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On Bluehost, my first 8 months was hassle free, a webmasters web dream. However after you have to pre-pay them for a year that 8th month was the difference between night and day. It started with random ...]]> Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:41:58 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/14721 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/12860
I contacted Live Chat almost daily and was told that a “server upgrade” ...]]> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:12:39 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/12860 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/12382 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:21:48 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/12382 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/12166
However, there is one thing that is NOT GOOD. CPU Throttling. I have absolutely zero traffic on my site and my account is being Throttled constantly. It causes periodic delays while I'm making changes to my site. What is ...]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:58:21 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/12166 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/11924
They supposedly offer unlimited hosting, but then limit the number of files you can have on an account. That wouldn't be bad except they can't even tell you how many files that is. I have ...]]> Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:25:14 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/11924 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/8732 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:02:02 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/8732 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/8417 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:23:12 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/8417 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/8413
The reason given was incorrect contact info. I called their support line, and was told that I would have to snailmail my ID and also give them my password in order to activate my account - i.e. there was no problem with the contact information with my account.

I don't see any reason why I should have to give my password to them to activate my account, so I canceled ...]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:58:09 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/8413 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/8394 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:17:51 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/8394 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/7659 I haven't had any big problems, I find them helpful on customer service, and uptime is as quoted or better.
Their server setup is very flexible for php, allowing me to set individual php.ini files.
I wouldn't have known that cPanel had been limited, because it has lots of useful functionality.
It's great value for money, and I'm a happy customer.]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:02:23 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/7659 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/7169
They have crippled cPanel features

They have injected ANNOYING and unprofessional upselling modules in cPanel

bluehost subdomain cPanel app is BORKED:

sub.sub.domain to /path/path2 mapping is VERY BORKED

BlueHost has no resolution for ...]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:37:51 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/7169 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/6609 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:23:43 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/6609 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/5629
The Bluehost "Abuse" department is run much like a totalitarian state. "there is no appeal" , "you must..or...", "we will terminate" ...

Most recently, UNLIMITED disk space? Ha. What they don't tell you is that you are limited to 50k files. Figure that one out and you'll see that unlimited does not mean unlimited. They then state (see other's comments ...]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:42:39 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/5629 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/5524
Can you trust a host like this with your domain? If you happen to be on a shared server that also hosts one (or more) of these scammer sites, and the scammer gets blocked - so do you! This means that your site is offline until the spammer / scammer is removed.]]> Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:26:24 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/5524 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/5339
Their support and features is great for early starters. However when its time to upgrade, its time to move on.

I've moved to Accurate Hub Networks with my VPS and how just recently upgraded to a physical server.]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:04:52 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/5339 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4862 Fri, 08 May 2009 06:55:54 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4862 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4830
I was with them just over 1 year. I had 5 personal/family domains (photos and blogs) and one not-for-profit domain. Minimal bandwidth on all of them, but considerable amounts of disk space due mostly to 4 Gallery2 installs. But, that's ok, they say unlimited storage right! Wrong! My account was disabled due to some misunderstanding. Fair enough, but in the process of diagnosing the cause for the disable, I was informed that they ...]]> Wed, 06 May 2009 04:01:42 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4830 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4712 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:57:05 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4712 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4495 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:17:05 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4495 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4172 I OBTAIN A 36 MONTH TERM PLAN, PAID $900 (ALSO OBTAINED AROUND 50 DOMAINS) WITHIN LESS THEN TWO MONTHS THEY CLOSE MY ACCOUNT, I ASK WHY, THEY SAID VIOLATION TO THEIR TOS, SUCH TOS I NEVER RECEIVED, BUT ONCE READ, THEIR WAS NO VIOLATION.
I SAID SEND ME THE INFORMATION THAT VIOLATED SUCH TOS, THEY REFUSE.
I FILED MY COMPLAINT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.
ONCE I SEE THE INTERNET, BLUEHOST.COM IS A ...]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:44:30 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4172 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4045 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:41:45 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/4045 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/3962 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:41:14 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/3962 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/3867
Just send a message:
"WEB HOSTING ACCOUNT DEACTIVATED

I don't know any other reasons than the one noted above, but the president has made a note that you need to find a different hosting company!!!

