I wouldn't call those the 80 best web hosting providers. It's missing, say, mediatemple, linode, slicehost, serverbeach, rackspace, mosso, just to name a few.
its more like top 80 hosts that the blog author makes money on when you sign up for them
Or the 80 cheapest hosts that promise everything. Heck, it looks like 20% of them offer "unlimited" bandwidth and storage. These hosts do have their place - they provide an easy and cheap way for many people to get a simple online presence. Calling them the "best" really stretches it, doesn't it?
Reminds me of this DreamHost Blog post on the web hosting industries so-called reviews:
That's because it's an affiliate page, and a brilliant one at that. Where is the column for referral payout?
The things that make these hosts good or bad don't show up on the chart. 24 hour support that can be reached, possibly even by phone. Reliability and uptime, with guarantees. The ability to cope when the worst happens (my hosts have had fires, hurricanes, floods, power interruptions that went on for several days...)
And every single one is an affiliate link for the guy... check out the /goto/ in each redirected URL... Flag this
Whuu? Should we flag every blog that puts ads on their page? Look, it's one thing if there are 5 hosts listed, but this guy obviously put a ton of effort into gather this data.
Don't be so quick to pull the trigger, folks.
yeah, definitely flag this. Dreamhost, 1and1... Are you kidding me? Those are some of the worst I have ever dealt with.
what shared host would you recommend?
The only website where you can get real reviews from actual users is-
webhostingtalk.com
All other hosting review sites are sponsored by the hosting companies. (and the reviews in those sites are also written by them.)
Any site that links to CI Host without it being a rick roll (or, more appropriately, goatse) fails by default.
more like 80 best(who knows) shared hosting providers
Completely forgot Mosso. Been using them for years. Didn't even mention AWS!