I was talking to a friend the other day about her experiences with her server and server administrators.  She’s running her sites with one of the most popular shared hosting , and to be honest, I’ve never had any real problems with them, but that was not the case for her.  She was having issues with everything from updating her sites to issues with her blogs malfunctioning.  You know, all the things we take for granted every day.

I expect to hear these issues from less than tech-savvy people, but in her case she’s very nearly on par with me as far as technical knowledge of web hosting and servers, so communicating her issues to her web hosting company shouldn’t be an issue of any kind, but yet they apparently weren’t listening, and have not been for some time.  This has led her to search for another hosting company. (I tried to talk her in to running her own server like I do, but she’s just not as much of a glutton for punishment as I am.)

In the end I pointed her over to WebHostingChoice.com.  They have a directory of different hosts based on platform, availability of common services, and a slew of other factors that can help you determine if the host is right for you or not.  But the best advice I can give out of all of this is simple.  Do your research before selecting a hosting company.  I have failed to do so in the past, andd it has cost me in the long run.

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