Thursday, 13 December 2012

Why it's Important to Avoid Cheap Hosting

By David Morgan


With so many website hosting packages to choose from it can be a time costly nightmare if you don't do your research to ensure you're choosing the right one.

Cheap hosting can be found littering the internet and you are only one click away from finding a hosting company that you think not only saves you a fortune but promises you everything you've been looking for from a web hosting company.

You may find that not only do they not have the capacity to successfully host your website but their technical support team is as helpful as a chocolate spanner.

Every time your website crashes and your customers cannot get onto your site means you are losing sales and money. Making a small saving each month with cheaper hosting really isn't worth the bad reputation and loss in sales you could be faced with.

Although cheap hosting can seem like an appealing option, if you do take this action then you may face some tough consequences. Unlike choosing an electricity or gas supplier; getting the cheapest online hosting option can really effect your customer reputation and website reliability.

Not only is it important for your website to load quickly for your customers but how fast your website loads is something that Google takes into consideration when ranking your site. How fast it loads could mean the difference between putting you on page 1 or page 15, and for a business this can spell disaster at the highest level.

If you experience any hosting or technical problems with your site you will need to get them resolved quickly. There is nothing more frustrating when you have a technical problem or your site's down and no one if there to help solve your issue quickly. A a lot of hosting companies that provide cheap packages are based abroad, so the time zone and outsourcing issues can often result in major headaches.

Cheap hosting companies are far more likely to have security issues. They can be hacked a lot easier, so hackers sneak through their poor security that their own developers have set up and they then have instant access to your website. Once that happens you will experience no end of problems. The last thing that any business needs is for their website to be hacked!

When you invest in a reliable hosting company then you're investing in providing your customers and website visitors with a secure and efficient website experience. When you pay less you so often get less so don't make that mistake and choose the right hosting plan for your needs; not the cheapest.




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  2. Hi,

    If you have an online business and you want to host your website than you should always go with reliable hosting services as compared to cheap web hosting services. If you go with cheap web hosting services than there is chance that you can face the problem like downtime and some others that can be harmful for your online business.

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