And this is why I don't recommend shared hosting for anyone

bwb · on April 22, 2010

Because everyone you know has one of the busiest sites on the net?

eli · on April 22, 2010

Anyone can get slashdotted. And my time is valuable -- I'd much rather pay more for better service.

bwb · on April 22, 2010

Ya but if your dad wants to put up his pictures you go tell him to buy a nice scalable hosting product instead of a cheap shared hosting account for $5 to $10 a month?

Xichekolas · on April 22, 2010

No. I'd tell him to get a Facebook/Picasa/Flickr/Twitpic account.

Dad used to get a shared hosting account for things like that, but now we have services that host content for free. They are much easier for Dad to use as well.

In this age of $20/mo VPSs and free content hosting, I'm honestly not sure how shared hosting survives. It's not as flexible as a VPS for hosting sites (and with more than two sites, isn't even as cheap), and it's not as easy to use (or as free) as Facebook.

patio11 · on April 22, 2010

I'm honestly not sure how shared hosting survives.

John Smith Plumbing's five page brochureware site doesn't need the headaches of having a VPS but also won't accomplish business needs on Flickr.

ahi · on April 22, 2010

You can get a nice scalable hosting product for $5 to $10 a month.