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Finding unbiased top web hosting reviews about various affordable, cheap, dedicated, domain, premium and VPS hosts is becoming overwhelmingly complex these days. A cheap hosting company offers domain hosting services that are normally below $5 a month whereas an affordable host usually sells plans for less than $8 per month. Dedicated hosting companies sell their plans for anywhere between $50 - $200 a month whereas VPS packages cost between $30 - $60 a month. A premium host may offer any of these types but it must excel in its field in order to be called premium. Although all companies host a domain name, the term domain hosting is usually associated with those providers that offer a free domain name. With so many different options ranging from affordable and cheap hosts to dedicated hosts offering different types of plans with plenty of variation in prices, it is not so easy to provide accurate web hosting reviews without a certain level of expertise. This is complicated by the fact that there are hundreds of hosting directories and all of these so-called guides claim to be experts in the field, this is exactly where WHL directory comes in.
You might ask what separates us from the numerous other directories claiming to be the ultimate in the cheap hosting field? Well, the superiority of our cheap and dedicated host directory over other services acting as affordable guides is justified by two primary reasons. The first reason is that domain host opinion, ratings and subsequent listing of an affordable, cheap, dedicated, domain, premium or VPS company is not carried out prior to a thorough analysis procedure. The analysis procedure derives accurate information to identify premium hosts by performing an in-depth analysis of a lower threshold value of 500 customers opinions. Where does this domain host data come from? The affordable host data is provided to us by our alliances from a wide-spread network of dedicated companies who carry out large-scale surveys to gather web hosting reviews of the clients who have expressed their reviews about different providers. The cheap hosting reviews data of companies is updated regularly by our partners and consequently acts as a highly accurate information source for us.
After this starts the real data mining phase of cheap, affordable and dedicated hosts reviews data in which it undergoes a rigorous analysis by our expert dedicated staff which carefully scrutinizes each and every single aspect of customers comments before arriving at any conclusion about the web hosting reviews and subsequent ranking of any cheap host. Secondly, we also continue to receive additional feedback comprising cheap hosting reviews of companies by our visitors who actually sign up with any affordable or dedicated company from our site thereby sharing with us their experience with the domain host. This further confirms the information present with us about the image of the domain hosting company plus the user web hosting reviews also serve to provide additional information about the various functionalities inferred from the reviews data such as client care services offered by the hosting company. Consequently this becomes a yet another crucial repository of information for us to revise the rankings as well as the reviews of the cheap hosts listed on our site. This is a source of much satisfaction for our visitors as it guarantees them the highest level of accuracy of the opinions about the different cheap, affordable and dedicated providers and they can browse our site to read our web hosting reviews with the peace of mind that there is a company specifically suited to their personal requirements.
The price per month mentioned against hosting reviews of each cheap host is for a 1 year contract for the most popular package offered by that specific cheap provider. Additionally if the web host also offers a Month-to-Month contract option, the price is displayed within parenthesis next to the yearly contract price along with a "no lengthy contracts" tag next to the web host name. The price per month will decrease if there is an option to sign up for a longer contract such as for a time span of two years offered by the hosting provider.
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To make sure our visitors can briskly find accurate data about the different cheap hosting companies, we post all the major changes here. All the major affordable companies have their rankings and web hosting reviews listed on this top 10 chart, so it is probably the best place to quickly find a company dedicated to satisfying to your requirements. All important updates are posted here including the addition of new providers, alterations in the ratings of any specific company on account of more feedback from customers, and also the removal of some companies because of negative comments from customers including increasing moneyback demands or complaints etc.
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Ranking Updated: Jan 17, 2010 |
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01 . Heart Internet UK |
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Cheap web hosting provider offering
5 GB Disk Space, 30 GB Data Transfer, 1000 POP3 & IMAP Email Accounts, Online File Manager, 24/7 Support, FREE Setup &
30 Days money back -
£2.49/month + VAT! |
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02 . FatCow
Host Unlimited Domains in 1 account |
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Affordable web hosting company offering
Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer, Unlimited Email Accounts, Unlimited MySQL, FREE Domain, Ecommerce, CGI, PHP, Perl, Frontpage, 24/7 Support, FREE Setup &
30 Days money back -
$4.83/month! |
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03 . IX Hosting
Host Unlimited Domains in 1 account |
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Cheap web hosting provider offering
Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer, 5000 POP3/IMAP Email Accounts, 50 MySQL, 2 FREE Domains, 8 Dedicated IPs, CGI, PHP, 24/7 Support, FREE Setup &
30 Days money back -
$9.95/month (Special Promo - $7.95/month)! |
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04 . BlueHost
Host Unlimited Domains in 1 account |
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Affordable web hosting provider offering
Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer, 2500 POP3 Email Accounts, 100 MySQL, FREE Domain, Ecommerce, SSL, Stats, CGI, PHP, Perl, Frontpage, 24/7 Support, FREE Setup &
30 Days money back -
$6.95/month (Special Promo - $3.95/month)! |
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05 . WebHostingPad
Host Unlimited Domains in 1 account |
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Affordable web hosting company offering
Unlimited Disk Space, unlimited Data Transfer, unlimited POP3 Email Accounts, unlimited MySQL, FREE Domain, Ecommerce, CGI, PHP, Perl, Frontpage, 24/7 Support, FREE Setup &
30 Days money back -
$3.96/month (This Weekend Only - $1.99/month)! |
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06 . iPowerWeb
Host Unlimited Domains in 1 account |
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Affordable web hosting provider offering
1500 GB Disk Space, 15000 GB Data Transfer, Unlimited POP3 Email Accounts, 25 MySQL, FREE Domain, Ecommerce, CGI, PHP, Frontpage, 24/7 Support, FREE Setup &
30 Days money back -
$7.95/month! |
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07 . HostDime
Host Unlimited Domains in 1 account - (no lengthy contracts) |
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Affordable web hosting company offering
200 GB Disk Space, 2000 GB Data Transfer, unlimited POP3 Email Accounts, unlimited MySQL, FREE Domain, Ecommerce, CGI, PHP, Perl, Frontpage, 24/7 Support, FREE Setup &
