recommendations for cheapish hosting for multiple low traffic sites

[gleberental]

hi all,

i'm looking for recommendations for cheapish hosting for multiple low traffic sites. suggestions?

i was looking at a canadian host:
http://hostpapa.ca/index.shtml

anybody have any experience with them?

cheerz,
michael

[wheel]

Yeah, they cold called me to advertise on one of my sites last week :).

In terms of hosting, I don't know though. I've got some friends that use dreamhost to fill similiar needs.

Depending on what you're doing, you should consider where you're being hosted. if you're trying to rank in Google.ca, then a .ca hosting company is likely a better bet.

[Rehan]

if you're trying to rank in Google.ca, then a .ca hosting company is likely a better bet. Yeah, and make sure the .ca hosting company actually has its servers in Canada (hostpapa seems to, btw). It's not uncommon for a Canadian hosting company to have its servers in the US...

[wheel]

I was being deliberately vague :). A couple years ago I was hosted in Canada (toronto) but had what seemed to be a US IP address.

[fac3less]

Wheel,

Just curious, which site? ;)
I'd be happy hearing about it!

[wheel]

I was at Peer 1 in the Toronto star building right on the waterfront. Fine bandwidth wise, but IIRC the IP address resolved as American. Depends on what database you use though I suppose. I expect it was because they're an American company and just got allocated IP's from head office.

[fac3less]

I was actually curious as to which site Hostpapa wants to advertise on :D

[van]

canaca.ca (http://www.canaca.ca)

[wheel]

I was actually curious as to which site Hostpapa wants to advertise on :D
Oh, uh, I'd rather not say publicly. They were looking for Canadian specific websites, and I've got one. Nothing special, it was just a Canadian centric site.