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The Best Web Hosting Solution For You

Is there one best web hosting solution? No, no more than there is one best home business. Instead, there is what is right for your particular business!

You may want someone to build your site and host it for you. Maybe you like to do it yourself? What are some managed solutions, and what are some low cost reliable web hosting services?

And...what about free site hosting -- is it all that it's cracked up to be? Free is good...but is it right for your business?

Everyone's businesses, not to mention their strengths, talents and time, are different. You may be fascinated with the idea of building and managing your own website, but if you don't have the time, it won't get done. (Or worse, it will be just partially done with a lot of half-finished pages.)

Reasons for Building a Website

The very best reason for building a website is that it gives your business a presence on the world wide web. It lets people know about you and your business.

Another reason is to drive traffic to your business. It's great when people know to type in your domain name and see your site! But what if they don't know your name, but are searching for a solution you provide? That's right, you want to be able to be found in the search engines.

For more information on why you might want to have your own site, look at make your own website page.

A Managed Web Hosting Service

In a nutshell, a managed web hosting service is one that does the work for you. It can be anywhere from having someone else totally build a site for you, to having a service that does all the "behind the scenes" services for you (but where you write the pages). Want more information? Check out the page on managed web hosting.

Low Cost, Reliable Web Hostin

There are quite a few low cost web hosts who also have very reliable service. There are also hosts that have low (and sometimes not-so-low) costs but have downtime issues. Or even worse -- they lose your website! (And yes, I have had that happen...and learned a great deal from the experience, unfortunately.) Check out the low cost reliable web hosting page for more information.

Free Site Hosting - A Good Idea?

It is so very, very tempting to use a free site hosting service! But for most people, it's not the best way to present your business. For one, your web address reflects their name, not yours (not good for branding your business). Because the service is free, they can change the rules at any time, and you may have to scramble for a new site...while losing traffic because your site had to move.

While there may be some very specific instances where a free service may be right for you (like if you need images or mp3 file hosted), for a business website it is very, very rarely the best web hosting solution.

Choosing the Best Web Hosting Solution

Think about how much time you have to devote to a website. Do you have the software to create HTML pages? (Although there are some freeware HTML programs available, as well as web hosts that create the HTML for you.)

Do you have writing skill? You don't have to have gotten A's in your high school writing class, but you do need to have decent grammar and spelling or you won't look very professional.

The best web hosting solution is the one that uses your strengths, balanced with the amount of time needed to learn about how to build a profitable web business. For some people, that's a managed solution. For others, doing it yourself makes the most sense.