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HOW TO CHOOSE A WEB HOST
When looking for hosting a website, the questions comes in mind is Which web host to choose?, How to choose a web host?, etc There are hundreds of hosts today, some old –some new, some big-some small, etc.It’s really a task to choose the right one for your needs. If we search on the net every web hosting company has some good reviews and some bad reviews which make it really confusing to pick up the right one besides other factors like cost, limited or unlimited hosting, choice of control panel, support for site building softwares, dedicated IP, etc. makes the decision making all the more difficult. So what should you do to choose your host? Well, the first step should be to make a list of your requirements. Below is a sample of how the list could look like:
- Linux or Windows Hosting
- Control panel you need ie cpanel, plesk, etc
- Script installers ie Softaculous and/or Fantastico
- Limited or unlimited hosting
- Support for Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, Ruby on rail, etc
- WYSIWYG Site builder software like RVSitebuilder, etc
- Dedicated IP
- Domain Privacy
- Cloud hosting
- Pricing
- Server location, etc
After making the list of your requirements, the next step is to make a list of Good Web Hosts fulfilling your requirement. Now pick the Best web host as per your needs from the shortlisted web hosts after doing a thorough research on them.
Below is the list of some of the top webhosting providers in the business. It is in a random order as I don’t support this ranking of hosts. There a can’t be any single top host for all the people as different people have different needs.
Top Hosting Companies
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Discounts, Coupons and Promo Codes |
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3.96/month |
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25pcOFFHOSTGATOR
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hostgatormine |
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6.95/month |
Special Offer now $ 5.95/month only.
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4.99/month |
Click the banner below to get 50% discount on web hosting for first year on select packages
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4.95/month |
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HostRocket.Com - Web Hosting
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5.99/month |
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4.00/month
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Site5
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4.95/month
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4.00/month
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5.95/month
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Coupon Code
march2012
40% off on first payment (monthly, quarterly,six monthly or annual) |
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5.95/month
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limited plans)
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6.38/month
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4.95/month
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TIPS FOR WEB HOSTING
- For better SEO and safety use dedicated IP. Dedicated IP is important because in a shared hosting environment, your website be sharing the same server and IP address. If for some reasons, even though you are not at fault, the search engines bans the IP address then your site will also suffer.Although some people say that nowadays search engine knows that in shared hosting such things happen and hence do not ban the IP addresses but to be on safer side dedicated IP could be used.
- Don’t choose a host who indulges in large-scale overselling (who crams a very large number of users on a server). Heavy server load causes slow loading of websites. So look out for hosts who manages their server well.
- Don't waste your time looking out for best or top web hosting company. Instead look out for better hosting companies meeting your requirements and needs then choose the best web host meeting your needs amongst them.
- Look out for up-time record and guarantee while choosing a web host.
- Most of the web hosts offer money back guarantee (for a period), if you feel, after signing up with a web host, not satisfied then you can ask for money back.
- Many web hostings offer free domain(s) but remember some web hosts do not transfer the ownership right of free domains to you. If for some reasons you would want to end the contract with them, you could loose the free domains and thus all your hardwork you have put on those domains. So carefully read all the terms and conditions before signing up with any host.
- Please remember that web hosting providers generally gives discount on prepayment for hosting contract of longer period generally one year or more. So the lowest advertised price of the hosting plan will be applicable for longer period contract.
- If your website caters to people from a particular area or country, then you should choose your web host who have their servers located nearer to your target audience. It helps in faster loading of sites.
- Many web hosts restrict the use of their services for some kind of websites like adult sites, torrent sites, illegal goods,etc.
SHARED HOSTING: As the name suggest, this type of Hosting involves multiple users sharing a server i.e. a number of websites owned by different individual are hosted on a single server. This is the most affordable form of hosting as the cost of server is shared between many users and hence the lower cost. This form of hosting is ideal for users who have limited number of websites and don't need much of bandwidth, diskspace, RAM and CPU usage.
VIRTUAL PRIVATE SERVER (VPS): It is also on shared basis but the difference is that the number of people sharing the server are few. Also the each VPS, even though using the same physical computer, functions as a separate computer. Thus VPS acts as functionally as a separate server and therefore, it can be configured according to the customer's needs. VPS is ideal for users who need more resources like bandwidth, disk space, CPU and RAM.
DEDICATED HOSTING: As the name suggest, the dedicated hosting refers to the situation where an entire server is rented out to a single customer.Dedicated hosting can be managed ie where the server is managed by the web host or unmanaged where the server is managed by the user themself.
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