If you are searching for a company to host your personal or business website, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of the web hosting horror stories we heard over the years. I am continually amazed at the stories I hear and the number of people who have had to deal with bad web hosts. Most of the stories we hear are about lousy customer support or poor server performance.
One story that stands out in particular is about a web host that closed up shop with out notifying any of their customers. The next day thousands of customers discovered that all of their sites were off-line. The result was catastrophic to many and cost these customers thousands of dollars in lost sales. For many, it took almost a week before they were able to get all their sites back online. If you are tired of companies with poor support, large amounts of downtime or even a host that has no respect for you as a client then this article is for you.
When considering any company, the first thing you should look at is where you want your online business to be in the future. Look at things like, how much traffic do you expect? How many sites do you plan to build? What type of server software will you be using? Do you require a dedicated IP address? Once you have established your needs you can begin looking at companies. If plan to have more than one site or are planning to move a number of sites from one host to another. You may want to consider a plan that allows your have multiple add-on domains. Alternatively you may want to consider a dedicated server or VPS server.
Selecting the Hosting that is right for you!
Shared web hosting is the most commonly used web hosting service. Shared permits more than one site to be hosted on the same server. Shared is a type of service, wherein numerous websites are placed in one component of server which is linked to internet. Every individual website has its own place, section or partition in the server that separates it from other websitesIf you are planning to host a large ecommerce website, blog or forum, a dedicated server may be the solution for you. Dedicated Hosting has a number of advantages to it. First and foremost with a dedicated server you are the only customer on the server. A dedicated server gives you 24x7 control and guaranteed uptime. Normally they are housed in large data centers, where the service providers can monitor them close-up and have hands-on access to them. When purchasing dedicated hosting the customer has the ability to select the software they want installed on the server. Depending on the overall usage of the server, this will include your choice of operating system, database, and specific applications.
Research Web Hosts
Once you have put together a short list of potential web hosts, you may want to consider visiting a site like Top Web Hosts that allows customers to post reviews of their companies. Top Web Hosts allows customers to rated their provider ratings based on performance, value, and support with a simple click of the submit button. You will be able to compare information about your selected web hosting providers based on the opinions of actual customers.
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