Last Updated: April 1, 2008

Reviews - Yahoo Hosting

Review Criteria Score Business Hosting (Professional Web Hosting ) 82% Diskspace 10/10 Bandwidth 10/10 Domains 6/10 Features 8/10 Price 8/10     Overall Performance 86% Reliability (up-time, data center technology) 9/10 Price Value (most for your money) 8/10 Control Panel (ease of use) 8/10 Customer Support (live chat, 24/7, toll-free, timeliness, quality) 8/10 Overall Score: 84%

Yahoo offers a complete web hosting package aimed at helping small businesses get their websites up and running with simple one-click applications and many ready to use templates to choose from.

Business Hosting

Yahoo now only offers one hosting plan, which includes unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth, one free domain name and 1000 email accounts. It also includes mySQL databases, blog, photo gallery, survey, and web calendar applications. They also offer marketing credits with Yahoo Search Marketing, and Google Adwords, allowing you to start advertising online.

Editor's Note: Yahoo web hosting is the first to offer unlimited web space and bandwidth, giving your business the room to grow. Getting started with Yahoo is now quicker and easier than ever.

Overall Performance

Reliability
Reliability Yahoo Hosting guarantees 99.9% network uptime because they use the same reliable infrastructure as rest of the Yahoo! Network and your website will always be backed up locally and remotely for added reliability.

Price Value
Yahoo Web Hosting is more expensive than the competition, but you do get name brand quality and unlimited hosting specifications. If you want a globally trusted and reliable brand it may be worth paying slightly more to host with Yahoo.

Control Panel
Yahoo uses their own customized control panel. It is organized into a series of well-organized modules. The control panel is straight forward and easy to use.

Customer Support
Yahoo's support team is available toll-free by phone 24/7. They also offer email support and an online help center with useful getting started guides and video tutorials.

Editor's Note: The advertising credits with Yahoo Search Marketing and Google Adwords means you can get started promoting your online presence fast. They also offer express submission in popular search engines such as Yahoo and Google.