Allen Dean Davis Blog News: Website Work

In this article, I will discuss how to pick a web hosting service. Included below, you will find a web hosting survey that will let you contribute your opinion of what you look for in web hosting. Be sure to read further about my suggestions in picking a web hosting service. You can also join my blog by using the options in the upper right side of this blog. You will find it to be a fun, entertaining, and educational blog.

Web Hosting Survey
What do you look for most in web hosting?

Inexpensive Hosting Costs
Host Unlimited Domains
Unlimited Site Bandwidth
Unlimited Hosting Space
Free Domain Name

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Cost of hosting, unlimited domains, unlimited site bandwidth, unlimited hosting space, and free domain names appear to be some of the top reasons customers pick a particular hosting service. I would like to talk a little more about each of these features. Plus I will give my personal recommendation for a service that offers all these features.

UNLIMITED DOMAINS

Do you have a personal, business, and non-profit organization website (Boy Scout troop website, etc.) and want to find a hosting service for all three? You can sign up for hosting services that only allow you to host one domain. However; if that hosting service costs you $9.95 a month and you have these three websites to host, you have to sign up for three seperate hosting accounts. That would mean that your spending about $30 a month on hosting. Host Unlimited Domains On 1 Hosting Account is what I would recommend in order to save on having multiple hosting accounts and possibly paying more than what you should.

UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH

Certain hosting services limit the amount of bandwidth for your hosting account. Whenever someone goes to your website, bandwidth (transfer of data) is used up. If you go past your bandwidth limit, hosting services might not allow anyone else to see your website or automatically charge you additional fees. This can be a dangerous for a website that is for business and you need it for your profits. I highly recommend that you search for a web hosting service that has unlimited bandwidth as an option.

UNLIMITED HOSTING SPACE

This is probably the next best benefit for a hosting service. When you upload pictures and other larger files, it takes up a lot of hosting space. If you get close to your limited hosting space, you may have to buy more hosting space in order to upload more files. You might as well take advantage of a service that has unlimited hosting space.

FREE DOMAINS

Although I don't look at it as the most beneficial reason to pick a particular web hosting site, it is the icing on the cake. If your hosting service does not offer a free domain, you can register it at Dotster.com . However; if you can get it free, that is even better. HostMonster is one particular hosting service that offers free domains (see link below). You may want a private registration where people can not find out what your name, mailing address, phone number and email address is. With a private registration, you can avoid a lot of SPAM emails or telemarketing phone calls. I highly recommend that when you register a domain, that you register it with a "private" option. You can sometimes buy domains at very inexpensive prices at eBay. Click here for some possible domain auction listings.

MY RECOMMENDATION

I recommend using HostMonster because their website shows all the features I just mentioned. You even get a free domain name! Their prices & features are subject to change, but the last time I looked at their website it showed you could get hosting services for less than the average hosting service with the most features. Check them out at the link below.