How To Identify a Reliable Web Hosting Company

Now that you’ve registered your domain name, the next thing is to find a reliable web hosting company that would provide you reliable and cost effective hosting services.
Choosing the right web host is the most critical task of web site development. Once you develop, upload and add your site to a search engine, it's difficult to move to another host. It's always good to do the thing right from the beginning. New Webmaster always ask what should be the criteria of picking a web hosting company. Here is your check list:
Price and Features
Price and features are always a major factor in choosing web host. Are you getting the features that you are supposed to get for the price you are paying? Higher price do not mean that you will get best host. On the other hand don't fall for any plan by just looking at the low price. Do the homework first, make list of features that you need for your web site. Now hunt for the plans that meet your requirement with economical budget. Many hosting companies offer low price web hosting plans that looks very attractive. In return they provide very less bandwidth and disk space, or very few features. You may be charge additional fee for extra bandwidth, disk space or any particular feature you need. If you add up these additional fees you may be paying than you would if you had signed up for a plan that included more features and bandwidth.
Support
Technical support is another big factor in picking a host. As I said earlier higher price do not mean that you will get best host in the world. However, higher price mean you may get a good chance of getting reliable and better technical support because they have money to hire people to provide round the click (24/7) technical support. Also consider what level of technical support the hosting company is providing, toll free or round the clock (24/7), and email support or just only online manuals. Ask yourself, how comfortable are you with company that provides only online manual as technical support? Hosting companies that do not provides technical support is not worth considering.
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Up-time
If you are running a web business or commercial website you would not want to take any chance. Bad support and downtime would be the worst nightmare for you. Many visitors ask me what is the meaning of 99.5% up-time guarantee? Its simply mean your site will be up and running for 99.5% of the time and if it goes down more then 0.5% of the time, hosting company will refund you money for down period. The best is 100% up-time (which I don't think any company can offer). Most of the hosting company offers 99.5% up-time but anything lest then 99.5% is not worth considering.
Money Back Guarantee
It is nice to have money back. If you are not satisfied you can always take your money and go to some other company. Most of the companies offer money back guarantee of 2 weeks to 3 months. Any company that meets all the above criteria and offer money back guarantee, definitely worth is considering.
Reviews and Feedback
We recommend you use this write-up or similar write-ups to find out feedback about web hosting companies. Lots of unsatisfied customers means there is some issue with technical support of hosting company. Try to gather as much information as possible.
Conclusion
Choosing the right hosting provider for you depends on your individual needs. A hosting account that is perfect for me may not be suitable for you. There are thousands of host and each company offer different plan with varying features. If you sincerely do your homework, figure out your requirements and need and evaluate companies based upon above criteria, you should be able to find a reliable hosting company that will meet your needs.