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InMotion Hosting In-Depth Analysis
Posted by: | CommentsWhen it comes to web hosting, there are easily as many options available as there are stars in the sky. In fact, without a little bit of prior information on either the business, functions, or classes of hosting one might be looking to purchase, we haven’t a clue at all how a conscientious web master could ever make an optimal decision. With that in mind, we feel it’s our duty to bring you the absolute best and the absolute worst on the most popular web hosting providers in town: And falling squarely into the former category, may we now present InMotion Hosting, a long standing industry leader and innovator within the field.
InMotion Hosting is one of our favorite options for personal, business, and dedicated hosting, offering a wealth of plans, features, and support designed to keep your Web presence running smoothly. But then again, all of that stuff can be ascribed to just about every web hosting business in the book. So, when the quick hits the bone, who in the heck really are InMotion? Read our InMotion Hosting user reviews.
Who They Really Are
InMotion first took on its name and business way back when in 2001, arriving out of a merger between business and Internet capability. As such, the provider offers a unique focus to the business consumer, bringing an unparalleled level of services and support aimed at keeping Web-necessary content online at any and all times—even during periods of extreme stress.
Todd Robinson, president of InMotion Hosting.
InMotion Hosting Awards
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The company has been winning awards for these stellar services since as early as 2003, racking up a truly astonishing number of commendations since. Among these are the Drupal Association “Organization Member” aware, a CNET Certified Service Provider, an A-Rated Accredited Business with the BBB, the “Best Business Web Hosting“, the “Best Ecommerce Web Hosting“, the “Best VPS Hosting” awards from WebHostingGeeks.com, and the “Best Business Hosting” award from 100WebHosting.com—all of these given in the latest 2011 year. In other words, the company has existed for more than a decade, but has not slacked off on its duties during any time in that period.
To see all awards of InMotion Hosting click here.
InMotion Hosting Customers
Backed by a team of experts with diverse technical backgrounds, the company claims to be committed to its customer base, and according to its continued growth, it seems to be living up to all the talk.
As mentioned before, InMotion comes absolutely loaded to the gills with all kinds of awards, commendations, customer testimonials, and general pats on the back. The company has been turning heads since its initial inception a decade ago, and now supports a track record few—if any—other web hosting providers can match.
That all might be well and grand, but when it comes down to things, what in fact are those services that are so award-winning? Is it possible to knock them down into only a few bullets? In fact yes, yes it is!
Blazing Fast Hosting
One of the things we love most about InMotion is that it allows the user to choose their server of origin, an unprecedented level of control that we can’t match to any other web host. Typically, a shared hosting experience assigns the user a databank somewhere in the country. This datacenter may or may not be closest to the user’s home demographic, potentially stripping the consumer’s site of all useable performance. In comparison, InMotion offers two East and West coast oriented options, based on their Max Speed Zones system.
West Coast Data Center
East Coast Data Center
This system provides unparalleled protection and performance across the board, no matter what market you’re attempting to reach within the continental United States. In addition, for those hard to reach spots (like our native Denver) InMotion offers peer-based connectivity to give extra boosts as needed.
Green Like A City-Slicker Rancher
Believe it or not, server banks are actually one of the premier causes of pollution in modern times. InMotion is one of only a few select companies to recognize this fact, and to have taken measures to lessen their initial impact. For example, the company now runs its technology and cutting-edge cooling systems that reduce server grid drain by as much as 70%. There’s also the fact that InMotion plants 5,000 trees a year to offset any negative impact it may put into the ecosystem. All in all, InMotion is green as it gets, and that’s an incredible thing.
InMotion Hosting Support
However, it isn’t just features, or general overviews, that get our goat about the web hosting company. In fact, almost more than anything else, it’s their unique dedication to solving and preventing customer complications as they arise. InMotion offers a fully operational 24/7 chat line for customers to call, day or night, for resolutions to their web hosting conundrums as they appear.
Should you find yourself without a telephone, there’s absolutely no reason to panic. In fact, InMotion offers more than enough additional ways to get the job done, and have your website back up and running in no time. This includes a dedicated email support ticket system, live chat to aide you day-or-night directly from your computer, traditional email, and of course, the social networks.
Telephone Sales: 888-321-4678 x1 or 757-416-6575 x1
Telephone Support: 888-321-4678 x2 or 757-416-6575 x2
Email Sales: sales@inmotionhosting.com
Email Support: support@inmotionhosting.com
Live Chat: click here
Google+: https://plus.google.com/109777154476249834137/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/inmotionhosting
Twitter: https://twitter.com/inmotionhosting
More ways to contact InMotion Hosting: http://www.inmotionhosting.com/contact.html.
