So you have designed your own website. What’s the next step? You need a domain and a host. Domains and domain names are relatively easy if you choose it correctly. Or, if you really want to purchase a common phrase or name, you could shell out hundreds of thousands. Your next necessity is a web host. What is a web host, you may ask? A host is a means for people to see and visit your website. After you’ve built it and given it a domain, a web host allows you to rent space on their server so it can connect and be shared around the world wide web. So how does one go about choosing a web hosting service?

Know What You Need

From the get go, you really need to know what you’ll be hosting and correlate it to the specifics of the plan you get. For instance, if you plan on having a 24 hour live stream of your cat, the specifics and agreed upon features will be a tad different than a series of bold type poetry. Work this out before hand and know what kind of budget you’re dealing with while shopping around for a web host.

How Much Bandwidth?

What is your projected bandwidth? Most likely, if you’re just starting out, you’re not going to use a lot. But that may change. If you have a business that features images of the product, that may be well and dandy in the service agreement. But what if there is–and this is likely in a thriving business, a demand for video. Then the demand further increases for a podcast detailing the process of doing said business. It’s important to have room for growth in the service you avail of. From there you can anticipate when one needs to expand, while updating and providing for the customer in real time.

Host In Your Own Country

It is always a good idea to have your website hosted in the country you and/or your business resides. This avoids all the weird little online law technicalities that one may not be familiar with. There are countries that actively block content for whatever reason they see fit. If you’re one of those websites in a country that decides similar content is not suited for their public, say goodbye to your website. It’s a simple concept, really. If you’re in Canada, look up services on Hosting Foundry Canada for the best possible service. If you’re in China, look up services in China-based hosting. You can rest assured that you know the laws that pertain to you, instead of having to constantly search for what is okay.

Read Peer Reviews

Reading reviews is a part of how we do things nowadays. It’s no different for web hosting. Since you’re on the internet, looking for visibility on the internet, then you bet that you are peers have posted reviews on every service they come in contact with. Ask as many questions as you want and always choose the service that fits you and won the accolaids of your peers.

Know Your Security Features

Study the security features. Knowing how safe you and your website is invaluable. There’s more to the internet than just posting. Knowing what kind of protection the servers have is part of your due diligence as a user and a customer. If it’s not totally laid out in the service plan, do a little bit of homework. These features can, more often than not, be a deal breaker.

Now that you’ve got it all squared away, you can launch your new website and watch it grow. Who knows, maybe yours will be the next big thing. This is, after all, still the wild, wild, west of the internet.

–EOF (The Ultimate Computing & Technology Blog) —

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