I've been asked a few times what web host I use for my affiliate marketing projects. I've been working with web hosting companies since the year 2001. I started out with shared hosting with Web Quarry which was pretty good. Later in 2004, I moved to 2 dedicated servers which were hosted at EV1 Servers. They were ok for a time but eventually were over priced.
I then moved to FDC Servers, Softlayer, Layered Tech, Hivelocity, and a few other companies. I had been with Hivelocity the longest but then I lost a ton of money from server issues that I feel were their fault and I got compensated nothing, both times that it happened. I asked for a months compensation but they wouldn't even give a partial discount. It was hilarious.
I spend over 4k with them and then they were stupid about it so I moved to my current host, LiquidWeb.com. I joined liquidweb because of a recommendation a good friend of mine gave. This friend of mine used to manage a huge amount of Ebay servers and has since retired. When he thinks a place has great support and quality after working for a company like ebay in the position he had, I had no option but to trust him!
So far liquid web has been the best hosting company I have ever been with. I told them about my urgency when ordering my server and literally had it running and ready to go within 3 hours. I was very impressed.
Funny story about liquid web:
When I got back from India, I had a couple mail packages waiting for me. One was from Liquid web.
I opened it to find this (see picture).

They sent me two action figures of their mascot. "Cool," I thought.
My girlfriend was over visiting when I opened this package. She decided that she wanted one of the action figures and says, "I wonder if they stretch?!"
I began to read the letter inclosed and then hear, "RIP... Opps!"
I look over and she had ripped the arm off the guy by accident. Hahahaha. After that, she no longer wanted it.
I recommend them if you're searching for a great host: www.liquidweb.com
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Thanks for the excellent recommendation, i am currently with EV1servers.net and for the same 300 dollars i pay there, i can get a really fantastic server with liquidweb and will be changing over to them!
I currently have 2 shared hosting plans with two companies. The first is westhost, which I started using a few years ago after webmasterworld recommended it.
I’m starting to lose faith in westhost. Although they have great tech support, it seems as if their servers are just slow compared to others.
I’ve now started using hostgator. They are cheap, fast, and the tech support is good, too.
Later.
We’re very happy to see that the package arrived safely, Jonathan. We would be more than happy to replace the Heroic Support figure that was … injured
Just drop me an e-mail with your account number and I’ll get a replacement sent out.
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Jason Grasshoff
Creative Lead
Liquid Web, Inc.
I would just like to say that I *mistakenly* abandoned Mr. Strong Man, please let him know that he’ll be returning home with me next time I am over;) Thanks for broadcasting my inhuman act of cruelty! I’m just too strong for my own good.
Lol. Maria, ur bad.
Now, Jonathan… Don’t u ever mess with your girlfriend! She’ll beat you up
I agree, Liquidweb is a spectacular company as far as service and reliability. I’ve had a dedicated server with them for over a year. How come I didn’t get any action figures? LOL