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How to Choose a Web Host?

Every website requires web- hosting services but you can’t find it easily because you need to find a service that provides security as well. 

There are thousands of providers out there and researching about what you need for your website is a must. There are lots of things we should consider before picking web hosting services and that may entail more money than others. However, making sure you have these in your web hosting is important - technical assistance, firewall protection, email services, domain name registration, and more the like.

What Type of Website Do You Need

 

  • What type of website are you going to build? Need help? Hire a web developer
  • Do you want to create more than one site?
  • How much traffic do you expect every month?
  • What technical requirements do you need?
  • Most importantly, what is your monthly budget?

 

Types of Web Hosting

 

Every web host offers different hosting services, from hosting a small website to a high traffic website.

 

  • Shared Web Hosting - fitted for small to medium business websites.
  • VPS Web Hosting - act as dedicated service which is suitable for a fast growing website with huge traffic.
  • Dedicated web hosting -best for high traffic websites and offers peak server resources and security.
  • WordPress Hosting -known as CMS (Content Management System) great for bloggers, journalists, and other content creators.

  

Web Host Feature

  • Hosting Server Uptime & Reliability– choose 99.9% - 100% uptime service guaranteed
  • Customer or Technical Supports - Choose a web host  that has 24/7 customer support.
  • Backup Service – a constant data backup is a must so that you can restore your website content just in case there will be a problem.
  • Bandwidth- If your site contains small media files such as images, videos, streaming, etc. then it’s enough to choose 10 GB of storage per month but when your website holds huge files or has 1,000 or more visitors per day then needs 150 GB per month.
  • Control Panel – this feature should have an easy navigation so that you can manage various outlook of your website.. You will find two types of Control Panel. With Window Hosting, you will get Plesk Control Panel and Linux hosting include cPanel.
  • SSL Certificate- Site Socket Layer (SSL) is needed for keeping your sites and user's confidential data such as passwords and Credit card detail safe and protected from hackers. It is a must for the sites that sell products or accept payments online. Some web hosts present a Free SSL Certificate with their plans.
  • Pricing - Many web host offers a basic plan at an affordable price but when you upgrade your plan then the price also increases. Some providers offer 
  • Low-Cost Web Hosting Discount Deals for making clients purchases cheap. Must compare plan and pricing and how much you can save on hosting plan before choosing it.
  • Domain Name Service - When you are going to host the website you need a domain name. This is you website’s name that people type in the URL browser or in search engine.
  • Money-Back Guarantee - It’s better to buy from a hosting service that offers at least a 30-day money-back guarantee. Also, you can pick a web host that has a free trial period for their hosting services.
  • Website Builder – If you are a newbie in building website, consider to buy a website builder from your host. It is better to buy from the same source so that you can easily ask the host help everytime you encounter a challenge. An easy drag-and-drop options is desirable. If you are hesitant, then you can hire a remote website developer

Top 10 Web Hosting  

  1. Hostgator
  2. Godaddy
  3. BlueHost
  4. Namecheap
  5. DreamHost
  6. HostingRaja
  7. Hostinger
  8. BigRock
  9. InMotion
  10. LiquidWeb

 

 


 

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Author Bio

Natalia writes about web hosting, VPN, video software for 4 years now. 

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