How to select a good Web Hosting provider
It is always recommended to use a different hosting provider and a Domain name registrar. There are many advantages of this approach. You will know about them when you read Why to select different hosting provider and a domain registrar.
Uptime: This tells that amount of time your website will be up and running without interruption of any kind. This directly affects your online business or blog as this will decide the availability of your website or blog to the outside world. A good hosting provider should not have less than 99.9% uptime. This will ensure that your online business or blog will be not be down due to hosting problems for long time.
Customer service: I have seen many hosting providers fail at this with poor customer service. You need to look for a hosting provider which has good track record of customer service. They should be easily reachable providing multiple communication channels like 24*7 Phone support, Online chat tool and Email support and provides excellent customer support.
Reliability: This is most important for any website owner. Today literally there are hundreds, if not thousands, of hosting providers in the market and many go bust after some months due to variety of reasons. You need to select a hosting provider which is reliable and presently servicing large number of clients as this means the provider is in the business for sometime and providing good service. Also selecting a good hosting provider is extremely important because it is not so easy to transfer your hosting from one provider to another.
Tools or softwares available: A good hosting provider must provide good number of useful tools and softwares with latest versions and easy to use interface. Many hosting providers do provide these but most of them are not used by many or will be of old versions. Also the hosting provider must allow the scripts to run on your website.
Cost: Last but not least is the cost of the hosting service. You need to remember that high price does not mean the good service. Many hosting providers charge a ton of money every month but still does not provide the service worth of your money. Research well before you commit to a service as it will cost you more if you do not select a good hosting provider.
When I first decided to start my own blog I know very little about blogs and building websites and nothing about the hosting aspect. Then when I did a research about starting a blog and building websites I found many useful websites which helped me understand what is the process involved and also provided guidelines of how to get a domain name, get a hosting provider and start a website or blog.
I read reviews of many hosting providers and found that Hostmonster is the best as it has large number of active clients, excellent uptime and good number of features available for the clients. Also they got many accolades from various websites and independent reviewers making it as most successful webhosting provider in the market.
As we all know nothing is 100% perfect (if somebody is claiming that they are 100% perfect then they are cheating you), there were some instances for brief periods where my site was down but before I even contacted the Hostmonster people, my site was up and running. Also the customer service of this hosting provider is excellent as you have got a online chat tool where you can talk to their customer service personnel online instantly without the need to wait on the call for long times like in most cases we experience. I think this is cheap and effective.
Once you sign up with Hostmonster, you can host unlimited domains, get one free domain name, site builder, free 50$ worth Google credits and many more. You can sign up here.
All the Best. 