Is it a reliable company???]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:00:08 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/3867 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/3540
I've been with Bluehost for years and have never had any reason to ...]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:38:07 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/3540 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/2611 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:14:11 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/2611 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/2411
Not once have I noticed any downtime and whenever I've had a problem, their customer service replied very quickly (within 24 hours).

That and the cheap prices make it amazing.]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 11:49:53 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/2411 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/2097 Customer service is good - they answer at least and you can get to speak to someone. May not be able to help though.

The email seems to be unreachable sometimes - very frustrating, maybe they do software upgrades/maintenance in the middle of the night - which is the middle of my day!

Facilities and tools with Control Panel are good.]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:43:27 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/2097 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1955
It's hard for me to get past not being able to sign in easily... so unfortunately I need to hunt for a different host I hate to say it; I hate the ...]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:16:05 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1955 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1803 Out of the 20+ hostng companies I have used, Bluehost is the very worst one. Bluehost isn't just terrible, they are extremely terrible. Avoid Bluehost at all ...]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:08:35 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1803 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1640
I have used about 7 others in the past 5 years, and none compares in overall performance, quality and satisfaction. My previous was iPowerweb, which is also good, but not quite as good as Blue Host.

Currently I am hosting 3 domains with Blue Host, and I recommend them very highly to others I know who are searching for a reliable provider.

Their customer support ...]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:20:31 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1640 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1583
I didn't know what to expect when I bought my hosting account (with my free domain!) until less then 2 hours later when my domain was already up.

I guess I am use to NameServer changes taking forever, at least with my last domain that was. BlueHost is a very easy host to use and their features are just as abundant as anyone elses.

Thanks Blue!]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:10:57 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1583 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1528 it is the first time to deal with a professional place that uses luck in their business, it is i needed to change something called cname for one of my domain names ad during my conversation with one of the cs agents he mentioned it will take only 2 hours the i tried to change the cname of another subdomain and the reply again was it will take from 24-72 hours and when i told the new cs agent, how is this last time it took only 2 hours he replied ...]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:32:17 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1528 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1239
I have no problem recommending them to my clients and have had not one complaint from them either.

PS I do not work for them or have any relationship with them at all other than being a customer. When I saw this site I felt compelled to write this glowing report as the other tossers out there such as ipowerweb etc are ...]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:15:02 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/1239 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/972 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:13:34 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/972 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/940 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:16:57 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/940 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/929 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:58:41 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/929 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/863
I changed to Bluehost from Dreamhost because it was less expensive, but with Dreamhost ...]]> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:28:46 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/863 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/733
The service is awesome, the array of features is astounding, the price is low. Wow!

They host Ruby on Rails!!!!

6 add ons for free! Amazing!

They tech guys are US based. 24/7 phone support. Ticket system is organized. Man o man!]]> Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:22:01 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/733 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/685
Boy do I have a nightmare story to tell you, a couple of months ago I was looking for website builder to build a website dedicated to my family I and stumbled upon one called bluevoda, it was a free download, so I naturally took advantage of the offer. Over the course of the next few weeks I proceeded to build my website with this bluevoda and I eventually got pretty good at it. Then I discovered to my novice surprise that I needed something called web ...]]> Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:22:11 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/685 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/599
Everyday their servers are overloading during peak hours. The community is starting to be aware of this issue but no action ...]]> Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:06:59 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/599 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/584 As you can tell from the chat transcript I was trying to be as nice as possible for 2 reasons. I wanted a full refund, and the guy is just a peon in the company.

Richie: Welcome to our real-time support area, my name is Richie, how can I help you today?
andrew: Hi Richie, I need to cancel my account and get a refund. I should be entitled to a full refund seeing as how I did not recieve the service advertised as 99.9% uptime, my domain is ...]]> Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:26:59 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/584 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/558 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:44:53 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/558 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/304 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:39:21 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/304 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/18 If you like thousands of spam emails, or don't intend using email at all, Bluehost may be right for you. They have an excellent selection of pre-installed tools for you, masses of disk-space, and the reliability has been good so ...]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:34:39 +0100 http://www.web-hosting-top.com/reviews/bluehost.com/18