Specific feedback on GoDaddy / Rackspace
eapen: I would recommend Rackspace over GoDaddy anyday. But if you dont want to spend as much at Rackspace, a cheaper option (unless you require significant amount of resources) would be to go with Dreamhost.For a brief period, I hosted a site with SSL (about $4 additional per month for the SSL) with them and was happy. They did all the set-up or maybe they explained how to do it but it was enough that I forgot. You can also SSH into the server which can be quite helpful and they have options to use a whole instance with full administrative access and their support is remarkable.PS. I do not work for dreamhost - I just have had my best experience among webhosts with them for almost an year.