Gail Lobel Rand is a former writer and interviewer for Website Planet. Her first PC was a TRS-80 which required a cassette tape to boot up. Producing websites, emails, and banners combines her love for design, technology, and of course, writing.

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Reviews

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS’ robust, global network of data centers offers blazing-fast speeds and unparalleled uptime, but it’s not ideal for beginners. If I had an improvement suggestion, I’d request instant customer service for all customers.

4.6
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RoseHosting

RoseHosting is one of the better hosts that I’ve come across. The shared hosting and VPS plans really stand out, and scalability isn’t a problem either. Add them to your list for sure, but you’ll also want to shop around and be careful of those optional extras.

4.6
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HostSailor

HostSailor operates servers with SSD in data centers located in the Netherlands and Romania. With their shared and VPS packages, customers can choose servers that run on Linux or Windows OS.

4.6
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Web Werks Data Centers

Web Werks Data Centers is a premier hosting company that operates Tier III and Tier IV data centers with 99.9% SLA uptime. The company offers standard hosting and dedicated servers along with software and e-commerce solutions to customers in 23 countries.

4.6
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Eco Hosting

For more than ten years, EcoHosting has provided customers around the world with Linux web hosting, VPS, dedicated services, and reseller plans. Their customers enjoy personalized 24/7 support, and high performance courtesy of SSD-powered hosting services.

4.6
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HostWithLove

HostWithLove provides fully managed web hosting and dedicated servers to 6,000+ customers in the U.S., the U.K., Europe, Brazil, and Asia. The company has secure and well-equipped data servers in nine locations across four continents.

4.6
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Exoscale

Established in 2011, Exoscale is a Switzerland-based cloud hosting solutions provider run by cloud enthusiasts and individuals with years of experience in the IT industry. Since their inception, Exoscale has built a reputation as a trusted European platform for running mission critical workloads in the cloud.

4.6
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ISPRIME

ISPRIME is a fast-growing IT company that was founded in 1998 by three budding entrepreneurs. With redundant networks and secure data centers, ISPRIME is a fantastic choice for customers who are looking for an all-in-one hosting platform.

4.6
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RapidSwitch

Founded in 1999, RapidSwitch is a leading server hosting company that owns and operates seven data centers in the United Kingdom. They provide cost-effective and stable hosting solutions fully backed by fantastic customer service and excellent tech support.

4.5
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SmarterASP.NET

If you’re in the market for a budget, no-frills hosting solution, SmarterASP.NET can offer you decent customer service and most of the features you need. You’re just not going to get everything.

4.5
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HyperHosting

Greek web hosting provider HyperHosting was founded in 2001. Its hosting plans are pricey, but you can get a free domain, and I found the pre-sales support to be prompt.

4.5
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Hosterion

For competitively priced hosting plans with one month free for an annual commitment, you could consider Hosterion as your Romainian host.

4.5
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Tárhely.Eu

Hungarian hosting company Tárhely.Eu started out in 2009. Its plans are competitively priced, but you have to pay for a few things that you might expect to get for free elsewhere.

4.5
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Magyar Hosting

Hungarian web hosting provider Magyar Hosting is based in Budapest. It offers several GDPR-compliant hosting plans with plenty of performance-enhancing features, but I'd feel better if I'd been able to summon some pre-sales support.

4.5
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One.com

One.com is geared toward beginners who want an easy host. The simple control panel and on-screen wizards make life easy, plus customer support is quick to respond. Developers are better served elsewhere.

4.5
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Blog Posts

Privacy Policy Free Template – GDPR 2025 Compliant

Sometimes "small things" like privacy policies might slip your mind when building your website. You are so focused on the color scheme and navigation bars, that this "silly little page" doesn't register. However, when the EU passed its General Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws, it is now essential for you to consider online privacy policy issues, especially if your target...

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First published: April 05, 2018
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Benchmark Email Automates Completely Personalized Interaction

We all know the power of email. But to make the biggest impact, it is important to personalize the experience for each and every one of your contacts, subscribers, and customers based on how they have engaged with your site and emails in the past. While effective, Daniel Miller, CMO for Benchmark Email knows it is also a time-consuming nightmare to manage and explains how the...

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EWWW Image Optimizer Keeps Your Website’s Images Up to Speed

So, you’ve got a cellphone with a megapixel camera and a wi-fi connection, and you’re uploading images directly to your web site – what could possibly go wrong?! Shane Bishop, founder of EWWW Image Optimizer explains why even in these days of high-speed internet connections and hosting plans with unlimited storage and bandwidth, it is still important to take the extra step of...