90 Days money back -
$8.25/month! (monthly @ $9 + FREE setup) |
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08 . PowWeb
Host Unlimited Domains in 1 account |
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Affordable web hosting provider offering
Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer, Unlimited POP3 Email Accounts, 75 MySQL, FREE Domain, Ecommerce, Easy Website Builder, 24/7 web hosting provider Support, FREE Setup &
30 Days money back -
$7.77/month (1st Year - $3.88/month)! |
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09 . HostMonster
Host Unlimited Domains in 1 account |
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Affordable web hosting provider offering
Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer, Unlimited POP3 Email Accounts, 100 MySQL, FREE Domain, Ecommerce, CGI, PHP, Frontpage, 24/7 Support, FREE Setup &
30 Days money back -
$5.95/month (Special Promo - $3.95/month)! |
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10 . IPOWER
Host Unlimited Domains in 1 account - (no lengthy contracts) |
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Cheap web hosting company offering
Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer, Unlimited POP3 Email Accounts, 25 MySQL, FREE Domain, Ecommerce, CGI, PHP, Perl, Frontpage, 24/7 Support, FREE Setup &
30 Days money back -
$7.95/month (1st Year - $5.95/month)! (monthly @ $6.95 + $30 setup) |
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Useful Tips to Identify a Top Web Hosting Company
The number of companies operating a web hosting business has increased dramatically within the last few years. This has made it increasingly difficult for the potential customer to identify which of t..
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Reading Host Information & Deciding
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After reading our opinion of any top web host, you are very likely to make an informed decision. However there are still a few points that are worth mentioning here. The first thing you should look for in a particular cheap provider is if the features offered by the affordable company satisfy your requirements. This cannot be overstressed. For example, if you are a beginner looking for a domain host for your personal website, then your only concern about web hosting reviews (listed in our reviews section) is that you get sufficient storage space for your website with a cheap host offering affordable solutions in the range of $5 per month or even cheaper than this. This also holds true for small businesses looking for small business tools and services. However, if you are a developer, an online entrepreneur or an online business looking for shopping cart capabilities or advanced scripting technologies, then the optimum choice for you would be either a virtual, dedicated or managed host as per your requirements respectively and so you should read corresponding reviews. Similarly, the best option for multinational businesses would be to look for a dedicated or managed provider by reading reviews of hosting companies which can satisfy the huge requirements for their online business. So to cut it short: do not go blindly with a company ranked among the top 10 hosts, but instead do some homework to find out what your requirements are. From the point of view of quality of top 20 hosts, all of them are top-notch and that is why the ranks of these providers keep changing quarterly, monthly or sometimes even bi-monthly.
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Step-by-step Navigation Through Our Website
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For the convenience of our website visitors, we have also placed the different hosts listed on our site into the categories displayed in the right hand pane. These categories are a very handy way to locate hosts of different types. In contrast to the bulk of directories on the internet, we have chosen to split the hosts into only the major categories such as reseller, coldfusion, adult, managed, vps, windows, asp, colocation, linux, frontpage, cheap, shared, dedicated, premier, ecommerce and regional hosts. In addition to these, we have added the category of domain registration so that people who do not want to host their websites right now but instead just want to grab a suitable domain name for later use can do the same using this category to make sure the domain name will not be grabbed by someone else before they have prepared the content for their website. In fact, this could be the starting point for many people who are thinking about launching an online business but either do not currently have suitable content for their website or are thinking about harnessing the services of a professional website designer. The next step after the website has been designed and appropriate website content has also been written for it is to look for web hosting reviews of a cheap host that can support the functionality included in the website. This choice can be made either by your website designer (you can instead also get the specifications of the ideal host from your designer and then search for it in a hosting directory just like ours) or by yourself if you are experienced enough to make an informed decision. After you have hosted your website with a suitable cheap hosting provider by reading its reviews, you need to promote it aggressively by getting valuable inbound links to your site by offering unique content, by submitting your articles on free article directories on the internet, by submitting your site to big directories like DMOZ, Yahoo and by optimizing on-site factors such as keyword density etc. This is where you should resort to our webmaster services section in order to find suitable supplementary services for your website.
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Directory of Useful Resources
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If you did not have success locating pertinent information or services in the remainder of the website, then the resources directory is most likely what you should be visiting as a final resort. This directory contains links to various resources and providers who have established partnerships with WHL because of the similarity of reviews services offered by them and so these companies might spark your interest also. For hasslefree browsing of hosting providers and easy access to information, the sites have been listed within the different categories displayed below. Host directories are websites that offer comparisons and ratings of hosts or simply list them. The domain registration market is full of companies charging different amounts to customers in order to register domains. Similar to web hosting providers, there are free as well as paid website design and template companies and reviews on the internet. Lastly, website promotion services are also offered by dedicated providers as well as included as part of some companies packages and can also be divided into sites offering reviews of programs and gadgets for online website promotion and in contrast to reviews providers those charging money for the services they handle themselves.
Disclaimer:
Despite the fact that a great majority of websites listed in the resources directory are high quality and the probability of the visitor finding relevant information is quite high, however we cannot and do not endorse the content of the sites listed in the resource section simply because we have not tried them or even studied them. Therefore only you yourselves are responsible for arriving at any conclusions about trying these services. Clicking any link on the pages of the resource section will open a new window outside of our website.
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