Choosing a hosting
There’s always problem with finding a hosting. My friend who run a business offline and wanted to have an online e-commerce, he came to me and ask about hosting. I can’t really answer him though, because it’s subjective, but advice is able though. Me as one, who doesn’t really need support most of my time. Some downtime is fine, as long as it doesn’t affect my earning 
Anyway, the best way to look for one, these are my-list 
1, Your needs
What do you need when you host your website. What is the requirement, large space? Large bandwidth? Also, take account that hosting company is also one of the factor for those, each hosting company don’t just simply host website, some have limited access on script and etc. At the end of the day, you need to plan what you want to do with your web.
2, Reliability and speed
Many hosting company offer you a 99.99% uptime, but it’s not accurate. Don’t think too much about this kinda uptime. However, in order to make sure about their uptime, your monitor is important, try to get some free uptime monitor on the web. Monitor them for a month and make decision, don’t rush. Speed is also a factor for a web. Visitors don’t have patience like you do. There’s a lot of site that offer free bandwidth or speed test on web as well, google them and you’ll get a tons of it. Use them as you use for monitoring the host company as well.
3, Technical support
Test them! This is what I did all the time. Keep asking them question before you buy the host, keep making them busy, and see what they react on you. Many hosting company, some even famous one, run by a bunch of friends only. So they do it for their own, they don’t do it to meet end month pay cheque. Ask them some dump question, and if their site are down, ask them for explanation, even if you’re not their customer.
I’ve been with this hosting company Galaxy Webhosting. It run by bunch of friend or maybe just one man. It’s fine for me so far, it’s been the 3rd or 4th years I’m hosting with him/them. But one thing I don’t have from the list though, technical support! Whenever there’s a downtime, he/they don’t give explanation, no email replied, no support ticket reply as well. That’s why I said, even if you’re not their customer, ask them if you see their site is down! If some perfectionist person hosting with the same hosting company as me, I’m sure acne treatments will be what he needed now. I’m even thinking I’m getting some blood pressure.
Tags: galaxy webhosting, Hosting, uptime
