About Us
SmartHostingNow was created to help out other webmasters to find the best web hosting providers for their projects. Not only do we offer various rankings of web hosts, but we also offer information and articles to help you figure out the hosting features your project needs before selecting a web hosting provider.
Most people just select the first host that fits into their price range without thinking about the long term needs of their site. These people end up unnecessarily frustrated with the current web hosts, and will eventually have to go through the hassle of switching to a host that has the features they need. You can avoid this frustration by thinking about how your site will grow in the future and selecting a web hosting company that will support that growth.
How To Use This Site
Instead of just coming to this site and picking the web hosting provider with the highest rating, we recommend that you use the following process to select your next host:
- Evaluate Your Site
The first thing that you should do is to come up with a long term plan for your site or sites to determine the its potential growth. Take a look at are article library if you need help with how to plan your sites growth path. - Determine Hosting Needs
Based on your site’s growth plan from step 1, you can now determine your site’s current and future hosting requirements. You currently may only require an affordable shared hosting plan now, but as your site grows you may need to move to a virtual private server or dedicated server in the future. Again if you need any help in determining the hosting requirements that will be needed for your site’s growth plan, check out or web hosting articles. - Selecting A Web Host
Once you determine your site’s hosting requirements from the previous steps, it will be very easy to select a web hosting provider. Just visit our hosting rankings and check out the hosts that offer the features that your site requires.
Following the process above will greatly reduce the chance of you selecting a bad host for your site. You will not be surprised and frustrated when you site grows beyond what your web host can provide.
How The Web Hosting Providers Are Rated
The web hosting companies on this site are rating based on many factors. These rating factors include: server uptime, page load speed, support, price, and most importantly customer experiences.