Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting Review

Yahoo, one of the most popular names on the Internet, also sells web hosting. Undoubtedly, their popularity has been a major factor in their web hosting success. As they now host more small business websites than any other American web host, even though they are not cheap.

Yahoo Price & Features:

Yahoo Web Hosting has three (3) eCommerce-ready plans available. All their hosting is Linux based. Their standard website plan, called the Starter, costs $11.95 /month. The Starter includes:

• One free domain,
• 2,000 MB (2 Gigs) of disk space (Much more than enough),
• 25 GB bandwidth (Not generous),
• 25 POP or SMTP eMail accounts with autoresponders (Not much),

and a good but somewhat light bundle of features.

While SSL Secure Server is not offered with the Starter Plan, PayPal is available to accept payments or donations. Their other two plans, the Standard Plan ($19.95 /month) and Professional Plan ($39.95 /month) do offer SSL Secure Server along with more disk space, bandwidth, eMail accounts, and a few more extras.

Reliability:

Yahoo Web Hosting has the very latest equipment to maintain the excellent uptime standard they have established. With Yahoo, down time will never be an issue. The location of (and details of) their data center (or data centers) is not public knowledge.

Customer Support:

Yahoo Web Hosting offers excellent customer service that includes Priority Email, for quick resolutions to your problems, and toll-free technical phone support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can also access an extensive online Help, where you can read instructions for getting started and access their FAQs (frequently asked questions) for a variety of problems.

One of the main benefits of Yahoo Web Hosting is the Yahoo! Small Business Resource Center. This is an information and learning center where you will find everything you need to know about setting up a website as well as doing business online. Everything from helpful hints and tips, to in-depth explanations and instruction makes this a comprehensive resource.

Control Panel:

Yahoo Web Hosting control panel is better than average.

Web Builder:

With the Yahoo! SiteBuilder you can pick from 300 templates to create your website, or you can design a new layout.

Money-Back Guarantee:

Not at Yahoo! (Their name is their guarantee. hehehe)

Conclusion on Yahoo Web Hosting:

Yahoo Web Hosting provides rock-solid reliability, excellent customer service, and the Small Business Resource Center, a clear asset. However, their plans are a bit pricey and they are a bit light on features.

The thing is, at Yahoo, everything you need is under one roof. This can be convenient and quick especially for first-time website builders and owners. Yahoo can be a good way to ease into eBusiness while they look after many of the technical details. Not a bad idea. For more information and to order a plan, go to the Yahoo Web Hosting website for more information.

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