How to Find a Good Web Host?

Usually when someone contacts me online, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is this: "How do I find a good web host? " or "Which web host do you use? inchThis is one of those essential things you will need in order to earn that on the internet income. You will need a web site and you will need a web host; somewhere to place that web site.Sure there are countless marketers who work without a site but most have at least one main site which acts as their online calling card; where people can find them on the web. Of course , you can always use the social networks like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter... but that's like operating your office out of Starbucks!Instead, a well designed site is just more professional and business like. It also means you're serious about your online business.Picking a good web host is not easy. I have had numerous different web hosts over the years. Most of them have been very good and served their purpose, but I have had some bad experiences too -what long term webmaster or marketer hasn't? Something always goes wrong eventually, especially if you have a lot of sites and many various web hosting companies.

Sometimes having a web host can be downright scary. Several years ago, the web host that I had my main website on was first sold and then went bankrupt. One day your site is running fine and the next day the internet host is completely gone. Shut down. Your site and all your files completely gone. Vanished. Your host can't be reached. Total blackout!

Fortunately, I had the site backed up on several systems and since that experience I always back our sites up on several computers and I go even further by copying them onto DVDs should those computers crash. If you have a site, I always suggest you back up your site documents and make it redundant. The very worst can happen to you.

Overall quality and good 24/7 support should be your first objectives in choosing a good hosting company. You want a web site that's fast, easy to use, rarely down and has good support that you can reach at all times, should something go wrong.

You need to check exactly what features your web host is offering and for what price:

- How much storage space?

- Daily traffic limit or transfer?

- Email system? How many accounts...

-- What type of server Linux or Windows?

: How many other websites will be sharing your IP address?

- Do You need SSL or a secure web-site?

- Are sites/files supported? How often?

rapid What are the assistance hours?

instructions And of course the Price?

But don't always try to get the cheapest price hosting, keep in mind, you always get what you pay for. A cheap webhost won't save you money if it's a poor service and your internet site is always going down. So avoid always pick the cheapest host.

Match up your hosting support with the type of site you will be running; a simple HTML web page will have or even make simple demands on your hosting services. So a shared hosting assistance may be quite adequate to meet your hosting needs. For SEO reasons, you should always check the location of your site, I have found which country your site is hosted in, plays a role in your own rankings, especially in Google.