Vote for best web hosting company, and more annual awards news

HostReview is turning 10 years old this December, and to celebrate this occasion we are doing two new, and potentially interesting, things.

For the first time, we will let the public decide which is the best web hosting company, and provide readers with the opportunity to vote for our Readers' Choice Award. The nominations closed on Monday, and by that time more than 30 companies had been nominated. Now, the voting page is open. One of the people who voted will win a black iPod 8GB, so in one swift stroke you may earn both a bit of distinction for your favorite company, and a new gadget for yourself.

Less than a month from now, we will also announce the Web Host of the Decade Award. The period 1998-2008 covers both the existence of HostReview and the rise to prominence of the World Wide Web. In 1998, many of the companies that today we associate with the Internet were either in the process being founded or in their corporate infancy. Those still with us determine the technological landscape of today’s global web. During those ten years, HostReview continuously kept track on the hosting industry, pointing its readers to the best hosting deals and the most trustworthy hosts. In January, we'll use those ten years of experience and announce the most influential companies in the hosting industry.