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We're going to explore what it takes to build a kick-*** website. One of the most common questions that I come across is
what is the best web hosting company to power your business website?
Now, there are four criteria that I would look at
in terms of selecting a web host.
The first criteria is, does it have 24/7 live support
either delivered through live chat or by phone?
Because there's nothing worst than having your website go down and
having to wait for four or more hours for tech support to respond back to your email.
The second thing I would look at is whether or not that particular web hosting company
has servers that are optimized for the particular applications
that you are running. So, for example, there are some web hosting
companies that have servers that are optimized to host
WordPress applications. So if you're hosting or running a WordPress website you might want
to look into some of these web hosts or you might want to look into managed WordPress hosting companies as well.
A third consideration that I would look at
would be disk space & bandwidth.
So depending on the monthly hosting plan,
you want to make sure that you're getting enough disk space
and bandwidth to be able to handle the traffic on your website as well as any types of media
files that you might be uploading to your website as well because what might happen
is if you exceed your bandwidth limits or your disk space limits, you might end up with
having your website shutdown or you might end up with the spike in costs that you were
not expecting. So I would read the terms of service very clearly in the web hosting package that you choose.
Another consideration that I would look at would be uptime.
Now, every web hosting company has some downtime
so to expect your web host to have absolutely no downtime is unrealistic.
So, depending on your business needs, some downtime might not affect your business at all.
For some large e-commerce sites, having an hour, or even a minute of downtime results
in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost business.
So those are four of the main criteria I would look at with regards to choosing the best
web hosting company for your business. Thanks a lot for joining us today and I look forward
to seeing you next time. For more information about how to build a kick-*** website, please
go to entrepreneursforachange.com