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Gregory Anuhin
Gregory Anuhin
4,600 Points

Please help me to choice the right hosting

Hello! I'm new to web developing. My plan is to create web project that will be visited by many people. I will need server support and i would like to have the full ability to make the codes from zero. I want to have the opportunity to make few websites on my hosting, of course I'm ready to pay for good service.

The thing that is not clear is what is the limit of site visitors or data stored on server.

Please help me to choice the right thing... Thanks

2 Answers

Ok, I can help with this one having just done it this summer. If cost is a thing, I'd say go ahead and do what you can to find free web hosting. It's usually very small, only allows a few web pages at a time and very low bandwidth, like a gig at most. Still, if cost is a thing, there you go. I'm sure Angelfire is still around.

If you want a national company that has severs everywhere, a good national firm that is always offering deals is HostGator. They have thanksgiving/black friday sales going on ATM and with christmas around the corner, I'm sure they'll do something there as well.

Finally, try something local. I work with Hostpond, a Portland-based web hosting firm to host my website and they are wonderful to work with. A decent Google search should help with what your area is. Try '[area] local webs hosts' or just 'local web host services' and you'll see enough ads.

So how does one discriminate? Well, does one prefer national support 24/7, or does one feel better to put food on someone's table? How much downtime do they have? How much traffic do they realistically expect you to use? Do they help with SEO efforts? When was their last data breach and how did they respond to it? They should mention bandwidth in their pricing plans. And if not, why not? What is their plan/penalty if you get that traffic? These are all questions people should ask.

Better yet, a meet up group about web dev. and asking who they use could be invaluable. By going off of their recommendation, they could get a referral and you could be giving them a deal. People appreciate favors and being indebted to someone.

Hope that helps. I wasn't sure what your question was, so I did the best I could. The best deal, though, is to take a community college course and you'll get to taught to build a page, and you'll get free/reduced hosting. Most companies that do this arrange for a very good bargain deal to give their students so they can get increased conversion to customers.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Hi Gregory,

I would suggest looking at iPage or Siteground both offer good support and come with lots of features included.
Taking your time and do your research is the most important thing when considering hosting companies.

Gregory Anuhin
Gregory Anuhin
4,600 Points

Thank you for your suggest )