There are many good web hosts.
Different hosts are better for different people.
This is merely a starting point —
hosts i have used or know about.
They may not be the best host for you!
As always, there is no substitute for your own good brain.
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Bluehost
go to site
go to reviews
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Dreamhost
go to site
go to reviews
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HostGator
go to site
go to reviews
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WestHost
go to site
go to reviews
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Ibiblio
go to site
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Tibet Hosting (Lateng Online)
go to site
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Tibet Web Guru
go to site
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Blog sites
WordPress.com
Blogger.com
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Best for:
(Strong points of this hosting)
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Experienced developer
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Multiple websites
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Main developer responsible for all.
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Need more advanced tech skills.
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Lots of disk space — if you really need that much!
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Can do your own programming, install web applications.
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Secure email connection.
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Experienced developer
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Multiple websites
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Main developer responsible for all.
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Need more advanced tech skills.
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Can do your own programming, install web applications and shell scripts,
cron jobs,
customise web root folders, and more.
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Less experienced developer
up to experienced; Reselling.
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One site / multiple sites
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Many plans, can easily upgrade.
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Can have less advanced tech skills.
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cPanel for each site (on reseller account).
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Less experienced developer
up to experienced.
Reselling.
Specialises in WordPress sites.
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One site / multiple sites
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Many plans, can easily upgrade.
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Can have less advanced tech skills.
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cPanel for each site (on reseller account).
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Experienced developer
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One site
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Need more advanced tech skills.
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Can do your own programming for your site;
completely develop a site; install/develop CMS site.
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Not developer/ Less-experienced developer
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One site
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Can have less advanced tech skills.
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Will do web design and programming for you.
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Run by a Tibetan in Delhi.
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Not developer/ Less-experienced developer
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One site
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Can have less advanced tech skills.
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Will do web design and programming for you.
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Run by a Tibetan in Dharamshala
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Don't want to develop
site – just want to write!
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One site;
can have more than one.
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You don't have to know html or programming.
At blog sites, the blog software is already installed.
You can customise the page design and the features you want.
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You can get a site going in minutes.
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Price
what's this?
(Free setup on all)
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One plan:
$9.95/mo(?)
(shared hosting)
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One plan:
$9.95/mo
(shared hosting)
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Three plans:
Hatchling, Baby, and Business plans
for most normal uses - $4.95 to $12.95 per month
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Also has VPS hosting and dedicated servers.
Comparisons below are based on "Baby" shared hosting
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Three plans:
Personal, Preferred, and Business hosting plans
for most normal uses - $4 to $12 per month.
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Also Cloud Hosting, Reseller, and Dedicated Server
Comparisons below are based on "Preferred" shared hosting
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Two plans:
I - Rs 2,000/yr
II - Rs 7,000/yr
(one-domain hosting)
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Four plans:
INR 1,500 to 7,500 per year
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Cheaper rates for paying by one, two, or three years.
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Support
what's this?
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Don't know
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Really great
support, docs, forums
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Really great
support, docs, forums
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Really great
support, docs, forums
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Good to great.
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Personal support, in Tibetan language,
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Personal support, in Tibetan language,
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Limited, (but also, not much needed).
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Don't know
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Email and chat.
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Ticketing system, email, chat
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Ticketing system, email, chat
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Online form, email.
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Email and personal
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Email and personal
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n/a
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Online docs:
(knowledge base, forums, etc where you can find answers) |
Don't know
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Great wiki documentation on complicated thingsa and DreamHost-specific things ;
For basics you are on your own; Forum not very active.
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Great online documentation and very active, useful forum.
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Online documentation and useful forums.
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Basic documentation about iBiblio itself; expect you to know how to find web dev info yourself.
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No
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No
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No
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Is itself hosted at:
what's this?
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➽ Bluehost Inc
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➽ New Dream Network LLC
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➽ ThePlanet.com Internet Services Inc
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➽ WestHost Inc.
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➽ North Carolina Research And Education Network (NCREN)
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➽ HostGator.com
➽ ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc
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➽ HostGator.com
➽ ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc
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➽ Automattic Inc.
➽ Layered Technologies Inc.
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Some sites there:
what's this?
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Go to site support page:
Notes:
what's this?
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BlueHost.com
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Owner is an active,
thinking person, not just a businessman.
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Only one kind of account: shared hosting.
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Each new domain has to prove they own the domain
with a DNS change or a page uploaded to their site..
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Domains are "add-on domains"
don't have cpanel
only have ftp.
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DreamHost "About" page
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Seem like live people
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Two plans: shared hosting, dedicated server.
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HostGator Blog
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HostGator has many kinds of accounts.
from one-domain accounts, to levels of shared hosting,
reseller account where each domain has their own cpanel,
to dedicated servers.
An advantage here is if your site grows,
it is easy to upgrade your hosting without having to
move to another server!
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WestHost Blog
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WestHost has many kinds of accounts.
from one-domain accounts, to levels of shared hosting,
reseller account where each domain has their own cpanel,
to dedicated servers.
