A good web host can mean the difference between a website that works and one that causes more headaches than it's worth. A good web host will have a good security record, serve your pages quick to people all over the globe, have a responsible customer service that doesn't ignore your calls and offer you a price that it's adequate to the features it offers. If you search Google for "web hosting companies" you will find that there's thousands of different hosting companies, all promising to be the best that web hosting has to offer. So what other ways are there to find a good web host?
First of all, you need to decide what exactly you need your web hosting for. The products included on web hosting go from a small, very limited account with low bandwidth and storage limits and reduced configuration options to dedicated servers, and that greatly affects the price. The most basic package can be less than 5 dollars a month, whereas a dedicated server will often cost a hundred times that. The operative system the server is running on also will influence both the price and what you can do with the site, as well as the programming languages that will power your website. For example, if you want your website to be powered by Wordpress you will need a web host that offers PHP, MySQL and mod_rewrite or its IIS equivalent to enable user friendly URLs. If all of this sounds totally alien to you, the best thing you can do is either ask somebody who is technically savvy to take a look at what you need or go for the recommended hostings for the content management system that will power your website. Don't make the error of choosing a web host that cannot run your website or web application!
If your website is being externally developed, you can probably ask the developer what web hosting choices can he recommend. Web developers work with many different hosts, and can usually either offer hosting themselves or recommend something that works with your website and expected amount of visitors. At the same time, they won't recommend a bad web host because that would endanger their relationship with you, their client.
If, on the other hand, you are looking for a web host for a website you are developing yourself you can reach out to your personal and business network and ask them what web hosting companies can they recommend. In many cases, people will be most willing to share both terror histories and good experiences, and those recommendations hold certainly
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http://www.helium.com/items/1832973-how-to-find-a-good-web-hosting-company
First of all, you need to decide what exactly you need your web hosting for. The products included on web hosting go from a small, very limited account with low bandwidth and storage limits and reduced configuration options to dedicated servers, and that greatly affects the price. The most basic package can be less than 5 dollars a month, whereas a dedicated server will often cost a hundred times that. The operative system the server is running on also will influence both the price and what you can do with the site, as well as the programming languages that will power your website. For example, if you want your website to be powered by Wordpress you will need a web host that offers PHP, MySQL and mod_rewrite or its IIS equivalent to enable user friendly URLs. If all of this sounds totally alien to you, the best thing you can do is either ask somebody who is technically savvy to take a look at what you need or go for the recommended hostings for the content management system that will power your website. Don't make the error of choosing a web host that cannot run your website or web application!
If your website is being externally developed, you can probably ask the developer what web hosting choices can he recommend. Web developers work with many different hosts, and can usually either offer hosting themselves or recommend something that works with your website and expected amount of visitors. At the same time, they won't recommend a bad web host because that would endanger their relationship with you, their client.
If, on the other hand, you are looking for a web host for a website you are developing yourself you can reach out to your personal and business network and ask them what web hosting companies can they recommend. In many cases, people will be most willing to share both terror histories and good experiences, and those recommendations hold certainly
SOURCE:-
http://www.helium.com/items/1832973-how-to-find-a-good-web-hosting-company
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