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Archie Lubman

Choosing a good web host is not difficult. However, there are several important considerations that you must take into account in order to find the right web host.

1.) Disk Space

Disk Space is measured in bytes. 1 megabyte (MB) is roughly 1,000,000 bytes. 1 gigabyte (GB) is about 1000 MB. Most hosts in our web hosting directory at www.webhostchecklist.com/tophosts.html offer at least 5000 MB or 5 GB in disk space. Some web hosting companies from the directory offer as much as 20,000 MB or 20 GB and more.

It’s not difficult to calculate disk size needed for your web site. First, you must add all your files to find out how much space your site needs now. Then, you must consider future additions and updates to your web site.

Disk Space = Current Files + Future Additions.

2.) Data Transfer, Bandwidth

Data Transfer measures how much data was transmitted from your site to the visitor and back.

If the web site consists of several pages for a total of 3 MB, and there are 3,000 visitors a month who visit every page, then amount of data transferred is 3,000 * 3 = 9,000 MB. Since probably not every visitor will visit every page of your site, the best formula to calculate monthly data transfer is the following: Data Transfer = # Of Visitors * Page Size * # Of Pages Viewed.

Of course, number of visitors and page viewes will differ from month to month and so is amount of data transferred.

3.) Operating System

Many web hosting services use Linux or Windows operating systems. Your choice of operating system should be based on what programs you plan to use.

Both Windows & Linux are fine for HTML files. However, Windows is best for ASP while Linux is fine with Perl/CGI. Take a look at what software and databases your prospective host is supporting.

Usually Windows hosting is more expensive. Some people wrongly believe that you must use the host that has the same operating system as your computer. Actually you can use Windows on your computer and have Linux host, and vice versa.

4.) Uptime

Uptime is a percentage of time your site is available online.

Sometimes even the very best web hosts shut down due to numerous reasons (outage, maintenance, human error...). However, your uptime must be at least 99% to 99.5%, and
top web hosting companies provide it.

5.) Customer Support

It is very important to have professional help if something is wrong with your site. Most hosts in affordable web host list at www.webhostchecklist.com/tophosts.html offer at least a daytime phone and on line customer support options.

6.) Price

Naturally you want to pay the lowest price possible for web hosting. However, sometimes cheap or free isn't necessarily good.

You want to make sure that your host offers enough web space, data transfer and good customer support even if it means paying a little more. This is especially true for E-Commerce web sites. If your site is too slow to load or is down for some time, you lose customers and money.

I don't recommend free hosts because they often place banners and other ads on your web pages. Many of them go out of business on a short notice or no notice at all. Also some free hosts won't let you use your domain name and you will have to use their domain that can make your address too long and hard to remember.

In addition to the advice above, it is also important that you choose established web host with good reputation. You can find such web host from our list at www.webhostchecklist.com/tophosts.html . In most cases you would have to sign up for 1 or 2 year package in order to qualify for best deals that include free domain and set up.

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