InMotion Hosting Help Center
In addition, InMotion also offers a full support center that’s loaded with a knowledge base of Alexandrian proportions. There’s website and email tutorials, as well as domain name set-up information, and even tutorials on general website education. It’s as if InMotion secretly has an hidden agenda, and it’s to make you smarter than you were when you went in! And when all else fails, there’s also a community support forum where you’re free to ask other customers for their time-earned and trial-and-error advice.
All in all, InMotion offers quite an impressive package on paper. They’re award-winning, have lasted over a decade, and offer a set of features that can be boiled down into a simple list, yet still strike the reader with a sense of overwhelming pizzazz. But don’t think we’re done with the company just yet: In fact, we’re only just warming up! Stick around, as we now change gears, and head directly into the hosting plans themselves to look for even more reasons why InMotion is one of the premier choices in online Web hosting.
Web Hosting Plans
We have detailed a few of the ways in which InMotion might appeal to the carefully selective web master, and we have given a few of the ways in which InMotion is prepared to help its customers with any technical problems, should they arise. However, what we have not yet discussed was perhaps the most crucial part of the whole scheme—the hosting plans themselves! To this end, we are now prepared to dish the full details on the topic. So without further ado, dive on below to peep the full details on what makes InMotion’s web hosting plans absolutely essential for the conscientious business with a desire for a firmer Web presence.
Shared Hosting (For Personal or Business Use)
Without a doubt, shared web hosting is certainly the largest part of the market, and we have a feeling most of our readers will be looking for a quality package in this category. Shared web hosting is, after all, a great way to save on initial overhead while still garnering an incredible level of performance and Net presence. But how does InMotion stack up? Is it possible to achieve this level of success with the web host? The short answer: Totally yeah!
Right off the bat, InMotion promises to deliver the performance you want at the price you need. Just take this quote, which we’ve pulled directly from the company’s shared hosting page:
“Rest assured, you will get the best quality hosting from InMotion – even if you are shopping for cheap hosting.”
We’re willing to take InMotion at face value, but the facts are all there to support exactly this sort of claim. Consider the fact that the company offers not one, but two different shared hosting plans.
One, the Value Class Hosting is fast, offers SPAM protection, 2 MB attachment size, and even a web site builder. Should you need a little more oomph, there’s also the Business Class Hosting tier, which offers 50% faster server speeds, thanks to the Max Speed Zone capability, as well as increased attachment size, daily backups, 5 bandwidth providers, and a premium-style website creation tool.
And across the board, InMotion offers a mammoth amount of functionality, including MySQL support, dedicated email accounts, FTP access, shared SSL, additional sub domains, and even support for popular coding and development platforms like WordPress, PHP, HTML5, and CSS. All in all, it’s an impressive package, and one that starts at as little as $3.00 a month.
Visit http://www.inmotionhosting.com for more information.
VPS Hosting (For Ecommerce Websites)
But what if you’d like just a step-up, but aren’t quite ready to commit to a full-on dedicated server with your business? What if you’d prefer to have your data physically separated from all the other tenants of the server, but can’t quite cough up the budget to get it done with a unique hardware set? With InMotion, it’s no trouble at all! The hosting provider offers a wealth of comprehensive and powerful virtual private server hosting options that are guaranteed to meet your needs and then some. Best of all, these plans start at only $39.95 a month—a cheaper price than we’ve seen just about anywhere else on the market.
For that money, users can enjoy a bevy of ground-breaking features. These include 24×7 managed support, exactly as we mentioned in the previous articles. This means that, day-or-night, InMotion is available via phone, live chat, or email to help you with your virtual hosting needs. In addition, the company also offers burstable RAM for when peak periods creep up, as well as full data backups to preserve and protect your site from unwanted down-time. Not to mention a full cPanel and WHM license, granting you unparalleled access to the inner workings of your site—without even any need for complex HTML or CSS coding knowledge!
To throw some last numbers into the mix, consider this: A virtual private server hosting experience with InMotion comes stock with up to 1024 MB of RAM, 3 GB of burstable memory, 1500 GB transfer limits, and 160 GB in RAID 10 Fault Tolerant Disc Space. And if that doesn’t sound like a bargain to you, we don’t know what else we can say (except move on to the next category, Soldier).
More information: http://www.inmotionhosting.com/vps_hosting.html.
Dedicated Servers (For Large Portals)
And finally, the big one. If you’re looking for the utmost in performance, security, and personal web power, there’s no better option than dedicated server hosting. Typically, this kind of hosting would run you a quick bundle to own. But with InMotion, it’s nearly a walk in the park! Starting at as little as $199.95 a month, you can own and operate your very own server without even having to lift a finger. This process is made even more powerful by the fully-capable 24×7 support mentioned earlier, which guarantees your server is managed and operated personally by trained professionals. Should you be dissatisfied with the server’s performance, though, the company offers a full, 30-day money back guarantee: An offer we have not seen anywhere else but InMotion for dedicated hosting.
