Authored by Professor Ron, PhD, J.D.
Last updated: Wednesday, November 20th 2024
Web Host Provider Reviews by Professor Ron
Choosing a top web host provider can be rather difficult. When finally deciding to put up your blog, or your school's website, or business website, how do you choose the best web host provider for your needs? Do you know how to make sure you have the best fit in for the correct hosting plan?
If you have no technical expertise and are not familiar with the qualities or characteristics needed in a top web host provider or internet hosting plans, then what do you do next? Look for help? Throw your hands up in the air? Or, do you search the Internet? No worries, Professor Ron is here.
I understand your concerns. I was once that person, until I became familiar with what is expected of a web host provider. Basically, every new business owner has a choice of choosing a web host provider. What is important is making the right choice. In this brief article, I will provide what factors to look for.
Most Important Factors in Choosing a Top Web Host Provider
Besides costs, what are the prime factors that you should review for any potential web host provider?
A superior web hosting company has these essential characterisitcs:
- Reliability of service. Uptime percentage vs. competitors.
- Customer Support. Make sure your web host provider has 24-by-7 support hours.
- Scability. When your business audience grows, will your web host provider be able to accomodate your expanded web traffic? As a new business owner with big plans, your website must be able rapidly scale itself as your target audience grows with new traffic.
- Servers. Make sure you understand what services are offered by your web host provider. For example, does your web host provider offer Cloud computing? Virtual servers, etc.
- Storage and bandiwidth. All web host providers bill users based upon storage and bandwidth. This means that you must decide if you need a web host provider that has storage for new and bulky videos, or high-definition images. Videos and HD-images take up a lot of storage. Bandwidth is how much information, measured in bytes, that your website serves over a period of time.
- Web Content. What type of content will you host? Not all web host providers are willing to host adult-content traffic, dating sites, gambling sites, etc.
What Is a Web Hosting Provider?
A web hosting provider is a company or individual that provides the service of putting your website on the Internet. A web hosting provider makes your website visible to all Internet users.
A reliable web hosting provider makes sure that your website is up and running at all times, 24 hours each day. Therefore, a good web hosting provider makes sure that your website is connected to the Internet on a server 24 hours per day, 7 days per week (24/7).
How to Choose a web hosting provider?
When choosing a web hosting provider, makes sure that the web hosting provider provides these minimal services:
- 24 by 7 WebHosting Support
- Domain Names registration
- 24 by 7 Website monitoring
- MySql Database Access and creation
- Secure FTP Access
- Adaptive Networking with Cloud-like Flexibility
- Multiple Website Hosting Plans
- Website add-ons
- Customer Friendly staff that can explain technical terms to non-tech persons
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