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Web Hosting on a Budget

Welcome to my Budget Web Hosting page! I've pulled together here all of the resources on free, budget, and other web hosting services that I could find on the Web. Included here you will find resources where you can search for a host based on specified criteria, read host reviews and rankings, read or post messages to hosting discussion forums, find hosting articles and advice, and more.

Budget Web Hosting Resources

Budget Hosting. Affordable web hosting companies reviewed and listed by web hosting search.
Epinions.com's Web Host Reviews. Reviews and rankings of the best Web space providers.
HostRecord.com. Web hosting search, reviews, articles and discussions. Search for web hosts based on parameters set by you. Also compiles a record of reviews, positive and negative, about web hosts. Before signing up with a web hosting company, be sure to check their record at HostRecord.com.
Budget Web Index by Alex Chapman. Lists budget hosting companies, as well as VARs, and design consultants.
Web Services: Hosting by Yahoo. Yahoo keeps moving this bippy around. Hopefully it'll stay put for awhile.
Presence Providers by NerdWorld. Another list of presence providers, with quite a few "budget" providers listed.
Web Host Directory. Includes a searchable index of web hosts, plus web hosting and web design discussion forums.
Top Hosts: The Complete WebHosting Resource. Allows you to do a search for the web host that best matches your criteria. Also includes Top Ten rankings.
CNET.com's Internet Hosting page. Includes guidelines for choosing the right hosting service and reviews of hosts.
Host Find. Includes a search engine for finding the right web host or hosting package.
HostIndex. Includes a search engine for finding the right web host, as well as a monthly ranking of the most popular web hosts (voted on by visitors), and free domain name registering.
HostCompare.com. This is another list of lists of web hosts.
FindMyHosting.com. Use preset searches to search for plans and providers that match your needs.
Web Hosting Ratings. Provides over 3,000 user reviews of Web hosting services and plans.
Top 10 Webhosting Services. Rates hosting companies based on past user feedbacks, lab benchmark testing, and their usage with each web hosting company.
Cheap Web Hosting Directory. A buyer's guide to cheap Web hosting. Search to find a low cost Web hosting plan. Web hosting ratings and reviews.
Web Hosting Choice. An advertisement-free guide to choosing the right web host for your personal or business site. Lots of good info, not schewed in favor of sponsors or advertisers.
HostByte Marketplace. Search for the Web host that fits your needs, including shared Web hosting, e-commerce hosting, reseller hosting, colocation, and more. Also features articles, reviews, industry news, hosting specials, and customer ratings and reviews.
Top 10 Web Hosting. Includes rankings/listings of Web hosting plans, plus PHP/MySQL, reseller, JSP, ASP, and e-commerce plans/services. Plans are ranked according to price, quality, performance, and features.
Top 10 Cheap Web Hosting Directory. Reviews and ratings of cheap, reliable Web hosts with superior quality and support. Also provides listings of Webmaster resources and tools.
Web Hosting Stuff. Over 5,884 hosting plans listed in 9 web hosting categories. Search hosting plans based on hosting category, pricing, diskspace, bandwidth, web hosting features, etc.
Hosting Consumer Report: Cheap website hosting reviews. independent web hosting user�s reviews and useful articles of how to choose the best web hosting provider.
Web Hosting Directory by DigiXP.com. Includes listings for ecommerce, frontpage, UK, shared, virtual, asp.net, php, reseller, Cold Fusion, and other Web hosting plans.
Cheap Web Hosting by RateMyHost.com. Independent Web hosting guide by one of the biggest information Web hosting related websites.
Web Hosting Reviews by WebHostLead.com. Reviews budget web hosting providers. Top 10 Web hosting providers, hosting categories, and more.
PlansHosted Web Hosting Directory. Web site hosting reviews, top hosts, and free web hosting articles.
Web Hosting Canada. Independant Canadian web hosting reviews and ratings. Web hosting tutorials for beginners. Special discounts on Canadian web hosting.
Host Review Geeks. Web hosting reviews and ratings of affordable Web hosting companies.

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Free Web Hosting Resources

Free-WebHosting.info. Includes user reviews and rankings of the best free Web space providers.
The Free Site: FREE Web page services. Covers more than just free web space, but many other Web freebies as well.
Free Web Hosting. Reviews, testimonials, and ratings of over 500 free Web hosts.
FreeWebSpace.net. A searchable guide to free Web space providers.
Free Web Hosting Sites Review from FTPPlanet.com. Displays user reviews and ratings for free Web hosting services.
Free Web Hosting Forum at GIDForums. Read and post messages on free Web hosting.

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Misc. Web Hosting Resources

ResellerConnection: The Premier Resource for Web Hosting Resellers. This list focuses on hosting companies that offer "reseller" accounts (sometimes called "virtual server" accounts). Besides allowing you to search its reseller index, also hosts a number of reseller discussion forums, which are a great way to get the inside skinny on the reseller game. If you're thinking about becoming a reseller, this site should be your first stop.
California Internet Service Providers. This is a big list of both service and presence providers in California.
Web Presence Developer Program for Microsoft FrontPage : Locate a Web Presence Provider for FrontPage 2002 and/or SharePoint Team Services. This is Microsoft's list of registered Web presence providers that provide hosting services based on Microsoft FrontPage 2002 (and earlier versions) or SharePoint Team Services.
The List of Web Designers from Internet.com. If you don't feel up to doing it yourself, here's a mega listing of web designers who'll do it for you (for a price, of course).
Broadband Internet Services from The ISP Guide. ISP directory to find broadband service providers. Broadband ISPs are searchable by city and area code.
Broadband ISP Directory. The ISP Directory provides a list of broadband Internet service and access providers, searchable by area code or city/state.
thedirectory of Internet Service Providers & BBSes. Not just a listing of web presence providers, but of ISPs and BBSs. A world-wide list of providers. Touts itself as the biggest on the Web.
The Broadband Guide - Satellite Internet. Search for best satellite internet, satellite providers, satellite service and more by area code or city/state.

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Web Hosting Forums

WebHostingTalk Forums. Read and post messages on Web hosting, dedicated hosting, reseller hosting, and other hosting topics.
Web Host Directory Forums from WebHostDir.com. Read and post messages on Web hosting, dedicated & colocated servers, domain name issues, and other hosting topics.
DevShed.com Forums: Web Hosting.
HostingDiscussion Community Forums. Read and post messages on Web hosting, dedicated & colocation hosting, resellers, domain name issues, and other hosting topics.
HostHideout. Share your Web hosting experiences and recommendations.
Web Hosting Forums at GIDForums. Includes a forums on Web hosting issues and on free Web hosts.

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Web Hosting Advice

Choosing the Right Web Host for Your Site.
Web Host Definitions. Definitions and descriptions of various features and services commonly offered by Web hosting services.
Web Hosting Glossary of Terms from HostReview.com.
Is Your Domain Name A Trademark Infringement? by Shelley Lowery.
Host Help. Offers advice and information on how to make a wise choice when shopping for a Web host.
Web Hosting Q 'n' A. A beginner's guide to Web hosting.
There are a couple of newsgroups where you can post queries and read replies on web hosting issues: alt.freewebhosting and alt.www.webmaster. You may be able to subscribe to them through your newsreader. You can also search them at Google Groups' Advanced Groups Search.

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