GoldcoastMAD Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Its time to start thinking about building a web site for my Wife's business, as we are migrating next year. she is already having requests for bookings in 2016 and 2017 here, so we hope that with her experience and portfolio she will start having enquiries over there. I use TSO Host, here to host my wife's WordPress blog and they are superb for performance and support..but i previously suffered for years with other hosts ( poor performance and support). Can you recommend a good Host (not Go-Daddy) , preferable an Australian host , at a decent price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldcoastMAD Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 rackservers and bezazz look decent, both east coast well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marisawright Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) Its time to start thinking about building a web site for my Wife's business, as we are migrating next year. she is already having requests for bookings in 2016 and 2017 here, so we hope that with her experience and portfolio she will start having enquiries over there. I use TSO Host, here to host my wife's WordPress blog and they are superb for performance and support Why do you want to change hosts? There's no advantage to using an Australian hosting service - most Aussies use US ones. What really matters is having .au on the end of the domain name and most importantly, telling Google Webmaster Tools that the business services Australia. My current favourite is ASmallOrange, but apparently they've recently been taken over so I am hoping the new owners won't ruin a great service. Edited March 14, 2015 by Marisawright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrussell Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 See my website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldcoastMAD Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) Why do you want to change hosts? There's no advantage to using an Australian hosting service - most Aussies use US ones. What really matters is having .au on the end of the domain name and most importantly, telling Google that the business services Australia. Not true, if I'm targeting gold coast customers then it would make sense to at least have my Host in Oz rather than the Uk. The latency would be dreadful! and Go daddy latency is dreadful and well known, best thing i ever did was switch to a local host..hence the reason why i want a local host again Edited March 14, 2015 by GoldcoastMAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) Not true, if I'm targeting gold coast customers them it would make sense to at least have my Host in Oz rather than the Uk. The latency would be dreadful! and Go daddy latency is dreadful and well known, best thing i ever did was switch to a local host..hence the reason why i want a local host again I would NEVER recommend GoDaddy regardless of where anyone was based! They are dreadful. Many factors influence site speed (which is what you need to worry about) and latency due to geographical location is only one of them - and much less of an issue for a business which is merely advertising its services (as opposed to a site where users are performing functions). http://blog.iweb.com/en/2014/02/understanding-analyzing-reducing-latency/13176.html If you want an Australian host be sure to research them carefully, because many Australian hosting companies in fact have their servers in the US and Asia. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/65599 Edited March 14, 2015 by Marisawright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldcoastMAD Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) I would NEVER recommend GoDaddy regardless of where anyone was based! They are dreadful. Many factors influence site speed (which is what you need to worry about) and latency due to geographical location is only one of them - and much less of an issue for a business which is merely advertising its services (as opposed to a site where users are performing functions). http://blog.iweb.com/en/2014/02/understanding-analyzing-reducing-latency/13176.html If you want an Australian host be sure to research them carefully, because many Australian hosting companies in fact have their servers in the US and Asia. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/65599 Completely agree...so can anyone recommend an actual East Coast ( Brisbane\ Gold Coast ) host?. My wife is a Photographer, and the blog will have thousands of Pictures..hence the need for low latency host. We had the website on Godaddy for years, the Website was slow loading( 20-30 secs) and pictures slow to load...go daddy blamed our website. as soon as i moved to TSOHost all issues went away. Edited March 14, 2015 by GoldcoastMAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) The forum I've linked to is the main Australian forum for discussions on web hosting, there are lots of knowledgeable webmasters on there so I'd recommend asking your question there. GoDaddy is slow loading for everything IMO. That doesn't mean every US host has the same problem. Edited March 14, 2015 by Marisawright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 anyone? If you want advice from people living in Australia you might want to think about the time difference before wondering why no one is responding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelensvaleHoward Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I've always found http://www.netregistry.com.au/ to be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldcoastMAD Posted March 15, 2015 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 Thanks, will add them to my list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itegoa Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I've been using AWS recently, very good. They have locations throughout the world, Sydney included. All depends how technical you are though. You could setup an EC2 instance and setup your own webserver for starters, if you know what you're doing. If you're looking for a place where you can just upload some static files via FTP/SFTP and the site "just works", then it may not be for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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