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The choice for web page hosting is immense. You want it to be affordable low cost, but have enough features to suit your needs. All web hosting services of note usually provide various packages, from bargain basic to 'more features than you'll ever need' offers. Consider the type of web hosting provider you want based on the traffic your site gets, the resources. Look for providers that allow scaling up your package (at no cost) when the need arise. If your site does less than 10,000 visitors a day you can usually get away with shared webhosting. If you have more than that then many web hosts, although they mention unlimited bandwidth simply can't afford to let you drag down the performance of the shared server. As bandwidth increases, disk space becomes cheaper, servers become more powerful, each year I see the basic packages offering more and more. Only 5 years ago, a basic 10 dollar a month service would maybe give you 10mb space and 500Mb bandwidth. Nowadays, you can get 40Gb bandwidth and 1000mb space for the same price. Think what you will get in 5 years from now. Mind boggling! From my first free geocities account to the dedicated servers I use today, I've been through close to 90+ cheap services to host my webpages over the years. There are a small handful that I still use for some small-medium sites that I want on shared space. All of these have treated me well through support, provide affordable web hosting, , good up-time reliability and have been around for many years. Rarely do you need to worry about data loss as most do daily or bi-weekly backups. Lunarpages Excellent value for money. One of the best I've used. Check the features out on their site by clicking the banner. Very affordable web hosting, considering the bandwidth and servers space on offer.
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Generally, you can literally spend eons searching for decent hosts. I'd recommend those above based on my own experiences, but to really research hosts, check out SitePointForums web host section which has lots of user perspectives. When you have a lot of traffic and subsequently take up many resources and bandwidth it becomes necessary to consider - especially if you want to continue growth of your business - using a dedicated server. |