How can you choose the best hosting for your website?
Picking the right Web host isn't an exact science. Your decision relies largely upon what you plan to do with your site, how much time and expertise you have available to devote to it, and what you can afford to pay. Here are the basic types of users and the kinds of hosts that are right for each.
For Small Business
If you run a small business, you need to hang your shingle on the Web. But don't let running the site turn into a full-time job. While thousands of small businesses use services such as GeoCities or Homestead, a shared host is generally a better bet. You'll be able to give your site a more customized look, though you'll have to design it yourself or pay extra to have a host do it for you, and you'll have more room to grow as site traffic increases or you add employees and e-mail accounts. Prices are extremely competitive; you can get a fully functional site for less than $20 per month. But you'll also be sharing one machine with potentially hundreds of other sites, so if sites on your shared server get hacked or blocked for spamming, your site could be shut down for a time. |
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