The Best Web Hosting Services
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You're ready to build your business web site, but who's going to host it? That's the question most business owners have to ask themselves before going online. Before you launch your site, you're going to need to choose a web hosting service to host your web site.
There are many web hosting services to choose from and finding the one that's right for you can be a challenge. They provide packages with varying functionality, offering an array of both beginner-friendly and advanced features at a low monthly cost that appeals to budget-conscious business owners.
BusinessNewsDaily's sister site, TopTenREVIEWS, has researched the best and come up with in-depth reviews of the best 10 web hosting services out there. Here are their top three recommendations for the web hosting services.
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Just Host topped this year's rankings for being beginner-friendly and having a number of features for advanced users. The web hosting service delivers well-rounded packages with everything needed to build, publish and maintain a website. It provides unlimited disk space, bandwidth and domains. The service also received high marks for its ease of use, which allowed novice users to build a simple but polished and professional website.
Features: Offers creation tools that allow businesses to build a completely new site or add new components, such as blogs, image galleries or message boards, to an existing site. For ecommerce websites, shopping carts and shared SSL certificates are also available. It also includes a host of email services, including webmail.
Help and Support: Features 24/7 live support. Support personnel can be reached via phone, email and live chat. Just Host also provides several additional support resources, including video tutorials and user forums.
Costs: To compare costs, visit the full TopTenREVIEWS' best web hosting services.
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Go Daddy took home this year's TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award for having the widest array of features on the market. The setup process is straightforward, with options for all levels of management. Go Daddy provides all web hosting essentials, including site creation tools, server access and secure facilities that house its data servers. Servicing more than 45 million domain names, Go Daddy is currently the largest web hosting service in the industry.
Features: Offers all imaginable features, including email, databases and blogging – but many, like the shopping cart software, are contingent on additional monthly fees. There are several email options, with each address including the business' domain name.
Help and Support: Go Daddy's support services are available anytime of day via phone or email. The response time to an email inquiry is typically 24 hours. In addition, the online support forums and FAQs section contain a wealth of information for both beginners and advanced users.
Costs: To compare costs, visit the full TopTenREVIEWS' best web hosting services.
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iPage was graded well for its unlimited bandwidth, disk space and emails, which give businesses room to grow. In addition, options for basic shopping cart tools, marketing tools and around-the-clock support are available. iPage also scores highly for its easy-to-navigate interface. The service is perfect for beginner and intermediate-level users.
Features: Allows users to choose between three site builders, which can help build a basic webpage or more complex sites with multiple pages. iPage also has blog and photo gallery setup wizards, and supports numerous content management systems. There is a powerful email interface that allows for automatic responses and spam filters. In addition, the email service performs virus scans on all incoming documents before they even reach the inbox, minimizing the chances of a virus infecting the user's computer.
Help and Support: Technical support is available 24/7 via phone, chat or email. The service also offers an extensive online help center and ticketing system. Step-by-step tutorials on how to fully take advantage of the service features also are available.
Costs: To compare costs, visit the full TopTenREVIEWS' best web hosting services.
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Chad Brooks is a Chicago-based freelance business and technology writer who has worked in public relations and spent 10 years as a newspaper reporter. You can reach him at chadgbrooks@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @cbrooks76.