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How To Choose The Right Web Host

This is like choosing the perfect partner for your marriage – I mean really, the list is endless. With so many web hosting businesses flourishing in the last 30 years, it is fair to question the probability of finding the right web host for you!
Hopefully! After reading the article you will feel much better.

Pricing Plans VS Renewal Plans
When it comes to web hosting, there are some factors which you need to consider and one of the major factors is pricing.
Obviously, you are investing in a web hosting service. You should ask the following questions:

• What is the price rate per month?
• If you avail their service for some time, will their service get expensive?
• In the long run, would you be able to afford their service?
• Inside the monthly (or yearly bundle), what services are being offered?

A lot of web hosting companies try to outsmart people without solid technical background. When you open the price plans, you will see that they are incredibly cheap however, if you dig a little deeper, you will come to know that renewal fees are expensive.
At this point, you should compare services of multiple web hosting services before going for your decision.

Uptime
Uptime is the time calculated to keep a machine in running state. In the world of web hosting, it is the time which tells how much has your website been on the internet? (As hosted by the web hosting server)
The average uptime of industry standards is almost 99.95%. This means that out of a total 100, 99.9% of time your website ought to be running on the server.
With growing competition, there are web hosting services which have strived to give 99.99% of uptime.

How Much Security Is Being Provided?
Security is of paramount importance. What good is your web hosting service, if they fail to protect your data?
Almost all of web hosting services provide security freely, but security is a “relative” term of them. The question is, how much security do they provide?
Typical security is provided in forms of plugins. You can installthem by yourself or they get pre-installed by web host server and VIOLA – you get your security.
There are also companies which daily monitor your website. In case of data breach, you are immediately notified.
Backups are also very important security essential of a web hosting service. Depending from company – company, either their price is included in the package or you have to additionally buy them. If your data gets corrupted, you can avail the option of daily (or weekly) backup, depending upon your company.

Customer Support
Some web hosting companies are awesome except for one teeny tiny problem – their customer support is pathetic.
Imagining worst case scenario, what if you run across a problem that needs immediate attention and you cannot find yourself get connected to customer support or even if you do get connected, what if they just beat around the bush and don’t help you at all? You will feel bad, yes?
You can either read the reviews of company’s customer support or help know of their caliber yourself. Give them a call, send them an email and explain a “fake” situation (considering you know a bit of web development yourself).
If they are knowledgeable, they will quickly help you. If not, well…you got your answer.

Money Back Guarantee
You liked a company. You bought one of their plans but after sometime, you find out that they are really not good enough. Would you like to get your money back?
ABSOLUTELY!!!!Most web hosting companies (if not all) offer a 30-day money back guarantee, but all of them have their own conditions. Some don’t include the return of purchased domains while some return a partial amount of renewal plans.

Reviews
Your best friend is the internet. Why don’t you read the reviews of the websites you begin to take interests in.
Watch informative YouTube videos or search on Google about “best web hosting companies”. You will receive thousands of reviews in which people from different parts of the world will share their experience. How did they felt when they avail a particular web hosting service?
Solid reviews of a website indicate that it has strong fan following throughout the world.

Top Companies
Not that we’re suggesting not to give newcomers a chance, throughout history the following companies have been struggling to get the top spot. Give them special consideration before choosing some other web hosting company for your website.