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We often get asked, "Why isn't company X in your top 10?" It's not productive to answer with, "Web hosting sucks from host X." A more productive answer would be to give a bit more information. With that in mind, here's a list of "company X's" and our reasons for avoiding. Network Solutions Network Solutions has been around forever. Yep, you guessed it, their web hosting technology seems to be ancient as well. Plus, they're on the more expensive side. 1&1 1&1 is the largest shared web hosts the last time I looked. Quantity, not quality seems to be the name of the game for 1&1. Plus, their billing department is a nightmare to deal with (yes, I had a bad experience). Avoid - bigger doesn't always mean better. GoDaddy GoDaddy's expertise is domains. I like their domain management systems and have many domains registered through them. However, web hosting is an upsell for them. It's not their primary focus, other than another way to monetize all their domains sold via cross-sell efforts. Powweb Too few features. The last thing you want is to purchase web hosting only to find out it can't/won't do what you need it to do. Startlogic Again not enough features. For example, they don't allow SSH. Penguinhost They can surprise you with hidden fees. No thanks. Yahoo Hosting Yahoo Hosting seems to be a product put together by Yahoo as a way to monetize the HUGE amount of traffic Yahoo gets. Plus, rumors are Yahoo is looking to sell their small business division, which includes their web hosting. Hosting isn't top of mind for Yahoo. Putting out a quality web hosting product is not a priority for Yahoo.
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