Shared Web Hosting

Hostmonster is our second best recommendation for shared hosting. They rank pretty good in support, uptime, features and price. In fact, they offer a PHP configuration that is second best to none. Their support is extremely helpful, even newbie webmasters will not have an issue with them.

Only negative point about them is that they charge a setup fee if you opt for a monthly billing. otherwise, their price ($6.95 for a 2 year contract) works out to be really good for the features they offer.

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Hostgator is one of the best host for shared hosting, based on the support and reliability. Their rates are slightly higher than the likes of godaddy, but they provide quality support to justify the cost.

Hostgator offers 3 shared hosting packages, from $6.95 / month(Hatchling) to $14.95 / month(Swamp). For most of the hosting needs, a baby package would be more than sufficient.

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Bluehost with same management as hostmonster, is one of the fastest growing hosts, due to good feedbacks about their support and features. They offer unlimited domain hosting in single account, making it a good deal for webmasters with multiple web sites. Unlike hostmonster they offer 3 months and 6 months billing as well.

The offer includes: 300 Gigabyte Hosting Space
Host Unlimited Domains on 1 Account!!!
3,000 GIGS of Transfer
6.95$ per month

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A very popular host, with plans starting as low as 3.95$ per month(without mysql), that too allows you to host more than one domain. If you are looking for a cheap reliable host, IX Web Hosting will be a good option.

They offer 24/7 toll free support and fast response to support tickets as well. Even though the basic plan is cheap, you may need a business plan if you are planning a PHP/MySQL based web site.

Best part about IX web hosting is that they offer dedicated IP address for each add on domain. The IPs will be random and most probably from different class "C" which is a great help if you want to cross/one way link your sites and pass the PR. IX is the cheapest SEO host around, with an overall good reputation.

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One of the better rated shared host. Their support has got good reviews all around. Also, you get some free softwares(these are not free sitebuilders!) with new account.

Their most popular basic plan comes with the following offer:

Cost per month† $6.95
Set Up* FREE!
Site Transfer FREE!
Free Domain Name For Life*
Storage 1500 GB
Bandwidth per Month 15000 GB/Month


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Startlogic offers some great plans starting as low as 5.95$ per month. "ProLogic " plan comes with 50 Gig space and 750 Gig bandwidth, and can be used to host 10 domains. All these for as low as $5.95, if you sign up for a two year contract.

They offer 24/7 toll free lines, online chat , support tickets etc. for support. Startlogic makes use of vDeck control panel, which is probably not as good as cPanel. But overall, startlogic offers value for money.

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Midphase is a medium sized host that pays speciall attention to customer needs. Their support has good feedback and are known to pay attention to the details.

* $100 Overture Credit
* Free Domain 4 Life
* Free Spam Filtering
* Free Web Software
* MySQL, CGI, PHP, Perl


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Monthly Cost: $9.95 USD
Setup Cost: Free
Disk Space: 20000 MB (20 GB)
Monthly Data Transfer: 750 GB
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1and1 is one of the world's biggest web host. If you are looking for a reliable yet cheap host, 1and1 would most likely be your prefered host. Ideally suited for non critical websites that doesn't need all the controls of a cpanel hosting.

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Business Pro package @ $7.95/mo comes with the following features:

10 GB Storage
250 GB Transfer
Free Domain Name
PHP, MySQL, Control Panel and other Standard Features.

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