The truth is that there are many aspects beside price that differentiate one web host from the other one. Once we start detailing these factors, it won't take long for these prospects to realize that basing the choice of hosting company on price alone is as wrong as showing up at the cheapest laptop repair shop. You can get your laptop fixed at cheaper rate this way but will it be as reliable as before?
First of all not only do you need to figure out the details of their infrastructure strength, as in how powerful servers do they have available and with what bandwidth limits, but you also need to understand the vital difference between what is advertised and what is actually available. Infrastructure claims made in advertisement can be tricky. While a company can be perfectly true in claiming they have hundreds of servers, they may not tell you that their current customer base consumes almost 95% of these servers, hence leaving few resources for the new sign ups. Make sure you unearth the right figures and do not blindly follow the advertising claims.
Secondly, and very importantly, reliability matters. Those hundreds of servers are useless for you if the server that hosts your website is down quite often. Be practical, outages are here to stay and even big names like Google and Yahoo have to face these. What is important is the ability of your hosting company to combat these outages and have fail-over solutions in action.
In an industry where everyone claims to be offering 99.9% uptime, how do you figure out which one would actually keep your website more alive than others? You may be surprised to know that not all hosting companies have the same definition for uptime. Some may not recognize scheduled maintenance as downtime and that becomes an issue when their maintenance seems to be more frequent than others.
As we mentioned above, failures can't be ruled out. What is important is the technical and human expertise of your hosting company to get over these network and hardware related issues as fast as possible. The faster they are in diagnosing and isolating the cause of failure and work towards resolution, the least downtime your website will suffer.
Finally comes the issue of security. With the abundance of viruses and spam found online, it becomes very important if your host has multiple layers of security applied to their network or not. You may realize that a cheap hosting company doesn't have the necessary skills and expertise to deal with web server security issues and may be depending upon their uplink provider or outsourced staff; both of these take time to respond and hence cause downtime for your visitors.
There is a lot more to hosting deals than cheap pricing and only once you have found multiple hosting companies that deliver based on the above criteria should you begin to base your decision on price.
Web Host Site Builder
The web hosting industry is incredibly competitive today, and they know that users are becoming increasingly sophisticated, so they have no choice but to provide their clients with better and better service, or else risk losing them to any one of the waiting pack of others. We are going to discuss some of most important features below, and explain briefly why they should be major factors in making your decision.
1)Type of website to be hosted
If it is personal and just for fun, there are many free hosting options available for you, with a few small catches. You will most likely have to display some banner advertising on your page in exchange for this service. If your site is business-related, then you should by all means find a good commercial host. You should also have your own domain name and IP address. Free accounts are not for anyone even half serious about doing business on the web.
2)Affordable Price
The cost of web hosting ranges anywhere from totally free to thousands of dollars a month for a dedicated server, depending on the features you need and the options available on the particular package you choose, check if there is a requirement to sign up for a minimum period; and if your package is scalable, meaning that upgrades will not be a problem or burden for you when the time comes.
3)Choosing the Platform: Linux or Microsoft Exchange
The choice depends on what kind of website you have and what you need to be served, if you're putting up a basic site with standard HTML, without any server side scripting or database support. For most people just starting out, a Linux server is fine; but if you plan to use databases or ASP on your site, then you should go with Microsoft Exchange.
4)Space and traffic requirements
Space and traffic are often the basis for many web hosts rates, whether or not this has any basis in reality. I say this because the majority of sites require only a few megabytes (MBs) of space and the amount of traffic they will receive is rarely an issue.
5)Bundled email accounts
This is an often underrated feature of web hosting packages, since emails are essentially the lifeblood of an online business. Be sure that your package contains enough emails and aliases for your business, preferably an unlimited number of both. Be careful from the start and choose a package that meets your needs.
6)24/7 customer support
Many Web Hosts offer both email and phone support while others are available only via email. A competent host should offer 24/7 toll-free technical support provided by experienced, professionally trained technicians.
7)Maximum Uptime
Many companies will say they're up 99.9% of the time when the reality may be quite different. Look into this as much as possible and again, check with as many references as possible to find out their experiences.
In the end, choosing the right Web Host really depends on your individual needs. Subsequently, what may constitute the perfect Web Host for one person may not meet the needs of another. It is up to you to decide, through a combination of logic, research skills, and a dash of intuition.
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