| I have been hosting some of my websites with | | | | Unique Features of Site5 hosting |
| Site5 for about a year now. I also have other | | | | One feature I like about site5 hosting is the |
| websites hosted in other web hosting companies. | | | | multisite accounts. It is basically a full featured |
| Here is my review for site5 based on my own | | | | control panel for each domain. Unlike other shared |
| personal experience with them | | | | web hosting companies which uses domain |
| Why I choose Site5 | | | | pointers, a multisite accounts exists on its own |
| I got to know about Site5 through the | | | | with its own subdomains, domain pointer, ftp, |
| webhostingtalk forums. At that time, I was | | | | mysql etc. This help me to organize my websites |
| searching for a reliable and reputable cheap web | | | | better especially if you have a lot of domains. You |
| hosting company for a couple of my new | | | | can set the diskspace and bandwidth from the |
| websites. And I've heard a lot of good reviews | | | | main pool of your web hosting account. |
| about Site5 and so decide to try them out. Since | | | | The other feature is the flashback which allows |
| they have a 60 day money back refund, I figure | | | | you to undo any changes you make to your |
| if I did not like it, I would ask for my money | | | | website. It is a life saver especially when a |
| back. Anyway, I was basically testing their web | | | | website breaks down and you do not know the |
| hosting on my new websites so I was not terribly | | | | cause. |
| affected. | | | | Things that can be improved |
| Site5 Hosting Plan | | | | Though I like Site5 and would recommend it to |
| Site5 only offer two types of hosting plan : | | | | friends, there are a few things that could make it |
| shared and reseller. So I took the superhosting | | | | better. One of them is the upgrade option. I |
| extreme package. Basically here's the brief web | | | | recently upgraded my hosting plan to multisite |
| hosting package details : | | | | dynamite and was told I had to shift to another |
| Diskspace : 8GB | | | | server. The problem was I had to do the data |
| Bandwidth : 500GB | | | | transfer myself. With 3GB of data to transfer, |
| Multisite Accounts : 5 | | | | not to mention the dozens of ftp, mysql and |
| Unlimited : domain pointers, ftp, mysql | | | | email accounts, it was a real hassle. Something I |
| It also comes with fantastico, cpanel. All this for | | | | am sure their staff could have easily completed in |
| about $109 annually which is pretty cheap. Please | | | | a short time. |
| note this hosting plan is no longer available and is | | | | The other thing I didn't like was I could not |
| replaced with multisite dynamite plan. It is basically | | | | request for more IP addresses. If you know |
| the same as my previous plan except for more | | | | about SEO, then you know how having multiple IP |
| diskspace and bandwidth. As I'm writing this, they | | | | addresses can be useful. |
| have a promotion where you can get this hosting | | | | In all, I would still recommend site5 due to its |
| plan for 2 years at only $149 which I consider to | | | | cheap web hosting plan, good support and high |
| be a good deal. | | | | availability. |