Who are the top web hosts?
Read this for the top three hosting companies, from free to paid. Check out how they rate in pricing, customer service and more.
Top free host - Blogger
This is the best free hosting which you can find for your blog. Of course, you get the blog for free and set up everything through your dashboard. The loading time is standard but if you place many large photographs on the home page, it will certainly take a while (for the photos) to load. Most people don't have this problem as their blogs are content-centric. People who have this problem say more with photos than words. Additionally, you can point your blog to your own domain name (which you have registered elsewhere) and still enjoy free hosting.
Top paid host - Hostgator
This is one of the cheapest business hosting which you can find that has good support. Choose from VPS hosting, dedicated servers and regular web hosting. The regular hosting service comes in three plans and starts from about $4 a month. Get unlimited disk space and bandwidth for all three plans. Build your site with the free site builder and manage it from your cPanel, the most used panel in the world. Support you can rely on If you need help, you get it, from pre to post signing up. Find help in more than five ways: 1. Regular help (text) 2. Video tutorials 3. Forums 4. Ticket system 5. Live chat 6. Phone call, fax call, email and mail Search through the help text or simply use the search bar to go straight to the answer. Watch clear and professional video tutorials which are systematically categorised. Use the active forums to ask questions and answer. Can't find it anywhere else? Click on the live chat which always seems online (unlike other sites).
Paid host - BlueHost
Prices start from about $4 per month and you get an anytime money back guarantee. The 'help' available is almost like that of Hosgator.There are more than five ways to contact them when you need it. The site claims a 24/7 US based-support and an average support holding time of less than
30 seconds. You can try out the services by logging in to an online demo site.
* Prices are as of 2011.