c)Lack of proper support services means that web sites can often go through long downtime periods where a lot of traffic can be lost, literally forever. Some web hosts are nothing more than a part-time basement setup with no proper customer service arrangements. It is not uncommon to call your web host and get an answering machine. Some web hosting services have even outsourced technical and customer service functions. One entrepreneur even complained recently that when they called technical support department of a certain host company, phone was answered alright – but by a non-English speaking technician.

Do look out for these 3 deadly traffic killers, courtesy of your host.

Other times trouble tickets go unanswered for days without resolution.

b)Reliability Reliability is another major complaint with sites being down to many times or being too slow at certain times. All this impacts negatively on performance and revenue potential of site.

c)Delays after signing up When people sign up for web sites, they are often anxious to go ahead as quickly as possible. Nobody wants delays. But with many web hosts, after signing up it takes days for account to be ready.

These are all things to look out for when getting a web host.