Although web hosting is often taken for granted, its one of those things most internet entrepreneurs, businesses, and bloggers have at least had one bad experience to know how crucial it can be. We usually expect hosting to be the last of our worries when running a site, after all, there is so much more to worry about like content creation, link building, strategic partnerships, search engine optimization and marketing. To avoid any horrendous experiences, here is a brief list of some of the best names in hosting and the basic packages they provide. Visit their websites for a more in depth look at all their hosting packages. Feel free to leave comments below and help other users make the right decisions.

Something you should notice immediately is that almost all of them these days offer a free domain with your hosting, Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited File Transfer/Bandwidth, the ability to host multiple domains on your hosting package, some form of search engine marketing credit, and the promise of 24/7 tech support. Only the most universally known hosting companies, GoDaddy.com and NetworkSolutions.com don’t offer unlimited everything.

Blue Host

As low as $6.95/month, Free Domain Name Forever, Free Setup, Unlimited Hosting Hard Drive Space, Unlimited File Transfer/Bandwidth, Host Unlimited Domains on Hosting Package, 2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts, Site Promotion Package, Free eCommerce/Cart, Free Blog/Forum/Board Setup, 24/7 Tech Support, Free $50 Google Adwords Credit, Free $25 Yahoo Credit

Host Gator

As low as $4.95/month, Free Setup, Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited File Transfer/Bandwidth, Host Unlimited Domains on Hosting Package, 99.9% Uptime Guarantee, 45 Day Money Back Guarantee, Free Site Builder, 24/7 Tech Support, cPanel hosting

Just Host

As low as $3.45/month, FREE Domain for Life, Unlimited GB’s of Space ,Unlimited GB’s of Transfer/Bandwidth, Unlimited Domain Hosting, Unlimited E-Mail Accounts, Unlimited MySQL Databases, FREE Site Builder, FREE Instant Setup, Anytime Money Back Guarantee

PowWeb Hosting

As low as $4.77/month, Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer/Bandwidth, FREE Domain, Host Unlimited Domains, MySQL, PHP, CGI, SSL, FTP, Stats, Point & Click Site Builder, $75 in Yahoo & Google Ads Credits, E-Commerce Included, FrontPage/Dreamweaver ready, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

Web Hosting Pad

As low as $1.99/month, Free Domain Name, Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer/Bandwidth, Host Unlimited Domains, Unlimited Email Accounts, Unlimited Databases, Free Site Builder, Ecommerce Enabled w/Secure Serve, $100 in Google, Yahoo, and Miva Credits

FatCow.com

As low as $66/year, Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer/Bandwidth, FREE Domain Name, $75 in Google and Yahoo Ad Credits, Simple to use site builders, Easy online store tools, Blogs, Photo Galleries, Legendary Support, FatCow Web Hosting is Now Powered by 100% Wind Energy.

IX Web Hosting

As low as $3.95/month, Host Unlimited Domains, Unlimited Disk Space, Free Domain Names, Unlimited Data Transfer/Bandwidth, Unlimited Sub-domains, 24/7 Support, International Domain Support, Free Web Statistics, $100 in Free Ad Credits

Web.com

As low as $11.95/month, Unlimited Data Storage, Unlimited Data Transfer/Bandwidth, Unlimited Email Accounts, FREE 1 Year Domain Name, Red Hat Enterprise Server, PHP 5, Python 2.4, Perl 5, MySQL 5, Website Building Tool

Host Monster

As low as $5.95/month, Free Domain Forever, Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer/Bandwidth, Host Unlimited Domains, Unlimited Pop/Imap Email Accounts, SSH Access (Secure Shell), SSL, FTP, Stats, CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MYSQL, Front Page Extensions, Free Site Builder, Best Support in the Industry

Super Green Hosting

As low as $3.95/month, Free Domain for Life, Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Data Transfer/Bandwidth, Environmentally Friendly Hosting, Free Instant Setup, Free Site Builder, Anytime Money Back

Network Solutions

As low as $9.29/month, Disk Space: 300 GB, Monthly Data Transfer: 3,000 GB, 25 FTP Accounts, 1000 Email Boxes, 1 Free Domain

GoDaddy.com

As low as $4.99/month, 10 GB Disk Space, 300 GB Data Transfer/Bandwidth, 100 Email Accounts, 10 MySQL Databases, Dozens of free Add-on Applications