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It's fairly basic for an article. One thing you noted about the 200,000 posts and shared hosting. FP was on shared hosting whilst having about 300,000 posts or so, yet did not drain nor was shut down. Of course once it had met its threshold, FP moved to a VPS I believe, but even so, 50,000 posts could drain resources or 500,000 may not.
CyberFreak
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FP is still on shared hosting so you can have a forum with nearly 700,000 posts on shared hosting if the host you have is a decent host. We got kicked off Lunarpages a few years ago for using too much cpu when the forum was a fraction of the size it is now.
We also now have the topsite on the same hosting account as this forum so one shared hosting account with the right host can handle an active topsite and forum.
We also now have the topsite on the same hosting account as this forum so one shared hosting account with the right host can handle an active topsite and forum.
We host www.brawldomain.com with one of our shared hosting packages, and it runs fine.
It's those hosts the offer unlimited everything for $2/mo that you have to watch out for because they try to cram as many clients as they can onto one server.
It's those hosts the offer unlimited everything for $2/mo that you have to watch out for because they try to cram as many clients as they can onto one server.
Ya, you can still run a big community on shared hosting. It all depends how big the servers you're on are shared - I remember running my community with 70k and 3k members on shared hosting in the previous years.DavidL said:
CMSVisuals
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Craven said:
What if the host is new? Are they out of the running?
CyberFreak
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It is not down to the size of the server. On a shared host, the host will not allow you to use all the server resources (or anywhere close) so whether your server is massive or not will not affect how long you will last on a shared host. It is down to what the hosts deem to be "too much" for their shared environment.cpvr said:
I would always say they are out of the running. Hosts tend to start up and vanish soon after. Alot of the hosts advertised here that are owned by the people here tend to be new and tend to close down soon after starting. Not all but alot do. You are best to look at reviews, speak with people hosted on that host and check out how long the have been in business and decide. Never trust anything the owner or staff at the host says. They are not going to be completely honest with you as they want your money. They always want you to think they are the best so give you answers to make you think that.CMSVisuals said:
CMSVisuals
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spyka said:
Then how are new hosts supposed to achieve that "5 years" if no one is buying from them because they are new?
Simple: They don't. The web hosting market is completely over-saturated, there is no need for more hosts and the market will make sure of that.
I'd say that no host which stated after 2010 will be around in 10 or so years like Dreamhost because they offer nothing more and charge a higher price.
The only way a new host today will last is to come up with something new and unique that will change the way hosting works entirely and so far that's yet to happen. Most of the new hosts I see can't even get a unique website, let alone a unique business plan
I'd say that no host which stated after 2010 will be around in 10 or so years like Dreamhost because they offer nothing more and charge a higher price.
The only way a new host today will last is to come up with something new and unique that will change the way hosting works entirely and so far that's yet to happen. Most of the new hosts I see can't even get a unique website, let alone a unique business plan
CMSVisuals
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spyka said:
I have a unique website. No one uses it. 😀
How so? (without making it look like you're just advertising) I could easily make a unique site and no one will ever find it, or find it and not use it. If it isn't going to help people, or people can't find it, then who cares if it's unique or not?CMSVisuals said:
CMSVisuals
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I technically was just advertising at that point. She said "Most of the new hosts I see can't even get a unique website, let alone a unique business plan." so I simply based my answer off of that.
I know, hence my reply. But do you really have a unique website, or is it what you would like to believe? I don't believe your website is unique, and really, since this is coming from a guest/visitor, and I am actually looking for a host, you haven't done well in terms of marketing your website (which I assume it's the host website).CMSVisuals said:
CMSVisuals
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I find my website unique as unique means "Existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.". Considering I hold the only one version and design of that site.
Having different text/name can be deemed unique even if every host had the same overall design, as by your brief definition, my site is the only site with that name, thus uniqueness, which isn't fully true. You can have prices, login, banner, links etc. all on the front page, but is it really unique if you remove the design and such? Not really, so new hosts will need to find a way to be noticed and liked just on a visit.CMSVisuals said:
Also, there is a difference between uniqueness and poor design, poor structure and poor planning. You can make an ugly looking website, which is by definition unique, but not do well. If you want to be successfully unique, you need to be positively unique, not negatively unique. So, if you are not doing well, are you unique, or the latter? Every host should consider that, and customers in search for a host.
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