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What Do You Look For In Webhosting?

by Jake Gray
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What do you look for in a webhosting provider?

This can be anything! Please do start listing.


#webhosting
  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    I look for a long term track record of consistent customer satisfaction.
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    It is okay to contact me! I have been developing software since 1999, creating many popular products like phpLD.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
      Originally Posted by dvduval View Post

      I look for a long term track record of consistent customer satisfaction.
      Definitely.

      Thanks for your input!
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    • Profile picture of the author johnsonf5
      Price, Unlimited Domains, Bandwidth, Uptime,and reviews.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
        Originally Posted by johnsonf5 View Post

        Price, Unlimited Domains, Bandwidth, Uptime,and reviews.
        Unlimited domains is excellent. Unlimited bandwidth and Unlimited diskspace seem to attract the wrong type of client. ( Alot of them are abusive towards the servers and usually don't care about others on that server. )

        Thanks for your input!
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        • Profile picture of the author yougpeter
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          • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
            Originally Posted by yougpeter View Post

            I look for feedback ,price ,service.
            Thank you for your input!
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  • Profile picture of the author Nigel Greaves
    * Excellent uptime
    * Proven customer satisfaction i.e. a good reputation on various forums
    * Outstanding customer service levels
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    • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
      Originally Posted by Nigel Greaves View Post

      * Excellent uptime
      * Proven customer satisfaction i.e. a good reputation on various forums
      * Outstanding customer service levels
      Providing top quality customer service is essential for businesses, but sadly not to many businesses provide top quality support.

      Support is a must!

      Uptime is essential, what's the point of moving to that host if they provide 50% even 60% uptime? None, you're right!

      Thanks for your input!
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    • Profile picture of the author jabs83
      I look for technical support available through chat - in case I don't want to spend 45mins on hold first.

      The availability and speed of how sales and technical support is vary important.

      I will also ask what kind of hardware the servers are running, and if there's any redundancy.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
        Originally Posted by jabs83 View Post

        I look for technical support available through chat - in case I don't want to spend 45mins on hold first.

        The availability and speed of how sales and technical support is vary important.

        I will also ask what kind of hardware the servers are running, and if there's any redundancy.
        Thank you for your input!
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  • Profile picture of the author 72K.org
    Not only do I look for long track, but also the support is important.

    I use hostgator, and their support is immaculate. They've never given me problems and usually their support team can handle things quickly for you. I would highly recommend Hostgator for your web hosting needs (lol look at me I sound like a HostGator rep or something).
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    • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
      OK, perfect.

      Thank you for your input guys. You ROCK!
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    The answer would also depend on how long are we on the net...

    E.g. when I was a beginner webmaster, I was very happy to have host that was available for support by email, phone, chat etc.

    Today, I like the hosts where I don't know how good their support is. Simply, because that means there are no major problems with their servers, there are no sudden downtimes - so I don't need to contact them
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