You have your domain name and now you are looking for a hosting company. If you’re like many people in this situation, you might not know much the process. What should you look for? How can you be certain that a company is legitimate? Thankfully, the below article will place you on the right track towards knowing what the different web hosting companies can offer you.

All good web hosts offer a variety of add-ons to their plans, but the types of features will differ between companies. Stick with the companies that offer the services you need. For instance, the one host may be low-priced, but that may not matter if the feature you desire is only in a higher-priced package.

Find out each potential web host’s uptime–the percentage of time the server is up and working correctly–and avoid web hosts that have a lot of outages. Unreliable providers will …