Saturday, October 24, 2009

Locating the Right Cheap Web Hosting Service

By Brad Morgan

You have a great idea for a website and you are ready to get it out of your head and online where everyone can see it. You have everything planned, from your color scheme to your website's name: nothing has been left to chance. The only problem, however, is that you don't know how to get your website out of your head (or off of your computer) and onto the internet.

Web hosting is a vital tool in the internet world. Web hosting, in its simplest form, is when you hire a company or business who has a server and who puts your website onto their server, allowing anyone who has access to the internet to be able to see your website.

If you did not hire a web hosting company, you would have to purchase your own server, which is not only extremely confusing, but amazingly expensive. One server can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and that is when you purchase one of the older models. The price of a top of the line model is enough to make your eyes roll back into your head in shock!

Rather than buying a server, you can choose to hire a company to host your website for you. The problem then turns to choosing the right web hosting company for your needs. If you look you will see that there are hundreds of companies out there who claim to have the best business around. Which one do you select?

To begin with, look at the prices. You will see a wide variety of prices to select from. Remember to avoid choosing a company that you can't afford. If you spend too much money, you will wind up worse off than you were before you began your web hosting journey.

It is also important to stay away from the least expensive company as well. A good way to think about it is to think about how you select a new used car. You never go for the cheapest, as you know that you will wind up spending more money to fix it up. If you buy one that is a bit more expensive, you may be able to drive it around without having to spend tons of extra money.

At the same time, though, it is also important to not hire the least expensive web hosting company as well. One good way to look at it is as you would if you were buying a used car. If you choose the least expensive car on the lot, you will wind up spending a great deal of money to fix it up. If, instead, you choose to buy one that is a bit more expensive, but still affordable, you might just be able to drive that vehicle off the lot. Selecting a web hosting company is very much like choosing the perfect car for you. Remember: if you go to the cheap company, you get cheap service. This means that you will wind up having a lot of frustration due to technicians who are unable to help you when you need it.

This is especially important if you are just starting to learn about web hosting. Getting the cheapest company will leave you with tons of unanswered questions. Hiring a company that has better customer service, however, will allow you to get all of your questions about webhosting answered easily. This can be the key between either having a website, or having the dream of a website.

So the first thing you need to look for is a web hosting company, and the next is one that you can afford and that is known for quality customer service. Once you find that, everything else tends to fall into place.

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