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Being the computer geek that I am, I often get asked by people where to host their web site. They want to know who has the best price, who has the best features and which one is the easiest interface to use. There are so many web hosting providers out there today it’s hard to know where to begin sorting them out. You really need to do a side by side comparisons of what the providers offer and what they are charging for those services. Before comparing providers you need to establish what your needs are. Do you need Linux Hosting? Windows? Do you want to be a reseller?Do you need to host multiple domains? How many emails do you need? How many databases do you need? Do you need Ecommerce options? Do you need a lot of storage space? Do you anticipate having a lot of traffic (bandwidth)?

Is your head spinning yet??? You haven’t even started comparing yet! So establish your needs first and then we can move on to choosing a web hosting.

Ready?

Okay I’m not going to make you work any harder than you already have! Now that you know what you need for your website I am going to send you to one site to make your decision easier. Web Hosting Rating has done all the leg work…er mouse work? for you. They offer side by side comparisons of current web hosting providers and they list winners of 2008 awards in various categories such as Best Budget Hosting, Best Blog Hosting, Best PHP Hosting. If you have a specific need you can find the best provider easily on this list. Otherwise browse their extensive list of web hosting providers and find the best fit for your site and your wallet. Take a look at the Top 10 or browse the directory. View all the awards and the ratings.

Web hosting rating also has helpful articles. How do you create multiple FTP accounts? Check out the article and it will all become perfectly clear! Or at least clearer ;)

Let’s face it, the faster you find a host the faster you can get your site up and running. Letting someone else aggregate the best providers out there is a smart use of your time. Don’t get sucked into spending endless hours surfing in search of a web hosting provider.

One of the first steps in monetizing your website is to establish you own domain. A lot of really good opportunities for making money through a website excludes free web hosting sites. Once you have your domain you need to secure some server space through a web hosting company. There are a lot of web hosting sites and it can be really confusing as to how they compare or what matters. For most sites you need physical space for file storage, you need bandwidth (bandwidth is used every time your page is loaded), you will probably need the ability to have a database of some type, you will want ftp access and possibly add on domains or sub domains if you want to buy more than one domain name.

Unless you are going to upload a lot of photos, you shouldn’t need a lot of storage. A monetized site needs a lot of traffic to generate money so you need to have a high allotment of bandwidth or unlimited bandwidth. Most web site software these days is driven by a database.

Web Hosting Geeks compiles information on all the top web hosting packages, including lots of reviews and award winning companies. They have done all the leg work and research for you so you can focus on getting your site up and running faster.