Choose a web hosting company that offers reliable hosting is not an easy task. There are hundreds of website hosting providers, offering vaious plans, but just finding a reliable hosting company is not you should look. One of the most important concern is to decide whether you are interested in Windows Hosting or Linux Hosting.
Once it is decided, you can proceed with finding a reliable web hosting company. Here in this article, I am going to provide some tips, following them you will be able to judge the best web hosting provider for your website.
Flirting with the hosting company. Spend some time online with the sales person of that company. Try to call on their “Toll Free” phone numbers. If the company does not answer your phone, or online support does not respond, then leave that one and make contact with others, as it is not a right web host for you website.
Check your site, the amount of disk space and bandwidth consumed on your hosting, currently. Look for a plan to hire at least 30%-40% more resources, as you never know about the future growth.
Perform a speed test to check their network speed. Check for the response time. If the response time is less than 300ms, then it is a good. If this value exceeds, find another hosting company.
Always make sure if the softwares provided by the hosting provider are of latest versions on your new hosting. If not you can consult with your web host and get the latest versions of all the softwares like .NET Framework, PHP, WHM, cPanel.
Before you opt their services, always try to make contact with the hosting company by various methods like Phone, Email (Tickets) or Live Chat. Verify that the standby time is great. Remember that in times of emergency, these customer support types are only the way to get your issues solved.
Look for a hosting company that offers both Linux as well as Windows Hosting solutions. Because, if future if you decide to switch to other platform, it will be easier for you to switch in the same hosting company. Migrating your website to another hosting company will create a hassle for you.
Find out how long the company has a market. Always look for companies with more than 6 years of experience in the web hosting industry.
Lastly, check out their SLA (Service Level Agreement), all the services that will be offered to you must be included in the SLA.
