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Originally Posted by Claud
There is nothing called as the “best” webhost because a host which will be good according to you won’t be the same for another person and there are always mixed reviews for all the webhosts so it is hard to judge which is the best and in which terms.
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Yes, I agree with this completely.
Different people have different needs, and also different budgets. If you're looking to host a personal site you're likely to want something quite cheap, you wouldn't want it going down all the time, but you can put up with a small amount of unreliability.
If you're looking to host a commercial website of some kind, you want maximum uptime, stable performance, and are quite likely to be willing to pay a bit more to get this level of quality from your hosting provider.
The other consideration which is sometimes overlooked (sometimes isn't important, depending on where your priorities lie) is where your site will be phyiscally hosted - e.g. US/UK, or west coast, east coast etc.
This will impact loading times/speeds depending on the location of your visitors (particularly with consideration to your target audience) and therefore can be important. In a similar way, I've seen a number of posts from people who dislike ThePlanet, and therefore wouldn't want to host their website in that datacentre - regardless of the host itself.
Lots of considerations, even aside from "which control panel", "what version of php", "do they offer 24 hour support" etc.
If you're looking for a hosting provider, you need to make a list of the factors that are important to you, and then begin hunting for a suitable provider.
Recommendations and reviews are very useful as a starting point, but never forget that someone else may have completely different criteria and needs to your own.
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