There are a massive number of hosting companies on the market. It can leave you a little bamboozled and not knowing which way to turn, unless you understand the market and exactly what to look for.

There are several different types of hosting account from shared hosting, to VPS (virtual Private Sever) to renting your own dedicated server. For most people with just one or a few websites that do not get huge levels of traffic, a shared hosting account is more than adequate.

Generally, in todays market nearly all of the shared hosting accounts can offer unlimited storage space and unlimited bandwidth as well.

Once you have this straight in your mind there is no need to worry about your decision being swayed by ‘great advertising’ claims and you can start to pay attention to whats really important when it comes to your web host.

The aspect of a web hosting company that really separates the quality companies from those that should be avoided, is the quality of the support that they are able to offer as well as their the server speed and uptime.

Pretty much all the different providers out there will tell you that you get uptime of 99.9% and they’ll also guarantee it on their sites. What you really need to do however is to read what their existing and past customers actually think about them and their service. Basically going right to the horses mouth.

The best way to get independent reports is to read a site that gathers customer reviews.

Although, you must be careful when you do this because a lot of what seem to be ‘review sites’ are not real and have been created to promote web hosting companies that pay commissions to people who supply traffic to their sites.