Global-Domain-Hosting.com

I’ve been looking for a web host for the first time and I’ve spent weeks sorting through the staggering amount of information from dozens of different web host ranking websites, etc. I’d love feedback from the unbiased users on Y! answers
-need a good basic web host
-would like to ultimately host 3 websites on one account
-expect the websites to be small, simple (2 are for a small start up biz and one personal)
-primarily use a Mac, although I have access to PC
-like the shared hosting plan prices but don’t know who to choose
-need the domain name(s) too

I’m finding that the user reviews are all over the place – like one website will have 100% glowing positive reviews of Lunarpages and then the next one will tell you it’s a nightmare; then you get the same thing for Hostgator, and now I don’t know who to believe about any of the dozens of choices I’ve looked at.