Hosting a web site online is a great thing. It gives you so many new opportunities. And even more opportunities are waiting for you to be discovered! But there is one thing you need to keep i your mind. You need to have a clear vision 
of what you can really get from a shared hosting environment at a certain host and with a certain budget.
Your budget matters
You may have seen many ad’s with hosts offering plans for $ 5 and less and others offering the same features for $30 per month. When you see such a big difference in prices you should start to wonder how is it possible? Well, sometimes the price difference is irrelevant, but sometimes it’s an indicator of the level of service you will get for your money. Many times you are told by the hosting community at different hosting forums, that in web hosting you get what you pay for, but it does not mean, that a shared hosting packages should cost $50 to provide you with a great service. I would say, that this saying is 90% true while with a VPS or dedicated hosting provider, because there you are renting the whole machine. But while with a shared hosting provider you should be able to get a good level of service for around $10 per month 
The purpose of your web site matters
Another very important thing, that matters is your web site’s purpose. It is what intentions do you have with your web site. Do you want to host mainly video, or audio files, or you will turn it into a blog? This is very crucial when considering different hosting companies and you should always know what you are intending to put on the server.
Some companies don’t allow media and streaming web sites on their servers, but some do and thus you need to know the stuff you will put on the hosting companies servers to make the right decision!
The technology matters
In today’s world of virtualization it may not play such a huge role, but it’s always very good to know what your web site needs. What underlying software needs to be installed on the server your web site is hosted on. You can’t host a website, that is streaming music on a server without the required software which allows for streaming media Thus you need to make sure beforehand, that the chosen host has all what your web site needs to be up and running 
The other part of this “technology matters” thing is that you need to make sure you are familiar with the environment. Basically this is about the control panel the host is using. Different hosting control panels require different knowledge. Some are easier to work with and some are not. I need to tell you, that there is nothing like a standard control panel and nothing else. There are many control panels and some hosting companies even use their own and thus you might be sometimes surprised how they look and how they feel.
Personally I have used three control panels over the course of the time and I have seenwo t great control panels and one very bad… . The very bad was from a Slovak hosting company [it was really archaic...and poor - and it was used to control a paid web service!!!] and the other two have been the 1and1 control panel and the Cpanel control panel. The latter two are really a joy to work with.
Hopefully this post has given you some reason and things to think about. Have a nice day and see you next time here at Icethunder.net!
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