| All web hosting companies will probably tell you | | | | you are dealing with the best web hosting |
| that they offer the best web hosting services | | | | company, you must expect it to guarantee you |
| available, which as you must know cannot be | | | | an uptime of 99.99%. This only means that you |
| entirely true. There are many factors that should | | | | site stays active on the web 99.99% of the time. |
| be taken in which ultimately would affect your | | | | Uptime guarantees of 99.50% down to 99.00% |
| impression of the company. | | | | are still pretty much okay, just make sure you |
| The first thing you should look at is there cPanel. | | | | don't fall below 99.00% as it would already mean |
| There are only a couple of names to remember | | | | frequent downtimes. |
| when it comes to control panel - they are cPanel | | | | Technical support is a very vital factor to consider |
| and DirectAdmin. These sport user-friendly | | | | when looking for a web hosting company. See to |
| interfaces which make it easier for you to | | | | it that your web host is responsive to your needs |
| configure your settings, check your website | | | | and has the capability to act on your problems |
| statistics, monitor site visitors, manage your email | | | | immediately. Ideally, your web host should be |
| accounts, and so on. Those who have been using | | | | available at any time of the day, seven days a |
| these panel types long enough know that there is | | | | week. There may be times when you would run |
| nothing better than cPanel and DirectAdmin. So if | | | | into some technical problems with your site, and |
| your web host is able to offer you these options, | | | | you would want your web host to act |
| then you are probably dealing with the best web | | | | immediately on them, else you may lose potential |
| hosting company. | | | | customers. A good web host should provide |
| You should also consider the availability of options | | | | phone support, and if it comes with a live support, |
| when it comes to web hosting types. There are | | | | too, that should be a real bonus. |
| several of these that you should be aware of - | | | | It is always a good idea to go over customer and |
| shared hosting, reseller hosting, and dedicated | | | | third party reviews of web hosting companies |
| hosting. Apparently, some web hosts are able to | | | | because it is here where you can see at a glance |
| offer just one type of hosting. Better look for | | | | the companies that you should focus on. Normally, |
| one that enables a variety of options so that in | | | | you will find ratings of the various web hosts in |
| case you need to change or upgrade your hosting | | | | terms of price, reliability, speed, space, and |
| plan you won't have to change your web host, | | | | customer feedback, arranged in table form for |
| too. | | | | easy reference. In some cases, these ratings are |
| Then of course, you should not overlook the | | | | supported by a comprehensive narration of the |
| reliability factor. What is the uptime guarantee | | | | review. |
| offered by the company? Is it high enough? If | | | | |