Part III:  Featured Article

How to Choose Affordable Web Hosting

How to Choose Affordable Web Hosting   by Mike Williams

It's all about what you need; not what those web hosting companies want you to have. In order to find out what you need, a self-assessment needs to be made. Is it imperative that you have an email address with a domain name or will a generic one do? Do you need database support, filters for spam and other junk? What about tools to build your website? You've got to have a list of "must-haves" in order to make a wise decision for your next affordable web hosting option.

If you have no idea what you are doing in regards to web design, directing cyber traffic to your website or anything else that is technical, you will want a web host that has accessible tech support. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week is optimal as servers are known to go down at any time. For "full service" users, you can still expect affordable web hosting; however, it still may be a bit more than what an experienced web user pays with another company where only support via email or IM is available.

It's all a matter of perspective. You get what you think you are paying for. Determine how much money you think you can spend for your website hosting. Extrapolate that out to determine if you are getting a good bargain or getting stiffed on the service. There are some plans that are as low as two dollars a month. While that is an affordable web hosting price, what exactly are you getting for it? If you have to spend any excess time trying to get support, you are actually losing money. After all, your time is valuable too.

In addition, you have to be leery of those two dollar jobs. These prices are often an introductory rate to grab new customers because they are new. Who knows what will happen once you pay them. If you want to get warm, fuzzy feelings about your affordable web hosting company look them up on WHOIS and see how long they have been in business. Obviously, the longer the company has been providing affordable web hosting, the better off you will be.

If you are unsure about which affordable web hosting plan to choose from, try and visit some web master and web hosting forums. People love to talk about their experiences. Chances are that you just might find some informal information about that affordable web hosting company you are scoping out.

Of course, part of the whole affordable web hosting experience is choosing a company that is reliable and has a guarantee about uptime. What are not included in the reliability uptime factor are acts of God, hacker attacks and other circumstances out of their control. You can expect that mechanical failures, software issues and the like are covered as part of the plan. If a company touting affordable web hosting does not publish their uptime guarantee or does not want to impart that information, then they are not the right choice for you.

The bottom line is that you need to choose affordable web hosting that you feel comfortable dealing with. You do not want to hop from web host to web host, because not only do you lose time and money, but it can be a nuisance to transfer all your website files too.
 

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