What does a Web Hosting Site Do?

Web hosting services provides an avenue for you to launch and manage your website. There are a broad range of service levels available, some help with many functions and others leave you on your own.

Some of the benefits available through a flexible and powerful web hosting company are:

Financial Services - Services that support an eCommerce site. Such as,

  • A shopping cart
  • Credit card processing
  • Customer management
  • Merchant accounts
  • SSL VeriSign Certificates, or other security devices

Web Marketing Services - Services that help you market your product or message. Including,

  • Affiliate programs
  • Traffic, statistics and click reports
  • Reseller/Referral programs
  • Free/ paid submission to popular search engines
  • Meta tag assistance

Website Creation Services - Tools that help you build your website. Some offer:

  • Website wizards or other easy-to-use tools to build websites
  • Store front templates or design assistance

Email Services - Custom email accounts. Services differ, but may include,

  • Ten to thousands of POP3 email accounts
  • Outgoing SMTP relay
  • Autoresponders
  • Webmail
  • Backup mail relays
  • Spam/ Virus filters
  • Email aliases
  • Fax email options

All levels of website hosting are available, so whether you need a site to host your eBusiness or to publish family pictures, there is a service out there to meet all of your hosting needs.

In this site, you'll find web hosting articles and comprehensive web hosting reviews to help you make an informed decision on which web hosting company is right for you. At TopTenREVIEWS, We Do the Research So You Don't Have To.™

What to Look for in a Web Hosting Service

Finding a service, that meets all of your web hosting needs, can be a difficult search. It is important to think about exactly what website hosting services you need, what level of customer care you need, how much you want to pay and how much room you need to grow.

Below are the criteria TopTenREVIEWS used to rank Web Hosting Services:

Feature set
The unique attributes that the company uses to describe their service is the feature set. All web hosting services offer different features. When looking for a service, look for a service that provides as much memory, domains and sub domains and as many email addresses that you need. If you need webpage development assistance, a shopping cart or credit card services, look for a service that will provide these. Another important consideration is whether a Unix, Linux or Windows platform is preferred.

Customer Service
A good web hosting service offers customer support 24 hours a day, seven days a week and includes email and chat support. If financial services are used, then toll-free billing and sales support should also be available, assessable and helpful. Many opt for shared hosting in which the host takes care of the day-to-day processes involving security as well as hardware/software needs, this requires a high level of quality customer service.

Control Panel Ease of Use
The website content and statistics are viewed and managed through the control panel. The features should be easy to find and use and arranged in a logical manner.

To begin your search for the perfect web hosting service for your project, click here and read our review of the #1 web hosting company: Globat.

 
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2009 Web Hosting Review Comparisons

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Rank #1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10
Excellent score   Excellent
Very good score   Very Good
Good score   Good
Fair score   Fair
Poor score   Poor
Globat Lunarpages JustHost GreenGeeks InMotion Hosting Webhostingpad Yahoo! Web Hosting GoDaddy Blue Host 1&1 Web Hosting
Globat Lunarpages JustHost GreenGeeks InMotion Hosting Webhostingpad Yahoo! Web Hosting GoDaddy Blue Host 1&1 Web Hosting
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Lowest Price Buy Globat
$4.44 		Buy Lunarpages
$4.95 		Buy JustHost
$3.45 		Buy GreenGeeks
$6.95 		Buy InMotion Hosting
$6.95 		Buy Webhostingpad 2010
$1.99 		Buy Yahoo! Web Hosting
$9.95 		Buy GoDaddy
$6.99 		Buy Blue Host
$6.95 		Buy 1&1 Web Hosting
$3.99
 
