4 Things Shared in Web Hosting

Cheap shared web hosting isn't the poor mans choice it once was, in fact many cheap hosting companies now provide a good, reliable service that is enough to meet most webmasters needs. That said there are a things you should be wary of before selecting any hosting provider.

1. Size Doesn't Matter

Many hosting providers may try to sway you with talk of the very high bandwidth levels they allow you and the massive amount of disk space but don't base your decision solely on this factor. The truth is over 90% of sites on shared web hosting never get anywhere near there bandwidth levels, with a large number using less than a tenth their limit.

2. Who Wants To Be Popular?

Popularity does not guarantee you a good service. Many popular host start of small and offering a good service but once their popularity grows they start to become complacent and their product suffers. It may not always be the case but it happens more than you'd believe. Also becoming popular nowadays can simply be a case of having the largest advertising budget.

3. The Price Is Right

It is always tempting, in any market, to find the cheapest service/product available and purchase solely for that reason but this shouldn't be the case. A cheaper service may lack loads of features that another company includes for just a dollar extra. This can often be the case with multi domain hosting accounts, one service may limit you to one domain per account where as for a dollar more you could host unlimited domains on one account. Just think of the amount of money you could save if you have numerous sites simply by not rushing into the cheapest option.

4. Hello, Is There Anybody There?

Customer service has to be looked into, seriously many providers think that because they offer cheap shared web hosting that they don't need to support their users to a high standard. BS, you paid them for a service so they should damn well provide it. The truth is many webmasters encounter difficultie and at these times they need the support of their hosting provider. Ignore the importance of customer support and you will regret it.

There are quite a few things that need to be looked into when searching for cheap shared web hosting but don't panic as there are a number of great services that meet the criteria - you simply have to find them.