Looking for a web hosting company? Do you know what to look for? In my last post I discussed the fact that the best web hosting company for one person or company may not be the same for another. This is true! However, there are some main points of interest that may help you get the best bang for your buck. First of all, it is important to do your research and compare web hosting companies. Some sites will compare and review webhosting companies for you making it easier for you to decide which companies have better ratings, reputations, and offers than others.
Many web hosting providers now offer UNLIMITED webspace, file transferring, and sometimes bandwidth. These things will help you be less limited on the size of website you want to build. They often offer FREE domains, subdomains, and POP emails. FTP is also a very helpful tool to look for as it will allow you to take pages from another program and allow you to upload them directly to your site. Most of the the free web hosting companies do not offer a dedicated IP address but you can find very cheap web host companies that do. This benefit allows you to have your own little piece of their server so your site will run independently instead of shared with other making your site run more efficiently. (so when the shared server crashes you will still be ok).