(If you want to see which hosts I really like, click here)
I spend a lot of time helping people with their websites as issues arise. One of the things I know beyond a doubt is that your web hosting matters. I also follow the general news from folks like myself who spend our time in web-tech trenches, the fast majority of these folks would agree with me on this black list.
I'm not going into the reasoning behind who's on this list but the basics are slow hosting and bad service. So here is who I say to avoid.
Godaddy Hosting
If you use Godaddy as your register they are absolutely fine. But do not use theme for your hosting or email. The infrastructure software they use for hosting is well behind industry standards and from the many stories I hear, their support suggestions are often wrong.
I do use GoDaddy as a register for some of my domains but for little else. And watch those constant up-sells . . . .
Endurance Group International
You will see A LOT of hosting companies listed below, not all are hosting companies but among them you will see some very familiar names.
An outline of the backstory behind such a long list. A few years back there were a ton of low cost hosting companies that offered great services, then those of us in the hosting tech industry started noticing a trend. Companies that were once great started giving sub-par hosting and the support was simply terrible.
Looking into what was happening and in each and every case these companies were being bought by Endurance Group International. Once purchased EGI started cutting back much to the detriment of the customers. After a while we learned to just avoid any company owned by EGI It just wasn't worth the chance.
So, here's the list:
- 2slick.com
A Small Orange
AccountSupport
ApolloHosting
AppMachine
Arvixe LLC
Berry Information Systems L.L.C.
BigRock
BizLand
BlueBoxInternet
BlueDomino
Bluehost
BuyDomains
CirtexHosting
Directi
Dollar2Host
Domain.com
DomainHost
Dot5Hosting
Dotster
easyCGI
eHost
EmailBrain
EntryHost
Escalate Internet
FastDomain
FatCow
FreeYellow
Garin IT Solutions Co.
Garin Technologies
Glob@t
Homestead
HostCentric
HostClear
HostGallo
HostGator
HostNine
HostV VPS
hostwithmenow.com
HostYourSite.com
HyperMart
IMOutdoors
Intuit Websites
iPage
IPOWER/iPowerWeb
IX Web Hosting
JustHost
LogicBoxes
MojoMarketplace
MyDomain
MyResellerHome
MySocialSuite
NetFirms
Networks Web Hosting
Nexx
PowWeb
PublicDomainRegistry
PureHost
ReadyHosting.com
ResellerClub
Saba-Pro
SEO Gears
SEO Hosting
SEO Web Hosting
Site5
Southeast Web
SpeedHost
Spertly
Spry
StartLogic
SuperGreen Hosting
Typepad
Unified Layer
USANetHosting
vDeck
Verio
VirtualAvenue
VPSLink
WebHost4Life
webhosting.info
Webstrike Solutions
Webzai Ltd.
Xeran
YourWebHosting