Best Web Hosting for Small Business

How good are you with building a website? Are you planning on doing it yourself or paying someone to build it for you? What are the capabilities of the rest of your staff? If you and your staff do not have the highest technical capabilities you could hire someone to install and set up your website for you. Another option would be to use one of the simpler web builders available today. If you have even a modest capability to work with computers and I believe most people do these days, you can use any web builder. However if you want the best for your business you should use Word Press.

There are many web builders out there that come with hosting and are fairly easy to build a website with. These builders were developed to make web creation easy.

1. Weebly
2. Jimdo
3. Webs
4. Go Daddy
5. Wix
6. Our list of website builders

These are all a web based software that allow you to build, edit and create content through the companies hosting/systems. There are a number of factors you should know about before using one of these resources.

1. Your content, website and business are completely at the mercy of the companies success.
2. Two if you violate any of the terms of one of these builders they may hold your website or not allow you to use their service any longer. Thus you will have to start back at square one.

I have never gotten great support from these companies and you should only use them if you want all of your eggs in one basket, or you lack certain technical ability to work with more advanced builders such as Word Press.

Word Press should be your choice for a website creation tool and you can get started using Word Press, with a good hosting provider.

If you want the maximum exposure for your business you need to use a service that works well with search engine optimization(SEO). While Word Press is tops for SEO, I have had very good luck with Weebly as well. Its all about understanding the service and SEO.Word Press however is a content management system that lays out your website and your data in a way that the search engines understand it better and will rank your website higher. Word Press also has many add on’s and plug ins that can assist and ensure you are doing your SEO properly.Other great features of hosting and Word Press are C panel and SEO services. My main pick for host Liqui Layer has partnered with SEO providers through C Panel so I can get the most from my hosting. C panel is the portal that your web host sets up for you to access the data, email and features for your website.

It is important when you choose a host that they offer email, e commerce and other services to you available through C panel. Most hosts offer these important services and if your pick does not you are being cut short. Basically if you don’t have the ability to access your email, files, app installers, data bases, domain management, security options and seo tools then you are being cut short.

It is important that the host you choose offers speed, reliability and support. These three factors will decide whether a potential customer lands on your web page and backs out, or if they land stay and you make a sale.

• Speed is important and if a web host is slowing down the speed of your website you need to make changes.
• Reliability is very important and if your website experiences any down time due to the hosting you just lost some money.
• Support is last but not least, if you do not get an immediate response from your hosting company when there is a problem, you have more than one problem. A good host will respond and find you a solution to your problem very quickly.

As any business is, you are thinking about your budget. A good host offers its services for cheap, you can find hosting as low as $1 dollar a month and if any host is charging $50 dollars a month you might want to look for another choice. I can think of no reason you would pay a lot for hosting, unless your host is doing a huge amount of services for you besides hosting your website.

There are a lot of web hosts available on the market today. What I am going to focus on here is all the factors above and list the hosts off one through seven, one being the best and seven being a good choice, but not my first. Good hosting for a small business is a host that offers seo, apps, variety of web builders, speed, reliability and support. Here is my list.

1. Liqui Layer: I have used this host to my utmost satisfaction every time I work with them. If you are looking for the best blend of all the factors we discussed then Liqui Layer should be your choice.
2. Blue Host: every webmaster I talk to that has used blue host says they are very good to work with. They offer top quality hosting, support and features that make them top of the list in small business web hosting.
3. Jaguar PC: a great choice for hosting, this company has been running for 14 years which is a good sign of reliability.
4. WP Engine: while every one of the hosts in this list offer Word Press that is what these folks specialize in. They are a great choice for small business or individual hosting of Word Press. (very good service handles lots of traffic)
5. Register.com: I like register.com they are very good at relating to people and showing they care. They have been around for a while and they offer a free domain name with their hosting.
6. Glow Host: I have not personally worked with Glow Host, but they have been a hosting company for ten years and the reviews of there service are very good.
7. Go Daddy: I put Go Daddy last even though I use their service to purchase domains, I had a bad experience with their customer service. I give them credit for the great things they have done and can do, but I did not like waiting 24 hours for a response from my hosting provider.

For a full list of these hosting providers, please visit our hosting page.

The moral of the story is if you want the best web hosting for your small business you should go with another small business. This way you get the care and nurturing that you would give your customers back from your web host.

If your business is going to grow exponentially, you need a good web host that can handle a lot of traffic to your website and deliver the performance your visitors demand.My main choice for a good reliable hosts are found on our website hosting page, these companies have the right hosting options, great support and reliability you should look for in a web host. These companies are also very good at relating to their clients on all levels of their business, so if you are having any type of issue they will be fast, concise and to the point.If you want to build a website yourself there are a ton of options once again website hosting can get you a domain name, hosting and an install of pretty much any website builder you need. What web builder did you have your eye on? Was it Word Press, Joomla, Drupal or another? You can get every service you need through our hand picked hosts. They could really be called the best web hosting small business has seen in a long time.