How to Choose a Web Host
Your choice of web host can make or break your website, so it is important to make the right choice from the start.. Unfortunately there are hundreds of web hosts online and choosing a the right one can be a very difficult task. So let’s run through some of the things that you should look for in a web host:
1. Reliability
Reliability should always be the most important consideration when evaluating a web host. The web host you choose should have a proven track record of at least 99.5% uptime on all websites.
2. Stability
Hosting is a competitive business and web hosts are closing their doors every day. Make sure you choose a web host that has been around for at least 5 years to ensure that you partner with a stable company that will still exist in the future.
3. Customer Support
Customer support is a key requirement in any web host. Your web host should ideally have 24 x 7 x 365 support via phone, email and live chat, with a maximum of 30 minutes response time for critical matters.
4. Price
There is normally a direct relationship between price and value with web hosting and even though price is always an important consideration, it should not be at the cost of any of the above requirements.
5. Features
Each web host offer a unique set of features, so make sure that you choose a host that caters for your current and future needs in terms of disk space, bandwidth and any databases or applications you plan to use.
Conclusion
We spend a great deal of time rating web hosting companies based on the above criteria and have put together a list of the top 10 web hosts that we can recommend for your web site. All 10 these companies have an outstanding track record of reliability, excellent customer support and competitive prices and we highly recommend their services.
See our Top 10 Web Hosts page for more detail.