How Find a Good Hosting Company

An excellent article from the OP containing some great advice. I'm currently looking for a new VPS provider so will keep these ideas in mind as I go :)
 
Great Article!

I would mention to be careful on the big search engines such as google, yahoo, msn (bing). When you see a "Top 10 Web Hosting" links and sites, stay away from these. These are simply "fake" sites, where web big time web hosts pay to create these sites, put there site at the #1 position and throw in some other well heard of hosts. These are not ranked by ratings of professionals or consumers! The best luck is really to find a host on a forum like this one. Remember bigger doesn't always mean better in the hosting industry!
 
First and foremost check our interest,whats your capabilities on the expenses, are you updated?Search for more information about the site and choose the best that fits to your needs.
 
Hello Holhostcom,

It is nice to see people making effort to give basic but valuable informations for how to make search and find a host:agree:. It is really an appreciable work. Reliability, Support(24/7) and the reputation of the host are the major things that should be taken into consideration while searching for a host.
Again, :thumbup:Well done Holhostcom:).
 
If your host fulfill below mentioned points then you can say that your host is good:

-> Timely update when you exceed bandwidth or disksapce
-> Free setup on initial stage
-> 24X7 fast professional support
-> Latest hardware configuration of server
-> 99.99% network SLA
-> 100% uptime guarantee
-> Excellent availability and security of your hardware
 
here everything has to be consider,like hosting server,cost of hosting plan these are very important last week i host my site on tucktail where i feel reliable.
 
The first thing that comes to my mind as to what people should look for is the following:

1. Are they a LEGAL company, I'd venture to say that 98% aren't. The reason behind finding a legal company is simple, they are in the business for the long haul.

2. Do they have a large number of negative comments about them (think search google) If nothing really bad comes up then see if you can find some good reviews.

3. Try to determine how many clients they have. Customers just won't stay with a horrible host. The more they have the better they usually are.
 
hi,

Great points. These points seemed to be basic but are always overlooked. I admit that I was attracted by the word "unlimited" in web hosting plan. There is no point paying for what you don't need at all.
 
This post is indeed a good one especially for beginners like me. I'm still in the process of completing my website but I'm already looking for a good web hosting company. I guess I have to visit the review sites for web hosting companies rather than finding "good, fast, and reliable web hosting company" in search engines.

Thanks for the tips I have learned from here.
 
i would say the best ways of finding a good host is to stay away from sites like top10 lists etc, they are only trying to make money are will push anyone who will make them some money. i would pick smaller, reliable companys, ask friends who they use, ask people on here who they use, most companys are very similar in price but the support you get can be a vital factor 2 good luck!
 
I've only used hostgator and I've never had any problems with them. My websites have never went down and their support is excellent. I usually get my problems sorted out within minutes with their live chat.
 
Omit key words like “low cost”, “Cheaper” etc as firstly these are not indication of good web hosting services and secondly the hosting service providers have normally littered the net with these.
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Very detailed but i am not agree wih you in the case.
 
Gaby-HostDept said:
... And remember to have a look at customer reviews first too :)
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There is no really a honest "review site" on the net. Mostly they are provided by those hosting companies itself and don't allow to post new reviews except the listed and paid advertisement companies.
 
One way to evaluate a host is to determine how long they've been in business. That's a simple piece of data anyone should be able to access. When was their domain first registered?

I chose my host largely because they've been in business since 1996. I figured if they were bad, they'd be gone by now. So far, it's working out.
 
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