With the advent of time, several type of web hosting emerged in the market which can broadly be divided into various categories as discussed below.
One can get hosting service both Paid and Free; Linux/Unix-based and Windows-based (other which are inferior in terms of popularity); shared, dedicated and VPS. However each of this type of hosting has its own merits and demerits.
First of all, the question arises, WHAT ARE WEB HOSTS? They are the service provider companies that give place to the net users on their servers that provide space on their servers for internet users. Web hosts provide online systems for internet connectivity and for storing information, image mediums and other internet content to their users. If a company wants web as a medium of conducting business, then selection of web host is a crucial step in any internet marketing strategy.
The following are the tips one must keep in mind while choosing a new web host: -
1) One must make sure that the new web host plan offers the storage capabilities to handle all of the current website storage requirements. If the size of the website is 50MB, then one must check for the plan that offers at least that much space or more. In case one is not able to make estimates about the space required then he/she must ask his/her current host. Also this information can be found on control panel.