Nominate Your Favorite Web Hosting Company for HostReview's Best of 2009 Awards

Nov. 30, 2009 - PRLog -- HostReview.com, a leading online destination for the web hosting industry, announced the beginning of its fourth Best of the Year Awards campaign with the opening of nominations for the Readers’ Choice Awards.  Inspired by the success of previous years, HostReview will once again recognize the innovators and leaders in the industry and will honor web hosting companies that excel in their business sector.

For the second year in a row, HostReview is presenting a Readers’ Choice Award category, this year sponsored by Liquid Web, Inc.   All website visitors are now invited to freely submit their favorite web hosting company for the Readers' Choice Award by visiting http://beta.hostreview.com/2009-annual-awards.  Nominations will close on December 16th.  On December 17th, visitors will be able to vote to select the Readers’ Choice Award winners.  

The scope of HostReview's Annual Top 10 awards reflects the rapidly-changing hosting technologies and business practices.  A total of nine categories will be awarded, including the second Readers’ Choice Awards.

The following categories are included in this year’s awards:

1. Best Web Hosting Company
2. Best Dedicated Server Package
3. Best Budget Hosting
4. Best Managed Hosting Service
5. Best Reseller Hosting
6. Best SaaS Provider
7. Best VPS Provider
8. Best Cloud Service
9. Readers' Choice Awards

When ranking the web hosting firms, the HostReview editorial team takes into consideration a variety of factors, including offered services, package diversity, customer support, new products and services, feedback, and overall performance of the selected companies.  The HostReview Best of 2009 Awards will culminate with the announcement of the Top 10 best companies in each category on January 18th 2010.  

About HostReview
HostReview (http://www.hostreview.com) is a popular online destination for people who look for the best hosting deals.  The site features a comprehensive article section, industry news, and one of the most complete directories of hosting service providers.  HostReview.com is frequented by various audiences, ranging from industry insiders to internet entrepreneurs.

About DevStart, Inc.
DevStart, Inc. (http://www.devstart.com) is a leading online provider of unique content and powerful tools for the web hosting, website promotion, and domain name registration industries.  Since 1998, the DevStart Network has been a popular and trusted source of information and resources for webmasters.  DevStart’s major properties include HostReview.com, IdeaCafe.com, PromotionWorld.com, DomainInformer.com, SBInformer.com, and a variety of other websites that cater to webmasters and online business owners.  Our experienced staff, unique editorial features, and powerful free tools make the DevStart Network the Webmaster’s Homepage.

About Liquid Web Inc.
Liquid Web (http://www.liquidweb.com/) is the largest Web hosting company in Michigan with more than 20,000 clients in more than 120 countries.  Founded in 1997 and privately held, Liquid Web currently has 10,000 computer servers and 145 highly skilled employees in three data centers in the Lansing area.  The company recently opened its new cloud computing data center and world headquarters, boosting the company’s hosting capabilities to 35,000 servers.