You have your domain name and now you are looking for a hosting company. Where should you start your search? What should you look for? How do you determine the reliability of a particular host? This article can help you understand what to look for with web hosting.

If you are hosting your site with a Linux based site, be sure the company you choose updates their information regularly, and at all levels. You don’t want your page to crash or be insecure because your host is not properly maintaining their servers and networks, so look for those that do.

Always have a backup plan for web hosting providers. In the event that you experience significant and ongoing problems with your hosting service, you will want to have an alternate already researched. If you are without service for more than a day, start immediately putting your backup plan into action. …