Let’s face it, there’s so many hosting companies out there. How do you know which one to pick? What should you be looking for? To help you, here’s a list of a few things to look for:
1) Cutting Edge Infrastructure
You need to find a web host that has infrastructure that can handle any growth that you might experience – planned or otherwise. Making sure that they are using quality bandwidth providers, and have enough bandwidth available within the datacenter is important as well. Cisco, Juniper, Foundry, HP firewalls, routers, and switches, as well as quality servers all contribute to a successful experience.
2) Informative – Quality Support
If there’s ever a problem, you want someone there to fix it. Or perhaps you just have a quick question – you want someone there to guide you. More importantly, you want a web host that will provide you with quality support – timely, informative replies to support requests 24×7. What means do they provide you for communicating with them? Email support, ticket support, live chat, and phone are all effective ways of contacting a webhost.
3) Industry’s Leading Tools
This might not be important to some people. But for others, having the industry’s best tools to get the job done is important. You may want to research the different hosting control panels, and find one that is stable and easy to use. Perhaps you will want an autoinstaller to quickly install your favoriate photo gallery or blog – adding to a superior experience.
4) Security and Reliability
How secure is your website data? What security features are available to you? What about your contact details? What kind of privacy policy is in place? In additional, having your website online is important. So what’s the reliability and uptime? Is there a guarantee against such things?