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Jan282019

Last Updated on January 28, 2019 by Christina 3 Comments

I have another post covering why you should avoid all web hosting companies owned by Endurance International Group (EIG).. Also avoid GoDaddy hosting. Yuck.

Non EIG Hosting Companies I recommend!

This is the order in which I recommend these companies.

InMotionHosting

This is the host I use and I have had very good, reliable service with them. They are available by phone 24/7 and they are a Green Host. In the middle of the day the wait times are long on the phone for support. Currently they are training more techs (in the USA) to help with the increase customer demand.

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Flywheel

So many reasons to chose Flywheel for your WordPress blog. The biggest is the superfly customer service by WordPress ninjas and their super fast hosting. I wish all of my clients would understand that the $15.00 per month (min) is completely worth it considering that you can get a back up of every day and roll back your site easily and their support is leaps and bounds over other support, even the ones listed on this page. Fact. They have fewer accounts per shared server and they are run by EXPERT WordPress engineers. Free SSL too!

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SiteGround

I have used SiteGround for 99% of the sites I create these days. Many people on the WP forums recommend them. Great support, love their speed and security and the free SSL! SiteGround is officially recommended by WordPress.org, however WordPress also officially recommends EIG hosts I avoid, my list of hosting recommendations will more likely help you avoid future annoyance.

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StableHost

Extremely good host with the latest technology and they are very inexpensive. Checkout their VPS hosting. If you ever want to get into the reseller hosting business, these people are amazing!

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Liquid Web

Holy smokes: At Liquid Web, we pride ourselves on the simple offer of great customer service. Our support team is the backbone of our company and transparency is our Heroic Promise. Every month, we publish our support statistics so you can see exactly how fast we’re responding to tickets and taking phone calls.

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MDD Hosting

Actually, I'm thinking of moving to this host because of their LiteSpeed Powered Servers, LiteSpeed is up to 9 times faster than Apache web hosting, processes PHP 50% faster, and 3 times faster than SSL Apache Hosting. I'm kinda lazy though, maybe a customer will sign up with them so I can play around.

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WP Engine

WordPress focused hosting with an excellent reputation.

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FrogHost

Excellent reputation and very inexpensive hosting. I love frogs!

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Beware of Hosting owned by a parent company: Endurance International Group (EIG)

May92018

Last Updated on May 9, 2018 by Christina

If you want to skip the reading about super crappy, no good web hosting and just see a list of NON-EIG hosts I totally love, read my web hosting post.

Courtesy of: ResearchAsaHobby.com

Over the last 6 years or thereabouts, Endurance International Group (EIG) — formally BizLand hosting — has purchased MANY of the most popular hosting companies, kept the previous brand name, but essentially took over and provide JUST HORRIBLE service all around. So when you change hosts, you get the same host. HostGator, BlueHost, JustHost, and so on are all EIG companies. I used to love HostGator, now it is pathetic in many respects. In fact BlueHost, JustHost, HostGator, and SuperGreen Hosting — all the hosts that I used in the past and got great service from have gone downhill significantly. And GoDaddy (not EIG), we’ll everyone knows (or should know) that you should only use them for domain registration, their hosting is pretty pathetic and their WordPress managed hosting is very frustrating. WebHostingBuzz is also a non-EIG host, but unless you’re paying for VPS, they kinda suck. Yes, I’ve tried to do many normal things like migrate databases with a good host it’s smooth, with one that is unstable or has cryptic work arounds, it can add many, many hours. If a new client comes to me for development on a bad host, I usually add a lot $ more for dealing with it. So save yourself some money and use a good host.

So you need a list of what hosts to avoid and what hosts are not EIG companies. On the right (top if you’re on a small device) is a list of them in the image (click to biggerize). The list is kept up-to-date all the time by Michael at ResearchAsAHobby.com, who does a very thorough job.

List of NON-EIG Hosting Companies I HIGHLY recommend!