How to choose a web hosting company or server hosting company
The website is finally up and running.
Now the question is where to host the website, which web hosting company is best?
Not a simple dilemma since quite a few web hosting companies have emerged.
What’s more, the price differences between companies are sometimes quite large.
In fact, there are several features to check before choosing a web hosting company:
- Web hosting company / server experience:
It is advisable to choose a company that is as old as possible.
The advantage of a veteran server hosting company is mainly the experience it has gained over the years.
A large number of failure scenarios brings the company to recognize failures and situations that a young company has not yet encountered, which means that for the website owner who hosts with an established company, it is a faster and more professional solution to failures.
2. Telephone support and availability:
Another important thing is to check that there is telephone support around the clock for that hosting company.
What’s more, the response is quick and available for any malfunction.
High availability means a fast and efficient solution in real time or at least within a quick and short treatment period.
3. Web hosting company size:
The immediate instinct is to take a large website hosting company such as Bezeq or Partner.
This instinct is wrong.
Hosting a website with a large company means that that company holds a large number of websites, sometimes more than it can support or respond to in a reasonable time.
Although this is not always true, in my experience it is often the case.
In large companies, the waiting time is longer and there is less personal attention.
Your conclusion, the website owner, is to choose a boutique-level web hosting/server company,
A small and efficient company that will give you fast, professional, personal attention and no waiting times for any treatment.
4. Comprehensive technical support:
It is highly desirable that a web hosting company provide comprehensive technical support.
What is meant by comprehensive technical support?
This means not only handling at the server level but also handling at the code/site level.
Currently, technical support for web hosting/servers requires knowledge and expertise in everything related to WordPress sites.
And not only that, but also general knowledge in PHP / MYSQL / ASP / MSSQL and the like.
If you purchase WordPress website hosting and there is a problem with the site, due to a version update or a plugin update (WordPress extension), most companies will likely claim that there is no problem with the website hosting server, but rather a problem with the website code.
And the responsibility lies with you in such a case, not the website hosting company.
An unpleasant situation, to say the least.
Boutique-level companies will not send you to handle an independent problem, but will get into the thick of it and also give you a solution at the WordPress site level and the site code in general. At least to a reasonable level.
5. The level of servers and the quality of the server hardware:
It is important that the server/website hosting company has a high-level cloud computing platform with a high-quality and good level of hardware, which will provide the level of performance and availability for the website that you want and need.
6. Number of websites stored on a hosting server:
The amount of web hosting on a shared server is critical.
If too many websites are stored on a hosting server, this may lead to overload and consequently to poor availability or speed of those websites. Therefore, it is important to ensure that hundreds of websites are not stored on each server and that the level of hardware on the server is compatible with the number of websites.
7. Additional services related to your website:
Another advantage is in companies that not only know how to host your website but also maintain it.
This usually involves maintaining a WordPress website .
A web hosting company that also knows how to maintain a WordPress website is a big advantage.
Any need to update the website, change or add anything is carried out within the same framework and under one roof.
Convenient and effective.
Also, registering a domain with the same company can be an advantage and provide faster access to updating domain records as needed and without dependence on another external company.
This means that everything under one roof is an advantage for you as the owner of a WordPress website or any other website.
Good luck to everyone!
Article author – Tzachi Bengiat, CEO of Host Center
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