1. Use a popular web host. UGG Boots Outlet

That budget-conscious one might be an uncommitted merchant. I used one recently. Inexpensive UGG Boots Roxy Short, and very helpful. Then my website went 'missing'. By the Grace Involving God I was able to get in touch with the owner, and make a backup, prior to the service was closed down. I found out later he had approximately six customers.

Use a popular webhost. Avoid ones that are trying to draw in customers by undercutting rates for you to silly levels. If a package seems too good really was, it probably is.

2. Their Google PageRank gives a clue about how popular they are.

This can irk the smaller hosts, but if your site is a serious one, don it a serious host. Web hosting expenses peanuts these days. People may be funny about spending a supplementary $5 a month. You'll wish you'd paid $500 when your site goes skew-whiff, and you can't get a reply from their technical support.

3. Send all of them an email or two. Observe long it takes to get a answer.

This can be very revealing. If they take two days to get back to a potential client UGG Classic Paisley Boots, how long do they take to solution their _existing_ customers?

4. Check out their forums; how busy is it? They don't have a forum? Subsequent!

They should have enough customers to run a forum, and attention enough to have one. Reading through it can give you a clue as to what their support is like. Also, see when they had the final news update on their site. If it was long ago, they may be moribund.

5. Technical Support.

This is as important as the functions they supply. It's no good having a Virtual Private Server for $10.00 a month if there's no one right now there to answer your emails when the hard-disk fails.

6. Features.

Most geeks prefer Unix. It's been around longer, and it is more stable. Web hosts providing Unix variants like Linux will always be cheaper. They also seem to give you a wider range of toys. We need SSI (Server Side Includes), SSH (protected Telnet), 10 MySQL databases, Cpanel, PHPMyAdmin plus a UK IP number. And you will get this for $15 a month.

Things such as MySQL databases UGG Nightfall Boots, Cpanel and SSH access are real sticking points for many web hosts. If they're generous with one of these, you've found a rare treasure.

7. Word Of Mouth.

Webmasters are always asking concerning web hosts on webmaster discussion boards. Find a few recent posts UGG Metallic Tall Boots Gold, and note who has got the most votes. Search engines, alternatively, have been spammed by some hosting companies. If you do a search on 'the best web hosts' or 'top 10 web hosts' you'll receive puff pages. Recent thoughts from professional webmasters work best.