2009 Best Web Hosting Companies

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic by 19 people | Log in to rate

Ranked #4,821 in Tech & Geek, #114,342 overall

Getting started with hosting

Individuals, small businesses can greatly benefit from having a web site today more than ever.  Social networking sites such as facebook, myspace, and linked provide powerful services to connect with potential customers, and friends but one big downside to using these sites is that they own and control your content.  If they decide to disable or delete your account, all of the friends, business connections, and generated content may be lost or unaccessable forver.  With applications such as Drupal and wordpress, its trivial to make your own multi-page website with a custom logo and unique template.

Web hosting services allows individuals organizations to provide their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Today its trivial for an individual or business to design a website, and establish a web presence for as little as $5 per month.

Brief Introduction to Web Hosting 

Websites and domains

There are a few things you should know before you get started. Websites are typically hosted on either dedicated,virtual dedicated, or shared server. A decicated server is when a single computer or server that is used by a single website. This is typically used by companies requiring high bandwidth and very fast transaction
processing.


Most hosting services use a virtual dedicated or shared server where several websites are hosted on a single machine. These services are intended to be used by small, to medium businesses with lower service requirements and that are looking for economic hosting services often times for less than $7 per month.


All of the top hosting companies such as Bluehost, Host Monster, Yahoo, 1&1, and GoDaddy
provide additional services such as domain name registration, mysql databases, ftp, file storage, and multiple subdomains.



If you are on a tight budget, have a look at the companies in the list above choose the one that fits your needs the best.


Learn more about web hosting here.



Find the best web hosting services 

Web hosting ratings: Who's the best?

Share your thoughts on what company provides the best web hosting based on price, services, and customer service.

Loading poll. Please Wait...

Reader Feedback 

submit

New Amazon Voting (Plexo) 

HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide) by Elizabeth Castro

HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide) by Elizabeth Castro

Need to learn HTML fast? This best-selling referen more...0 points

Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual by David McFarland

Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual by David McFarland

Welcome to Dreamweaver CS3. This new version of th more...0 points

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman

Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense a more...0 points

by BaileyCross

Hello world. This is my bio. I can edit it later! (more)

Explore related pages

Create a Lens!