Steps to Choose A Perfect Web Host
Steps to choose a perfect host are not at all different from the steps to choose a web host. This is so because there is no definition for describing a host as a perfect host. Any host can be a perfect host for any business; depending upon the business requirements and website needs. Steps to choose a perfect host include:
Firstly, clearly understand the business and website requirements. Prepare a list of notable features and their respective requirement details. - Then, proceed with preparing a list of potential web hosting service providers. This includes, performing a keyword-based research on internet or asking for recommendations from friends or peers or web industry experts through websites and online forums or consulting the web hosting review sites.
- Proceed performing a detailed research once again using the list of the potential service providers. This time focus on a detailed analysis of all the features of the web hosting packages offered by these web hosting service providers. [Tip: the comparison can be summarized in a table based format. This will provide with a one-glance view and easy comparison against the selected parameters.]
- Next, prepare a derivative table; matching the business requirements with the web hosting package features and specifications; as summarized in the previous step. [Tip: Mention all the web hosting service providers’ name in the first row of the table and mention all the parameters of comparison in the first column.]
- Highlight the rows with entries having matching criteria and strikethrough the rows with the entries that do not match the selection criteria. Proceed with making a fresh list of the short listed web hosting service providers.
- Next, establish a contact (either through telephone or e-mail or online chat or any other medium as specified by the service provider) with all of these to check for the customer support and responsiveness. [Tip: Keep a handy list of questions or prewritten e-mail asking information; ready and use it as the need arises.] Refine the list by rejecting the ones which do not reply or reply after more than 24 hrs from the time of submitting the query.
- Now, only selected names will be left. Again contact them for checking any special discounts available and get a clear understanding of the terms of service laid out by each of them. And, in the last choose the one that is located near the office premises, easily fits into the budget available and provides wider scope of expansion, as the business grows.
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