It’s been a long time since I talked about web hosting, domain and everything related to it. With the demise of my old niche blog (bryankarl.com, inactive), I totally stopped talking about these kind of stuff. But I’ll give it a try one more time.
I’ve had my ups and downs (more downs, I think) in the past with regards to web hosting. My first, Kinohost, really was the biggest problematic host I’ve encountered so far. I have had my share of communicating with the owner though and looks like he had his rough times, which also affected our blogs. I then moved to another host, and yeah, another problem. So I had to move again now this time in a stabler hosting service, my current one.
I am currently hosted in Hosting Services-USA-Taiwan-Philippines. Yeah, quite a long name we’ve got there. Fortunately, their service is quite good. I haven’t encountered blog downtime moments (none that I can remember of) and the customer service is speedy. They’re also affordable that’s why I chose them. Nobody actually recommended them to me; I just saw them in my search. They could not be as amazing as Web Hosting Hub, the Top 1 in website hosting in the Official Top 10 Website Hosting 2011 but they have satisfied my blog needs.
Update: After writing this post, I bumped into a memory_limit error with my blog’s Dashboard. Luckily, my blog host has a live chat feature. And it’s amazing! The guy from their end helped me and problem solved. 
After all, I only have a personal weblog — I don’t need much. However, just a few recommendation. If you run a community blog or a magazine-type with lots of contributors (especially showbiz blogs), then I guess you might not want to settle with less. Seek out from web hosting reviews so you’ll get the best for your website or weblog.
Check out this YouTube video by Volusion. It’s entitled How to Choose a Web Host. Watch and learn and try to assess if your current web hosting has the 6 qualities of a good web host. Mine, I say it passed.
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