Web hosting companies

[Stone_Cold_Sisko]

I'm planning on making a website, mostly a website to showcase a couple of my videos, writing, my resume, etc. No business stuff.

Anyone have any good recommendations for hosting companies? I don't really know where to start.

I heard godaddy, for instance, is a great place to register your domain, but a crappy place to actually use web-hosting services at. Someone else suggested bizland.com. Then I tried to research on sites, and got lost in a gigantic sea of webhosting companies, there are so. many. of. them. ughh.

So i dont know where to start. Ideally I don't want to spend more than like 7 or 8 a month (my site requirements aren't that high though I'd like to have at least a couple of gigs of web space and FTP access).

 

[TerriO]

I've had good luck so far with Dreamhost.com. Good site storage and bandwith, both of which expand regularly the longer you have your account, and reasonable rates. I haven't encountered much, if any, in the way of downtime over the 2 years I've been with them.

 

[Mr. B]

I'm a six-year customer of HostRocket and I would highly recommend them. You get everything you could ask for and great tech support for $5 /month. The catch is a $30, one-time setup fee and you have to buy two years in advance to get the $4.99 monthly rate.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

To search out the most bang for your buck, go to http://www.findmyhosting.com. They rank hosts by reviews, price, features, etc. Choose the right host with the right features for the right price!