| What is important when choosing a web host? | | | | and down, without them even knowing that. My |
| The most important things are: | | | | visitors were complaining they couldn't send me |
| 1. Reliability: | | | | emails. I tried to contact this web hosting |
| The main function of a web host is making your | | | | company but they were unresponsive for several |
| web site available for other users of internet all | | | | days. Soon I had nothing else to do than move |
| the time. Well, mostly all of the time. The best | | | | my files to another host. That was the last time I |
| web hosts are operational more than 99.5 % of | | | | had choosen a cheap web host. |
| their time and they guarantee it. Stay away of | | | | Now best web hosts come with a money back |
| web hosts that don't give you such guarantee. | | | | guarantee which is great - don't even bother with |
| 2. Support | | | | a web host that doesn't offer you that. |
| This one is extremely important. Web hosts | | | | 4. Control Panel |
| usually offer telephone support, live chat and email | | | | Control panel is the page from which you control |
| support. Make sure you have support available | | | | everything about your web site. You log in to |
| any time you need it. And I really mean anytime. | | | | control panel using your username and password. |
| If you can't contact your web host during the | | | | You can edit your files there, add new email |
| weekend you have a potential problem. The best | | | | accounts, see usage of your disk space or |
| thing to do is to test them. Call them to see how | | | | statistics of your visitors to name just a few. |
| responsive they are. If they don't respond to | | | | There are differences in control panels among |
| your email in a timely manner consider choosing | | | | hosts so make sure your control panel can do |
| another host. | | | | what you want. You don't wanna call your web |
| 3. Price | | | | host every time you want to know how many |
| You would be fooling yourself if this wasn't an | | | | visitors you had last week. |
| important factor. The thing is, price is connected | | | | 5. Technical details |
| with the first two factors. Higher prices do not | | | | Disk space: is the amount of space you get. Most |
| make a good web host, but they raise the | | | | web hosts give you more space than you can |
| chance of getting good support and high reliability. | | | | use. |
| I learned this lesson myself. | | | | Data transfer: is the amount of data transfered |
| When I started my first web page I had a very | | | | from your site to your visitors. |
| low budget. I found a cheap hosting that promised | | | | Email: number of email accounts you can open. |
| me almost anything, but soon made my life full of | | | | Go to our web site and check which web host |
| painful moments. My web site was constantly up | | | | meet these criteria! |