For your website to be seen on the Internet it has to be hosted somewhere. Choosing a hosting company for your website can be difficult. There are so many different companies out there offering varying levels of customer service, reliability and pricing. There are also many 3rd party hosting companies out there looking to make a quick Euro or 500 off unsuspecting clients.
Some factors to consider when choosing a host:
Server Location – When choosing a hosting company you should consider what country the host servers are in. If you are an Irish business then you should go with an Irish company who have their servers based in Ireland. Host location is a geo-targeting factor. If you want to rank well on Google.ie (local search engines) then the more clues you provide Google that you are an Irish based business the better. Other geo-targeting factors that Google are believed to consider when ranking your website are top level domains, link sources, addresses, language etc. This is not a geo-targeting article so I won’t be going into any more detail on that.
Support – is an essential hosting service. If things go wrong you want to know that your problem is taken seriously and it will be remedied immediately. If you are unsure how to set your account up then you want to know that the people who deal with you are patient and knowledgeable.
