I just wanted to give a quick shout out to our friends at BlueHost.com. BlueHost is who I use to host this blog. I noticed Monday morning that a blog post I had uploaded last week had disappeared. I had no idea what to do or how to recover the post. So I got on a live chat with bluehost & they quickly helped me download my automatic backup that THEY DO as a part of their service! I was able to repost the original blog post with little trouble.
I was already a fan of bluest for a number of reasons. I learned about them through Michael Hyatt & was locked in when I learned about their values. But their awesome customer support & the fact that they back up my site for free just won them bonus points. If you have a site or are looking to start one, I highly recommend them! Thanks Bluehost!
FYI – From Michael Hyatt’s blog:
7 Reasons to Use Bluehost for Your WordPress Blog
There are a hundreds of hosting services available—perhaps thousands. However, based on my experience and research, I recommend Bluehost. I believe it is the best option for most people for the following seven reasons:
Reason #1: Support. Bluehost has great 24–7 support via phone, e-mail, or chat. I have personally used it several times and found the support staff to be courteous, professional, and helpful. All of the company’s support staff are located in the U.S.
Reason #2: Reliability. Bluehost is super reliable. It boasts an uptime average of 99.9%. That’s about as good as it gets.
Reason #3: Ease of Use. Bluehost is super easy-to-use (as you can witness in the above video). In fact, shockingly so. They have worked hard to make it simple for non-geeks.
Reason #4: WordPress. Interestingly, WordPress itself only officially recommends three hosting services. Bluehost is number one. It hosts over 850,000 WordPress blogs.
Reason #5: No Limits. Bluehost offers unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited domains (i.e., you can host multiple blogs or sites on one account), and unlimited e-mail accounts.
Reason #6: Affordability. Bluehost is inexpensive—about $4.95 to $6.95 a month, depending on which plan you select. The longer you are willing to commit, the cheaper it is.
Reason #7: Values. In its Terms of Service (see Section 10.03), Bluehost prohibits pornography, nudity, and other adult content. It strictly enforces this standard and deletes sites that violate it. Personally, I don’t want my blog sitting on the same server as some pornographer. If you feel the same way, you may be surprised to know that almost all of the most popular hosting services allow pornography on their servers.
