While you can always Google to find a web hosting deal, the problem is you are bombarded with literally TONS of pages competing for your attention. While we live in a commercial world where everyone must try and get noticed, this unfortunately makes it difficult when seeking objective, unbiased information as a consumer. This is especially true in the web hosting market where affiliates can make a healthy profit publishing biased reviews on the hosts that will pay them the highest commissions.

Fortunately there are independent directory sites that are designed specifically for the task of finding a web host. The following list includes some of the more respected web hosting research sites to be found on the web.

• CNet Host Power Search – prices of web hosting providers and resellers
• FindAHost.com – a web hosting directory/search engine since 1998
• HostReview.com – web hosting review and information base
• WebHostingTalk.com – perhaps the internet’s largest web hosting discussion forum
• HostIndex.com – web hosting directory and resource site