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I like to stick with small but realiable web hosting companies since big hosts put a lot of websites in one server and its definitely not good for security. Check out https://neximweb.com or http://crissic.net both are good. Also check out the Web Hosting Offers section or Webhosting Talk forum.
A few well know hosting providers just aren't what they used to be since EIG bought up many of them. In today's market look for web hosting providers that have over 15 years experience in the hosting industry, 24/7 support, Live chat and phones. You will also find that a 45 day money back guarantee and true cPanel control panel services allow you to assess the provider for a long period of time. Many great mid size hosting companies provide the personal touch that the larger providers don't have.
A lot of "advice" here and apart from a couple of users, sadly its mostly blatant advertisers and/or affiliates. If you, for example, ask the same question in WebHostingTalk, 90% of the responders will tell you to stay off EIG owned companies, which means HostGator, BlueHost, JustHost, Fatcow etc... Full list here! Nothing against those companies, some of them had quite interesting services, but since they went under the EIG hat, the overall opinion is that they all deteriorated, lowering the quality of service and the quality of customer support even more. That is generally a problem with most "big hosts" - having so many clients make you lose the concept of the "personal touch" and throws you in the dark hole of slow, templated responses, with no strive to help the individual person whatsoever, but just to keep the numbers good. Now I'm not saying "small hosts" are all roses and rainbows. The fact that you could rent a server and become a host for a few grand in the bank has made it very easy for all kinds of people to enter the business and abandon ship, leaving their customers out in the streets. Such hosting businesses often cannot provide a quality or reliable service but still manage to take some potential clients off of other hosts. The truth, as it often happens, lies in the middle. And the customers themselves have to be very proactive in the research process when finding a new hosting partner. The process starts very early - envisioning your ideas and determining your needs is what commences it. After you have a clear notion about that, you can search in various places for recommendations (excluding most directories that are also run by affiliates and show you the hosts that pay most money, again the "big boys"). When you have a shortlist of your candidates its time to test their support. Having a list of important questions that concern your project and asking them via live chat/phone/mail will easily show you that only a few are worthy. Surprisingly, even though most hosting providers are well aware how important the customer service is, only a few actually do something in that aspect, the others just rely on past glory or huge investments in the mentioned directories/affiliate services. At the end of the day we all should think like clients, not just the actual clients... Again, I mean no offence to any hosts out there, even the ones I mentioned, I just believe that in such a saturated industry you really have to go the extra mile and as the customer's knowledge about hosting increases, this realization will drive more and more people towards reliable hosts, ready to meet their demands, not just promising to do so
I got stuck with a VPS with these folks because a client went awol.. http://iwfhosting.net/ Now, I don't suggest not paying the bill on time of course but here is their response to me letting them know i will have it dealt with in a day or so. With that said. I have been dealing with them for about 8 months or something. I get one of two guys if I have a billing or tech problem. No one else. They are so helpful and friendly to me its almost unnerving. I have a sweet machine that costs around 70 a month. The same set up on hostgator is about 170. Given a vps is basically a vps, its their service that really makes them kick some serious ass. Hope that helps a bit. I blindly refer folks to them unless I can host it myself. No affiliate links no nothing.. even though they have an affiliate plan. Its my pleasure to route folks over there. Nigel