To round out this part of our InMotion overview, have a look at some of the raw statistics (and power) behind the servers. A dedicated server with the company earns you up to 2.53 GHz, Intel Xeon Quad Core performance, tied to an 8 MB CPU Cache, and 8 GB RAM. In addition, pans max out at a whopping 500 GB disc space, and a 2500 GB monthly transfer limit. Add to this a full cPanel license, 2-Hour hardware replacement, and no set-up fee, and you’re looking at a solidly budget way to experience top-end performance.
More information: http://www.inmotionhosting.com/dedicated_servers.html.
InMotion Hosting Reviews
Whether you require a simple personal or business website, a more powerful virtualized environment, or your own dedicated server, InMotion Hosting definitely makes a fine choice for your web hosting needs and our visitors have confirmed that over the years. If you are still not sure about signing up with InMotion, check our user written reviews at http://webhostinggeeks.com/user-reviews/inmotion-hosting/.
I hope you liked this review. Stay tuned, more hosting reviews coming soon!
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What To Remember When Moving To A New Control Panel
Posted by: | CommentsVery rarely will you have to move your website to a new control panel interface, especially if you’re using shared hosting. Most web hosting providers will not give you the choice of several different offerings, or even the option to migrate to a new base. However, if you’re using VPS or dedicated hosting, you may be looking at a totally different animal. The control panel at work is under your thumb, and should you get a wild hair to swap from cPanel to Plesk, it’s your prerogative.
With that in mind, there are several things that need to be kept in mind when deciding to migrate from one control panel to another. It’s not an easy task, and considering the benefits, you may want to reconsider. So, here’s our quick thoughts on what you need to know before swapping to a different control panel.
It’s In The Matrix, Neo:
First off the bat, we’d like to remind you that not all control panels are wired the same. Each interface achieves its goals in completely different ways. We aren’t just talking about a scripting language here, either. Who knows if the underlying code of your new system won’t be completely different from the one before it? Not to mention the fact that your new panel may not play well with the various packages and applications you’d like to use.
As an example, your control panel may be hard-wired to run with Apache HTTP. By swapping to a server panel that’s not, you run the risk of losing all of your existing scripts, your hard-won applications, and perhaps even some of your content. At the least, be aware of the fact that different panel’s may use very different coding structures. If at all possible, do some research, and get to know your new neighborhood.
Moving Out Is Hard To Do:
Because structures may be so completely different, you may yet have a bear of a time transferring all of your data to the new panel. Imagine all those scripts and applications you have laying about. Will they all work with a new panel? If they don’t, can you find a ported version of the same item to match your new system? Not to mention, are you capable of coding for the new platform you have in mind?
Moving one whole site to a new panel isn’t too big a pain in the derriere. But if you have many multiple servers and sites, imagine moving them all to a new structure.
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Dedicated Hosting: Managed or Unmanaged?
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s the conundrum: You’ve shelled out the extra money for the dedicated server, opening up worlds of business potential and enough bandwidth, storage space, and domain names to rapidly expand. However, just as you’re finalizing your hosting options, there’s one remaining problem to be sorted: Do you stick to managed or unmanaged dedicated server hosting?
It’s a complicated affair, and depending on how you answer, you may either streamline or exacerbate your future headaches. Choosing between either system is an important milestone for your business, and to help you along, we’ve compiled this handy guide to both managed and unmanaged dedicated hosting. No, no need to thank us—unless your thanks comes in beer form, that is!
What are Managed and Unmanaged Dedicated Servers?
There’s one key difference between unmanaged and managed dedicated servers: One puts all the effort on your shoulders, while the latter puts all the stress on the host’s end. With an unmanaged dedicated server, it’s up to you to perform server troubleshooting, maintenance, and security. If anything goes wrong, you’re on your own, Pilgrim. This sounds like a big downer, but the trade-off is that you have full control over everything that happens with your server, including what complex applications are installed there.
A managed dedicated server, on the other hand, is kept up by the hosting company itself. They’ll do all of the security implantation, whistle checking, and updating. This frees up your anxieties, allowing you to focus on other aspects of your business, rather than your server. The other benefit is that you can call up your provider at any point in time and more or less demand something be changed. Just try not to let the power go to your head, King Midas.
So Which One is Right For Me?
The choice between unmanaged and managed dedicated server options really boils down to a few important points: If you have little time to worry about your site’s hardware, and would rather focus your efforts elsewhere, then managed hosting is the way to go. Likewise if you can’t afford to hire a server administrator, or don’t have the technical knowledge to perform maintenance yourself, managed dedicated servers are a no-brainer.
