A host will put your website or blog on the internet! Think of it like this: a domain is a house that is floating in space. With a host you can land that house on the ground. Now everyone can access it.
Therefore, you need to get a host. Without it you cannot create a website or blog.
Choosing a Good Host
Lets get back to your house: if you could put your house in any neighborhood, where would you put it?
Right, a good wholesome neighborhood, not some ghetto. It’s the same with hosting: you could get a bad unreliable host and save a few bucks a month or you can get a good host for just a few dollars extra.
Your choice, but I can tell you from experience that a good host will save you a huge amount of time and stress.
A good host should have support through phone or email (at least), good amount of bandwidth (amount of visitors that can visit the site), a huge amount of space, and automatic script installation, just to name a few features.
If you truly want a quality host, it takes hours of researching and learning terms that not even most computer nerds know. It’s not a fun experience.
That’s why I did the work for you. After hours upon hours of researching I found that Hostgator is the best host for the price. Hostgator’s features and support are second to none, and the price is the cheapest you will find for their services.
I recommend using the Baby Plan which costs 8 dollars a month. This plan has everything you will ever need and more.
If you don’t choose Hostgator, well, I guess you can start looking around. I could tell you some features to look for, but that would take thousands of words. That’s why I recommend Hostgator.
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Motorcycle Transport (1 comments) February 26, 2010 at 9:58 pm
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RROD (2 comments) February 23, 2010 at 1:09 am
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S.Pradeep Kumar (31 comments) January 27, 2010 at 7:13 am
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Melvin (10 comments) January 26, 2010 at 2:42 pm
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phpAt my job we build a ton of websites so we know how important hosting is, I don’t believe we’ve tried hostgator yet though, I’ll suggest it. Thanks for the post
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It is crucial that your service be uptime (functioning and accessible for use) . It means you can get access to your account whenever you desire to update your web pages, and users can enter your website whenever they refer to your site address.
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Avid fan of Host Gator and Host Monster. And also Media Temple. Need to chose one among these now..!
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Jake O'Callaghan (14 comments) Reply:
January 31st, 2010 at 6:15 pm
I personally use Hostmonster, and recommend using Hostgator. Hostmonster is good, but there are some annoyances.
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Count me in as an avid user of Hostgator
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