Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Website Hosting Shopping Guides - Picking Up the Right Web Host

By Phil Anderson

There are many web hosting companies offering different hosting packages online and it's not easy for us to pick up the best from them.

It's in fact dangerous if we do not study well on these hosting packages, as a lousy web host will cause terrible losses such as website outage for a long period or loss of valuable customers.

There is no web hosting company that can guarantee a 100% great performance in terms of security or server/network troubles. However, you can actually minimize the risk to lowest by choosing a well known provider. Following, I will be showing you some of the critical guidelines in selecting the right web hosting.

1. Choose a web hosting company that's established for years.

Don't get caught up in big company's marketing gimmicks. Many think that a company with the best marketing kits will give you the best service, but the reality is sometimes, well, the opposite. When you're looking for a reliable web hosting company, what you should do is to check on the company background, such as years of operation, customer comments, etc.

Also, positive testimonial or any supports by prominent corporate would be an extra plus point.

2. Choose the web hosting company with better hosting features

One of the simplest way to pick up the right hosting is by filtering out the right hosting company by checking on their hosting features. Look for a web host that offer good hosting features (such as Bluehost, that offer unlimited bandwidth/disk storage/addon domain capacity) in a reasonable price.

3. Choose the web hosting company with the good feedback on customer support

Customer supports always the prior attribute for consideration when choosing a web hosting provider. A good provider able to help you solve problems 24/7 through many communication methods like email, phone, live chat, etc without bringing you any hassle.

4. Choose the web hosting company with user friendly control panel

Webmasters often overlook the importance of an user-friendly web control interface.

A control panel is the platform for you to customize your websites - it's like the major dash board of your ship and easy-to-operate is a must! Go with web hosting company that offer cPanel (which is the best control panel in my list); or in case the hosting company is offering in house control, do check if they provide tutorial in using the control panel.

A user friendly control panel is critical for you to work with better efficiency in long run.

5. Do not let web hosting cost affect your judgment

Although money is important, but bear in mind that don't let this affect your consideration too much. As nowadays many packages with cheap prices available in the market but not all of them are good. Most of them only can offer the fundamental features only. Many side charges will be incurred if you want to upgrade the packages to advanced one. So before you decide to use which provider, do some study on the reputation, customer services, features offered, etc.


Wish to learn more about web hosting services? Visit Squidoo lens Web Hosting Review: Real Customer Honest Reviews or check out Bluehost hosting review at ReviewBluehost.com.

Article by Phil Anderson.

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