If you have a website, you likely have heard of “web hosting”, without the first clue of what that is. Here’s a simple explanation: when a company offers use of their servers so that others can make a website and “host” it there, that company is a web host and that service is “web hosting”. Keep reading to find out how you can select a good web hosting service.

Switch web hosts if an outage lasts for more than a day. Even if the host explains why the server is down, the most likely reason is that the host did not invest enough into back up plans as far as outages are concerned. Any truly professional web hosts will have ensured that outages will be short and infrequent.

If you are looking for a hosting company for your business, avoid going with free web hosts. A free web host will …