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A guide to the best US-based web hosting companies

If you are trying to sort through the thousands of web host online to find the best support, the fastest servers, and the friendliest staff this guide will help. Please feel free to leave comments below with any useful information on the subject.

Background information worth knowing 

In the search for web hosting you can come across many shady websites. Website with affiliate links and even "top 10 hosting review" websites that are actually owned by web hosting companies. We have narrowed down the search for affordable web hosting plans that come with around the clock US-based support. We also have some great tips on how to find more web host like the ones we found.

There are so many ways to find out a good web hosts from a not so good one. You can sift through the thousands of affiliate websites that are made for the sole purpose of making that webmaster a commission because they recommended a product. Or you can skip all that mess and use these articles below to help you make a clear choice on which web hosts truly offer the best support.

Work.com has this article about business web hosting support. The article lists several of the top US-based web hosting companies but to make it simple we have listed the top five companies below.

Top 5 US-based Web Hosting Providers: (based on support)

-Hostgator
-BlueHost
-McKremie
-Godaddy
-Lunarpages

We know there are thousands of other providers but these are the best based on the following factors:

-Email Response
-On Hold Times
-Ticket Completion
-Professionalism
-Server Reliability

One of the other major factors that went into our research was the importance of applications. While Godaddy is the web hosts that you are most limited with. The other four companies use cPanel technology and have fantastico plus other scripts and services available. All of the chosen companies you can easily add a blog to your hosting account with just a few clicks of your moose.

More information on what to look for in a web hosting company: 

You can start by reading the importance that search engine optimization plays when signing up for web hosting. If you are trying to get your website ranked high in the search engines the article is a great read. It talks about country specific web hosting and how it can affect your search engine placement.

Tutorial Joomla has a post about finding the right web hosting solution. In there article they talk about social media and the roles and affects it could have on your web hosting provider.

One article from McKremie Web Hosting is a must read. The most deceptive ways web hosting companies rip you off will open your eyes to some of the sneaky web practices some web hosts do to get more money out of you. This article will make you ask questions before you get your "free domain" that many of the hosting companies are offering. Some web hosts give away a free domain for one year then make you pay $20-$40 per year after that to keep the domain. While others simply register the domain under their name and you never really have full rights to transfer the domain. This way you are stuck hosting your website with them. Sneaky, yes! Be sure to read the article so you know what to look out for.

The most important thing to know is...

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Books about Web Hosting 

Just a few that I find helpful.

Getting & Managing Your First 1,000 Clients In Web Hosting

Amazon Price: $36.92 (as of 12/18/2009) Buy Now

Strategies for Web Hosting and Managed Services

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Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual

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Web Hosting Manual - How To Start Your Own Web Hosting Business

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