Choosing your web hosting provider
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- Date: Oct 19,2008
Over the years, I’ve tried a few different web hosting companies and have realized the importance of getting a good one. My biggest complaint for most places is the tech support. All the web hosts will give you some kind of service, but it’s how fast they react when something isn’t working that’s important to me. Every single webhost I’ve used have promoted and promised a 99.7% uptime and 24hr tech support, but very few actually delivered that. In fact, most places can only be contacted by email and you’re lucky if they answer within 24 hours ! (When something is wrong with my hosting, I want an answer immediately and expect it to be fixed within the hour of my complaint being submitted)
Webhostingrating.com is a site that is aimed at reviewing and rating different webhosts. You can submit webhosting companies and give it a rating, and ofcourse you can use the site to know what others thought of a particular web hosting company. They also have lots of information that is important to know about when choosing a webhosting company, and they go in depth to explain the differences between the choices. The advantages of Linux web hosting versus windows hosting is explained, as well as the benefits of having a dedicated server and helping you decide if you really need one. Although chances are if you think you need one but you’re not sure why, you probably don’t. 
That’s all for now, I’m going to go add a couple of bad reviews and 1 good one for my current web host. I guess the moral of this article is very simple : If you’re looking for web hosting, do your research, ask your friends, and visit sites like webhostingrating.com to know what other people think.
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