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Yahoo Web Hosting Review [visit site]

The company that, for many, is synonymous with Search is now vying for the top spot in user-preferred web hosting services. One of the clearest and most incontrovertible benefits to Yahoo! is that the company itself has been around for far longer than any web host, mastering the art of making one’s mark on the internet long before the competition ever got into the game. Yahoo! knows what works and what doesn’t, and with Yahoo! Small Business Web Hosting, you get the benefit of all that wealth of experience without a wealth of costs incurred or time lost to trial and error.

	Features	8.5 / 10
	Price/Cost Effectiveness	8.5 / 10
	Customer Service	9 / 10
	Control Panel	8.5 / 10
	Reliability/Data Center	9.5 / 10
	Overall Score:	87%

Features

Free domain name
Unlimited email accounts
Unlimited GB storage (see Yahoo! for terms)
Unlimited GB bandwidth (see Yahoo! for terms)
200-1,000 email addresses
Search engine submission
Site building tools
Third party site design tool support
Advanced scripting and database tools
Online marketing discounts
Integrated installation of all the major Blogging technologies
Comprehensive site stats
Endless website enhancements

Price / Cost Effectiveness
SPECIAL OFFER: Get 25% off the first 3 months with no setup fee and a free domain!

Yahoo! small business web hosting is slightly more expensive than many of its competitors (not least of which are the 3 web hosts ranked above this one in our list). So what extra value do you get for the extra cost? For one, you get virtually unlimited amount of web pages, releasing you from the typical constraints on building your site as you see fit. And all customers get a promotional starter package – 100 free leads, 30% off Yahoo! Local Enhanced Listings, free email marketing and online advertisement tracking trials, and more – simply not found anywhere else. Best of all – No Annual Contracts!

Customer Service
Don’t let their size fool you. No matter how big Yahoo! gets, they’re never too busy to provide you with the most timely and personal customer support, maintaining a 24/7 toll-free support line and a comprehensive online support center with email support. They also provide you with a flurry of invaluable video tutorials and Getting Started guides.

Control Panel
Yahoo!’s proprietary control panel takes all the years of experience on the web and hones it down into an interface that’s as versatile and powerful as it is intuitive and user-friendly.

Reliability / Data Center
You may not get the most disk space or bandwidth or email accounts with Yahoo! but what you do get is the confidence and reliability of one of the most stalwart giants in the industry. Their 99.9% uptime guarantee is backed by the exact same infrastructure they use for their globally renowned search network. A site snapshot is taken of your site every 4 hours, and your site is locally and remotely backed up on a regular basis. You’ll enjoy a FreeBSD, Unix-based OS with Apache servers and redundant links to the top tier internet backbone providers.

Hosting Packages
UNIX/Linux Hosting Plans
Yahoo Web Hosting Plan: Unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth @ $8.96*/month (for first 3 months, then $11.95/month)
Yahoo Merchant Starter Plan: unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth @ $39.95/month
*price is for first three months only as per the special offer, then standard rates apply

Summary
Go with a name you already know and trust – go Yahoo!

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