A Web Hosting Guide

Dreamhost just announced that they will be lowering the maximum cash discount for promo codes from $97 to $50. In 6 days!

So, for now, the MAXDHSAVINGS Promo Code will still save you up to $97 at Dreamhost, but starting on the 11th, it will be knocked down to $50.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a great deal at $50 off–even at $0 off. But… the days of the $22.40 first year are coming to an end.

This isn’t a good time to be Lunarpages. After making a huge mistake by hijacking their users’ 404 pages and turning them into ads, rewriting their TOS after the fact, censoring their forum, etc… Dreamhost has stepped up and offered Lunarpage Refugees a full year of hosting for free.

Read this Dreamhost blog entry for more info.

If you’re a Lunarpages customer and would like to switch to Dreamhost, you can use their LOONEYPAGES promo code for one free year of hosting. NOTE: This will NOT work unless you are a Lunarpages customer.

Update: Josh from Dreamhost has mentioned that in order for the promo code to work, you have to choose that you want to transfer your domain registration to Dreamhost during the sign-up process–but you don’t actually have to transfer it.  Just enter a fake auth code if you wish to leave your domain registration as-is.

Here’s a thread at Webhosting Talk with more info and updates from current customers.

And here’s an interesting post from a girl that used to work for Lunarpages.

Best of the Web (BOTW) is running another sale on directory submissions. All you have to do is enter WIN10K as the promo code when you submit your site. That will save you 15% and enter you to win $10,000. Good through 11-30-2007.

You can use the code more than once, so if you need to submit a bunch of sites, you’ll get the discount on all of them and increase your chances of winning.

In my opinion, there are only a few directories out there worth paying to be in, and BOTW is definitely at the top of that list. A quality directory like Yahoo… but without having to pay $299/year.

So, submit your sites to BOTW–and don’t forget to enter WIN10K as the promo code.