP to isolate user accounts from one another. The alternative to mod_suPHP is FastCGI which is available at this web hosting company. Unfortunately, SFTP is not an available option but overall security is good.
Bluehost provides users with only a single hosting plan. For just under $7 per month, customers will receive unlimited disk space, transfers and domains per account, 100 MySQL databases and a free domain name. This is a fairly competitive monthly price in the web hosting industry for the number of features provided.
Since Bluehost has been around for 15 years, they have had their fair share of technical problems which have all been resolved within a reasonable amount of time. Longtime customers agree the overall experience with the hosting provider has been above average. Considering the length of time in business and the highly competitive hosting market, this rating is fantastic. Also, Bluehost is reputed to have quick customer support response time via phone and email.
On the other hand, there are many customers that feel Bluehost has gone downhill during their tenure. Many feel they oversell resulting in a good amount of downtime. Also, some have had difficulties with their customer support team answering basic technical questions.
Furthermore, the Bluehost system is able to perform up to six FTP transfers simultaneously allowing for fast downloading and uploading. Also, cPanel is the control panel of choice and is up-to-date while Bluehost uses Simple Scripts and Fantastico Deluxe as application installers, both of which are up-to-date. Simple Scripts is proprietary software rated as one of the best in the industry. Additionally, Bluehost skins are light enough to not cause any performance issues.
Finally, the technical specifications are fairly consistent with competing web hosting providers. Both MySQL and PHP are up-to-date while UTF-8 and mbstring are supported. Overall, the Bluehost web hosting platform is considered state-of-the-art by industry standards.
Overall Bluehost knows what they are doing. With so much time in the industry, they have been able to tweak certain aspects and cater to the needs of a quickly changing business. Although there are a few customers that feel the company is not what it used to be, overall they are a solid choice. Bluehost has expanded their operations to introduce Hostmonster, a cheaper, faster alternative with the same offerings. Therefore, it might be best to sign up with them to keep overhead low.