How to Pick a Hosting Provider

With thousands of web hosting services from companies available today, the choice of a web hosting service to signed contract with, can be a difficult experience. It is not as easy as going to a store and buy something. For many of us, it is like a searching in the dark. You need the following tips to guide you in your decisions. Will your website be available 24/7 and 365 days in a year? This is called server uptime and a successful website should have an uptime of 98% to 99%. Any value below this is just unacceptable.

Visitors are not going to visit your website again if it is inaccessible most of the time. If your website's storage capacity is very small, then your visitors cannot interact much with it. If your website has low bandwidth and takes even a minute to load, this wait time will tick off the visitor and is an invitation to click the 'x' close or cancel button. A high bandwidth means faster access time and a more enjoyable interaction with your website.

Web users nowadays expect a lot from websites. They want animation, they want high-quality graphics and sound. The list goes on and on and this means you have to have a huge storage space to cater to these user's fancy. You can continue to upload more and more beautiful images and sounds for the whole world to see and this will invite more and more visitors.

A web hosting service that offers the software services like audio, video streaming, ColdFusion and Flash animations as part of the package instead of as an additional component to pay for, is an enticing offer that  you should not let passed by. The features of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) can make ecommerce secure as it will encrypt communication. If this service is available, you can purchase a certificate from the web hosting company. And by displaying this security banner in your website will makes your it professional and secure.

Acquiring a catchy domain name is a good technique to get the attention of your website and your business. But it is difficult nowadays to come up with an original domain name of our choosing since most nice-sounding domain names are already registered in the records in domain registrars. But with a bit of creativity, you can still come up with a really nice domain name.

Choosing a web hosting provider requires research on your part. There are reviews of each web hosting company, and based on your budget you can find a match that will publish you website for the world to see.




Till next time!
Much Success!
Keith A. Holloman CEO/Founder
Keith@ubuildyourwebsite.com 
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