Time and again have I been warning my reader about the difficulties one has to face with web hosting. Setting up a web site is very trendy nowadays but it is not that easy as it sounds to host a website in the internet. Just a quick search over your favorite search engine and a list of millions of web hosting providers will emerge out. But among all these more than 50% have proven to be scams. They may brag to be the best in their field to lure you on buying a service from them and will later leave you in despair. Once you have been caught up with a certain hosting provider, you may face following problems:
- The provider is unable to give a good technical support. They say they have 24/7 support but most of the time clients get answering machines or voice mail systems.
- Another problem that is regularly faced is sites being down too many times or being too slow at certain times. This can be a disaster for revenue generation sites.
- Last but not the least is the delay after the sign up. With many web hosts, after signing up it takes days for the account to be ready.
So, the best way is to research thoroughly before making any decision. What are the options that you have (hosting providers details from uptime, data back-ups, security, etc), what are your limitations, whether you need Windows hosting or UNIX hosting, do every bit of research that you need and that you can. You don’t want to regret later on for the decision that you made today.
