Web Host Review: Apollo Hosting

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Apollo Hosting offers great service, as well as a software suite that has not been matched by other web hosting providers.

Reliability
Apollo Hosting’s uptime is good, and they support it with a fibre optic network, multiple web hosting backbone providers, a diesel generator and regular data backups.

Price Value
24 months : $6.96/mo
12 months : $7.96/mo
6 months : $8.46/mo
3 months : $8.96/mo

Apollo Hosting has recently introduced a new pricing structure and has lowered their prices to remain competitive with other players in the market. Now, they are considered of average pricing but they provide several powerful software that gives them an edge compared to their competitors.

Apollo Hosting Awards
Top 15 Web Host by “Top Hosts” (2005 )
Top 10 Budget Hosting by “Host Review” (2006)
Editor’s Choice Award- Ecommerce by “Find My Host” (2005)
Highest Level of Recommendation by “Web Hos tMagazine” (2004)
#1 Unix Hosting by “Web Hosting Directory” (2001-2004)
3.5 out of 4 by “Host Search” (2006)

Control Panel
They have a user-friendly HPSP control panel that can operate in various languages. Additionally, they offer a Traffic Tool Box that implements marketing strategies to increase the visibility of customers’ pages on the internet.

Apollo Hosting Network
Apollo Hosting have direct fiber optic connections with Frontier GlobalCenter, Qwest Communications and Genuity. These carriers are Teir 1 carriers and provide services to giants such as Yahoo and Ebay. With these multiple fiber connections Apollo Hosting has multiple levels of redundancy for their data links and can provide its customers with superior network stability and high speed.

Customer Support
Apollo Hosting provides 24/7 customer support via toll-free phone, web-based live chat and email. They also offer the unique option of leaving a message and number so that their customer service staff can return the call within 2 hours.

Apollo Hosting Services Includes
Plesk Reloaded Control Panel, Plesk Application Vault, Bulletin Board, Photo Gallery, Content Management System, Mambo Site Builder, Web Based Email, Basic SPAM/Virus Email Filtering, Fax-Through-Email, CGI Bin, MySQL 4.1.10a Database, MySQL Administration Tool, PHP 4.3.10, Perl 5.6.1, SSI (Server Side Includes), CRON Management Tools, SSH (Limited), Site Studio - Website Builder, Dreamweaver & MS Publisher Support, b2Evolution Blog Software, Microsoft® FrontPage® 98/2000/2003 Extensions, Search Engine Submission, Link Popularity Tool, Search Engine Saturation Tool, Real Video / Real Audio, Password Protect Directories & Pages, Stable Linux Red Hat on Apache, Weekly / Monthly Backups, 99.9% Network Uptime Guarantee

General Features:
Web Space: 3 Gb
Monthly Bandwidth: 100 Gb
Multiple Domains: No
POP3 Email: 50
Subdomains: 100
FTP Accounts: Yes
MySQL Databases: 1

Additional Features:
Free Domain: Yes
Yahoo Marketing Credit: $50
Web Site Builder: Yes
Web Site Templates: Yes
Money Back: 30 days
Support: 24/7 toll free

Summary

Apollo Hosting offers good value in terms of the services/features provided, reliability and pricing.

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