Many hosting company are getting bought out by big corporations and/or are just getting greedy. Add to that, it takes me three times as long to develop a WordPress site on GoDaddy because I have to wait for their bloated servers to respond. Yes, their customer service people are great; however, it’s all about being visible online all the time.
Many developers are actually refusing to work on GoDaddy sites! I have a lot of nonprofit and small clients…so I understand why people don’t want to have to “migrate” their sites to another hosting company. Yes, it’s a pain. On the other hand, I’ve monitored many client websites and can prove that their sites go down for 20 minutes and longer. People won’t be able to view your services if your site is down…so slowness and downtime can hurt your business. What to do?
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While Cruzio costs a bit more, if you want to support local, why not use their services? You can walk right in and talk with someone, too. Always nice. Use Cruzio or I can host for you at $15 per month.[/threecol_one][threecol_one]
Do you mean business with your site? wpEngine costs a bit more but worth the expense with superb customer support, built for WordPress clients. Save 20% off your first payment with WP Engine. Use code SPEEDUP. Expires 12/31/2015.[/threecol_one][threecol_one_last]
A Small Orange is inexpensive but still provides good service and you can scale-up and buy just what you need.
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