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How to find Web Hosting
Now that you have a domain name its time to find a host. There are literally tens of thousands of web hosting companies to choose from so finding one of the very best web hosting companies can be challenging. So now you are probably thinking to yourself, “Where and how can I find a good Web host to host my site with, which is also reasonably priced?” Prices range from free to hundreds of dollars a year for personal web hosting and small business web hosting all the way up to hundreds of dollars per month for e commerce web hosting for large online businesses. Personally I would never choose a host based solely on price. Make sure you go with a web host that other people have had good experiences dealing with. If you cant find any positive comments or even any comments I suggest that you move on to the next one. It might be a new company and who knows whether they will be here next month or next year. I will outline some things you can think about to help you with your decision.
Important things to watch for:
Monthly Price, Hosting Platform, Disk Space, Data Transfer Limits and Number of E-mail accounts.
Free hosting:
There are 3 things to consider when looking at free hosting. The first is can you accept not having your own domain name, i.e. if the website is http://WebHostName.com/YourSiteName instead of http://YourSiteName is that going to bother you? Second, can you accept the web host advertising on your web page? Third, there are a lot of free web hosts out there that will promise you your own domain name and no advertising but when you read the fine print what they are offering is a free trial offer. Free really is free but make sure you find out the terms free hosting service is being offered on.
Shared/Dedicated hosting:
Here are a few important cost factors you should check on before you sign with a host. Find out if your host offers a money back guarantee and what their refund policies are, whether there is a requirement to sign up for a minimum period and if your package is scalable. That is, if your site grows will you be able to expand the amount of bandwidth, disk drive space, and email accounts that you are using at a reasonable price. If you are locked in to a year contract with a host and you start running over your transfer limit you can really get killed on over-run charges. Watch out for unlimited bandwidth or space offers. The bandwidth offers usually come with an escalating price scale and the space offers usually don’t include file types like .jpg and .gif files and other large media file types like video.
Bandwidth:
This isn’t the most important criteria, but I list it because many hosts use it as an enticement, tempting you with huge or even unmetered bandwidth. You’ll probably never be able to take advantage of it because of resource limitations and the typical blog (a couple hundred page views a day, say) probably uses only a few gigabytes in a month, at most (if you’re really worried about pumping terabytes through the pipes, you should give some thought to dedicated hosting). But some hosting plans do have ridiculously low bandwidth allotments, so be sure to give yourself room to grow.
Customer Service:
Your host may offer online, email, chat and/or phone support. If you’re new to hosting (and even if you’re not) I’d recommend finding a host that offers phone support. Trying to explain what you don’t understand in an email or in a chat can be frustrating. You won’t always get an immediate answer by phone but it’s a relief when you do.
Reputation:
Do your Homework. Read up on your host before you choose one.
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