I did a bit of reading about a few hosts available in the market based on the features, recommendations, fees/month and my gut feeling.
I value my gut feeling very deeply. I have always been better off by doing things that I feel is right. Infact, ALWAYS, I have had to face troubles, when I did something told by others, without researching or validating their claims!
My gut feeling says I go and buy a package from BLUEHOST.COM hosting.
Went to their site http://www.bluehost.com and payed $83.40 for a 12 months service to host my site with them.
Why did I boil down to BlueHost?
Reason 1: They were recommended by WordPress.Org themselves. Since I have been blogging with wordpress for a year now, I am very sure of one thing, that WordPress is 100% trustworthy. So if they think Bluehost is number one in their list, why should I bother and research on other hosts.
Reason 2: Even though Reason 1 was very convincing, I did a lot of research on other hosts. I found the second most tempting factor was their fee. It’s the one of the cheapest in the market and amongst those hosts recommended by WordPress. BlueHost fee is $6.96/ month. All others are way above. And those that charge $3-$4/month do not compare with the loads of features provided by BlueHost.
Reason 3: Bluehost has maximum number of WordPress blogs being hosted with them. That makes BlueHost most experienced in handling anything to do with WordPress.
Reason 4: Most people on the net are recommending BlueHost, especially those who are freshly building new websites.
Reason 5: Cpanel is the best control panel that is available in the market, to handle the domain and websites. And BlueHost has Cpanel.
Reason 6: I can host as many domains with BlueHost in that one single package, now that’s irresistable, isn’t it!
SO I registered my domain name MADHURIESINGH with BlueHost. By the way, it’s free for life with BlueHost. No need to pay annual fee to keep the domain name registered every year!
Madhurie Singh . Com 