How to Choose a Web Host

Have you lately been confronted with the terrible question on how to choose a web host? I'm confronted with this question on daily bases and my customers expect me to know just about everything there is to know about web hosting and which host is the best and why. So I'm surfing a lot to be up to date. I'm also talking to other web masters to gather an insight in their experience. And that is how i came up writing this little hub.

Re-Seller Web Hosting Accounts

Many Web Hosting Companies sell re-seller packages to their clients, these are the mostly cheap but very small hosting packages you can find ll over the Internet. 3.95/month hosting packages with just about as much power as a Trabant from Eastern Germany. Now the sales argument here is is also all known; just to make a blog or a simple sales web site you don't need to buy a bigger package... Lies, nothing but lies, right in your face. Remembger when you bought your first computer? even if it's not all that long ago, how big was the hard drive? How fast was your computer? And most important; how much money have you spent since?

You can see where I'm going. Look at your Web Host as if it was your hard drive, because that's what it eventually is. Computer software has become bigger and bigger over the years. One of my games on my computer today would require four of the hard drives i had installed on my first computer. The same happens with Internet software, Shopping Carts, Forums, Download Modules, you name it. All have become more complex, faster, better ... and Bigger!

Dismissed, So What DO I Need?

A Web Hosting Account has to go along with the development. With Web 2.0 in action and Web 3.0 and Web 4.0 clearly on the horizon, the small re-seller accounts are not what you are looking for. Neither do you need a dedicated server to cover your needs. What you need is a reliable and affordable web hosting package that has not only all the best toys and tools included, but also guarantees you to grow with the development of the Internet and to let it's customers be part of it.

I host my web sites on three different servers on three different web hosting companies. This is because you never set all coins on one horse. At least not until you fully understand the game. Nowadays I would probably move to on hosting provider, if it wasn't for too much hassle and too my sites an domain names.

One of my three web hosting providers shines clearly out of the rest. Not for nothing is it ranked within the top 5 web hosting providers for such a long time now. Please do me the favour though and read all the important stuff on my blog where I've gone into a very detailed description and also show you all the brand new stuff you get with your web hosting account.

I can tell you that much though, you won't find another web host that offers you so much for so little money anywhere on the Internet. Plus, and that's a BIG PLUS 24/7 live support. Believe me, I've seen it all. Good support can make the difference between success and failure and it often does.

I will also show you a way how you can make your money worth more than twice as much and keep some pocket change. That's really cool!