Best UK Hosting?

[Dominic Taylor]

I'm not sure about united. I've worked with their unix servers and they're not that sharp. Also pray you don't bump in any issues because you'll probably fix them yourself before they even get what your're talking about. Support is just like going through the FAQ list (or having somebody else go through the FAQ list)

Are you sure you definitely mean http://www.unitedhosting.co.uk?

I don't know any of them beyond forums and the occassional support query (we have a legacy acount with them after an acquisition we did a year or so ago) but they've always been efficient and prompt eventhough half my queries were trying to figure out the terrible Ensim control panel.

 

[wykthorr]

yup it's unitedhosting.co.uk I've had some problems with some e-mail accounts and it's taken me a few days to sort things out.

 

[scottdsmith]

My vote would be for www.heartinternet.co.uk - been with them for a long time and very impressed.

 

[colin_mckellar]

I've been on Ebay and there are a couple of cheap hosting packages from directhosts4u and Tees Hosting.

Has anyone had any dealing with these companies before so that I know how good (or bad!!) they actually are?

 

[NuBlue]

Never heard of them but marketing hosting on Ebay sets alarm bells off in my opinion.

 

[savashatz]

Hi there,

When searching for hosts you should look out the following things:
Hosting space with unlimited e-mails and possibly databases fro content management systems
Cpanel administration or any other online administration software
AND least but not last: SUPPORT!

What works for me, and I am using these guys for more than 3 years now is a company called eukhost.com - its affordable, but for me being able to get instant 24hour support even on sundays for installation of various programs (such as magento for example) was crusial. So I would recommend them 100%.

You must know however your needs, and try to avoid anything fancy that you do not need.

 

[jimbob11]

we use cc-host.co.uk a nice little computer shop located in Cumbria with great web servers.

also as a console and repair business online.

 

[Business1Solutions]

I like Go-Daddy

 

[ibz75]

Quick Update:

Thank you all for your recommendations.

I decided to go with Vidahost in the end. Their prices, plus easy website navigation, was exactly what I was looking for. Also, thank you to Dominic for a quick response to my questions.

 

[Dominic Taylor]

Quick Update:

Thank you all for your recommendations.

I decided to go with Vidahost in the end. Their prices, plus easy website navigation, was exactly what I was looking for. Also, thank you to Dominic for a quick response to my questions.

Pleasure, thanks for the signup

 

[karlmarsh05]

I use one.com and have done for 3 years.
Very reliable and only £10 per year for hosting including domain *.com or .co.uk.

Worth while having a look at
http://www.one.com

 

[Business1Solutions]

That is a good deal. But what do you get for that?

 

[That Guy]

Quick Update:

Thank you all for your recommendations.

I decided to go with Vidahost in the end. Their prices, plus easy website navigation, was exactly what I was looking for. Also, thank you to Dominic for a quick response to my questions.

Great Choice

 

[karlmarsh05]

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[karlmarsh05]

ooops sorry about that - copy and paste job

 

[Business1Solutions]

Haha. And that is £10 a year?

 

[karlmarsh05]

well 1st year free with £9 setup fee + vat so roughly £12 for 1st initial year then 90p per month there after so £10.80 per year

 

[lvh77]

I use hostpapa.co.uk. Been with them two years now. Hosting 4 sites, and everything good so far.

 

[Simple Servers]

If you still have a requirement please also take a look at the hosting packages we offer

 

[dagaul101]

It would be much better for SEO purposes to have your host server located in the country you are targetting

 

[smo]

It would be much better for SEO purposes to have your host server located in the country you are targetting

This has been mentioned before but never backed up with hard proof, i dont suppose you have any evidence of this benefit as it would be interesting to see. Thankfully I host my sites in the UK already anyway!!

 

[pchealer]

5 quid host are very good

 

[Experienced IT guy]

Big hosts are not allways the best. It really depends on what you want. For instance Amazon do some interesting packages,

 

[Experienced IT guy]

This has been mentioned before but never backed up with hard proof, i dont suppose you have any evidence of this benefit as it would be interesting to see. Thankfully I host my sites in the UK already anyway!!

I was sent a link by an SEO company from a google video. So I listend to it carefully. What it said was:

1. If com domain then google wil use host ip as target region unless set in the gooogle control panel
2. If co.uk etc then for many years this has been the target region unless set in the gooogle control panel

However it was used by the SEO to "advise" our customer to use a different ISP host

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXt23AXlJJU

 

[refinedline]

We offer web hosting starting from £30 a year (£5 a month) PM me for more details if you are interested.

 

[5wire]

As a provider myself, and having used other hosts it's down to how you get on with them, how long they've been established, and support reviews.

I've been around two years, and a recent sign up said to me that they couldn't find a review about our service, which was pretty disappointing however we work on a referrals basis and don't spend on marketing, just advertising through networking and referrals.

I find that a smaller company, such as ourselves, have a greater reputation to maintain and develop in regards to quality of service and trust.

I think it's hard to define best, however would say there are many good companies out there, but as with everything, you can have a bad experience.

Our packages start at £19.99 a year and include a domain, some people view this as overselling however we've managed to keep our costs low and I don't take an income and run the business as a networking factor and learning tool.

 

[morsborn]

Hi, I've tried lots of companies and have settled with heart internet. They have really good support and provide lots of features at a competitive price.
Mark

 

[Kingdingle22]

Anyone know of any good UK based multi C-class IP hosts?


(for SEO purposes)

 

[eukhost]

Anyone know of any good UK based multi C-class IP hosts?


(for SEO purposes)

How many different C-class IPs would you require and are you considering shared hosting ?

 

[ccsleedsltd]

Anyone know of any good UK based multi C-class IP hosts?


(for SEO purposes)

There is no, and has been no benefit for separate /24's for SEO for a long time.

 

[JohnGeek]

I'd suggest:
NetHosted
VidaHost
WebHosting

 

[Optegris]

There is no, and has been no benefit for separate /24's for SEO for a long time.

Not to mention the fact that any host still giving out IPs like sweets without justification should be avoided...

 

[Dominic Taylor]

Not to mention the fact that any host still giving out IPs like sweets without justification should be avoided...

Indeed...it's complete rubbish. 1) the internet hasn't been classfully routed for a long time, 2) Google looks at relationships between sites not the IPs. Of course it may look at IPs if it figures out all the sites on said IP are rubbish, so the spammers then have a pile of other IPs to move on to, etc...