Getting Started With KnownHost

I just signed up with KnownHost yesterday, and bought one of their VPS hosting plans. I got the VS2 plan which is $40 a month ($35 + $5 for cPanel). It comes with 768 MB of RAM, 40 GB of space, and 2GB of bandwidth. Compare that with WiredTree (which I also have), where a similar plan costs $69 a month.

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Use CloudFlare To Speed Up and Protect Your Site

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How would you like to speed up your site performance as well as protect your site from spammers and attackers? Oh, and do it for free too. Although this probably sounds too good to be true, a new service called CloudFlare claims to do all this an more. According to CloudFlare, on average, a website using their service will load 30% faster, use 60% less bandwidth as well as being way more secure. All you need to do is make a simple change to the DNS settings on your registrar, and you can start experiencing these benefits right away.

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Hostgator Review

Hostgator

Hostgator is probably the most popular web hosting company in the shared hosting space today. Why? Customer service and reliability. These are the two most important criteria for choosing a good web host, and Hostgator really delivers. They’ve been in business since 2002 since they were based out of a dorm room in Boca Raton, FL, and they are now based in Texas with over 400,000 customers. Not only do they offer shared hosting services, but they also offer reseller, VPS and dedicated web hosting plans as well.

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Bluehost Review

BlueHost

Bluehost is one of the oldest web hosting companies around. They’ve been hosting websites since 1996, and have been growing ever since. They are well known for their combination of affordable web hosting and reliability. Unlike other web hosting companies which offer a variety of different plans, Bluehost only has a single shared hosting plan, which caters to small business owners and individuals.

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