HostMonster

Once you open Hostmonster.com, you see their promise: Superior Support. Powerful Hosting. That’s nice, but I wanted to see if it’s really like that. Here is how this review is structured: first the boring stuff, features, about the company, etc. After that I will go through the signup process, and registering a domain with them. A short review of the hosting interface will follow. Then I am going to run some speedtests. And lastly, a short summary.

The internet has changed the way we see the world today with spectacular websites for individuals and businesses. More and more people are looking for a way to get a piece of the online pie and among others, HostMonster is here to help. One of the top webhosting companies on the web, they have been in business since 1996. They are a 100% United States based corporation in the beautiful state of Utah. As a successful webhosting company trusted by 1.7 million websites They promise to deliver the highest quality of customer services and webhosting service they possibly can.

Strategies Provided for Getting Traffic

Hostmonster sets you up for a jumpstart. Each website package includes $75 in Google credits for instant advertisement on Google. Others, such as Yahoo and Bing are also in the lot. Hostmonster even offers help if you are not sure how to market your site.

Different Types of Web Hosting Packages Available

Websites require a lot to make them successful, so they need to use webhosting companies to design and launch their websites. HM provides services for personal websites as well as to businesses, including Ecommerce sites. Each package is well priced to make it fit into almost any budget. That can be appealing to someone with a small blog in mind, or businesses just starting up.

Multimedia Platform

A Hostmonster account supports the use of streaming videos and streaming audio which typically require a large amount of bandwidth. Through the use of plug-ins like Java and Macromedia Shockwave, websites can boast superb graphics making them visually appealing to visitors. Adding social network plugins depends on what platform you use, and your hosting has nothing to do with them.

Linux Operating System

HostMonster uses Linux in conjunction with Windows to develop quality websites for a fraction of the average cost. They promise 24/7 monitoring of all websites, and live technical support to keep websites running efficiently. This should be enough to be protected from hardware crashes while maintaining the security and integrity of websites.

Many Web Applications Provided

HostMonster offers a wide variety of web applications to show your content the way you imagined it. Simplescripts is quite good, but a Fatntastico/Softaculous combo would be better.

The web applications available to website owners include:

• Moodle Web App
• WordPress
• image galleries
• bulletin boards
• Python
• Drupal
• Joomla
• b2evolution

99.9% Up-time

Developing your site takes time and you don’t want that site to go offline. It’s just not professional. HostMonster promises an industry standard guaranteed uptime for your website. That’s nothing spectacular, you can get that kind of uptime from any hosting company.