Web Hosting
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Excellent bargain and reliability with fast data transfer; good site builder; exclusive NextAdvisor discount |
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Best choice for beginners serious about web hosting; great interface and support; 25%-off discount |
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Great price w/ exclusive discount and free domain privacy; fast data transfer; great add-ons |
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A good bargain for two domains and great tools; outsourced support is average |
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An excellent, though pricey choice for beginners; includes green hosting; 20% discount with code: SNOWMAN |
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Great online site builder for beginners; excellent upload and download speeds; $50 off with code: 2010 |
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A well-priced option with great performance; no "live" customer support; better for intermediate users |
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Cheapest on-year plan and fast server response time; uptime not the best; exclusive discount |
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Low cost plan with reasonably good reliability; easy shopping cart creator; green host; 50% exclusive discount |
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Well-priced with free domain privacy, nice site builder; average data-transfer speed |
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For intermediate to advanced users; fast data transfer; green hosting; free domain privacy |
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Good price, but pokey performance; better suited for intermediate users with non-media sites |
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A good choice for intermediate users; green hosting and domain privacy are a plus, though data was slow on big files |
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Affordable web host for intermediate users, though installation problems; no domain privacy and advertising on error pages are drawbacks |
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Adequate web hosting for intermediate users; limited MySQL databases |
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Discounted first year; frustrating limitations for advanced users but very fast; counter-intuitive for beginners |
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Aimed at small businesses with its full-featured site builder, good speed and uptime; pricey and limited plan |
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Easy for beginners but very limited; a lack of blog and shopping cart are disappointing |
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Did you know?
Registering a domain is just the first step in putting a site on the web. If you want to put a website at a domain, you need web hosting. Essentially, every website needs a computer behind it, pushing out the text, graphics, audio, video, and other web goodies to every computer than connects to it. In the language of the Internet, these computers are dedicated machines called servers. As the name implies, their job is to serve websites, and they do it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Instead of maintaining your own server, a web host lets you use space on its servers for a monthly or yearly hosting fee.
View our full comparison and reviews of the best web hosting services
How We Reviewed These Web Hosts
Our in-house reviewers have signed up for and used every service you see here. In developing the ratings they looked for services that provide quality web hosting at inexpensive prices. Our reviewers tested Wordpress installations, shopping cart programs, and site builders. They also contacted technical support at each web host to determine the quality of customer service. Finally, they tested the bandwidth and reliability of each host using an in-house download test and reliability data from Pingdom.com. You can see the test results on our web hosting report card.
How to Create a Website
After you’ve set up your web hosting account, you can decide how you want to build a website. Most web hosts offer you a way to build a site right in your web browser. There are also site-building programs from companies like Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft (as well as free options) that provide greater flexibility. If you want an easier start, try creating a blog. Most web hosts allow you to do this in just a few clicks, and you can incorporate it into a more full-featured site later, when you’re ready.
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