Asking people publically for escrows is always a bad idea as you will more often than not get some unsavoury characters trying to "hold" on to your money for you. Like the above said, choose one from the list above.
True. Most of the escrows are just starting out, they want to gain reputation. I wouldn't trust most of the people that recommend their escrow services (there are some exceptions though, like devthedev).
That list is somewhat outdated, though :-/