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Know Your Hosting Needs If you are buying something you don’t need, you are wasting money no matter how cheap it is. And that is why you need to know your hosting needs before you pick up a new web host. Before you leave this page to buy a web host, please think thoroughly about our own needs and answer these questions – What kind of website are you building? Do you want something common (a WordPress blog, for example)? Do you need Windows applications? Do you need a special version of software (ie. PHP)? Does your website need special software? How big (or small) can the web traffic volume go? What is your 12 (or 24) months budget for the website? How much of this money should go into hosting? For starters – Pick a web host that you can afford for at least 2 years. Your blog may not make any money at all, particularly at first, so you want to be sure you don’t have to shut the blog down because of lack of funds. A reliable shared web host should be good enough for now. Just remember to check about space limitations and check uptime. Right now you should focus on building useful content and growing your community. You should spend more on marketing and content. Get a good newsletter service and start building your email list, start social media marketing ads, get in touch with local bloggers and hire them to promote your blog, etc. Ask questions about customer service and if they will help you understand running a website because you are new to blogging. For seasoned bloggers and site owners – As part of your job now is to make sure your readers can navigate smoothly within your blog. You need a very reliable and fast web host. You should track your site uptime and response speed with tools like Pingdom and Uptime Robot. Monitor your blog memory usage and know your limit – once your blog hits 80% of the allocated memory (this the usual bottleneck you’ll first bump into with shared hosting), then it’s time to consider upgrading to VPS hosting. Also, consider using an SSD hosting for faster site speed. That’s all!