Venturing out into the wild-wild world of web hosting can be intimidating if you’re a beginner and sometimes a real headache if you’re a veteran.
Finding a solid webhost can be tricky and sometimes the quality of a webhost will decline or your demands and needs may fluxuate over time. Personally, for the client websites I host as well as ChurchMag, I’ve experienced many different hosts as I was determined not to “settle” when it came to website hosting.
As I scoured the Internet looking for webhost reviews, I found negative reviews as well as raves for just about every webhosting company the web! It was very frustrating to say the least.
Finally, after far too many server migrations, I found top notch servers that I will be sticking with for a very long time (as long as they continue to be awesome).
If only I had found WebHosting Secret Revealed in the beginning, I would have saved myself a lot of headaches!
Check it out:
WebHosting Secret Revealed
WebHosting Secret Revealed has many different resources that are really helpful.
At the core level, they provide honest web hosting reviews based on real test accounts and user experience. When reviewing and comparing webhosting, these are the key metrics used to help you in choosing the right webhost for your website:
- Server uptime (is the web host reliable?)
- Signup process (was is smooth and easy?)
- Website setup (was the CMS installation easy?)
- Control panel features (is it good?)
- After sales support (are the support staffs friendly and knowledgable?), and so on.
I was happy to find that my favorite webhost—which happens to host ChurchMag—had a very accurate and honest review. I am curious to see how Media Temple ranks in the future, too!
WebHosting Secret Revealed is a great way to review multiple webhosting options in one place and one voice. They even include their top-5 webhosts which breaks down all the features in one easy to read chart:
That alone is huge, but they also offer some other cool stuff:
- A Beginner’s Guide – This includes hosting basics, how to choose the right host, the truth about ‘ultimate hosting’ and more!
- Discounts and Freebies – Yes, please!
- Hosting Reviews – There’s plenty to choose from with more reviews to come!
- Uptime Tracker – Add ten websites, 5 minute pings, free—any questions? (Coming soon!)
WebHosting Secret Revealed also features a helpful blog that includes interesting interviews and blog tips.
Whether you’re first starting out on your webhosting journey or are a server veteran, you’re sure to find some great stuff on WHSR!
Brenda Rick Smith says
I just moved to wpengine and I’ve been really pleased so far. Support has been exceptional, even though we’re on the lowest level plan.
Austin Gunter (@austingunter) says
Hey Brenda, I’m so glad you’re liking WP Engine so far! All of our support folks from the front line techs (who are all pretty brilliant!) to the senior engineers love helping customers out and making sure your sites are running smoothly. I’m glad you’re experiencing that!
If you ever have any questions or need something, please don’t hesitate to send me an email, [email protected]. I love talking with our customers 🙂
Thanks,
-Austin Gunter
Eric Dye says
THIS GUY. 😀
Brenda Rick Smith says
Yup! He’s on it. 🙂
Austin Gunter (@austingunter) says
All part of creating amazing customer experiences!
Jerry Low says
Brenda, WP Engine indeed is the top of its class. We saw a 200% improvement in site load speed when we shifted to WP Engine back in 2012.
Do help us and share your experience with our readers here http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/wp-engine/
Cheers, Jerry
Eric Dye says
Indeed! Their support was weak in the beginning, but now they’ve taken it to a whole new level. I’ve been a customer long enough to notice this. I nice change of pace, as many services seem to get worse rather than better. I love WP Engine. 😀
Austin Gunter (@austingunter) says
Hey Eric, I’m glad support keeps getting better and better for you. We’ve worked hard to build the best support team possible for WordPress hosting.
Jerry Low says
Eric, thanks again for your good words on WHSR. I look forward to some great discussion with your readers. See you around, cheers! 🙂
Eric Dye says
WHSR is a fresh breath of air. Love it! 😀
Eric J says
I personally despise cPanel so that pretty much limits my options when it comes to web-hosts. As far as WHSR they need to review a lot more companies only 22 reviewed so far, i’d love to see them review site5 and dreamhost.
Jerry Low says
Point taken. We have Mid Phase, Doonker, and Media Temple in the pipeline. But Site 5 and Dream Host are definitely two of the must have’s.
Thanks for the feedback.
Eric Dye says
Seriously! Like I said, I look forward to seeing more. They’re certainly off to a great start.
Eric J says
Definitely a great start :D.