| Cheap Hosting does not necessarily mean nasty | | | | 2. Presentation - Website The company's website |
| hosting... | | | | will give you a feeling of the level of their |
| There are some extremely professional & | | | | professionalism. Also have a look at its page rank |
| reliable hosting providers out there who provide | | | | which will give you an idea of its popularity & |
| both cheap & dependable services packed | | | | integrity Look for contact details, 24/7 live |
| with many features. The trick however, is to be | | | | support and so on. |
| able to identify a cheap hosting company from a | | | | 3. Reliability (Uptime) Most web hosts will |
| cheap & nasty hosting company... | | | | 'guarantee' 99.9% uptime - check for proof |
| How to Choose a Cheap Hosting Company | | | | 4. 24/7 Customer Support Test out their |
| Without Getting the Nasty Part | | | | customer support & see how quickly you |
| Whilst 2 different web hosting companies may | | | | get a response |
| appear to offer the same value service with | | | | 5. Features Obviously you need to compare |
| similar benefits & features, the type of | | | | various features in terms of your needs. Things |
| service they deliver may be totally different. | | | | to consider would be; |
| The thing is you don't want to find out about a | | | | 6. - Disk Space (Min 600gb) |
| company's shoddy service once you have signed | | | | 7. - Bandwidth (Min 9,000gb) |
| up, paid over your hosting fees & have | | | | 8. - Number of Domains Allowed - Unlimited |
| thrown your lot in with them. Or worse still is that | | | | 9. - Email - POP3 Accounts - Unlimited |
| what appeared at first to be a reliable hosting | | | | 10. - Pricing |
| company, they disappear overnight without trace. | | | | 11. - Site Builder - Included |
| A web hosting company that turns nasty has to | | | | 12. - Instant Backups |
| be one of the worst things to happen to a | | | | 13. - AWStats (Real Time Updates) - Website |
| website owner - you're left in the dark with no | | | | Statstics |
| live website, no email facility & if you don't | | | | 14. - ECommerce Features - osCommerce |
| have backups of your website & databases | | | | 15. - Latest cPanel with Fantastico Features |
| - you are left with nothing at all, ie you have to | | | | 16. - 45 Day Money Back Guarantee |
| start all over again... | | | | 17. - Free / Instant Setup |
| Perform Theses 6 Checks to Ascertain the | | | | 18. - MySQL Databases |
| Credibility of Any Web Hosting Company | | | | 19. - CGI |
| So this is what you can do to ensure that you | | | | 20. - PHP 5 |
| don't fall prey to an unscrupulous web hosting | | | | 21. - Ruby On Rails This list is not comprehensive |
| company... | | | | but should be the minimum provided by any |
| | | | reputable web host. |
| 1. Trust Factor - Profile Is the hosting company | | | | 22. Search Online for Bad Reviews Do an online |
| well known with a profile. For instance you would | | | | search (by the company name) for bad reviews |
| probably choose a well known name over a name | | | | & comments. |
| like 'Joes Cheap Hosting Service' The higher the | | | | Finally remember that if you sign up with a |
| profile of the company, ie the more well known it | | | | reputable web hosting company you will not have |
| is, the more trust you will have in its services | | | | to settle for bad service, downtime, poor quality |
| & be safe in the knowledge that you won't | | | | & less features. |
| be let down. | | | | |