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When starting a new website, choosing a hosting company is one of, if not the, most important decisions you will make. When starting out, I asked friends, looked at several options, And decided that HostMonster was the best. when checking out www Hostmonster com , I came across several reasons why this was the hosting company to use.

1. In a way, It’s Free

Hostmonster comes with $50 in free Adwords, and $50 in Yahoo advertising. Since it costs less than $100 for a year’s worth of hosting, and it comes with a free domain name, you actually come out a little bit ahead by signing up with them. There are companies that offer free hosting, but they usually put their banner ads on your site, and have pretty sketchy service. With HostMonster, you’re really getting the best free hosting availible.

2. Great Customer Support

A lot of other hosting companies can have pretty crappy service, but with hostmonster, that have service reps availible 24/7, via e-mail, telephone, or live chat. Any time I had a question or concern, it was easy to get a good response from someone.

3. Simple Scripts

This is a pretty recent addition to the services provided over at www. hostmonster com , but it’s a really great one. Simple scripts has several popular Scripts and pre-built systems that you can have installed with just a few simple clicks. If you are starting a new website, this can take care of a lot of the hassle and busywork that comes with setting up a new site. They also come with a variety of them:

For Blogging:

• Wordpress (What I use here)
• B2Revolution

Content Management Systems:

• Joomla
• Drupal

eCommerce (Online Stores)

• ZenCart (What we use at mbare.com)
• OSCommerce

Forums:

• phpBB
• bbPress

There’s more too, that’s just a few examples.

4. Supports a variety of languages

If your site is built on or uses PHP, Flash, PERL, Python, Rails, Javascript, or MySQL, Hostmonster already has everything you need built right in. You will never have to worry about any compatibility issues. And finally…

5. Enough resources to do anything(including multiple sites)

Right now I have 5 websites all running off of one server(with more on the way).  I could have another 994 if I so chose.  Hostmonster gives users the ability to have up to 999 domains, 5000 e-mail addresses, and 100 mySQL databases. It also gives you  enough space and bandwidth to do this.

So, when you’re ready to set up a website, and need a good hosting company. you know where to look.