{"id":9443,"date":"2008-12-24T10:53:33","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T16:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/24\/what-to-look-for-in-web-hosting\/"},"modified":"2008-12-24T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T16:53:33","slug":"what-to-look-for-in-web-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=9443","title":{"rendered":"What To Look For In Web Hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Gray Rollins<\/div>\n

If you are starting a new website, affordable web hosting<\/a> is a service you cannot do without. When we say web hosting<\/a>, we are referring to the companies which provide space on their servers, bandwidth and networking equipment which enables your site to be on the web. Without a web host for your site, it doesn’t matter how much work you put into it; no one is going to see it unless it is online.<\/p>\n

There are many different web hosting<\/a> companies these days and they offer a wide variety of different packages and pricing options. When trying to decide on a web hosting company you should evaluate your needs carefully before you go shopping for web hosting, especially if you are building a web site for your business.<\/p>\n

You may need video or audio content on your site, or allow users to upload these kinds of files. These are large files, so you’ll need plenty of bandwidth for your website. Go through each feature you want and think about what this means in terms of your web hosting package (if you’re not so tech-savvy, run this list by a friend who knows a bit more about websites). Finding a good deal on web hosting begins with knowing what you’re looking for.<\/p>\n

There are even free web hosting options. While these are fine if you just want to build a small personal website, they are not ideal for businesses for a number of reasons – the disk space, bandwidth and features offered are typically limited and of course, using a free web host for your business’ web site gives a bad impression to visitors.<\/p>\n

The next consideration is shared versus dedicated web hosting. Shared hosting is just what it sounds like – your website will be sharing space on one of the web hosting companies’ services with many other websites.<\/p>\n

This is also not really ideal for a business website; you can run into difficulties due to the actions of other websites hosted on the same server.<\/p>\n

For example, if one of the other sites uses too much bandwidth, this can slow down the performance of your site. It is far better to opt for dedicated web hosting for a business website.<\/p>\n

You also need to think about the very important topic of technical support. Your website needs to have highly skilled and responsive support and service behind it. In case of any technical problems, you need to know that your site will be up and running again in short order. You should find out how the web hosting company you are considering performs in this department by talking to some of their current customers about their experiences with the customer service and technical support departments.<\/p>\n

There are yet other things you should think about when looking for web hosting services, but in this article we have covered some of the top priorities. These can give you a good head start on finding a web hosting company which offers the service and features you need for your business.<\/p>\n

\n
About the Author:<\/div>\n
If you’re looking for a high quality, reliable, yet affordable web host, I really can’t recommend anyone better than Hostgator<\/a> – give them a chance to earn your business first – you won’t regret it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are starting a new website, affordable web hosting<\/a> is a service you cannot do without. When we say web hosting, we are referring to the companies which provide space on their servers, bandwidth and networking equipment which enables your site to be on the web. Without a web host for your site, it doesn’t matter how much work you put into it; no one is going to see it unless it is online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1701,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-9443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web","tag-web"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}