Sunday, December 29, 2013

Best Cheap Web Hosting - What You Need To Know When Choosing A Web Hosting Company

It can be confusing to find the best cheap web hosting because there are so many options, specs, pricing plans, and jargon you may not be familiar with.

The bottom line is you want reliability and good service when you need it. Most cheap web hosting companies are fairly comparable when it comes to things like uptime guarantees. Uptime guarantee means your site will be live, although there are very rare cases of hardware or software failures that could cause your site to go down temporarily. The usual uptime guarantee is 99%, so this issue is really not something to be too concerned about. I've been building and maintaining websites for more than ten years now and I've never had a problem in this area.

Pricing among cheap web hosting companies is very competitive and most are within a fairly tight price range. There are pricing plans based on how much time you are paying for at a time. At many hosting companies, you can pay for three years, two years, one year, six months, or one month at a time. The most you should have to pay for basic service is about 7 or 8 dollars per month. A basic plan will cover your needs as you start and grow your site.

Another feature among web hosting companies is Cpanel. Cpanel is an interface on the back end of your website that will allow you to easily install platforms such as WordPress, set up email addresses, check your traffic statistics, and a heck of a lot more.

If you are interested in setting up a WordPress blog as the basis for your new site (and I do highly recommend this route) then you can do an easy installation that will take you less than a minute, using Cpanel.

To me, good service is important. If something were to go wrong, or if you need help configuring your email address or have a question about something, it is essential to have web hosting through a company that is readily available when you need them. The company I use has an online chat system for times like this, and I've used it a few times and been very happy with how quickly I could get the answer I needed.

I've used the same company for most of my ten years as a website owner and I continue to recommend them wholeheartedly.

Here is a coupon you can use at Hostgator (my favorite web host) that will knock a big chunk off of the price of your hosting package:

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