I'm working on finding a new web hosting service for my site, and I have no idea which one really to go to. I already have the domain registered and up on my current server, I need to transfer it to the new one. From there I'm going to update the website. There's a variety of features I'm adding, like pod casts and accepting credit cards, but it doesn't seem like you need anything really specific from a server for that if you use pay pal and just inbed a music player script or something. Right now I really don't know who to go with, I'm thinking yahoo because they're a solid company, they're more expensive but I honestly just hate those companies that do the sponsored reviews or whatever. Does anyone know any other companies with a lot of users that has been around for a while that seems pretty solid? No phony ones with lots of stars and exclamation marks and stock photos of happy people on their laptops. Companies not to use is good too, and things to look out for.

I use ReadyHosting. Very reasonable ($99 / year for 100GB of space). Very reliable. (99.9% uptime)

ReadyHosting:

http://www.readyhosting.com

Check how old the company is, there are many fly by night operators. Your website could be done for days if you do not select your host properly.