Almost a month ago I made a post about upcoming web hosting benchmark tests. I’ve now got some hosting accounts with HostGator, HostPapa, DreamHost, GoDaddy and 1and1 so let the match begin!
Let’s start by quickly introducing the contestants.
HostGator
In business since 2002, HostGator offers shared hosting, reseller hosting and dedicated servers (Linux and Windows).

Shared Hosting Price [...]

Lately I’ve been hanging around BlueHostForum.com, the user forum of BlueHost.com members. I have to say I was quite surprised by the friendly and respectful vibe of the place.
The forum has just a few sections and categories but remains a great source of information for BlueHost users:

General Questions - Where users can discuss everything about [...]

If you’re just starting to build your online presence, maybe you’re a bit overwhelmed with all the new stuff you have to learn. Whether it is web hosting, web development, web design, ecommerce, domain registration… all that stuff can be quite confusing at first.
When it comes to web hosting you could be spending a lot [...]

I just got an account with GoDaddy.com. After adding my website to my hosting account list and changing my domain’s nameservers to use GoDaddy’s, the IP address returned by querying their nameservers wasn’t the right one. My domain name is registered with VoxDomains.com
I called GoDaddy’s support. The wait time has been approximately 6 minutes. Turns [...]

I’ve been reading numerous 1and1.com reviews as well as various threads on popular forums and it seems that 1and1.com had more than it’s share of negative reviews. At the same time, it kind of surprise me that, alongside its UK branch, 1and1 is still one of the largest web hosting company on the planet. I guess that [...]

I’ve got several shared hosting accounts over the last few days, some of them are for my clients while others are for me. I will be performing benchmark tests on each of them to find which ones perform better. I will also be comparing various aspects such as reliability, support, control panel, features and pricing.
Here [...]

I’ve never been interested much in online website building tools, but lately I took a look into HostGator’s SiteBuilder. I gotta say that creating a website has never been that quick and easy.
If you want to take advantage of the SiteBuilder, you gotta fill this from here: https://secure.hostgator.com/sitebuilder.php. It’s free with any hosting plan but you have [...]

If you have been shopping around for a web host, you’ve probably seen Fantastico Deluxe featured by some providers. If you’ve been wondering what is Fantastico, this article is for you.
Fantastico Deluxe is a script installer. It automates the installation of popular web applications like a Wordpress blog or a phpBB forum. Fantastico will run only on [...]

I’ve just installed Sphider, a free PHP search engine, on this very website. I thought that Wordpress’ search function lacked a lot of features like indexing content outside the blog itself, advanced search capabilities, etc.
I used to use phpDig a lot but it’s been a long time since an update has been made available. While [...]

Lately I’ve got an email from Charles, a blogger who owns Nierva.com. He apparently got his web hosting account suspended and was asking for advice. Here’s the email he sent me:
Hi there.
I’m Charles of Nierva.com. I just want to ask an advise regarding webhosting plans.I have just bought a webhost plan at webhostingpad.com. I still consider [...]

SysCP
From SysCP.org: SysCP, the System Control Panel is a server administration tool which enables an internet service provider to give their customers a web-based application to administrate their email addresses, their subdomains etc. The project was founded in autumn 2003 by Florian Lippert and was published on June, 15th 2004 under the GNU General Public [...]

When it comes to professional web hosting, I rather use commercial control panels. But there are times when free control panels will do the job just just well.
I’ve gathered a list of some free hosting control panels for you to check them out.