7
Jan
2007

How To Choose a Web Host

January 7th, 2007 at 09:11 pm by ashok in Web Hosting

After I started web hosting business, I thought I should write some articles on webhosting also. Although I previously wrote two articles on my experience of free web hosting and shared webhosting.

In this article I am writing on how to choose a good web hosting company.

With hundreds or may be thousands of web hosting companies in the market it is very difficult if not impossible to know which web hosting companies truly provide an excellent hosting solution at good price. When you have an established domain name with a good web hosting company, you can get reports on your traffic and which of your pages your customers are visiting most often, as well as many other statistics.

Your web host will charge you a fee ranges from Rs. 200 to Rs. 2000 yearly. In India generally trends is pay yearly, whereas in American or European countries web hosting companies charge on monthly basis.

Always avoid free web hosting services, because you may experience bouts of server downtimes and you are likely to have significant limitations in storage, number of email addresses, FTP upload etc.

Make sure your host can accommodate e-commerce and storefronts, wireless capability, bogs, forums, chats, online interactive helps and anything else you want to add onto your web site.

Estimate what your growth needs are and ensure that this web host can serve you as you grow. The last thing you want to do is change host mid way unless you absolutely have to do so. Changing host is although not very difficult, but it really a cumbersome job and may result in loss of data and downtime.

Check your bandwidth capability to be sure that, if your website traffic grows rapidly, your customers will not have to wait to download or view information. The important things which you should look for in a web hosting company is Excellent Customer Support: Your hosting provider should be there for you 24/7 . Ask them how long it takes for them to typically respond to your problem. A good test is to call them in the mid night to check their support.