Bluehost Review

Bluehost Inc.
http://bluehost.com

24 Months: $6.95/mo
12 Months: $7.95/mo
6 Months: $8.95/mo
FREE! Bluehost domain privacy.


Host Rating: 97%
Overall: 98%
Features: 98%
Reliability: 99%
Price/Quality: 98%
Easy use: 99%
Customer Support: 98%
Features:
Web Space: 1500 Gb
Bandwidth: 15 Tb
Domains: Unlimited
POP3 Email: 2500
Subdomains: 20
MySQL Databases: 50
Bluehost Overview

One of the leading hosting providers, Blue Host has been in business since 1996. Currently boasting a roster of over 300,000 sites, they’re apparently doing something right. Along with exceptional tech support, they’re notorious for offering advanced features and options that are usually only found with much larger companies.

New accounts get the added bonus of:

  • $50 Google Adwords credit
  • $50 Yahoo Search Marketing credit
  • Free Domain Name
  • Free Site Promotion
  • Free e-Commerce Shopping Cart/Scripts
  • Free SiteBuilder with Templates
  • 99.9% Network Uptime Guarantee
  • Professional Courteous Support
Bluehost Price Value

Bluehost’s reliable hosting options come at very reasonable prices. Plans include a generous amount of disk space and a high monthly transfer allowance. You also get a free domain, free setup, free domain privacy registration (that’s a $9 savings!), and even a free web site builder with advanced features. You’re also allowed to host an unlimited amount of domains, all under the same account, for no additional fees. To ensure your satisfaction, they also offer a 30-day money back guarantee and 24/7 tech support with an average response time of under 2 minutes.

Bluehost Reliability

In the area of reliability, Bluehost is a champ. Their data center is nothing short of world-class, with top-of-the-line equipment that ensures a remarkable uptime and invaluable administrative tools. They harness the power of High Performance Xeon Severs with 24/7 Network Monitoring, which guarantee reliability and secure regular backups. In addition, they utilize mirrored storage backups, so it’s virtually impossible for your data to ever be lost.

Uptime Monitor

BlueHost
1215 N. Research Way, #Q3500
Orem, UT 84097

Monitored since February 14, 2007 (505 days)
Overall uptime: 99.801%

Bluehost Control Panel

Bluehost is another host among those that offer the Cpanel as its control panel. The Cpanel is very popular because of its user-friendliness and advanced features. It makes it real easy to manage all the different aspects of your hosting account.

The Cpanel comes equipped with features such as:

  • Site statistics
  • Search engine submissions
  • Script implementation
  • Forums
  • Database administration
  • Quick access to manage all email accounts.
  • Makes it a breeze to manage files and the domain itself.

Live demo available for Bluehost Cpanel.

Bluehost Customer Support
As mentioned before, the customer support is exceptional. The staff is knowledgeable and friendly, and available to talk to you 24/7 and help with any problems that might arise. They can either be reached by telephone, or via the free online chat service that they offer. If you’d prefer, you can also send an email to support, and you’ll get a prompt response. Their help desk section is in-depth and comprehensive, with all sorts of great help guides, FAQs, and an online support ticket system. As yet another helpful resource, they have a forum that addresses many of the common issues that new webmasters might have.
Bluehost Web Hosting

Second only to Bluehost, Bluehost is an incredible service and should be taken into consideration when determining your persona hosting needs. They won’t let you down!

Price: Cheap (Below Average Cost)
Web Space: Great (approx. 2,500,000 pages)
Traffic: Great (approx. 20,500,000 page views)
Ease Of Use: Easy interface and great customer support
General Features: Great (Host Unlimited Domains on 1 Account)
Business Features: Great ($50 Yahoo Credit and $50 Google Credit)
Money-Back Guarantee: 30 Day, 100% Risk-Free

Bluehost Inc.
http://bluehost.com



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  1. Jun 27th, 2008 (Andy)

    BH is the best overall host i’ve ever used. SSH access is useful and they really had developers in mind when they set up their plans. I only had to contact support 1 time, which was simply activation of ssh. Great host!

  2. Jun 14th, 2008 (Damien)

    hmmm cpu usage is always maxed out on my vbulletin forum with the gallery installed. maybe too many users for shared hosting in general? anyway great service for the $

  3. Jun 11th, 2008 (Dan)

    Blue host’s servers are SLOW

  4. Jun 10th, 2008 (Frank)

    After dealing with hostgator support i switched to bluehost and i’m really happy with the uptime.


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