Blog Review: Alocahost Web Hosting Blog

2008 October 8

by Urbain

The “basic” appearance of the Alacahost blog can be deceiving. At first glance, it’s just another WordPress blog that uses the basic theme that comes with the script installation. The “about” page remains a template page that still has the script language; i.e., “This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information . . .”

Normally, I click out of a blog in which the templates have not been updated. However, I decided to take a closer look because I’m interested in the subject matter.

Selecting a web host is the blog’s focus, which includes some helpful information. For instance, if you run a PHP script of any kind, it is possible that you have run into CPU overload problems with some hosts. Alocahost explains this problem and tells you what you can do about it. The blog also discusses bad web hosts (invaluable information for bargain hunters) and the problem with spam on some hosting services.

While the earlier posts on this PR2 blog were pretty focused and helpful, many of the posts seemed to have shifted to unrelated product and site reviews. If more posts are written about web hosting, this can be a very helpful blog for mom and pop business owners who are thinking about going online or expanding their online presences.

As far as web hosting is concerned, I am still recommending at this time the $40-for-10-years deal, where customers receive the types of services and scripts that normally come with a big name hosting company. You can get the details here.