Comments on: Is it time to upgrade your hosting account?

By: bbrian017

bbrian017 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:59:21 +0000

@Johnny Nice I'm glad you went with the dedicated! I wish I could but financially I couldn't spend the money. My income has been really limited ever since I went live with the Adsense Revenue Sharing at Blog Engage. 50%-100% of my PPC profit is gone @Gerald Weber - You’re absolutely right! Once you have both databases up and running all you need to do is point the DNS and it will transfer. Release and Drop the old database with the old hosting and you should be good! It worked out well for me! @SoLinkable I didn’t seem to have any downtime issues but I see your point and will take it into consideration when I eventually move to a dedicated server @Dave (The Other One) I've been with Godaddy for a long time but I can tell you when I move to a dedicated server I'm leaving Godaddy and I will be checking out a few of my options @Eric - Great site man! Lots of detailed information to read regarding servers Thanks for visiting and commenting everyone Brian bbrian017s last blog post..WassupBlog

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:59:35 +0000

You should check out my site for some good hosting deals. It allows for growth and it doesnt break the bank. roguedeals.com - Great site! Following you now on mybloglog and blogcatalog! Cheers, Eric Erics last blog post..POWWEB Discount code - Update.

By: Dave (The Other One)

Dave (The Other One) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:40:43 +0000

Wow, $290 a year?? I have two dedicated servers on PEER1 and one on Limestone Networks and I'm paying more than that per server per month!! Of course it gives me 5Tb of bandwidth per month and I'm usually close to chewing that up every month even using http caches and Amazon for image hosting. Google Adsense pretty much foots my server bills and I do have 160+ websites, numerous forums and a few social media sites but ne thing I would never recommend is GoDaddy for anything but domain registrations. Simply put, they're not large scale bandwidth provider and they have no scalability. Not to mention, PEER1 has the best 24/7/365 phone support. Dave (The Other One)s last blog post..Social Media Optimization for Social Media Marketing

By: SoLinkable

SoLinkable — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:45:40 +0000

@Gerald That's true for blogs, however when we are dealing with a user generated dynamic site (like a social bookmarking site), any time spent bouncing back and forth can be compared to down-time. You don't want people posting to an old database. Although, with that being said, there isn't much you can do about propagation time... SoLinkables last blog post..New Technology Transforms Cheap Wine into 'Vintage' Quality in Minutes

By: Gerald Weber

Gerald Weber — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:55:14 +0000

I'm personally an SEO professional and not a server administrator by trade. However I can tell you it's quite simple to move from one server to the other without any downtime. Simply make sure that all your news files databases etc are properly in place on the new server before you point your DNS. As long as this is done ones you point your domain name to the new server it will bounce back and forth until propogation is complete but since files are on both servers you won't see any actual website down time. I hope that helps. Gerald Webers last blog post..It May Almost Be 2009, But Duplicate Content Still Isn’t a Good Thing

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:19:07 +0000

Hey Brian..
First time commenting..
I actually ran into a similar problem on GoDaddy running a blog powered by Joomla. One of our breaking stories was picked up and ranked high on most search engines which resulted in a huge traffic spike. My site overloaded the server to the point of bringing it down along with everyone else on the same shared server.

This happened a few more times til I finally moved my site to a dedicated server. I skipped the VPS and went straight to a dedicated server because I didn’t want to run into the same problem again. VPS’s are good but you’re going to eventually need a dedicated server.. IMO.

You should check out iweb.com. You can find some pretty good deals in their clearance section. http://iweb.com/dedicated/clearance/ You’re going to need someone to help administer it though. Unless you want to pay extra to have the host do it. Spry.com is another good one but more expensive.

By: bbrian017

bbrian017 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:38:01 +0000

I got a really cheap deal I only pay 361 usd per year

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By: Michael Henry

Michael Henry — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:43:13 +0000

Did you try shopping around first? You might have been able to partner with a local ISP and co-host a dedicated server. Back in the day I used to run my own MUD/HTTP server at out of a local ISP's office for less than $100/mo. Michael Henrys last blog post..Where I’m at: Free Flu Shot Clinic

By: bbrian017

bbrian017 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:07:46 +0000

@SoLinkable I think the issue with me was I'm trying to run over 10 websites some in the top 40,000k in Alexa and it was too much! The upgrade was needed! I was paying 70usd a year for the shared and 300 usd now for the VD bbrian017s last blog post..A Cruise Ship Date That Went Awry

By: SoLinkable

SoLinkable — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:00:58 +0000

I've got a shared hosting account and I honestly can't say that I've found my load times slow. I've been more than pleased so far with their service (especially for only $80/year). The biggest issue I've had with them, is that they tend to go out for an hour here and there throughout the month. When they do maintenance, the whole server just goes down... But it just goes to show that you get what you pay for. SoLinkables last blog post..Dilbert - I'm addicted to the internet...