Choosing a host

How to choose a reliable company to host your website? There are many to choose from and some are good and some are rubbish. Which one?

Some poeple find this a big hurdle and give up the whole idea of making money from websites at this point. After all, most people chosing a host are new to websites since chosing a host is the pretty much first task of getting a website.

Personally I went for the simplest approach and went for the biggest hosting company who won the awards. I just bought a websites magazine and read the adverts.

I found 3 adds for a company called 1and1 and looked them up on a search engine.

I didn't really know what I was doing but they also claimed to be cheap so decided to take a 'what the heck' attitude and signed up with them.

That was five years ago and I still use them today.

The point is not to get hung up or stressed. Ask an expert (whether that be a glossy magazine artuicle or a knowledgeble frined) and go with the advice you get. Good luck.


This website is hosted by oneandone webhosting. I use their 'Business Hosting' package which is cheap but has never given me a day's concern since I started using it in 1999.