Cheap and good quality web hosting

If you plan to have a new website, you will need to host your website on a web server. When your website is activated on the web server, online users can browse your website on the Internet. The company that provides the web servers to host your website is called a web host.

There are thousands of web hosting providers on the internet and how do you decide which one to use? Sites like http://www.webhostingspotter.com can help you by comparing the best hosting providers.

The features that web hosting companies offer are becoming quite standard nowadays. There are basic features that you will need in a web host. You can find more here.

To give a web host a competitive advantage over the others, more attractive features are very necessary. You’ll find that many hosts are willing to give away free things that used to cost more than $10 per month.

These are some of the advanced features that our best hosts offer.

* Website builder

Many of our top 10 hosts offer a powerful website building program called SiteStudio. SiteStudio allows you to create sites without any knowledge of html, FTP and HTTP. You can also create a site on the go while you are at home, at school, or even at work. Hostgator SiteStudio has over 500 ready-made templates for you to choose from.

* E-commerce enabled

If you are selling products on your site, you need a merchant account. A shopping cart is a useful tool if you have more than 1 product in different categories. SSL (Secured Sockets Layer) is a must if you need to receive valuable information such as credit card information from your customers. PowWeb, Hostgator, and Lunarpages provide an osCommerce shopping cart and shared SSL for your eCommerce needs.

* Marketing package

Most marketing packages include search engine submission software, keyword generator, and link checker. Some hosting companies like iPower have partnered with Yahoo! Search (formerly known as Overture) and Google AdWords to offer you pay-per-click credit to boost your business.

Popularity

The best marketing method by far is word of mouth. If you subscribe to a web host and are happy with the performance, I would most likely recommend it to anyone looking for a good host. The big web hosting companies know this concept so well that they would go to great lengths to retain their existing customers. The more satisfied customers they have, the more popularity they will get. We take this as an important indicator of how good a host is.

Netfirms tops the popularity among our top 10 hosts.

Network reliability, speed and uptime guarantee

In terms of reliability, we’re looking at how redundant the server is, how often companies back up the server, and how well they handle emergencies. “Redundant” means that if any of the Internet connections go down, the alternate Internet connection will take over. PowWeb load balancing technology is one of the best we found for ensuring your site is 99.9% up all the time.