Web hosting is an online service where web hosting companies provide space for individuals and organisations to house a website and its content (e.g. text and images) on the internet and make it accessible to other users on a 24/7 basis.

With many types of web hosting companies out there, it can be hard to deduce the one which is the best. Here are some of the factors one must look into before choosing a web host.

TYPES OF WEB HOSTING

There are different types of web hosting, each with their helpful features and drawbacks. Let’s take a look at some of them.

SHARED HOSTING

This is the most popular type of web hosting and usually the cheapest. It is the one most first time owners of websites opt for. In shared hosting, a website shares server resources like storage space and processing power with other websites. This sort of hosting is usually suitable for small-scale businesses and blogs who get little visitors or traffic to their website.

VPS HOSTING

Also known as virtual private server hosting. In this type of web hosting, a web-hosting company provides users with their own virtual server with an allocated amount of resources like bandwidth, that they won’t have to share with other users like in shared hosting. This type of service is more suited to medium-sized businesses and blogs, which are experiencing an increase in visitors.

DEDICATED SERVER HOSTING

Here, users are provided with their own physical server without having to share resources with other websites, thus giving users total control over server resources. This type of service is suited more for large online businesses with a large amount of visitors.

CLOUD HOSTING

Here, hosting providers provides users with multiple servers and resources with which to host their websites. So if a server goes bad, a web hosting company can simply use another more suitable server to host your website, with little to no downtime. This is more suited for e-commerce websites.

FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING WEB HOSTING.

SPEED

Site speed is one of the most important factors one has to take account of before committing to a web host. Research shows that if a website takes over 3 seconds to load, there is an ever-increasing chance of the user losing interest and then moving on to another website. If you host an ecommerce store online, slow load times can lead to a huge amount of lost revenue as users leave your site.

SECURITY

It is very important to make sure that the web hosting provider you choose provides ample security to your site from hackers trying to steal your site data. Users should be on the lookout for features like auto-backups and malware detection choosing to host providers.

UPTIME

You should be sure that the web hosting company you choose has an impeccable uptime record. Your website should and must be available to any user from anywhere in the world without the user experiencing any downtime or notification of the site being temporarily down, as this can hurt your reputation.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Owning a website can be quite an overwhelming and technical experience, so make sure that the company you host your website on provides sufficient customer support with fast response times in case you run into any challenges that you can’t handle.

PEER REVIEWS

Sometimes, in order to know the hosting provider you should go with, you can simply ask any of your friends, colleagues, or check online reviews of web hosting.

Their feedback can give you an overview of the services provided by the company and also how they treat their customers.

Here’s a list of web hosting providers that we at Orotor tech recommend for our clients.

FOR SHARED HOSTING

Hostinger (AFFILIATE LINK https://hostinger.com?REFERRALCODE=1DAVID53), SiteGround, Chemicloud, Knownhost.

FOR CLOUD HOSTING

NameHero, WPX Hosting, Liquid Web, Hostinger Cloud.

FOR MANAGED CLOUD

Vultr, Cloudways, DigitalOcean, WP-Engine, Kinsta.

I hope this post has helped you get a better understanding of what web hosting is and what it entails, thus guiding you on which package to choose that closely suits your needs.

If you still can’t decide which hosting package is right for you, send us an email on our contact page. We’ll be more than happy to help you make the right choice.