subject: What To Look For In A Web Hosting [print this page] It is very hard to know whether a particular company that offers web hosting services is reliable or not. In most cases people sign up for web hosting services and later regret it because the service is bad. Finding out whether a web host is good or not is no easy task.
You need to be careful and read different review about the web host you wish to sign up for. In many cases the review done on the3 web host would claim that they offer 100% uptime. This need not be true. Only customers who have used the services would know if the services are actually good and whether the get a 100% uptime for their sites.
The best way to find a web host is to read a review about the company and then compare it with the customer's comments about the web host. Some times customers could also be wrong, because the site that they built would have had some fault or wasn't published properly as a result of which their site is down.
All these reasons make it very hard to choose the ideal web host. So the best option would be to first check all the offers that are being offered by the different hosting providers and then zero in on a good package that is being offered by a reputed company. Reputation plays a very important role in searching for a web host. A reputed host would be one which is reliable and has been in the business of web hosting for many years.
Always go to the web host's site and read a little about the kind of services they offer and the type of infrastructure they have. A company that has good infrastructure would be able to provide good speeds and also maintain maximum uptime possible.
Nowadays companies offer different types of hosting. You even have an option to choose a web hosting package that runs on Windows or Linux platforms. The kind of hosting that's available is:Shared hosting.Virtual private server.Dedicated hosting.
Shared hosting is the most popular and cheapest form of hosting. In shared hosting many customers share a single server and host all their sites on to that one server. The servers used in shared hosting are high end computers that are capable of handling a lot of users at a single time. This kind of hosting has its draw backs. But the benefits you get out of it are a lot. This kind of hosting is preferred for beginners and small businesses to host their sites.
Virtual private server basically is a term used for a single server that has been virtually divided into separate servers. So each virtual server acts like a dedicated server. This kind of hosting is used by businesses and individuals that need a customized server for their websites. VPS offers more security than shared hosting.
Dedicated servers are servers that are used entirely by one customer. These servers are stored in secure data centers and are highly secure. They are usually used by large corporations.