There’s no doubt that more and more people and companies choosing web hosting rather than buy servers theirselves. There are many web hosting providers with different products with different services. If you get problems with choosing web hosting, you can check out the following flow.
- What are you going to do with the web hosting?CMS? Blog? BBS? Or just want to show products to your customer. Different uses need different hardware configuration. For example, 2G RAM maybe not enough for a BBS host.
- Which host is your need?Linux/Unix hosting, Windows hosting or VPS hosting? You should confirm this with your IT manager. Overall, Linux/Unix hosting is safer and more stable than Windows hosting.
- Which web hosting provider do you need?Maybe you knew some lage web hosting provider like Bluehost, Hostmonster, IX Webhosting and so on. But what’s the difference among them? Which one got the Best Web Hosting Awards of last month? You need to find some reviews of these providers and find out which one is your Mr.Right.
BTW, a good control panel is one of the most important factors for choosing web hosting.