Yahoo is best known as the second most popular search engine in the modern world. However, did you know that they also offer webhosting plans? Their Yahoo Small Business segment offers business owners that chance to have their own website hosted by Yahoo, itself. How does this service rank compared to others?

Actually, they stack up well in terms of price, and offer decent features, as well. While the plans are relatively basic, they do offer a considerable amount of flexibility for business owners seeking to establish a web presence with a trusted name. However, Yahoo hosting is more appropriate for small businesses than it is for personal websites, though it can certainly be done here.

Features List

Pricing Concerns
Unlike other hosts out there, Yahoo only offers a single package plan. However, it is available in three different price ranges, depending on how long you want to contract the company for their service. For a single month, you will pay $12.95 for hosting. However, for three months, that drops to $7.77 per month ($11.95 per month after the first 3 months). For a full year, you’ll pay $6.47 per month for the first three months, and then $9.95 per month for the remainder of the contract.

While the company does offer quite a few services and a lot of support, the confusing nature of their pricing programs is not a good thing. However, if you are able to work it into your budget, then Yahoo’s hosting is actually a good thing.

Reliability and Uptime
Yahoo guarantees that you will enjoy 99.9% uptime. However, you’ll actually find that they surpass this by a considerable amount most of the time. This is because of the advanced backup systems and redundant power systems the monolithic parent company is able to provide. Simply put, they have the best equipment in the industry. Yahoo also backs up your site to servers located in different geographic locations. This means that should something untoward happen to the servers in one location, you have several other backups to use.

Control Panel Information
The control panel is one of the most important concerns in webhosting. You will find that Yahoo’s control panel is a very good one. It offers advanced functionality and lots of features, allowing you to control every aspect of your website. All of these features integrate with all of Yahoo’s other services, as well, which can be a considerable boon to businesses using those features.

Customer Support and Service
Yahoo offers excellent customer support, around the clock, seven days per week. In addition, the customer service technicians are fully trained, and used to helping website owners of all experience levels, so your questions will be answered quickly, correctly and efficiently. You can contact them via telephone, via email or use their startup guides.

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