Web Host Review 2008

I decided to carry out a web host review, after a number of years of owning and setting up websites, blogs and e-commerce sites a web master becomes more intuitive about which web hosts are reliable and affordable. After using no less than 15 different web host over the years I came to thinking that it was time to share my experiences, good and bad regarding the different web hosts that I have used.

What is clear throughout my experience is that cheap is not always the best option, nor is expensive going to provide you with the best facilities or service. When I started out I began using some European sources for Web hosting but soon found that with the dollar weakening against the British Pound and the Euro, these web hosts were comparatively more expensive to their Stateside equivalents.

Whether your business is based in the UK or Germany, Japan or the USA, the great thing about web hosting is that you can host your files anywhere globally, so if you are in the UK, with the Pound as strong as it is against the dollar it makes sense for you to purchase hosting in the USA, not just for a year but for as long as you can afford, it is suggested that purchasing long term hosting plans (2 years plus) will also assist in your Google Rankings, as this is a sign of longevity.

So once you have decided where to host your website, you need to read reviews and take advice from users in the marketplace. In my opinion, after using several American hosting companies, I feel that the States do have the edge of the European counterparts, perhaps this is because they have more saturated internet savvy marketplace? What is clear is that with such a mature online marketplace, service and reliability (uptime) is paramount, given the amount of competition that exists in this service industry.

My experiences and Web hosting reviews are therefore restricted to US based hosting services, due to the advantages of the dollar in purchasing and the high levels of service culture that the US hosting market demands.

So from the fifteen hosts that I have used in varying degrees I set out to assess the very best of them, taking into account a variety of factors such as:-

Overall Hosting Experience
Ease of Use
Maximum number of domains
Maximum Hosting Space
Monthly bandwidth restrictions
Number of email addresses allowed
Maximum number of blogs per domain
Google, Yahoo and other advertising credits offered for FREE
Service Ability and Reliability
Monthly Cost of hosting

Given the number of players in the web hosting market, my reviews were purely focussed on the top four providers, each of them excellent in one way or another but as with any review there has to be a clear winner, this winner is the hosting company that I revert back to again and again in the main due to the pleasurable experience and ease of use, not the cheapest but not the most expensive. If you are undecided as to which web host you should be using as a beginner or an intermediate web master then following this simple but effective web host review will keep you on the right track…

By: NaVaHo

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Nigel Handley is a mentor to the frustrated IM Newbies and Intermediates, the creator of Digital Ripple an Internet Trust Source and Web Host Review 2008. Web Host Review