However, if you do have the resources to manage the server yourself—or hire someone else to do it non-server-side—and want the control an unmanaged server offers, then the choice is rather obvious. Also, if you hope to perform some downright Frankenstein-style stuff to your server, or want a specific software version, then having more control is a necessary function, leading to an unmanaged offering.
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Pros and Cons of Shared Hosting
Posted by: | CommentsA business cannot run on its own, be it online or offline. It needs a number of helping hands. When considering online business, web hosting plays an important role in deciding its fate. A reliable web hosting server provides you with a stable and solid platform on which you can run your online business. However, you need to take note of a number of factors when considering web hosting services. This includes your budget, your preferences and a host of several other elements. With this in mind, there are a number of options of web hosting available within the market. Shared hosting is one of them. In fact, shared hosting has been of prime importance for the facilitation of affordable web hosting from Internet marketing experts and website owners alike.
What is Shared Hosting?
Shared hosting is especially meant for small-scale online businesses as it is a type of web hosting that allows more than one client to share a portion of a web server. Although there are a number of reputable shared hosting providers, such as WebHostingHub, Host Gator, and iPage, the fact that your website is not run on an independent server, and thus shares its bandwidth, bandwith intensive websites, or highly trafficked websites often outgrow shared hosting promptly..
Benefits of Shared Hosting
The one obvious benefits associated with shared hosting is its low cost. The cost of web hosting is equally divided among various website owners and hence you pay a lesser amount. This is important for small and middle scale businesses, as budding businesses often need to save money, and shared hosting is certainly affordable.
Drawbacks of Shared Hosting
Website owners who opt for shared hosting often face the issue of security. Your website is not as secure on shared hosting as VPS or dedicated hosting. This makes it prone to hackers. Nevertheless, you can always take a set of precautions to help offset this drawback. Moreover, shared hosting is not as reliable. Your website may suffer downtime at any point. Thus, quality is an important factor that gives VPS or dedicated web hosting an edge over shared web hosting.
Overall, if you are running a big online business, shared hosting is not your cup of tea. It is only meant for relatively less prominent businesses. If you are looking for hosting company to run your online business click here.
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A2 Improves Dedicated Hosting Service
Posted by: | CommentsA2 Hosting is a Linux-base web hosting provider that recently enhanced the amount of resources dedicated to their managed dedicated hosting monthly packages. Each plan now features double the data transfer. Additionally, the provider has waived the setup fee on all dedicated hosting packages to make their plans much more affordable. These two new enhancements are sure to increase traffic.
Discounted Plan Promotion for New Account Holders
New dedicated hosting account holders will be able to save up to 40 percent on their first bill when using coupon code “GODEDICATED” during checkout. If the member is not completely satisfied with their hosting service, A2 provides a free 30-day money back guarantee.
Standard Plan Features
Every server is individually managed by A2 Hosting’s Grew employees and includes a variety of standard features such as cPanel control panel, around the clock Host-Guard Server Monitoring and managed hardware upgrades. Also, CloudFare CDN is free with purchase and all servers are back with a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee. The amount of basic features in all plans beats most of the competition.
Comments from the A2 Hosting Marketing Manager
The Marketing Manager at A2 commented that dedicated servers have become extremely popular with their customers. As a result, the provider has removed the setup fee to eliminate that barrier for new customers looking to migrate accounts. Also, by doubling the data transfer and providing limited-time discounts, webmasters will be able to see how A2 operates and treats their customers.
A2 Company Information
Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, A2 Hosting is a Linux-based web hosting provider that offers around the clock support. The company boasts a variety of services such as affordable, developer-friendly hosting for personal and business websites and full service solutions for all types of companies. Also, A2 Hosting is compatible with numerous Internet-based technologies such as PHP, MySQL, Python, Perl, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL and much more.
With the decrease in price and increase in demand for dedicated hosting, more providers are appearing on the market or expanding their offerings to remain competition. A2 Hosting is an excellent web hosting provider with many features, plans and a high-level of security. By increase the amount of resources dedicated hosting customers receive, the company is becoming more competitive and attractive to potential account holders.
Will Dedicated Hosting Die?
Posted by: admin | Comments Comments OffSo, why is this happening? I do think that costs have a big part to play in it. Dedicated servers cost more to run than some of the alternatives out there. They are bulky and hard to maintain once they get so old. It would be like you buying a pair of shoes and the company that makes the shoes has to guarantee they still work, so every couple of years they send you an update pair. In the long run, dedicated hosting has reached its peak of usefulness.
VPS hosting has also grown by leaps and bounds as the eventual successor to the dedicated server hosting setup. It is much easier to scale, setup and maintain. The only drawback for some would be the fact that it doesn’t exactly offer the customizability you might have with a dedicated server.
Some people might call me crazy for saying dedicated hosting is on the way out. However, those same people might have never noticed the free hosting providers of the world going out of business left and right either.
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