So you’ve made the shortlist of web hosts and you’re looking at Siteground vs Bluehost. After looking at countless articles and reviews from people who used either one of these web hosts. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a side by side comparison of Siteground vs Bluehost? If I were in your shoes I certainly would love that. The truth is that depending on where you are in your journey of finding the best hosting plan for your website or blog it is important to consider some key elements. Many people struggle with finding the right hosting partner for their business because they make the final purchase for all the wrong reasons. They may have bought it because their friends use the same company or it suited their budget or it was an impulse buy as the web host had a sale. I can assure you that those are not the right reasons for choosing the perfect website host. There are far more must-haves to consider before clicking the buy now button. In this post, I’m going to spend some time with you looking at what exactly is web hosting, why it is important and the steps you need to take to choose the right one for your needs. What is website hosting anyway Well, every single website needs a place to store the files or pages images and code that make up their website. This place of storage is called a web host. In simple terms, a web host can be seen as someone with a very powerful computer that remains on 24/7 with a special address that people can use to find the files stored on this powerful computer. This powerful computer is also known as a server and as you can tell it serves up files. images and pages from an address which is known as an IP address. The people who maintain this server would need to have the knowledge and experience to host all different kinds of websites so that they can ensure that these websites don’t have any downtime. I do remember at one point over the last 10 years I wanted to become a web host that focused on helping women in business host their website. So, I purchased the domain name and set up my server with WHM, etc. Soon, I realised that it is too boring for me and even got hacked in the process. So my web hosting career was over in short order. Why is web hosting important Anyone can decide that they are on a tight budget and set up their computer as a server giving their audience access to their website. The difficulty with this is that you will find that maintaining your computer 24/7 is not worth the effort and that you are probably better off using a tried and tested hosting company. This brings me to the point of explaining why a web hosting company is important. You can hire a company who has years of experience hosting websites for less than a Happy Meal at McDonald's. You can pay them only $3.95 a month to keep your website up and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you think that is a lot then compare it to the hourly wage in your country. At this point, you are probably wondering how on earth can the staff at your web host survive on $3.95 a month? Well, they host hundreds or even thousands of websites every month so this is 'no skin off their backs'. Just in case you think that they are totally bored watching websites all day they can be quite busy if they have hundreds of websites in their care. The key thing to remember is that websites need to be kept secure and there are several rules when it comes to data protection. There are also a lot of hackers who keep them busy just for fun. What are the key features of a good web host Depending on the type of website that you are looking to create there are some standard features that everyone needs. These features include: * SSD Drive * SSL certificate * 24/7 Support * Cpanel
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