Selecting your Web Host
Posted by Spyros Panagiotopoulos in General Website Creation Tips, tags: buy host, buy web host, web host, web hosting
I suppose that by now you know what topic to choose for your website and have created it. It’s now time to get on to buying our web host in order to publish it online. If you wonder why you need a web host, the answer is pretty simple. Most of use doesn’t have much upload bandwidth at his/her disposal and also does not have a 24/7 computer alive and working. However, the web hosting companies buy lots of bandwidth and have all-day working computers that host our websites for a small monthly fee. So, if you don’t own lots of bandwidth and a computer server, you’ll need to buy a web hosting packet.
What are the best web hosting companies?
There is an infinite number of web hosting companies around the web. Just doing a simple search will reveal thousands of thousands of them. However, there are some that are considered the best worldwidely with millions of subscribers and cheap prices too. I’ll be referring to 3 of them below, also giving information about their basic packages(that almost 100% of the new website owners buy).
http://www.bluehost.com – BlueHost
web hosting providerFree Domain Name
Site Promotion Package
domain hostingFree eCommerce/Cart
domain hostingFree Blog, Forum, Board
domain hostingTop Notch 24/7 Support
domain hosting$25 Free Yahoo Credits
domain hosting$50 Free Google Credits
Their basic package price is 3.95/month
http://www.hostmonster.com - HostMonster
UNLIMITED Hosting Space
UNLIMITED Site Bandwidth
Host UNLIMITED Domains
Unlimited Pop/Imap Email Accounts
SSH Access (Secure Shell)
SSL, FTP, Stats
CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MYSQL
Front Page Extensions
Free Domain Forever
Free Site Builder
Best Support in the Industry
Their basic package price is 3.95/month
http://www.justhost.com – Just Host
* Unlimited GB’s of Space
* Unlimited GB’s of Transfer
* Unlimited Domain Hosting
* Unlimited E-Mail Accounts
* Unlimited MySQL Databases
* FREE Site Builder
* FREE Domain for Life
* FREE Instant Setup
* Anytime Money Back Guarantee
Their basic package price is 3.95/month
If you are reviewing other web hosting companies you’re doing very well. Try to choose what best fits your needs. I can only tell you from my experience that the most important things are:
- Support
- Bandwidth
- Hard Disk Space
- Nice and easy to use panel – interface (aim for Cpanel mainly, it’s the standard one)
- Ability for many email and mysql accounts
- Third Party tools that help you build your site.
There’s not much more that you need to know about your web host. Pick one and get ready to upload your website to it and go live ! 
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