What would happen if you had your websites go down for five or 10 minutes? No big deal, if it happens one time. If you buy hosting for your sites from an unreliable provider, however, site outages could become an ongoing problem. This means lost revenue and readers for you, and a time to look for a new web hosting service. Start by reading the following tips that can help smooth the process for you.

Your domain name should be registered with an outside company. If you register it with your web host and the company goes under, you could end up losing your name. You do not want a web host to be the one who has ultimate control over your proprietary information and domain name.

You must be familiar with band-width, or the amount of data that is able to transfer in and out of your web hosting …