{"id":1684,"date":"2013-06-12T06:20:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T11:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/blog\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:58:48","slug":"how-to-measure-reliability-of-a-web-hosting-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/blog\/how-to-measure-reliability-of-a-web-hosting-company\/","title":{"rendered":"How to measure reliability of a web hosting company"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you type a web hosting keyword in the search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Bing) you will find several web hosting companies in the list. For example, if you use US Google to search web hosting keyword you will find 518,000,000 results (0.51 seconds) and it becomes hard for a newbie to decide on the right web hosting provider, of course, web hosting has become the most reliable business online which helps one to earn unlimited but there are fraud people who make fake promises to deploy quality services.<\/p>\n

And to find a reliable web host let’s understand how to measure the reliability of a web hosting<\/a> company,<\/p>\n

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  1. If you are interested in any web host then first just check the website environment. Check if every plan and services they are offering are described properly with the prices.<\/li>\n
  2. Search for a customer review on the website. It’s a good sign of a web host.<\/li>\n
  3. Check if they are listed in Google Places by typing the company name in the respective Geo-based Google.<\/li>\n
  4. Before making any final decisions initiate a chat with a sales representative and ask any questions about SLA, Money-back Guarantee, and Disaster recovery plans.<\/li>\n
  5. You can also visit web hosting review sites to hire a web hosting service.<\/li>\n
  6. Price and Features: Compare the costs of different hosting providers, and see if the features offered correspond to the needs of your website or blog.<\/li>\n
  7. Consider the certifications of the company: A major label that validates the quality. Now, if you already have a provider, some tools to measure the effectiveness of it are:\n
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    1. Check the operation of your site is stable<\/li>\n
    2. Check the company to make backups of the sites regularly<\/li>\n
    3. Check you have the latest security updates installed software on your server<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. You can also make a call to support the company in finding a reliable service provider.<\/li>\n
    5. You can use any domain testing tool to find that the web host is not a reseller of any other web hosting company because there are vendors who play the role of reseller and pretend to be the hosting service provider.<\/li>\n
    6. Check the official site forum and if they want to have then ask them why shouldn’t they have a forum on site. A reliable web host should always have a forum on site so the customer can post their queries on it and people from the respective department can solve it within the specified time.<\/li>\n
    7. Check whether the support and server setups are free or not.<\/li>\n
    8. Ask for SLA and check every possible described thing in the SLA.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The above points are a must, but you can also ask any questions about the service provider directly by phone or on live chat.<\/p>\n

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      If you type a web hosting keyword in the search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Bing) you will find several web hosting companies in the list. For example, if you use US Google to search web hosting keyword you will find 518,000,000 results (0.51 seconds) and it becomes hard for a newbie to decide on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[119,457,456],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-hosting","tag-us-web-hosting","tag-us-website-hosting","tag-web-hosting-us"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t