7) 24/7 Customer Support can be the biggest myth. There are many companies out there that claim to offer this service but when you open a support ticket you don’t get an answer for over 6 hours. Or if they offer phone support and you try and call them in the middle of the night and the phone rings or goes to voicemail you’ve probably been had. If you are thinking about choosing a web hosting company try out their support number or emails before you sign up and see what kind of response you get and how fast.
6) Green Web Hosting are they really green? Depends on your definition of green. Many web host are now buying “green” energy from energy providers and then calling themselves green. Yes, this is a huge step but one person’s definition of green isn’t the same as others. Some host may only provide green energy to their offices and not their data centers while others the other way around. Contact the specific web host and ask them specific questions about being green.
5) Host Unlimited Domains is another marketing term that many fall for. With some web host, you can indeed host numerous websites in one account as long as you do not use more server resources than what is allowed. Check with your web hosts terms of service and see what the specific server resource limits are because these vary greatly depending on the web host.
4) Free Website Submission to the major search engines. Some web hosting companies make you think you have to pay for this or this is some sort of big secret.
http://www.google.com/addurl/
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
http://search.msn.com.sg/docs/submit.aspx
3) Web Hosting Review websites want you to think they have detailed reviews and list the top 10 web hosting companies based on actual facts. What they don’t tell you is often times the top 10 web hosting list are all generated and ordered by how much each company pays in affiliate commissions.
2) Unmetered Hosting Accounts aren’t really feasible for most. You should be extremely worried if the price for this service is under $20.00 per month. Bandwidth prices have come down in the past few years but not near enough to offer “Unmetered Hosting Accounts” for less than $20.00 per month.
1) There is no such thing as “Unlimited Web Hosting” and/or “Unlimited Bandwidth” these are just marketing terms that companies use to get people with no clue to sign up for their hosting services. Don’t fall for the biggest advertising gimmick in today’s market.
