31 Mar 09 How to decide a Good Web Hosting in 7 ways
I was helping out a member on Digital Point forum and I got this idea, why not just blog it since it became a little bit too long.
I am working in IT field with software/hardware integrations, so I know information has a huge value in IT world. This time, I will share how to decide whether you have a good web hosting or not.
I do not want to be stereo-type person to comment, but if it is a good web hosting, following things are generally good reliable hosting you can consider as;
1. They have live support, so before you sign up, you talk to live support and see how knowledgeable they are. Live support is not easy for the provider because you need constant availability and most of the live support people are of course good and knowledgeable. At least, they must answers your questions in a professional way.
2. Google for coupons, for example, if your webhosting name is “supercool”, google “supercool hosting coupons”, good hosting always have coupons for new sign ups.. small ones? very unlikely.
3. Always use 1 month money back guarantee opportunity, if u face unhappy performance or service, always get the money back within 3 weeks.. Never wait until 1 month. Make sure you sign up to the hosting that offer 1 month money back.
4. Check whether they give you minimum 1 free domain name when you sign up, reliable hosting usually have affiliation with domain registrar and they would give you ONE free when you sign up.
5. Always use the word once you decide to sign up, “I am currently a customer of xyz hosting and want to move“, and most hosting would even help you with data migration and maybe also give you further discount.
6. Always look for forums from hosting company, good ones usually install vbulletin (costs 150 bucks for license), if you don’t see vbulletin forum from hosting company, it isprobably, they might be gone in a while.. and remember, if you are member in forum, it’s very good that you can get lengthy questions answered, also, you can have your signature indexed at your hosting forum. Most importantly, hang out 1 week and ask any questions you want before you sign up and look at the response time, normally, if they help you in 12 hours, it is considered good.
7. check the PR of hosting company, sometimes, they do pretty good SEO work and partnership programs, that means they value their hosting address and they want to keep it that way, consequently meaning stability of the company.
Well, there you go.. life is a research, so use your research to get it all better in each and everyway of your life. One hour/One week research will save you one year of trouble.
Tags: coupon, digital point, domain, migration, SEO, support, web hosting, webhost, webhosting
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Interesting post. Webhosting is very competitive nowadays and a lot of providers provide a lot of special perks to get their customers. Personally I like hosting with singapore web hosting provider as their support and uptime has been great so far.
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Linn Reply:
April 4th, 2009 at 9:06 AM
well, exactly, I am not trying to sell anything, it’s just some people just choose wrong hosting and being unhappy, and i was helping out a member, so why not? I would write it to documented, so that it can reach to more people.. thanks for the comment
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The topic is quite trendy in the net at the moment. What do you pay attention to while choosing what to write ?
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Linn Reply:
April 10th, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Well, I use many inspirations to choose a topic what is relevant to my site. for one, I learn and help out others in digital forums, sometimes, i got an idea what to write from there. and sometimes, I read something off the internet and like to share after I tested it, I would write as well, that’s why my site does not have heaps of articles, however, every single one, I had to put quite a lot of effort into it, because i want to share what’s out there and get the best of it rather than writing just words and no help at all. I don’t force anyone to subscribe for e-book or just rewrite everything I see.. Most of all come from my personal experience and what I have been doing to earn online as well.
thanks for the comment.
hope that helps
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my God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insght at the end there, not leave it with ?we leave it to you to decide?.
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Linn Reply:
April 18th, 2009 at 9:08 AM
my information is already there. LOL.
that’s how I decide a good web hosting. If you think of something else, please feel free to chip in. but what i want to say is, if u do some more research, u actually got to save some troubles, coz that’s what many people have been experiencing since dot com boom.
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Well, the latest ones won’t have these qualities definitely but that doesn’t mean the upcoming web hosts won’t be able to make it big!
I also happen to be the owner of a small start-up company and latest technology blog and i’ve built rapport mainly with our support and economic pricing and high quality work!
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Linn Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 6:34 PM
well, every little research is a must for every hosting.. i do good research before i sign up with anything.. and that makes reliable decision in the long run… i don’t use much hosting past 12 years.. and i am happy about it
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Im a fan of hostgator and I know they run specials and coupon deals all of the time. Try Google-ing one of theirs.
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