We get a lot of queries about blog hosting.  It can be a confusing business.

Choosing a good host will be one of the best decisions you ever make.  There are some fantastic hosts out there and some pretty appalling ones.

Look out for hosts which have good customer service and technical support facilities, in particular, and companies which are well-established.  You are planning to put some serious effort into and reliance upon the data that goes onto your host’s servers – make sure they’re a ‘house built of bricks and not from straw’!

Look here for very good starter and advanced hosting plans with “unlimited” features (meaning you don’t fall foul of bandwidth charges, for example) as well as more advanced solutions.  We’ve always been happy with their services on various websites we’ve hosted there and have heard others provide good reports.  They offer both Windows and Linux hosting – a full list of choices.

Also impressive are these guys.  Resilient, well-priced, they offer everything most bloggers will need.

There are hundreds of others, but don’t base your decision purely on price – many of them compete that way and try to distinguish their offering based on pricing.  But saving a few dollars here or there isn’t where you want to be.  Sure, go for great value but go for something which will give you peace of mind and good service.