Overall Rating Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good
Ratings
Pricing Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good Good Excellent Very Good Good Very Good Very Good
Hosting Features Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Very Good Very Good Excellent Very Good
Domains Excellent Very Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Very Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Ecommerce Hosting Excellent Very Good Very Good Excellent Very Good Good Very Good Excellent Excellent Fair
Email Excellent Very Good Excellent Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good Good Very Good Very Good
Access Excellent Very Good Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Excellent Very Good
Programming / Multimedia Excellent Excellent Very Good Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Excellent
Support & Service Excellent Very Good Excellent Very Good Excellent Excellent Very Good Excellent Excellent Very Good
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Pricing
1 Year Contract (prepaid) $53.28 $59.40 $71.40 $95.40 $95.40 $59.40 $111.93 $170.88 $95.40 $75.87
2 Year Contract (prepaid) $136.68 $118.80 $118.80 $166.80 $166.80 $95.04 $223.86 $323.76 $166.80 $159.75
1 Domain Registration / Transfer Free Free Free Free Free Free Free $1.99 Free $4.49
Money Back Guarantee   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark 30 Check Mark 90
Promotion 1st year FREE after rebate          1st six months at a reuced rate
Hosting Upgrades
Additional Domain Name / Transfer $14.95 * $14.95 / year $24.95 $7.95 / year * $9.95 / year $2.19 / year $10 / year $8.99
Dedicated IP Address   $2.95 / month $1.66 / year $30 / yr $2 / month *   $2.99 / month $2.50 / month  
Premium Phone Support    $9.95 / year     Check Mark    Check Mark
SSL Secure Certificate Check Mark $99 / year $69.95 / year Check Mark * * Check Mark Free $45.00 / year $49.00
Private Registration Check Mark $7.95 / year $9.95 / year Free Free Check Mark $9 / year $6.99 Check Mark Check Mark
Daily Backups Check Mark $18 / year $9.95 / year   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark
SEO Service Check Mark   $99.95 / year     Check Mark    
Standard Hosting Features
Disk Space (GB) Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 10
Monthly Bandwidth (GB) Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Backup Space     Check Mark   x     10
Site Traffic Statistics Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark x Check Mark * Check Mark Check Mark
Log Files Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark x   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Windows Hosting   * *      Check Mark   Check Mark
Linux Hosting Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Control Panel Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Fantastico Scripts Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark  
Site Builder Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Photo Gallery Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Blog Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark  
Forums / Boards Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Ecommerce / Shopping Cart Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Refund Available Within (days) 30 30 30 30 90 30 30 30 30 90
Domains
Domain Search & Registration Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Domain Transfer Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Free Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Parked Domains Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Subdomains Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Addon Domains Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Domain Privacy Check Mark * * Check Mark Free * * * Check Mark Check Mark
International Domains    Check Mark   * * Check Mark *   
Ecommerce Hosting
SSL Secure Certificate * * * Check Mark * * Check Mark Check Mark * *
Password Protected Directories Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark x Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark  
Google Checkout     Check Mark Check Mark      Check Mark
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Paymerica   *   Check Mark      Check Mark  
Paypal    Check Mark Check Mark    Check Mark Check Mark   
Agora Cart    Check Mark Check Mark      Check Mark  
Cube Cart   Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark    Check Mark  
Magento          Check Mark  
OS Commerce Cart Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark  
ShopSite *         Check Mark  
Zen Cart   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark  
Email
Pop3 Addresses Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Check Mark Unlimited Check Mark 1000 2,500 600
IMAP Addresses   Check Mark Unlimited Check Mark Check Mark Unlimited    2,500 Check Mark
SMTP Email Check Mark Unlimited Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark     Check Mark  
WebMail Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Email Storage 100MB per Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited   Check Mark Unlimited 1000 MB   2GB
Email Forwarding Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Email Aliases Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark
Catch-all Email Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Form Mail Scripts    Check Mark Check Mark      Check Mark Check Mark
Mailing Lists   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark    Check Mark Check Mark
Auto Responders Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
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Access
Control Panel Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
SSH   $24 / year $19.95 / year     Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
FTP Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Number of FTP Accounts 1 per user Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 2000 Unlimited Unlimited 50 Check Mark  
Anonymous FTP    Check Mark Check Mark      Check Mark  
.htaccess Support Check Mark   Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Programming / Multimedia
CGI Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Perl Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
PHP Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Python Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark   
Ruby on Rails (RoR)    Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark  
Server Side Includes (SSI)   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Cron Jobs Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark     Check Mark
JSP   * Check Mark       Check Mark  
ASP   *         Check Mark
ColdFusion         *   
FrontPage Extensions Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
MySQL Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
PostgreSQL        Check Mark   Check Mark  
Flash / Shockwave   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Streaming Video   Check Mark * Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark * *  
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Quicktime Streaming Check Mark       Check Mark    
Real Audio / Video Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark     Check Mark  
MIDI Files   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark  
CVS Repository           
Subversion Repository (SVN)           
Customer Support
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Clearly posted support number Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
24/7 Email Support Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Live Chat Support Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark Check Mark  
Video Tutorials   Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark    
Forums   Check Mark    Check Mark Check Mark   Check Mark   
FAQ / Knowledgebase Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark Check Mark
Blog         Check Mark Check Mark  
Wiki           
 
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Lowest Price Buy Globat
$4.44 		Buy Lunarpages
$4.95 		Buy JustHost
$3.45 		Buy GreenGeeks
$6.95 		Buy InMotion Hosting
$6.95 		Buy Webhostingpad 2010
$1.99 		Buy Yahoo! Web Hosting
$9.95 		Buy GoDaddy
$6.99 		Buy Blue Host
$6.95 		Buy 1&1 Web Hosting
$3.99
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