Over the weekend, I moved this blog to a new host. My previous hosting plan was at the Israeli provider HostCenter. I would recommend them to anyone specifically looking for an Israeli host and in need for person-to-person customer service in Hebrew (their customer service is very good). But the Internet is global by nature and if you don’t need personal technical support there’s no reason not to look for a better hosting plan for your website.
For the same price I used to pay HostCenter I got from IX Web Hosting more storage space, more databases, more mailboxes and a dedicated IP address. Unfortunately it seems like they don’t allow shell access (ssh) to the server, but that’s usually not needed.
The move went pretty smooth, although there were some hiccups during the period when DNS records got updated (I’m not sure that’s over – 48 hours is the time it may take) – the thing is that if you want a smooth transition, you need to leave the content on the old server live while making sure no one enters new data (e.g. comments). Another strange thing that happened was that during the transition, my Google ads started showing anti-Israeli ads that are not from Google. I have no idea how that happened and I didn’t have the time to investigate it. I immediately removed the ads from this website and I’m not sure if I’ll bring them back.
So that’s it. I feared this move a little bit – the part where I dropped all the tables from the old databases was extremely scary – but all in all it went smoothly. All 5 readers of this blog: did you feel anything?
not really :)
Is it a part of your general moving plan?
:) Actually, a major reason I didn’t move last year was because I planned on moving to a new apartment as well and didn’t want the headache of transferring the website to a new host.
But it only took a few hours on Saturday, including reading reviews on different hosts, setting up the new account, transferring the database and everything. I’m surprised it went fairly easy. I expected it to fail miserably.
As your num’ 1 reader and fan I was deeply saddened, disappointed and hurt by this move and decided to quit reading blogs altogether.
Maybe I’ll start climbing mountains instead… yes!! that’s a great idea… Carmel mountain here I come… just need a little rest before I start, maybe read some blogs while I rest…
I realy liked those google adds :(
Push the google.
xtreeq:
:) Yes, out of my 5 readers, you’re the only one who clicked the ads, I believe.
Thanks. I have big plans for the 20$ you earned me.
I liked the old ads better, these popups are quite annoying.
If you’ll put back to the google ads I promise to click.
Maybe they’ll be back, if only because I got used to seeing them up there.
And…. there aren’t any popups here!