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Daniel has a good post giving tips on choosing a blog host. I think his most important point is number 4: Test the Support Service. I personally have had several problems with web hosts in the past, and I have no problem telling you one that you can absolutely avoid at all costs, Virtuoso Net Solutions. You can read more about my problems with them on my website. I can personally recommend hostgator.[1] I have been hosting all of my sites with them for well over a year now and have had NO down time and customer service has been extremely responsive and helpful when I’ve needed to talk to them.
[1] In the interest of full disclosure, that is my affiliate referral link. I have not been compensated to recommend them, but if you do sign up they will pay me.
I think techsupport is important but you have to make sure they have all the qualities a average blogger needs
i’ve highly recommended cpanel + fantastico and make sure you aren’t getting a ridiculous amount of space for a very cheap price. because they may have great support service.. but very poor servers.
@Amanda Those are great points. The server host I talked about, hostgator, does offer cpanel and fantastico.