MBRW First Semi-Annual 2011 Hosting Award
To win a web hosting award a hosting provider must possess a certain set of attributes, including responsive, friendly, and knowledgeable customer service, adequate server uptime and performance, and affordable, competitive pricing. Every web hosting provider strives to perfect these attributes, not only to solicit new clients, but to retain existing customers as well. These attributes are the primary factors that most people consider when choosing a hosting plan, and are therefore the attributes MBRW utilizes to select a hosting award winner.
After reviewing a large selection of hosting companies, we’ve decided that iPage currently offers the best value in the hosting industry and is therefore the winner of our First Semi-Annual 2011 Hosting Award. The following paragraphs briefly review each of the aforementioned attributes for iPage, explaining why they’ve been chosen as one of this year’s winners.
iPage’s Award-Winning Pricing
iPage hosting plans start at only $4.50 per month, and include a plethora of additional benefits and features that are worth nearly $500 accumulatively, including but not limited to:
- Free Advertising Credits with Major Search Engines and Social Networking Sites like Google, Yahoo, and Facebook
- Free Business Verification
- Malware and Spam Scans
- Free Site and Store Building Applications
- Included Site Analytics Software
In fact, these free extras combined with the low monthly cost are what makes iPage perhaps the most valuable hosting provider in the entire industry at the moment. Every plan also includes free domain registration, and a free security suite. Since iPage generates all of their power through wind energy, they are able to pass the savings on to their customers and provide unlimited hosting features like unlimited bandwidth and disk space.
iPage’s Top-Notch Server Performance
All iPage hosting plans are backed by 100% uptime and anytime money back guarantees. These promises are an indication of the reliability and stability that iPage offers as a hosting provider. Having been in business since 1998, iPage knows how to solicit and retain customers by providing professional hosting services and maintaining optimal server performance at all times. To prevent data loss and ensure the continuity of your websites, iPage makes daily backups of all of their web servers, which can be restored instantly in the event of hardware failure or any other mishap. Unlike many other hosting providers, iPage maintains consistent server performance on even their cheapest plans, and are therefore ideal for online business owners that demand the utmost reliability.
iPage’s Prize-worthy Customer Service
Every iPage hosting plan includes comprehensive 24-hour support that is maintained by a native-English speaking North American support staff that are professionally trained in various aspects of web hosting. iPage customer support can be contacted through three main methods – their toll-free support line, live chat support on their official website, and e-mail support tickets. Although the fastest support tends to be offered via telephone and live chat, even e-mail support tickets are usually responded to within an hour of submission. iPage currently provides server resources to more than 1 million websites worldwide, and are continuously ranked in the top 10 best web hosting providers.