Webhost Spotlite - Acorn Host from Oregon

Acorn Host, based in Portland Oregon, has four hosting plans to choose from. They offer four plans "which differ only in space and transfer limits - you can buy just the amount of space you need, without sacrificing features, and you may upgrade at any time".

All their plans include the following features:

• powerful control panel
• unlimited email boxes, forwarders, and web-based mail
  
• multiple domains with one account
• webalizer and AW stats
• install of scripts (like wordpress) easily
• frontpage extensions
• ruby on rails
• 24/7 customer support
• and many other standard features

Their plan pricing starts at $5.00 for the 500 Mb size plan to $20 for the 2,000 Mb size plan. Acorn has email tech support and an emergency 24/7 ticket help desk.

Acorn Host is a woman-owned company and a green web host, powered by green energy.

If you live in Portland, Oregon and are looking to support a local web host, Acorn Host is worth a look.

Webhost Spotlite: PowWeb from Massachusetts

PowWeb, based in Burlington, Massachusetts has a simple one plan host package that meets a variety of needs from a business website to hosting the next big standout techy (or non-techy) blog. This host provider offers a big bank for your buck with its feature rich plan and offers an array of customer support tools including: live chat, phone or email technical support, a forum for prospective members to ask questions before signing up, and a strong money-back guarantee. PowWeb has been around since 1999, was named the winner of Best Business Hosting in 2005 by Hosting-Review.com, and reached a pretty big milestone in May of 2007 by being host to over 100,000 domains. Below are some of the plan features:

HOSTING PACKAGE FEATURES
- ONLY $5.77 Per Month
- 300 GB of Disk Space
- 3,000 Gig/Month
- Load-Balanced Technology
- Unlimited E-mail Boxes
- Unlimited Domains per Account
- Unlimited Subdomains
- Secured SSL E-mail Included
- Shared-SSL for E-commerce Web Sites
- Auto Install Over 50 Applications
- Easy to Use Site Builder
- 24/7 Phone, Chat and E-mail Support
- 30 Day Money-Back Guarantee

Feel free to ask me any question on PowWeb, just hit reply, and place your question or comment. Missy.

19 Things to Look for in your Next Host

Clicking the links in the state by state list in the post below, will take you directly to the webhost site. Once there be sure to inquire on the following features and options:

• included domains
• web space
• monthly transfer volume
• email accounts
• mailbox size
• search engine submission
• website builder
• flash site builder
• photo gallery
• rss feed creator
• blog
• web statistics
• email newsletter tool
• form builder
• any free premium software
• money back guarantee
• support
• monthly rates (per month, quarter, or annually)
• activation fees (if any)

Please come back here to HostMouth, and place a comment when you find a reliable, inexpensive, and feature-rich local host.

HostMouth Press Release

Today we have our first press mention over at freepressreleases.co.uk , this site allows anyone registered to create and submit a free press release to publicize company news, showcase new products, highlight an upcoming event, or anything else you need to let the web world know about. It also gets indexed by google, which is the icing on the cake. Just take a look at my sidebar under webhost news, and there is my press item. Sweet isn't it? Leave me a comment and let me know have you used this site before?

Host Mouth receives 1st Mention

I am happy to announce that The Blog Hog has made a nice mention of my new blog and i have to say it feels good to be talked about, thanxs Sandy for the post and the link love, may it be returned to you ten fold. If you would like to see your site or blog mentioned, just ask Sandy, she loves to talk about other bloggers and their blogs. From my reading and research it is good to get link love because incoming links to a site or blog help alot with getting ranked well with search engines and for rank popularity.

If you run a hosting related blog, feel free to leave a comment, and i will be sure to mention you here at Host Mouth, i am officially declaring Fridays as "Link Love Friday".

Webhost Providers by State

Find your local web host below, each U.S. state is listed in alphabetical order. Support a local web host, get your hosting where you live, work, and play and you will keep money in your local economy.

As of this writing i only have one host listed per state, but as time allows, i will add additional ones. (maybe 5 hosts per state) Feel free to leave a comment and suggest a host provider from your state. Thanks, Missy.

(bear with me, as this list is a work in progress)

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minesota

Mississippi

Missiouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Nevada

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

DreamHost moves boldly towards being Environmentally Friendly

Dreamhost has announced it is going green and has so proclaimed this on their blog and they have managed to cough up some controversy over the move, with some skeptics saying this is not really going to make an ecological difference and that they have been "scammed into it" (ridiculous sentiment if you ask me), many complain about a possible increase in their plan rates, while others applaud and note the effort as a positive one. (like me)

How do you feel about this host (or any other host) going green?