How To Find Best Web Hosting Providers of 2011
How to find the best hosting company that fits the bill and serves all your web hosting needs? Today with so many web hosting providers cropping up everywhere, it can sometime be a very difficult task to find the best web hosting provider which is just right for you. Of course, there are the big web hosting players like Rackspace, Servint etc. But for a small organization, such hosting may not always be an affordable choice.
I agree, there are many sites out there, which make the best yet cheap web hosting research much easier and also there are some independent web hosting directories which contain detailed information of all the major hosting providers at one place.
At such web hosting directories you can read the user reviews and customer feedback of all the popular and trusted hosting companies from a single website and don’t have to look here and there and collect information.
5 Steps on How to Easily Compare Web Host Providers And Find The Best
1. Firstly, use Google or Yahoo and search for — Linux webhosting, Windows webhosting, reseller hosting, vps hosting, dedicated servers, etc — depending on your particular need. Skip all those web hosting services saying “cheap” or “free“. You will only loose your time with those companies. Add others to your list.
2. Once you have shortlisted few web hosting companies, check hosting company’s domains with whois service. If you do not know what is whois, then try Whois.net. You’ll see when the domain was registered and to whom. I would not host with a provider, which is only providing web hosting services a year or two.
3. Doing the above must have narrowed down your initial shortlisted hosting providers. Now, browse online Resources to know feedback for the web hosting company that you are considering. You need a new search “<hosting provider> review”, “<hosting provider> uptime”, for each hosting provider left on your list.
Read reviews, make your notes. But do not make decision based on one review. Read at least few reviews for each hosting provider. Also I would value review on some blog more than on a review site (because hosting providers can pay such sites for a good review).
4. While doing so, make sure you also pay attention to server uptime. I do not think you would like to buy hosting for $2 per month, and have your visitors facing “server down” page every day. Uptime less than 99.9% is a bad one.
5. Finally, check their hosting packages/plans. Almost every hosting provider has a package which would suit your needs. And do not pay until you have spoken (online chat) to their support/sales team. I would not go with a web hosting company who suck at providing 24×7 support and assistance.
As a final note, don’t solely depend on other’s reviews or advise. Think once before buying a hosting package. Today most of web hosting companies offer their services with Moneyback guarantee. So you can try them for a while before you decided to continue with their service. Good Luck.
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Thanks for sharing this. WIll check this out.
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moneyback is a service one must look for in a hosting company..because if something happens and you do not want to continue..your money can be refunded back..
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And that is one more reason why you should consider “international hosting providers” with some reputation – because most of them offer moneyback option!
It is really important to check the uptime and review of a webhost before buying from them. Many times, newbies do get lured by the cheap plans some webhost provide but they do not know what a mess they are going for. Newbies should know “There is no free lunches in this world” and “What you get is what you pay for..”
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also check the security provided by the hosting company is important.
Yes, certainly. Security is another important aspect that you must consider while choosing a web hosting company and services like Hostgator provide some good security features to safeguard your blog from possible hacking attacks!
Absolutely. In fact, we should probably watch out for the word “cheap hosting” and use that as an “alarm”!
Good tips, but for me the quality and speed of web hosting support is the most important.
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Thanks for sharing your views here. 🙂
I am using my host as HostGator. My experience with them is very good.
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But many of them claims that they have 99.99% uptime and fails to provide this facility …..
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Server uptime and security are two important factors to consider when choosing a hosting company, I had bad experience with hosting that has weak security, especially after my blog hacked by someone
You need to carefully choose whom you are partnering with – just like in any form of business partnerships, choosing the right web hosting provider is crucial for your business success – it’s generally a long time partnership that is profitable and beneficial for you and your web hosting provider.
Trying any cheap web hosting provider you can find is not wise, as migrating sites due to poor services are resource consuming and will disrupt your website access during the transition. Poor site access won’t bring you business success, for sure.