What are basic criteria to choose a Web Hosting Company

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What are basic criteria to choose a Web Hosting Company?

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Web hosting is most competitive market and thousands of web hosting companies provide different hosting plans to attract customers.

You should look for following basic things when choosing web hosting company:

Bandwidth:-

Bandwidth means the amount of data that can be sent over the network connection in a given transmission channel. Most web hosting companies offer different plan with different bandwidth options. No one can say how much bandwidth you required for your web site. If your site offer MP3 or Media file or Images that visitor can download you need more bandwidth. All hosting plan include bandwidth requirement for one month.
If your site contains static pages and only text content 1 GB bandwidth is enough for you. If you use more bandwidth then your hosting company over charge you’re for extra usage.

Uptime:-

The amount of time a web site is available is know as Uptime. You should also know how much uptime they offer in their plan.

Features:-

Your hosting company must include following basic features:-

Domain Registration
5 MB Web Space
Unlimited Bandwidth
POP3 and SMTP Email Accounts
Technical Support
Email Forwarding
Email Autoresponder
Email Filtering
FTP Access
Toll Free Telephone Support
Server Side Include (SSI)

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