An advantage here is if your site grows,
it is easy to upgrade your hosting without having to
move to another server!
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WestHost is recommended by
Joost de Valk,
who is a very cool and very knowledgable WordPress developer.
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Ibiblio FAQ
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It is expected that you have web development experience,
and that you know what you are doing.
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Ibiblio's mission is to support non-commercial
spreading of information.
See the
home page,
collection policy,
and
FAQ
to make sure your site fits in with them.
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They cannot host pages that involve money in any way
(Google AdSense, newsletter subscriptions, selling, etc).
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LatenOnline.com home
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In Dharamshala — you can go talk to him.
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Can
design
and
maintain
your website.
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Can do programming for your site.
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TibetWebGuru.com
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In Delhi — you can go talk to him.
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Can
design
and
maintain
your website.
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Can do programming for your site;
completely develop a site; install/develop CMS site.
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WordPress.com
Blogger.com
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Sometimes you don't really need a full website,
this is exactly what you need.
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Core features
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| Backups, etc. |
All plans provide
site backups, online support, email with webmail, ftp accounts.
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n/a
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Disk space
what's this?
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1,500 gb
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unlimited
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unlimited
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200 gb
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As needed
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2,500 mb
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500 mb to 3000 mb
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As needed
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Bandwidth
what's this?
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15,000 gb/mo
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5 tb/mo,
increases weekly 40 gb
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6,000 gb/mo
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2500 gb/mo
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As needed
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100 gb/mo
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10 gb/mo to unlimited
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As needed
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Domains
what's this?
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"Unlimited"
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"Unlimited"
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"Unlimited"
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"Unlimited"
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As needed
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1
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1 to 4
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Your site is a subdomain of the main site.
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Subdomains
what's this?
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"Unlimited"
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"Unlimited"
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"Unlimited"
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"Unlimited"
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As needed
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10
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1 to 10
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no
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Domain name registration
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One free?
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One free on signup
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yes
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One free on signup
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no
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yes
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yes
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no
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OS
what's this?
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linux
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Debian linux
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linux
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linux
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linux
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Windows 2003 Server
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linux
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n/a
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Control panel
what's this?
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cPanel 11
for main site only
(no control panel for other sites.)
main site admin only can
set up databases, email accounts, etc.
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Custom in-house
for main site only
(can create users and give customised access to panel)
main site admin only can
set up databases, email accounts, etc.
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cPanel 11
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Their own panel, integrated with cPanel 11
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no control panel :(
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Plesk?
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cPanel 11
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n/a
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Website statistics and logs
what's this?
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AWStats, Webalizer
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Have to set up your own AWStats.
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AWStats, Webalizer
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AWStats, Analog
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Urchin
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AWStats
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AWStats, Webalizer
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yes?
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Protect your private info
what's this?
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don't know
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don't know
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Safe Harbor certified
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don't know
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don't know
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don't know
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don't know
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don't know
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Bluehost
go to site
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Dreamhost
go to site
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HostGator
go to site
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WestHost
go to site
go to reviews
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Ibiblio
go to site
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Tibet Hosting (Lateng Online)
go to site
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Tibet Web Guru
go to site
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Blog sites
WordPress.com
Blogger.com
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Email
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(not applicable)
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POP
what's this?
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n/a
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IMAP
what's this?
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n/a
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Secure email connection
what's this?
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n/a
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Mail lists
what's this?
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n/a
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Programming and technical
(If you don't know what these are, then don't worry — you don't need them!)
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(not applicable)
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PHP 5
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n/a
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ASP, ASP.NET
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n/a
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Ruby on Rails
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n/a
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MySQL 5
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50
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unlimited
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unlimited
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unlimited
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As needed
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10
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1 to 10
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n/a
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Plug-in Scripts
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Fantastico
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cgi only?
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Fantastico
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Fantastico ?
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Fantastico
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n/a
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E-Commerce features
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Can set up and make for you.
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Can set up and make for you.
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n/a
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Shell access
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Main account only.
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Can give shell access to your users.
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One free for main account, $10 each for extra reseller domains
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$10 charge
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n/a
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Manage/customize your own DNS
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n/a
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Extras
(If you don't know what these are, then don't worry — you don't need them!)
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(not applicable)
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Individual ip number
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$3.95/mo
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(Can get in upgraded account.)
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(Can get in upgraded account.)
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n/a
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Shared SSL certificate
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n/a
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Private SSL certificate
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(with individual ip number)
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? (can buy?)
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? (can buy?)
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n/a
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Bluehost
go to site
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Dreamhost
go to site
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HostGator
go to site
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WestHost
go to site
go to reviews
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Ibiblio
go to site
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Lateng Online
go to site
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Tibet Web Guru
go to site
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Blog sites
WordPress.com
Blogger.com
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All content not copyright by anyone else is
copyright © 2003–2010 James Walker.
License for use is the GNU Free Documentation License.
Find it:
here in the
License directory
or
at the Free Software Foundation,
www.fsf.org