Host Web Reviews: Our Review Process[L1]

Your web host plays a pivotal role in your site's success, and failure to choose the right provider can be a recipe for disaster. To help you out, we’ve reviewed numerous web hosting providers, and we regularly retest the services and update our reviews accordingly.

Here is how our review process goes:

First, We Gauge the Provider’s Reputation

We start by visiting the hosting provider’s website to find out more about the trustworthiness of their service. We look at their terms of service and asses any practices that may be a cause for concern for users.

We Sign Up for the Web Hosting Service

After gaining some knowledge about theprovider and the specializations they focus on, we sign up for a premium package. We do not rely on free accounts sincethey lack the quality and features of paid plans.That said, if there are any free plans, we do likewise give them a test run to make sure our readers have all the informationon the table.

When signing up, we pay close attention to the following:

· Subscription plans

· Accepted payment methods

· Ease of signup

We also take into account the amount of time it takes after subscription for the web host to become active. Some take just a matter of minutes, but others can take much longer. So this is important if you are in a hurry to get your site online.

Evaluating the Hosting Service

On signing up, we browse around the web host’s client area and control panel (Plesk, cPanel, Direct Admin, and alike). Here, we mainly focus on functionalities as well as user-friendliness. After all, we all want a service that not onlymeets our hosting needs but also one that is easy to use.

Once our web host account is active and we’ve plugged in our domain, we then move on to the most critical part of our reviews –assessing the features and performance of the service.

While we do focus our reviews on the three main aspects – speed, support, and security, we do not stop there.

Overall, we look at the following:

Uptime Reliability

The internet never sleeps. If Google were to go down, people would simply turn to Bing or some of its other competitors. The same goes for your website. Downtimes can not onlyresult in revenue losses butalso can ruin your brand image.

That’s why uptime reliability is one of the things we look at. We do so by monitoring our newly hosted website for an extended period through Pingdom. We also look at how the provider handles emergency maintenance and threats like DDoS attacks.

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Page Loading Time (Speed)

Alongside downtimes, slow speed can spell trouble for your online venture. Again, we use Pingdom to check our test site’s speed. By actively monitoring the load performance, we are able to see how smoothly the website functions and determine actual visitor experience.[L1]

Customer Support

While almost all companies will advertise “best in class” customer service, only a few live up to those claims. And given the critical part your hosting service plays in your site’s performance, we thoroughly test each customer support.

We make phone calls, submit support tickets, get on chat, and more to seehow responsive, professional, and knowledgeable their customer service team is. We also check if the provider offers ‘Managed Service’ for users who need more hand-holding.

Cost vs. Value

Each web host has its own unique pricing plans. Likewise, the features on offer may also differ. Expensive doesn’t always mean better, and cheap doesn’t necessarily mean value for money.

So, while we do rate the pricing plans, price alone can be deceiving. We contrast the cost with the features and performance to get the real value for money. We also look at discounts, promotions, and other available deals.

Additionally, we assess the web host’s scalability. As your business picks up and your traffic increases, a scalable hosting service can ensure your website grows with your business.

We Rank the Hosting Service

Lastly, we rankte the web hosting providerweb hosts using our HWR index. Each service is rated 0 to 10 based on their performance in each of the above criteria and the weighting of each criteria.

Below is the weight each criteria carries in the HWR index:

• Cost/value: 25%

• Uptime: 25%

• Speed: 20%

• Support: 15%

• Features and add-ons: 15%

0 to 10, based on their performance in each of the above criteria.

The final score is the average of these subscores.

Quite the process, right?

Well, the importance of choosing the right web host can’not be overstated.That said, at the end of the day, the best hosting service for you is going to be one that ticks all the right boxes for you.

We invite you to check out our reviews and find out how each performs!

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