Most Popular Web Hosts in July 2008


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1 2  BlueHost   read review   unlimited   unlimited   $6.95 
 2   5   DreamHost   read review   190 GB   1,900 GB   $7.95 
 3   2   HostMonster   read review   unlimited   unlimited   $6.95 
 4   4   ANHosting   read review   500 GB   5,000 GB   $6.95 
 5   9   midPhase   read review   200 GB   3,000 GB   $7.95 
 6   10   Lunarpages   read review   1,500 GB   15,000 GB   $6.95 
 7   7   Yahoo!   read review   unlimited   unlimited   $11.95 
 8   6   EasyCGI   read review   350 GB   3,500 GB   $7.96 
 9   3   HostGator   read review   350 GB   3,500 GB   $6.95 
 10   -   StartLogic   read review   unlimited   unlimited   $5.95 

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SingleHop’s Ajax Server Administration Tool

It is not often I get some scoop, but this one got leaked to me (shhhh!), so I’ll share it.

SingleHop is about to release a slick new management tool for their servers called LEAP that will definitely raise the bar for their competitors still using Plesk or CPanel. You get the interactivity of a desktop application but all in the portable convenience of your browser. Everything from configuration to provisioning to billing in one place. Pretty sweet.

For my fellow geeks out there, some details. It is Ajax, not Flash (or Flex), all built on top of Ext JS. Always good to seem web standards winning over proprietary stuff.

In any case, check it out. SingleHip should be releasing LEAP this week:



Update (21/Jul/2008 12:21): LEAP is now live on SingleHop’s site. I guess my “scoop” is now old news. Still a nice Ajax app, tho.

Most Popular Web Hosts in June 2008


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Month
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Host Review Storage Transfer Price
1 2  BlueHost   read review   unlimited   unlimited   $6.95 
 2   4   HostMonster   read review   unlimited   unlimited   $6.95 
 3   -   HostGator   read review   350 GB   3,500 GB   $6.95 
 4   2   ANHosting   read review   500 GB   5,000 GB   $6.95 
 5   3   DreamHost   read review   190 GB   1,900 GB   $7.95 
 6   6   EasyCGI   read review   350 GB   3,500 GB   $7.96 
 7   8   Yahoo!   read review   unlimited   unlimited   $11.95 
 8   -   inMotion   review out of date   unlimited   unlimited   $6.95 
 9   7   midPhase   read review   200 GB   3,000 GB   $7.95 
 10   5   Lunarpages   read review   1,500 GB   15,000 GB   $6.95 

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243.4 Terabits per Month - The Speed of Hosting

There are a lot of different types of hosting. You can use shared hosting, a VPS, or a dedicated server. You can use Windows or Unix. You can use Apache or IIS. You can use something more off-the-beaten-path. But one thing remains the same. At the bottom, underneath all those details, there is still a server and that server connects to the internet, probably by ethernet.

So what does this commonality mean? Well, it means one very important thing. There is a top speed of hosting. (Read more…)

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