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How To Choose A Web Host

If you are searching for a reliable web host to host your make money blog, how do you decide which web host is the best when so many web hosts offer similar web hosting features in space, bandwidth, linux and windows hosting, and mySQL database – all at rather attractive prices. Don’t worry, a make money blog doesn’t need fancy features.

Before continuing any further, it is assumed that your domain name is already registered. If not, please think of a good domain name for your make money blog and get it registered first because you can’t buy a web hosting plan without a domain name.

There are several things to look out for when choosing a web hosting plan for your make money blog. If you see the word “unlimited bandwidth” in its plans, don’t bother looking any further. This is a clear indication of promises that were never meant to be kept. If prices seem unbelievably cheap, eg. 5GB space for US$2 a month, chances are things will go wrong soon. And that’s the last thing you want for your make money blog.

I will simplify options instead of listing out and explaining all the features available which can be quite daunting.

1. Basic Research
   Go to www.webhostingtalk.com to read some of the posts in the web hosting forum. Do a search in the web host forum for web hosts which have positive mention.

2. Web Host Review
   Read the resulting posts and if they are mostly positive in the last 6 months, visit the web hosting site.

3. Visit Web Host Forum
   If the web host has a forum, take time to read it to assess the level of complaints, support response and general satisfaction of users.

4. Decide On Your Budget
   A basic plan ranges from about US$3-$10 a month. If possible, allocate a higher budget of around $5 a month. After all, you are going to make money from your make money blog.

5. Test Web Host
   An initial test to make is to email the web host an enquiry. See not only how fast they respond but also the way they respond. I had an experience of a webhost not being able to express himself clearly and that made me feel uncomfortable about signing up.

6. Ask Questions
   You can ask the web host questions like what their support desk response time is like and whether they have a refund policy. Most likely these would already be in their FAQs but ask anyway. Since you are building a make money blog, you can ask if they support the blogging software you want to use.

7. Money-Back Guarantee
   Choose a host that has a trial period money-back policy. Many have 30-day money-back guarantees.

8. Check Features In Hosting Plan
   Ensure that it includes:CPanel, free set-up and a payment mode that you want. Check how many add-on domains, mySQL databases and email accounts is included.

9. Choose A Basic Plan
   Unless you have special requirements, choose a Linux shared hosting plan. Chances are, you’ll only need the smallest plan to make money blogging. You can always upgrade later if you need to. If given a choice, select to pay monthly instead of yearly so that if anything goes wrong, you won’t lose too much money.

Use the trial period to upload your files and test support.

Next: Choosing A Domain Name