Christian Web Hosting

Are you hoping to find Christian web hosting providers? Christian website hosting services offer affordable web site hosting for Christian friendly businesses, families, ministries and churches. A Christian web site hosting service can help you with all the aspects of building, hosting and maintaining a web site. Many of today's Christian businesses and individuals choose to have their services provided by a Christ-centered Christian webhosting service. It can make all the difference in how you do business. For more information on Christian hosting please refer to the links above and our article below.

What can you do with your own web site hosted through a Christian web hosting service? You can plan and promote events for your Church or religious group. You can make an online scrapbook covering events and the lives of those in your Church and religious group. You can support your community, hold fundraisers, post information about seminars and classes. You can promote a service and post articles. You can reach people all over the world with your message.

Top 3 Things to Look for in a Web Hosting Company
(As Told By Web Hosting Professionals)

If you are shopping for web hosting, what are the top 3 things you should be looking for in the company you choose? That's precisely the question that our friends at CPU Review (www.cpureview.com) posed to several web hosting industry professionals. Here are their answers in their own words.

Annalie Drusch, Director of Corporate Communications, Rackspace Managed Hosting (www.rackspace.com)

1. Excellent Customer Support. Your hosting provider needs to be there for you 24/7 and give you instant access to the technicians you need to solve your problem. Ask them how long it takes for them to typically respond to a customer. A good test is to call them in the middle of the night to see if you can get to a live, level 3 support tech at 2 a.m. Rackspace doesn't even use an automated attendant -- a live person answers the phone 24/7. We're known in the industry for our Fanatical Support, which is our philosophy that drives responsiveness and value in everything we do for our customers.

2. A Rock Solid Infrastructure. Confirm that they offer a multihomed network powered by multiple bandwidth providers to ensure redundancy. Also, investigate your hoster's Service Level Agreement to make sure it has "teeth" so your hoster will do what they promise. Rackspace offers a 100% guarantee on its network availability and has achieved 100% network uptime for the last 2 1/2 years.

3. Financial Stability. If you're running mission critical operations, you can't afford to be with a hosting company that may not be in business in a few months. What if they close down? It could be detrimental to your own business. Ask the hosting provider to show you proof of their financials and longevity of service. Rackspace has been profitable for 2 1/2 years and is net income positive. We've continued to grow through turbulent times and are committed to being here for our customers.

Tamara Field, President of Apollo Hosting (www.apollohosting.com)

1. REAL Live Support - Call their tech support number NOT their sales number, and see if you can talk directly to a technician. Or go on their live chat and see if you are able to talk to a technician. How long did it take for you to get someone on the phone or live chat? That's very important. Just because they say they offer live support, doesn't mean they really have people there when you need them.

2. Guarantees - Money back guarantee, price freeze, uptime, and a guarantee of a refund on unused portions. There are so many hosting companies that don't offer money back on unused months if you cancel early! If you sign up for 1 year, believe it or not, many hosting companies won't give you ANY money back if you cancel 3 months later. A money back guarantee is important as is a prize freeze guarantee. But these days, look for the refund on unused hosting. Many companies don't mention it because they don't offer it.

3. Upgrade Path - If you see your business growing, and you might want more products/services in the future, then you will need an upgrade path. It is a real hassle changing hosting companies. Just getting lots of bandwidth and storage is not the answer. Many customers don't use near the amount of bandwidth and storage that many hosting companies are offering. This is really just a marketing technique for a lot of hosting companies. Look for extra products that they offer. What about ecommerce? Do they offer the best ecommerce products, SPAM/Virus filtering, Marketing tools etc. Remember that these days hosting is not just about storage and bandwidth. It's about a whole lot more. Don't settle for just space on a box.

Take the information you have garnered today and let it help you in your search for Christian web hosting services .