Critical Factors for Choosing the Right Host

The right host is vital to your success

Which hosting co!   You choose will impact on your webhosting experience and your wallet.

Quick point here: cheaper is not always better. Sorry but the phrase "You get what you pay for" is very true in the world of website hosting.

This can be a hard lesson and one I personally would rather you avoided and with a little due diligence you can!

Avoid companies with a server in the back room and a get rich quick scheme based on your online future or lack of it as the case may be.

Uptime Speed and Reliability

Ideally you want a hosting service that owns and maintains its own equipment in a purpose-built dedicated facility with back-up power, and data back-up with state of the art safety systems. (Back-up data in a different location)

Most hosts boast of high speeds and reliability. Can it be independently verified?

Resellers and Affiliates

Lots of hosting services are operated by resellers. This is where it gets difficult. Are they part of a larger company and have they rebranded with their own pricing structure while the parent company deals with support issues or do they themselves deal with support issues? The question then is: can they? And when? Can you find them when things have gone pear-shaped?

Support

Can the hosting company of your choice give you a prompt, efficient and effective support system? Look out for Ticket Submission and ideally Free Live Video Support. Is it out there and is the support 24/7/365?

Have they got video tutorials to guide you on all aspects of your new service? The cpanel fantastico etc...

Do they offer a trial period? Yes? Then check them out! Do they "Walk The Talk"?

Equipment and Operating Systems

Are they up-to-date? Are they compatible with your needs? Will they be able to run and understand the modern scripts you may wish to use for your membership sites etc? You know what you need and which systems you require at more advanced levels.
My point is that you may be new to hosting now, but to make yourself future-proof you need to get a great host that can accommodate your future needs as you progress online.

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Access and Control

Do you get a control panel, cpanel with fantastico and elefante etc? (Not always: check!) Even if you don't know what they are, you want them and you need them!

FTP access: You may not know what it is but that doesn’t matter! You want it and you need it!

Email:how much and what kind? Can you add forwarders' aliases? Is there web mail (horde squirrel etc)? You don't know what they are? Again it doesn’t matter! You want it and you need it!

Tutorials

Are there tutorials on getting the most out of all these newfangled wotsits at your disposal now? You want your hosting to be easy, right?
I will stop writing now: this article is long enough. Truly I could write thousands of more words on choosing hosting for your website but we have lives to live! (And I now have to do the shopping for Sunday dinner!)

Please just think a little and do a few checks. All of the above are good pointers. If the company (and there are many good companies out there) has all these pointers, then chances are that you're with a winner!

It only remains for me to wish you the best of luck online. Who knows, one day we may be JV partners! That would be great!

Hello I am a keen online merchant and marketer Hosting websites is a subject I personally have learned about the hard way. The link below will lead to the company used for all my sites now. The following series of articles is intended to aid and assist people new to the world of hosting

Sean Breslin is a long term affiliate for Gogvo this article dates from 2008 So if the question arose does he use what he promotes?... The answer is a very clear Yes!

by Sean Breslin - 05/09/2008

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