Independent Web Hosting Reviews and Rankings at webhostposition.com

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Top 5 Hosting Sites

1. HostGator

2. EasyCGI

3. IXWebHosting

4. BlueHost

5. iPowerWeb

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Useful Tips

Quality customer support is a top priority when choosing web hosting company. Phone number should be listed and even more important is that they offer live chat with acceptable wait time (no more than 5 minutes). 24/7 telephone or live chat support is a must.

Hosting company should feel comfortable disclosing approximate number of clients (too many clients could mean slow response time, while not too many, could mean that company is just starting out, or is unable to get enough clients, multiplying the possibility of going out of business). Minimum 10000 clients is expected from serious hosting company. There are probably a lot of small companies which fare better than bigger companies, but common sense would be to stick with company that has been in business for a long time which makes it an established business.

Most of the web hosting companies offer different hosting plans, so companies that offer side by side comparison should definitely have an advantage over the ones that don't offer it.

Pay attention to price listed for each type of hosting. It might look too good to be true. That usually means that it has to be paid either quarterly or yearly. Price should never be the only factor in choosing a web host. Usually, prices are very similar between different hosts.

Google the name of the company for a possible scam. Also, checking forums and www.bbb.orgfor a number of customer complaints (if they were solved or not) is a good idea to avoid potential undesirable surprises.

Our job at WebHostPosition.com is to review and rate the most popular web hosting companies and pick the best ones. Finding reliable hosting company with good customer support is not as easy as it used to be. There are literally 1000s of hosting companies in existence today, and they all claim to be the best. Not so. Trying a few hosting companies is not a bad option, but it requires a lot of time and lost money, and even worse, finding company that appears good, but in reality performs bellow acceptable levels. That's why we hope our service will help anybody looking for quality hosting company, and definitely save precious time. Bellow we created a table that ranks hosting companies based on specified requirements, and after the table we explained how the results were determined.

Web Hosting Comparison and Rankings

* 1 year, quarterly or semi-annual contract

Hosting Company	Disk Space (GB)	Bandwidth (monthly) (GB)	Domains	Shopping Carts	Customer Service	Features (sql,php...)	Price (month)	Final Ratings
HostGator	600	6000	Unlimited	4 free carts			$7.95
EasyCGI	350	3500	Unlimited	1 free cart			$7.96
IXWebHosting	1000	8000	Unlimited	1 free cart			$6.95
BlueHost	600	6000	Unlimited	4 free carts			$9.95*
iPowerWeb	600	6000	25	3 free carts			$9.95
1&1 Hosting	250	2500	Unlimited	none			$9.99
LunarPages	350	3500	Unlimited	3 free carts			$6.95
GoDaddy	100	1000	Unlimited	2 free carts			$6.99
midPhase	350	3500	10	3 free carts			$7.95
OmnisHosting	300	3000	25	4 free carts			$5.95*

List of factors that we used to rate hosting companies and pick the best:

Quality of Customer Service (very important, since no host is perfect, but when the problems arise, customer service should come to the rescue)
Availability of Live Chat (very helpful when something needs to be fixed quick or get valuable info)
List of Features that host provides (php, asp etc.)
Ecommerce features that host provides (including shopping carts and SSL certificates)
Disk Space and Bandwidth (while disk space is not major factor in choosing a host, bandwidth can be if site is commercial with a lot of visits)
Speed and Uptime
Price (broken down per month, since some of the hosts charge quarterly or yearly)
Level of Customization