Choosing Your Web Hosting Company - Get It Right The First Time!

Most companies and small businesses need a company to host their websites. Have you looked for a web hosting company on the Internet lately? How many web hosting companies did you see? There are literally thousands of web hosting companies, each competing for your business. So, how to pick the right one?

When you think about it, the web hosting company will become the lifeblood of your business. Everything from how fast (or how slow) their servers are, to how much bandwidth they offer will ultimately impact your business. Understandably, you don't want to choose the wrong one, which could be a costly mistake (even fatal if you start losing customers). Conventional wisdom says that you should pick a large web hosting company to host your website. But, is conventional wisdom always right? Think about it..if you go with a very large web hosting company, are they going to be able to give you the personal service that your business deserves (and needs)? Maybe. But maybe not.

The fact is that you need a web hosting company that will maintain the servers, perform upgrades, support the most popular applications and keep your site running with minimal downtime. Can a conventional, large web hosting company do this? Some can.

But think about this..how many guaranteed uptime claims have you seen? Hundreds? Thousands? The fact is that most large web hosting companies now claim to have the latest servers and technology with uptime over 98%, etc, etc, etc. That being said, server uptime is not a major reason for you to choose one web hosting company over another.

For many people, it all comes down to price. After all, online business owners need to save money, right? The cost for web hosting generally varies and is dependent on the size of the web hosting company, the web hosting packages that they offer, disk space, and other features. Keep in mind that, in today's world of web hosting, (as with almost anything else), size does not necessarily indicate quality. Before you sign-up with the web hosting company, check to find out if you will get enough space for your site for now and the future, if your site will eventually grow.

How reliable is the web hosting company's customer service? The fact is that time is money