Tips on choosing a good web host

[thomson]

Hi guys,

I suggest you to pay attention to the following details while choosing the right host for you.

Uptime - Look for atleast 98% uptime. People seldom come back to down sites.
Don't settle for low bandwidth. Look for at least 100 GB+ deal. You'll lose precious traffic if your site doesnt load at all!
Take care of your budget. Prefer hosting services which give you credit limits for payments.
BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP! Choose the ones which provide daily, or at least monthly backups for you entire site (including databases).
Look for active support. I personally prefer hosts which provide live support feature. But you might settle down for a support forum. But i wont recommend you to go for hosting options just with support tickets.
Double check their hosting platform. If your pages are in php, go for linux hosting (relatively cheaper), or if you're into asp , .net pages, go for windows hosting packages.
Make sure they offer web based site management - instead of just FTP. Make sure they offer Java, statistical reporting, real audio, real video, mail list management, and a search engine. If you use Microsoft's Front Page, make sure they offer Front Page extensions.
Hope it helps. Good luck.

Cheers!

[jamesleah12]

i am using award space server, is this a best one?

[DanielChew]

Choosing the right host is a very important decision. I've tried to covered all basic things which we have to consider while selecting a web host.
# UNLIMITED features : Rarely trust companies that offer unlimited space/bandwidth etc. as this is blatant overselling. When was the last time you saw an unlimited hard drive?!
# Free hosting : Be wary of free hosts, particularly ones that seem to be giving far too good a deal to you - they probably are.
# Your ACTUAL needs : You might be excited by hosts that offer 5GB of storage space and 1000GB (1TB) of bandwidth for very low prices, but you should at the very least be wary of such companies. Besides the con issue, ask yourself - do you even need such large resources?
# Do your research : It's very important to do adequate resource on whichever host you choose: don't just take their word for everything. Check what the technology experts are saying on the issue (e.g. look through reputable technology magazines for reviews).
# When your needs outweight most plans : If you've outgrown your current plan and you are using very large resource amounts, it may be time to think about renting out a VPS (Virtual Private Server) or a Dedicated Server.

One of the best option to avoid some problems is to simply deny hosting multimedia sites with shared hosting plans and if they ask for a reason, simply reply to the customer saying that multimedia sites require a good amount of resources which are not offered with a Shared hosting plan.
If you allow a customer to host a multimedia site on the shared server, the site will need a good amount of resources which will eventually affect the performance of the shared server which might cause trouble to other customers on the same server.

[rabia]

Thanks for the tips choosing a good web hosting company is very important part of business so you should be careful while choosing web hosting company

[shakir]

In shared hosting can see many hosting companies in the hosting world, almost are offering un metered features.. So no need to worry about features like space, b-width, domain etc.. but should be careful about their reliability and support. So if the price is little more also go for well known company

[masterdrugstore]

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[charcoal]

I think that Megabytehosting.com will perfectly suit your demands.
They are providing high performance services for a reasonable pricing with knowledgeable support.

[Webhosting11]

Choosing the right host is a very important decision to get good web hosting so you should be careful. I know webhostings.in is the very good web host in india.They are providing high performance services for a reasonable pricing with very good customer support with free domain name.

[Manov]

Thanks for sharing, It's quite informative.

[mesasa]

The hosting package you choose should give value for your money. It is not worthwhile to sign up for a cheap service which gives a very bad service. Another thing you should keep in mind is that of overprice hosting. Therefore, compare and analyze the price and features that you get from a service before making a purchase.

[slatss_2008]

There is no mean to purchase a cheap hosting account if you don't get quality. Say you got a vps for $5 but if its keep crashing all the time then it doesn't make sense to purchase it.

[DanielChew]

This requires a new web browser.

Stop spamming as your message is totally no related, chosing a new web browser and a good web hosting provider?

[ThatGuy]

IF you are looking for reliable host I recommend you to use cddhosting solutions. They are delivering reasonable deals with high performance and uptime, you should give them a try.

[sohagiu]

my sites on fatcow.com . it's cheap and great. i like it.

[smith29]

Really i got it.. I haven't idea about hosting..