Just like everybody else around here, I am tired of seeing one hundred and one different top ten lists when it comes to Web hosting. Web hosts buy into these, because it is a good way to advertise themselves to the unknowing public. The problem with this is that many Web hosts “purchase” their place on these lists. I have figured out a way to make the top ten process a little more fair.

The first thing I did was I searched multiple search engines for multiple Web hosting top ten lists. I wanted my subject lists to be totally random, so nobody could claim as much favor. This mixes real lists in with the fake ones, I know. To defend the paid-placement lists though, I have this to say. If a Web host is financially stable enough to pay for advertising, then they must be doing something right.

So now I am left with ten different top ten lists. From there, I took each one and averaged out the scores and number of times a Web host was mentioned. What was I left with? Here is your top ten of ten Web hosts out there today:

1. IPower
2. Bluehost
3. StartLogic
4. Lunarpages
5. Dot5 Hosting
6. Yahoo
7. XI Web Hosting
8. Apollo Hosting
9. Peer1
10. GoDaddy

This might not be the perfect way of organizing the best of the best out there, but at least it is something a little less biased to do your research from. If you have a comment about any of these hosts, feel free to share!