Web Host Rating comparison

There are now more and more businesses using blogging software as some kind of CMS (content management systems) to setup and manage their website, my son's security business for example which will be using Blogger.com. And for most cases where the requirements are not too demanding, it is sufficient. This is especially true now for Blogger.com since it has upgraded from using the old classic template to the new xml template plus teamed up with Google Apps.

Currently, that Blogger.com powered website is hosted free of charge by Blogger. Going down this route means no direct access to the web servers hosting his blog/website. But if ever he need direct access to the web servers such as for certain database operations, he will have to think of self-hosting his website which means the need to find a reliable web host at reasonable cost.

Fortunately there are websites offering web host rating making the task of selecting web host slightly easier. The more consistent the ratings, the more confidence we should have of their ratings. Below is a comparison between 2 web host rating websites:

Rank	WebHostRating	WebHostingGeek
1	InMotion Hosting	Inmotion
2	FatCow	iPage
3	Just Host	JustHost
4	Web Hosting Pad	WebHostingPad
5	HostClear	FatCow
6	IX Webhosting	GreenGeeks
7	BlueHost	Bluehost
8	HostMonster	Hostmonster
9	Acenet	GoDaddy
10	Globat	Yahoo

We can see that the ratings are fairly consistent. And similarly in the 2 sidebars, there are similarly links to different ratings according to different purposes or criteria such as Best Blog Hosting and Best Forum Hosting, something (forum) I am considering for this blog itself.