Check out the latest top Web hosting services for business. I've included a range of services that cater for everything from a small blog all the way up to an enterprise level eCommerce site.
I'll talk about how to choose the right Web hosting service for you and your business at the end of this article.
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It's also important to note that I have included a few companies that aren't necessarily dedicated website hosting services. For example, some companies offer eCommerce Web software that is hosted by them, others offer file hosting service via the cloud. Since these services are often a good fit for small businesses, I've included them in the list for completeness.
Let's look at the world's best Web hosting companies for 2012:
GoDaddy Virtual Dedicated Hosting
GoDaddy is really known as a domain registrar, but they offer plenty of hosting options - and they've done a good job too.
plan because it is seriously cost effective and comes with plenty of support and value added features.
You can choose from a range of operating systems, their network has a 99.9% uptime guarantee, they offer 24/7 support, with network monitoring and security and a generous server resource package.
Plus you get a few hundred dollars worth of advertising on the various search and social networks. Nice!
How much you can expect to pay
Between $30 and $120 per month depending on your requirements.
Dedicated WordPress hosting with WP Engine
With so many WordPress blogs and websites online, I had to include a hosting service that specializes in hosting WordPress sites.
WP Engine offers both standard hosting for WordPress sites as well as managed hosting packages.
Aside from the advantage of having an expert support team (that doesn't have to waste resources learning hundreds of different platforms like conventional hosting services), Webmasters hosting with WP Engine also enjoy (amongst other great features):
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Performance and speed enhanced for WordPress
Scalable, so don't worry about crashes due to traffic
Free hacking fixes
Secure backups
If you are thinking about using WordPress, then WP Engine is the hosting service for you.
How much you can expect to pay
Free 60 day trial. From $29 to $250 per month, depending.
myhosting business VPS
I included myhosting business VPS because they offer a simpler, more straightforward hosting service. There are far less frills and add-ons, but they're fundamentally good value hosting.
What's nice about myhosting is that they offer real-time scalability. This basically means that if your business blog starts driving real traffic, you can upgrade the server resources quickly and easily to meet the demands of larger traffic volumes.
Despite being a more cost-effective solution, myhosting still offers 24/7 support so they don't skimp out on the essentials.
How much you can expect to pay
Between $19 and $60 per month depending on your requirements.
Yahoo! Web Hosting
Yahoo! Web Hosting offers 50% off for the first 3 months. Considering their value offering to start with, this is a great deal.
Yahoo's Web hosting offer should only be considered if you are looking for something really basic. They offer great tools to design and create your website, and they handle most of the technical issues that you might face when hosting a site yourself.
If you want to get online quickly and cheaply as possible then this is the solution for you.
How much you can expect to pay
Around $10 per month.
ServerPronto dedicated servers
ServerPronto dedicated servers are a serious business offering. These guys don't fool around with a 99.9% guarantee - they go that extra 0.1%. That's right, a 100% uptime guarantee.
The guarantee is just part of a service that is dedicated to providing the highest performance with the most power and reliability.
They provide fault tolerant redundant connectivity that makes it really, really unlikely that your servers will ever be unavailable. Combine this with a super high speed 100 Mbps Internet connection and you've got the making of a business website server platform that should handle everything you need until you reach IPO.
How much you can expect to pay
$50 to $200 per month, depending on resource requirements.
InMotionHosting
I've included InMotionHosting because these are the guys I use. In the five years I've been with them, there has only been a single problem, which was swiftly deal with.
InMotion offers robust and high performance business servers (both VPS and Dedicated) and backs them up with good support. They're included here because I'm personally happy to recommend them.
How much you can expect to pay
$40 to $320 per month depending on server requirements
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