Being rather yellow in web hosting, I chose BlueHost mostly for the prices. Because it has  fairly good reviews and reliability they boasted in their website. For a person like me, they seemed really appealing for a newbie. They’ve been on the market since 1996, which also adds to their credibility. Generally speaking, I found their customer ratings and reviews are mostly positve, so I thought they would be a good choice to start with. What mostly attracted me was:

1. All the necessary standard features of a web host: cPanel, multiple database support, FTP, and email, to name just some;

2. Both storage and bandwidth are unlimited, as well as subdomains. (the limitations concern the number of databases - 50 each for MySQL and Postgre - and FTP and email accounts -1,000 and 2500, respectively);

3. I thought it is cheap enough, for a 24 months contract is only.95/month (no setup fee, free domain included);

4. Great support and very professional, what i like the best is their support thorough live chat. When calling I was never put on hold for very long, and all my questions were successfully answered by the incredibly patient staff;

5. Last but not least, I like using cPanel, which is very easy to use, and everything was installed in it.

There are some cons, though:

First of all, the pricing of the short term (3 months) contract  - for those interested $9.95 / m is a bit over charging.

And of course there were some negative reviews and complaints regarding to bluehost service - which I have not experienced since I joined them , the complaints were usually about that their accounts were terminated without any notices, I guess the reasons are that the staff members in bluehost found violation and fraudulent activity on their sites, again, it is only a guess, as my sites have never been terminated.”) I must admit I’ve felt quite anxious having read them. Still, where there are many users, complaints are a natural thing to appear.

All in all, I’d recommend BlueHost for creating personal websites to beginners like me, but if you’re business-oriented, then I suggest gathering more detailed information about their features and service from their home page and other reliable sources before signing up.