Web Hosting: Price vs. Quality
by: Paul Herbert
As the Internet expands, demand for different web-hosting services increases
proportionally. Additional numbers of people are joining the web world every day
with personal sites for their business or organization. Many people choose
low-cost solutions to host their web site, but it if your web site is important
to you, you should consider quality as much as price.
For instance, putting your site on a low costs web host can affect the speed
at which customers access it. Many surfers on broadband connections get annoyed
when site’s server does not keep up with their connection. If it does not offer
fast access and downloads, people will be reluctant to revisit the site. They
would leave the place with a negative impression about you result in long term
economic loss.
A well-established web host may charge more for the facilities but in the
long run they may offer better and latest services complying with the trends in
the market. Some high quality hosts even offers free add-ones and promotions.
The features like free web site builder or support for MySQL databases ensure
that the ultimate cost involved in building a productive website are a lesser
amount. These facilities may not be available when one goes for a cheaper web
host – or you may have to pay extra for them!
The cheapest web hosts may not always have a good reputation, either.
Reputable companies in the web hosting business have a well-established
infrastructure that ensures better services. Their servers tend to be down less
frequently and they are less likely to go out of business (and take your data
with them!).
Thus it is advisable to check out a host’s reputation and quality as well as
its price. The good news is, there are some web hosts that offer both
outstanding service as well as competitive prices. Don’t sell yourself short
with anything else!
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