Let me share with you another great resource website – Web Hosting Pal. The webhostingpal.com website offers side-by-side comparison of what they think are the top web hosting companies in the market. The list gets updated every six months to give way to other companies who deserve the top spot. Sites like this are on top of my bookmark list because as a web designer, my clients sometimes leave it to me to choose the hosting for their site. On some cases, they even ask me to add it to the web design package so I always make sure that I’m updated.

So as for this month’s Best Web Hosting list, I could see that BlueHost still tops the list. For $6.95 a month, you can have 1,500 GB disk space, 15,000 GB of bandwidth, host unlimited domains, over 2,500 POP/Imap email accounts, CGI, Ruby, Perl, PHP support, free site builder, free domain forever and plenty more features even for the savviest web developer. WebHostingPad, on the other hand is a runner up at $3.96 a month for 3 year-plan. It comes with unlimited hosting space, bandwidth, email, ftp, databases and domains. Perfect for hosting multiple sites!

For beginners, a visit to the Beginners Guide page is highly recommended. It would be easier to find what you need if you know what you’re looking for. Learn the most common terminologies such as bandwidth, ftp, frontpage extensions, telnet/ssh, autoresponders and protected directories.