Friday, July 29, 2011

Web Hosting Companies: How To Evaluate Them

By Joanna Fredricson


Choosing the right web hosting is not as important choosing the right romantic partner but it is something you will want to get right. Not choosing the right web hosting provider could have a negative effect on your website and it could prevent it from becoming as successful as it could be.

If you want to ensure that you can evaluate a number of different web hosting providers then the tips below will help.

Customer service is one of the most important aspects of a web hosting service that you should evaluate. This is one area where a web hosting provider should be putting a lot of effort and if they are not then it probably means that they are not putting a lot of effort into the other side of their business. This could indicate that the web hosting provider will be hard to deal with and it could also mean that they will not be around for too long.

You will also want to put some effort into evaluating the uptime of the web hosting provider. Although most web hosting providers will claim to be able to keep your site live 99.9% of the time, this is an exaggeration in most cases. If you do a bit of research you should be able to get a clearer picture of the real uptime. Stay away from any service where you find a lot of customers complaining about the amount of downtime.

The reputation of the web hosting provider is another thing to evaluate. The web hosting industry is one industry where there is a lot of competition. However web hosting companies close every day of the year and if a company does not have a good reputation then it won't be around for too long. If you sign up to a web host that is about to go out of business it will cause disruption to your site and mean you've wasted money.

You will also want to make sure that this host is compatible with your website and any applications you have on there.




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