Best Blog Hosting – BlueHost

BlueHost has been providing web hosting services since 1996. The hosting company offers only one hosting package and it is selected as the best blog hosting plan. Details about Bluehost as well as other blog hosting related issue can in write-up below.

BlueHost Inc.
Website: http://www.bluehost.com

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Overall Rating	: A- *Recommended!

Why Bluehost is the best hosting for bloggers?

Bluehost is my choice of blog hosting for several good reasons:

Wide Blogging Software Choices Bloggers get better varieties (in blogging software) as Bluehost supports both Fantastico and Simple Scripts. Blogging platform supported by Bluehost include WordPress, b2Evolution, TextPattern, and Nucleus.

Affordable Hosting Plan Bluehost shared hosting plan cost $6.95/mo. It’s not the cheapest but I consider the price tag reasonable. With less than $7/mo, you’ll get unlimited hosting storage, bandwidth, addon domains, and most importantly, a responsive and effective technical supports.

Protective Refund Policy Bluehost is one of the very few that offers pro-rated refund policy. With such refund policy, Bluehost users get pro-rated refund even the cancellation is done after the 30 days trial period.

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Best Blog Hosting – Bluehost Features Review

BlueHost has been online for quite some years by now. The web host was among the first to offer unlimited hosting and Simple Scripts. In quick, here are ome basic info on Bluehost’s hosting features.

General Features		Software Supports		Addon Features
Pricing (12 mo)	$7.95/mo	Perl 5	Yes	Fantastico	Yes
Pricing (24 mo)	$6.95/mo	PHP 5	Yes	Simple Scripts	Yes
Storage	Unlimited	Ruby on Rails	Yes	osCommerce	Yes
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Java script	Yes	Agora Cart	Yes
Email Acc	2,500	DHTML	Yes	Shared SSL	Yes
mySQL	100	Frontpage Ext	Yes	Free Site Builder	Yes
Free Domain	Yes	CGI-BIN	Yes	Message Forum	Yes
Addon Domain	Unlimited	SSI	Yes	Image Galleries	Yes
FTP Access	Unlimited

More details in my latest Bluehost review

Blogging software supported by Bluehost

These blogging software are supported by Bluehost via implementation of Fantastico and Simple Scripts.

Nucleus	b2Evolution
WordPress	Text Pattern

Bluehost Uptime Review

Bluehost has an extremely stable server and their uptime record is very respectable. I’ve been tracking my site hosted on Bluehost for quite some years and they score averagely more than 99.3%; on the other hand, the uptime report from BestHostRating.com indicates an even higher scores – a freaking 99.8% average uptime tracked since Dec 2005.

Either way, Bluehost is pretty impressive as a $6.95/mo web host.

Bluehost Customers Review

Here’re more supporting feedbacks on Bluehost services.

Bluehost blogging software is up to date all time! "I switched my static websites to WordPress version two years ago and I’ve never look back. I like hosting blogs with Bluehost as their web apps is updated all the time." – Teddy from SunSatellites.com @ Oct 20, 2008.

A lot for not a lot. "Even at the basic hosting plan, you get an awful lot for the money. Email, domains, databases, cpanel, SSH access (a Must in my world), etc. the only problem i have with them is when there’s a Problem. Communications with the tech support / ticket staff is spotty at best. the "status pages" Never admit to any problem ever." – Issudin from Jakarta, Indonesia @ Oct 18, 2008.

Bluehost is perfect for individual web owners! "I started my Internet faxing websites a few years back and am happy that I picked Bluehost as my hosting company. Their hosting plan is cheap yet features-riched! I like how they keep their software up to date and dealing with their customer supports is always a pleasure. I do have some minor email problem with the web host earlier but it’s all fixed now. All in all, I think Bluehost is a reliable hosting and I recommend them sincerely." – Gary from MyInternetFax.biz @ Nov 17, 2008.

Bluehost – bad for ecommerce websites. "I chose bluehost for the price and reviews out there. I then decided to host one of my ecommerce site and for several months the site is constantly going down. Bluehost support said it is my site scripting but were unable to identified which script(I have a similar site on godaddy and have absolutely no issues). The final kicker is when all databases got mysteriously wipe out(all tables are empty). Of course they remind you that they only have a courtesy back-up(the back-up they had is on the day the data got wipe out which has empty tables). I do not recommend Bluehost for any businesses, just for personal websites. Check it out if you don’t believe… I have created multiple ecommerce and content-management site and steer their owner away from bluehost…good luck if you chose them." – Ricky from NYC @ October 7, 2009.

Good bang for the buck! "Hello i have noticed a lot of bad reviews about the bluehost but what do you expect for about $60 a year in a host. i have swiched to bluehost been with then for about 4 days and have had no problems my site and email work great no problems so far. my site is a lot faster then it was when i had it with inmoting hosting and i’m even saving money." – Roger Middaugh from Coleman TX @ September 5, 2009.

*Site Notes: Although there were some problems with Bluehost/Hostmonster’s recent CPU throttling issue but my major pain-in-the-butt comes from Hostmonster only – thus this does not affect my choice of Bluehost as my Best Blog Hosting. Also, read my updated version of WordPress hosting if you are planning to blog with WordPress.