Questions About The Right Hosting

[TTGUK]

Hi All,

I have a few questions about the right type of hosting that I should be using. I understand that many people say we should be using the best hosting that we can afford. However, when I have a website with just 650 pages / posts is it really worth worrying too much about where I am hosting.

I am UK based so at the moment I am using a UK host along with a CDN. I have a unique IP address and on a server that has a limited amount of websites on it.  The main question is there really any need to be looking at anything else. The truth is I have used cloud hosting before and the website loaded slower around the world with that than it does with my current setup.

Thanks

[mkleinrock]

Hello,

I would recommend using this tool from google and see well your page speeds are. Their are a few reasons a page can be slow that has nothing to do with the hosting provider. This is a good place to start before jumping ship.

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

I hope this helps,

Matthew

[irapasternack]

I don't think the best hosting has to be the most expensive, so going by what you can afford isn't the best guideline.

If your site is performing well, you have no security concerns, and the hosting company is responsive to support requests, then I'm not sure why you'd need to look for anything else. If you feel you are having trouble ranking well, attracting visits to the site, or converting those visits to customers/members/subscribers (or whatever conversion is appropriate for your business model) then you might want to consider the benefits of a hosting upgrade.

Is there a specific issue you are trying to solve?