In my blog travels I run across a lot of good people looking for web hosting to make a Wordpress self-hosted blog of their own. I have my favorites that I usually rattle off without even thinking but I wonder to myself sometimes if I am steering them in the best direction. That’s why I was so pleased to find Web Hosting Geeks. They are, as they say, geeks who scour the web for the best web hosting providers. Then, their site allows you, the consumer, to rate and review the providers. This is such a powerful service to offer nowadays because it is the only way the consumer can truly know the downtime or other features of a webhost provider. Let’s face it, if they are down 50% of the time, do you think they are going to tell you? No. Web Hosting Geeks will tell you and so will the folks who have tried them out.
All the ones on their top 10 list right now support fantastico which installs WordPress instantly. Now, I have a measuring bar to see if I am still recommending the best. If budget is your issue, they have a link to the best budget webhosts. There is also an up-to-date list of 8 others you can check out. Web Hosting Geeks is a page you should have bookmarked if you are starting out in the craft and trade of blogging. It’s also one you should keep handy if you are like me: someone who helps many others get started.
Hi. I'm Damien Riley, MA.
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Damien, great find! I clicked through to see their site. I use LunarPages and was happy to see they were in the top ten.
I normally use Fantastico to update my blogs, but sometimes use, instead, the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin by Keith Dsouza.
Fantastico does not always offer the upgrades on my web host in a timely manner. Both have worked successfully for me.