Finding a needle in a host stack

How can you avoid the lurch and successfully land the right low-cost host your first time out? First, figure out exactly what you want your site to be, both now and in the future. Today, you may just want a simple site for your blog. In a year or two, as people flock to your site to read your brilliant observations, you might need to handle a lot more traffic. Or you might decide to sell T-shirts with your likeness on them, and you’ll need some e-commerce tools. In any case, you need to think it through.

When you have a good idea of what you need from a host, it’s time to hit the Web and start doing your homework. While you’re at it, be sure to follow these simple rules: continue->