One of the best places to get cheap web hosting is with a large company. They even have a free web hosting at times with limited space and accounts. You will want to see how many people are already using them.
Ask for testimonials if none are given on their home site. Be sure to get a host that has cpanel or at the very least FTP uploading to make it easy on yourself. If you are the webmaster, you will want all the tools at your disposal that you are accustomed to using. If you will be using a database, get a Linux account with a good PHP manager.
Cheap Web Hosting should not be much different than VPS or dedicated hosting. The difference is simply in the amount of bandwidth and disk space you are allowed to use. For example, one company advertises “unlimited” domain hosting, “unlimited” hosting space, “unlimited” file transfer and so on. You can bet your bottom dollar if your site gets big enough, they will be contacting you. They offer cpanel and fantastico script installations. Fantastico is handy, but be careful with SEO problems if you use it to upload popular content management systems.
Cheap web hosting should be a good experience, even if it is cheap. Do not think you will be getting something more for less money. You will be paying less than ten dollars a month for inexpensive web hosting. It can go down to around four dollars a month for the super cheap companies. Make sure to read all the fine print and then make a decision based on your goals.
