My way for choosing webhost

Posted at April 21, 2008

Everyone has their own way to find good webhost, I do have too.

1. Limited feature, limited means every single aspects to make sure an server working well already in server administrator mind. Just trust it. I don’ agree with words ‘unlimited’ word. Unlimited means no control, no control means preparing to get disappointed.

2. Free Hosting, sometime its good but much more experience from unsatisfied user using free web host. Downtime, unreliable support system and wasting time.

3. You are You, you know what you need. For newbie, start with free hosting with reputable host like blogspot that support domain pointing feature. Pick hosting with feasible budget on your own domain name better than pick hosting with a lot of feature but expensive.

4. Don’t believe review, some of review just need to throw affiliate ID for some host. Never try it and get confused when someone asked more detailed experience. Just do your own research. Your patience will pays off.

5. Consider to upgrade, VPS or dedicated server is the answer of your highly traffic needs. But beware on it. Expensive still not guaranteed you to get good host. Better do your research and compare host. A few good forum exist out there to help you.

Do you have an experience to share? I’d love to hear that