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I have had bad experiences with a few web hosts, and it’s a big deal. When servers are down, or data is lost - it impacts the user in a big, annoying way. For both big and small businesses, it’s never okay for a website to suffer technical issues due to the hosting company.

I was really tempted to name the hosts that I have been disappointed with, and ultimately jumped ship from, but as they may have since improved their service (and customer service, hopefully), I’ll refrain. I will say, that I currently use Media Temple, at least for this site, and while they are a little pricey, the people there have been great.

I want to mention that, if you’re using Blogger (Blogspot), it’s time to ditch it. Blogger can delete your blog and information at any time, for any reason - which they don’t have to disclose. Think it never happens? Think again. But don’t click on the first good deal you see without doing your homework. That’s how I ended up in a bad boat previously. Doing your homework now will save you many headaches in the future.

Okay, now the title of this post is “Building the biggest web hosting directory”, because I want you to check out all the competition in the web hosting sector. This site here that offers web hosting rating is actually pretty good, because it has web-hosting discount coupons right on the site, so you don’t have to Google around looking for one. You should so check out the web hosting awards section and see who is really excelling in customer satisfaction. As well, if you’ve had a bad experience with a web host, go and write a review and let others know to stay away.

If you’re a complete noob (and don’t feel bad, we all have been at one point or another), do yourself another favour, and find out exactly what your needs are - you can’t have them met until you do. Read some web hosting tutorials, and learn the differences between the different types of hosting. All in all, just take the time to do your research, and learn from the mistakes of others.