Choosing the right web hosting is essential to the success of your website. If you pick the wrong hosting provider or the wrong host in general, this can lead to all types of issues including website crashes, slow loading speed, security issues, or poor support when something does go wrong.
Overall, this doesn’t just impact the performance of your website, but can also have an impact on your business’s bottom line.
Choosing a Web Hosting Type
There are several different types of web hosting available, so it’s a good idea to get familiar with each before choosing the right one for your needs.
The different types of hosting you will find include shared, VPS, cloud, dedicated, and WordPress hosting. You will usually find shared hosting as the most popular type from most web host providers.
Consider which type of hosting best suits your needs not only now, but also in the future.
For example, if you’re planning a lot of business growth in the future, then your business might outgrow shared hosting at some point – consider how easy it will be for you to move onto a different, more suitable hosting plan such as VPS hosting.
Once you have weighed up the options and determined which type of hosting is best for your needs, it’s time to start looking for the best web host for you.
A good place to start is with this top 10 web hosting list where you can read reviews of some of the best providers.
Review Your Budget
Everybody will have a different budget for web hosting, and you must be able to comfortably afford your hosting plan with money left over to spend on the other expenses involved with running and upkeeping your site.
The good news is that you can find a lot of affordable hosting plans on offer.
Shared hosting is the most affordable, with some plans less than a couple of dollars per month. However, you do get what you pay for, and it can be quite limiting once your site starts to grow.
Because of this, you should avoid choosing your web host based on the price alone. Instead, choose one that is likely to meet your current and future needs, along with being within your budget.
Consider the Features You Need
When it comes to looking for web hosting, no one solution is going to be ideal for everybody. But there is sure to be a hosting provider and plan that is ideal for you.
The best way to choose the right web host for your website is to start out knowing what you want from your provider.
Once you have a budget in mind, putting together a features checklist can help to make it easier for you to not only find a plan that suits your budget but is also offering what your website needs.
Some of the main factors to think about when putting together a list of needs for your hosting plan include bandwidth, storage, RAM, organization, backups, the number of sites you can host, SSL certificates, domain name, control, and migration options.
Prioritize Security
While there are lots of different features to think about when choosing the right web hosting provider for you, one of the most important to consider is security.
Your web host is responsible for keeping the servers that your site is on secure and choosing a web host that has good security measures in place is essential to avoid breaches and keep your data safe.
Some of the main things to look out for include virus scanning, firewalls, DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack protection, and brute force defense.
Bear in mind that often, web hosts don’t share a huge amount of detail when it comes to the exact security measures that they provide, to avoid helping hackers find a way around them.
Find a Host That is Fast and Reliable
No matter how well designed your website is or how much effort you put into SEO, if it’s not performing well when it comes to the basics, then it will struggle to achieve success.
Loading speeds, for example, can make or break how far you can take your website and have an impact on everything from the user experience to your SEO.
While there are lots of things you can do to improve loading speed such as compressing large image or video files, your web host is essential for ensuring a fast loading time.
When choosing a web host, the server locations and uptime guarantee are two main things to look out for.
The more server locations the better since a faster website will load quickly to people in different areas. You should also look for an uptime guarantee of no less than 99.97%.
The web hosting that you choose plays a huge part in the performance and overall success of your website.
Ella Marcotte
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