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MeetEdgar Uses Automation, Social Media Content Management, and Reporting to Maximize Your Social Media’s Reach

Social media is a free or low-cost way to put yourself in front of literally billions of users. But how can you optimize your time, keep track of your social media content history, and make sure posts are scheduled, varied, and successful? Laura Roeder, Founder & CEO of MeetEdgar tells us how out of her frustration, she built MeetEdgar, a tool that creates a library of...

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MobileMoxie Handles the Unique Challenges of SEO for Mobile Sites

While SEO specialists concentrate on raising a site’s search ranking, little attention has been paid to the factors that affect that same site’s rankings on mobile devices.  Smaller screens, slower networks, intermittent connectivity, and user location are just some of the unique factors that need to be considered when creating SEO for mobile sites and making sure they can...

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Studio Umbrella – Paying Attention to Custom Details That Make Websites Stand Out

With template-based themed websites so widely available, many websites are beginning to look the same. So how does a site stand out in the crowd of the internet? Ronen Hirsch,  founder of Studio Umbrella, accomplishes just that by rejecting the cookie cutter approach and custom crafting beautiful and unique websites - one at a time. This interview was originally published...

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With Formstack, Users Can Create and Integrate Online Forms Without Any Coding Knowledge

Using online forms to collect data for sales leads, subscribers, customers, etc., has become an integral part of on-line interaction. But creating forms requires designing, coding, data storage allowance and routing. Even modifications of existing forms, no matter how small, require the same involved process. Formstack allows users to create all types of forms – including...

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NameHero – Hosting Plans Backed with Serious Security and a 99.9% Guaranteed Uptime

Ryan Gray, CEO of NameHero has been running online businesses since he was 13(!) years old. He tells us how that experience has evolved into a company offering top notch, complete web hosting services with some serious cybersecurity and 99.9% server uptime. This interview was originally published on September 9, 2019. Can domain names be purchased through...

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CiviHosting – “Boutique” Hosting with a 10-Minute Response Time

We spoke with the team at CiviHosting about how their performance, knowledge, security, and customer service makes them a popular choice, especially for those migrating away from those “big name” hosts. How is CiviHosting different from other hosting companies? That is a great question! At CiviHosting, we focus on the “boutique” hosting market, meaning we offer only the very...

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Tenable Assesses, Manages, and Measures Today’s Cyber Risks

As companies embrace new network connected platforms and development shifts such as Cloud, mobile, SaaS, and DevOps, they have also expanded the surfaces that need protection from cyber-attacks. We spoke with David Cummins, VP of EMEA, Tenable, the first and only provider of Cyber Exposure solutions, about how they empower organizations across all industries to understand and...

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Empire Flippers Facilitates the Buying and Selling of Quality Online Businesses

Buying and selling an internet business can be daunting, especially for the uninitiated. We spoke with Greg Elfrink, Head of Marketing at Empire Flippers, about how they maintain separate teams specifically designated to advise and assist both buyers and sellers, how they vet their marketplace for legitimate income opportunities, and the steps they take to protect both parties...

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ClickBank is a Leading Global Retailer and Affiliate Marketplace

ClickBank has been empowering entrepreneurs in over 200 countries for more than 20 years, paying out over $4.2 billion. We spoke with CEO, Kelly Householder, about how their unique marketplace works by matching up product creators with affiliates, helping them reach a global audience and the ability to scale, grow sales, and make money online. This interview was originally...

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HeroBuilder – Create a Professional Website without Any Previous Experience

We spoke with Ryan Gray, CEO of NameHero, about their newest offering, HeroBuilder which provides an easy way to build a professional looking website, even a fully functional online store, without any previous experience.  Unlike other page builders on the market, HeroBuilder is deployed on NameHero’s private cloud, giving users the same speed, reliability, and security, we...

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Reclaim Hosting Brings the Power of the Internet to Educators and Students

There is no doubt that the internet has reshaped our way of communicating, sharing, and interacting. Jim Groom, co-founder of Reclaim Hosting spoke with us about some of the ways his company has harnessed that power to benefit the education sector. They began with server infrastructure based on the Domain Of One's Own concept of providing institutions, educators, and students...

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GlockApps Gets Your Email Delivered and Protects Your Reputation

Even the best-laid marketing plans can go awry if emails are not reaching your audience. With GlockApps, you can test, monitor, diagnose, and fix deliverability issues before sending out your next campaign. We spoke with their CEO, Alex Markov, about how their tools test email placement in real-time and reports on delivery issues and how to fix them. This interview was...

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