Your Questions About 1 And 1 Web Hosting

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You can find step by step guide on how to create a website at website like http://oktutorial.com/webdesign.htm

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It sounds like your plan allows 2 websites, and you may as well go with Linux.

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To ensure you are on a reliable web host, you may want to also check for comments on the selected host at various web hosting forums like :-

www.webhostingtalk.com
www.webmasterworld.com
www.sitepoint.com

Hope that helps.

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Hi Jake,

Avoid Buzzhosting, they are not a real hosting service, only a reseller of another reseller and their using domain privacy on their primary domain name. This just rings hundreds of bells in my ears. You’re likely to receive worse and worse support till your site one day suddenly goes offline because the reseller didn’t pay their monthly fee. It happens all the time. So heed my warning and stay clear, they are not a honest hosting service and will not be stable.

I know you said you don’t like the larger companies, but they are large as they are stable and doing somethings right.
I’ve had site with up to 8GB of data without having my sites suspended, this mostly happens with illegal materials and people trying to publish sites like Youtube, I wouldn’t really worry about it unless you are distributing illegal content or the main purpose of your site is to distribute many large files.

Here’s my experience and opinions on these hosts I’ve used.

HostGator: (The host I use now and highly recommend)
Is a little more expensive than the alternatives, however is this is easily made up for by their quality of service. They are also one of the few providers who support both PHP 5.2 and PHP 5.3, which has been the current version of PHP for almost a year now. PHP 5.2 supplied by other hosts is lacking too many features. Their baby plan is amazing and allows you to support as many websites as you like all with different domains. They’re big because they’re doing something right.
Http://www.hostgator25.com (25% Discount Link)
http://www.hostgator995.com ($9.95 Discount Link) <== 1c for a one month account
Coupon Codes:
PERMANENT25 = 25% off
PERMANENT995 = $9.95 off

HostMonster、Bluehost:
There are actually one company who used to be quite reputable, but their recent plans and lack of paypal support now have taken them down on my recommendation list. (PHP 5.2)
http://www.hostmonsterplus.com

Justhost:
Avoid at all costs, their "Instant Setup" took 22 hours of arguing with support to get mine activated. Support technicians while they seem friendly have no power to do anything at all. (PHP 5.2)
The hosting service works ok, however it's too much of a nightmare getting anything done with support. They also try to upsell you at every turn, don't buy the extras, they're not worth and and not refundable.

GoDaddy
If you're after a nightmare and wasted money, this is the place to go. They are fine for buying domains, just never use their hosting. (Not worth thinking about)