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How To Pick The Best Web Hosting Companies For Small Businesses

By Martha Walker


Having a good design on the site is not all one needs to be successful online. They also need a firm that will support the operation of the site. Finding web hosting companies for small businesses is not difficult at all. Inputting that into Google generates more than 100 million results. Now sifting through these results to find the ruby in the rough is the real job. It takes a lot of due diligence and some little bit of knowledge on how servers work. Do not rely on them to explain.

Some search engines penalize the enterprise if there are too many instances of downtime. Downtime can affect the Search Engine Results Page. One should, therefore, aim for more than 90% uptime. This means that the website will be online more often than it is offline. Often people go for the cheapest solution. The cheapest solution could mean lots and lots of downtime. This actually does more to hurt the business.

One of the questions to ask is how many clients are hosted per server. One should also find out how this affects the loading speed of those sites. The company will not be forthcoming about this so talk to clients and check the customer inquiry spaces for the most common complaints. These will give insight into the kind of shop that is. The clients should not have to struggle for adequate allocation of resources.

For a site to remain operational, it must be well maintained. For that 99% uptime to be achieved, the firm must commit to constantly monitoring the health of the site. A managed server ensures the client gets a team of professionals dedicated to uploading software, scanning for viruses and every other necessary task required for peak operational performance of the site.

One should find the firm that best supports the clients. This is easy to tell just from social media interactions. How long does it take the firm to respond to customer inquiries? How do they respond to the inquiries? Do the responses seem helpful? Do the clients seem happy and pleased with the services of that firm?

It is always advisable to use a bigger entity. It is okay to want to support the start-ups. However, these start-ups have a weaker commitment to being a going concern. What if one morning the firm decides to close down? The site files will be lost. One will be left out in the cold and they will not realize until some damage has been done. Bigger entities are more reliable and safer in this respect.

Some designers and probably will host some sites on their private servers. They will offer cheaper fees as a way to win over the established firms. It may seem like a good idea at first. What a way to save on costs, right? Do not do it.

Tiny enterprises have many costs to worry about. They have to worry about breaking even before they can think about profits. Therefore, do not overdo. Just get whatever is enough and appropriate for the size of the enterprise. It is possible to get more when the enterprise can handle it.




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