Yahoo Web Hosting Review
Yahoo! is not a new name on the internet. Founded in 1995, it's best known for their search engine and web portal, but it’s also an historical figure in the webhosting service, being it free or paid. They got one of the easiest to use services up to date, with their own control panel which makes it easy the whole creative process of a website.
Some of the legendary properties of Yahoo! Hosting Service (now called “Yahoo! Small Business”), were the extremely simple design tools, that combined with the refined pre-designed template and step-by-step tutorials and checklists,
making the service extremely easy to use. No downloads, no special software, just clicking and choosing options. They are even offering web site building services, provided by Logoworks by HP, for a reasonable price, for those interested in more complex websites.
Another positive point is the integration with classic Yahoo! services, like photo and video galleries, customizable forms, access to PayPal services as well as Facebook and Twitter, etc.
Other characteristics include, FTP support (for more than 1,000 accounts), unlimited data transfer and disk space, support for external tools like Dreamweaver, Wordpress, MySQL, PHP, as well as virtually unlimited database hosting.
On the subject of domains, you can choose your own name and extension (.com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, .us). You don’t have to worry about domain renewal, Yahoo! itself do it for you! Transferring from another domain or servers
is also possible, so is DNS management. You can also have up to 500 subdomains, more than enough for the average small business website.
Reliability
On the subject of reliability, Yahoo! knows it well. Yahoo!, as an internet leader, guarantees the availability of your website for about 99.9% of the time. That’s near always, until the end of times! Sites are backed up in different locations so there’s no risk of massive accidental data deleting.
They also have SSL shared certificates and encryption, your information is in good hands. For an additional fee, you can also have your own Verisign certification, the world leader in internet security.
Customer Support
Yahoo! hosting services has an extensive team of consumer support, via phone (free toll) and email, both of them being
active 24/7. Qualified operators will evaluate every doubt and solve every problem you could have in the process of creating and maintaining your website. They also have a full collection of video tutorials, as well as a comprehensive online center, for those who haven’t got a whole-life experience in web design.
Control Panel
There’s someone who thinks of you, and it’s name is Yahoo!. They’ve gone as far as creating a totally new, fully redesigned site design tool, not similar to any other control panel nowadays. It’s thought as a tool to be used by newcomers and people with little knowledge of the internet, or with little time on their hands. The possibilities are endless, and includes customizable and flexible site templates, simple ways to enter text and photos, multilingual text support, and one of the most user-friendly interfaces ever made by men.
Conclusion
Yahoo! hosting service, also know as Yahoo! Small Business, as its name implies, is a service designed for the average internet user and small companies. Their reliability, as well as its simple-to-use interface, makes it perfect for people
who do not want to spend neither a lot of money in hosting service nor a lot of time learning the whats and hows of the internet business.
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