09.18.07
New Web Hosting – Lunarpages.com
After over a year of being dissatisfied with my previous web host, I have moved mikeroberto.com to Lunarpages.com. It has only been a week, but I am very impressed with them so far.
Finding a good web host is a very difficult thing, even for experienced webmasters. Googling for the best web hosts is like throwing yourselves to the wolves while wearing steak underpants. All of those “Top 10″ lists are simply paid-for lists, and all are equally shady.
The best way to find a good host is to first know what you want, and then go and look at the lists that allow the users to rate everything. The best site I found for this is www.webhostingjury.com. There are many user reviews and ratings. Currently, Lunarpages is #4.
I then went through the top hosts, and determined that Lunarpages gave me the most bang for my needs, which include multiple domains, unlimited databases, 350GB space (which I’ll never use), a good upgrade path for when my sites get popular, and some other stuff. I also did some research on www.myipneighbors.com to ensure that I’m not sharing a server with 650 other sites (like my last host, which is one reason why bertopics.com is so painfully slow).
Soon bertopics.com will be migrated, but that migration is going to be a pain.
Now that I have a host I can trust, I’ve also changed my official e-mail address. It is now [myfirstname]@mikeroberto.com — where [myfirstname] is mike. Still powered by gmail, but now with a better domain!
So if you need a web host, click on my new sidebar link or the image above, and check out Lunarpages. If you order, please use me as a referral!
Happy Hosting,
berto
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