Another host worth checking out

Thursday, August 28. 2008

I've just come across another webhosting company that looks promising, the other half and I own about 20 sites so we're always looking website hosting to spread our risk, but there aren't all that many that we would choose to deal with, however Ultra Website Hosting looks like one I will use for a new project.

When I look for hosting I pay attention to things like the overall look of the host's website, does it look polished, does it look like they're serious about being in business. We try to make all of our sites look appealing to visitors, it demonstrates to visitors that you care about the little things.

Choosing a host provider also means checking out their services more than their prices. I like clicking that little live chat button to see whether I'm going to be dealing with a company that has genuine support technicians on hand at the times when I'm most likely to notice a problem.
Ultra, which is a brand of Flux Services, operate servers in two US cities, each with fully redundant connections to the wider web. They pride themselves on having achieved an average uptime of 99.98% over the last two years which is pretty outstanding.

Prices start at just $3.95 a month for a basic plan, although I'd personally tend to go for the higher priced plans that mean I can operate multiple domains on the same account.

You should check out their introductory video which is particularly well done, and is something I haven't seen before now. The video has no frame or background, so the lady giving the introduction simply appear over the top of the site as a lone character. Very impressive.
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  1. Photos said,

    Thursday, August 28. 2008 at 07:36 (Reply)

    Thanx for share

  2. mike said,

    Saturday, August 30. 2008 at 07:25 (Reply)

    Hi Carl,

    I wasn't aware that you and your wife have so many sites. Would you care to list them, so that I can pay them a visit?

  3. Carl said,

    Saturday, August 30. 2008 at 10:17 (Reply)

    Hi Mike,

    I generally don't mention all the different sites I own simply because I keep them all operating separately with their own target audiences etc.

    But I can tell you that operating anywhere from 4 or more blogs with decent alexa or other indicators of popularity is enough to generate a good baseline of part time income, and anything more than 6 or 7 could easily be enough to generate an income better than minimum wage

  4. turnip said,

    Sunday, August 31. 2008 at 23:21 (Reply)

    I own 4 blogs, but my main one uses up most of my time, so that I neglect the other 3. Yes, looking over your blog I can see how it is a money maker. A blog like this could easily earn over $100 - $200 a week. Any tricks to getting that alexa score up? I've tried everything legal, but seem to have been put into the marketing black hole where all marketing blog alexas are penalized. My other 3 blogs with 40 visitors a day have much higher alexas than my main blog.

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