Finding the Best Hosting Solution for your Website is Not Always Easy

News 100 blueBy Maria Logger

June 11th, 2021

BURLINGTON, ON

 

While there are many web hosting services available, finding the best hosting solution for your website is not always easy. There are many considerations you need to make to ensure your site gets the best support possible. Whether you have a personal blog or a small business, you need your website to be reliable, usable, and secure.

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For many small organizations having a successful website can make or break their success. A good online presence will drive growth while an under-performing website will mean your business never reaches its potential. If the website is the house of your online output, think of hosting as the foundations of the house, which is why it is essential to find the best web hosting possible.

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Many small business owners will make some important mistakes when selecting web hosting. Firstly, they will often believe all the major hosting services were created equal and there is no difference between Provider A and Provider B. Secondly, business owners are often cost-conscious and will simply choose the most affordable hosting.

Sure, keeping prices down is a good thing and you should always look for the most cost-effective solution. However, you need to mix affordability with quality. There are also plenty of other tips to follow to ensure you choose the best web hosting service for you. Luckily, we have listed those things below:

Base Your Hosting on Your Needs
Before choosing a web hosting package, consider what type of website you want. There’s a big difference in resources between a simple blog-style website and one that has multiple videos, live streams, forums, and so on. Your hosting service should reflect the level of performance you require and be able to keep your site running optimally.

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Which Type of Hosting?
Your site needs will tell you a lot about which hosting to get. If you have a resource intensive website, you should look for dedicated hosting, which means your site is held on its own server (more expensive). If you have a more basic resource need, considering the more common shared hosting, which means your website is hosted on a server with other sites (less expensive).

Read Reviews
If you have found a couple of hosting providers that meet your web needs at a price, you’re happy with, you now need to compare them. Perhaps the best way to do this is to read customer reviews. Find regulated review aggregators and check what people are saying about your chosen web hosting providers.

Choosing Bandwidth
Many people make the mistake of buying a package with enough bandwidth to suit their needs in that moment. They forget to consider growth if the site becomes successful and the number of visitors grows. It is more affordable to purchase more bandwidth when opening your hosting contract than to add more later.

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Security is Important
We live in an age of cybersecurity where there is a constant risk of attack. Don’t make the mistake of thinking because your website is small threat actors are not interested in it. You need to ensure your site is properly secure. There are many things you can do to ensure security, but the best place to start is by choosing a web hosting service with a strong set of cyber protection features.

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