What Do We Look For In A Good Web Hosting Company?


by Neil Day - Date: 2007-04-19 - Word Count: 379 Share This!

Type 'web hosting company' into the search bar your favorite search engine and you won't be left short of options.

Google currently lists over 76 million results for the search term web hosting company so you shouldn't have any trouble finding the perfect host for you. To make the search easier it is always best to start by asking friends and family who they recommend you should host your sites with. A good review from someone you trust is far more valuable than reviews from people you don't know.

Before you take up a hosting contract you need to make sure that the host you are going to use is trustworthy, reliable and technically competent. It is also worthwhile noting how long the company has been in business. Unfortunately anyone can set up a web hosting company with $20 a month, a cheap template and a domain name. Unless you ask the correct questions you will not be able to judge the competence of any hosting company. If you have never used web hosting before you probably won't know the correct questions to ask.

Sometimes if you are new to websites and web hosting it would be prudent to host your sites with a large well known national web hosting company. Not only are they well known they are used to dealing with less technically adept individuals. They have large support departments available 24/7 to help with any query you may have and there are very few questions they haven't answered many times before. Due to their size they can also be more flexible when it comes to upgrading your hosting as they have many more servers available than the smaller home based companies.

The basic things to check when you are buying hosting from a web hosting company is how much disk space you are getting and how much bandwidth you have each month. It's very rare to get anywhere close to the limits in the first few months but if your site is successful then you may start to get close to your bandwidth limit after a few months. It is usually a very simple matter to upgrade your hosting when you need to. A phone call or email to tech support of your web hosting company is all you need.


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