Different people mean different things by the best web hosting service. While some web hosts aim to create plans for diverse needs, another way in which a web host can be the best is to do one thing and do it really well. BlueHost does this, as we explain.

Different Concepts of Best Web Hosting Service

What is best for one company may not be best for another, and that's one reason it's a good idea to assess your own web hosting needs before searching for web hosting services and reading web hosting reviews based on other people's criteria. While some criteria carry across all comers—we all want the highest possible guaranteed uptime, excellent web hosting tech support that's available in whatever mode we prefer 24/7/365, and good pricing—there are areas in which web hosting needs are dramatically different.

One thing to consider is what your web  hosting needs look like over time. If your start-up is a blogging site that focuses mainly on text (as opposed to multimedia), your needs may be relatively stable, unless and until your website takes off, in which case bandwidth may become an issue. If your start-up is focused on affiliate marketing, it may grow slowly and steadily as you add projects in a planned progression. If you have an ecommerce website that you expect to start local and take international, you may be planning on and hoping for exponential growth at some point, and be looking for a web host where you can start with shared hosting, move to virtual private server hosting, then to dedicated hosting, and then to colocation, in which case, it will be easier if you find a reliable web host and can move through the stages with them.

For those who want one thing from the start, finding the best web hosting service means finding that service in a fairly-priced, reliable, supportive environment, whether it's unmanaged dedicated hosting or shared hosting. BlueHost offers a single shared hosting plan that many people have found to be the best for what it is.

Web Hosting Service at Blue Host

BlueHost is characterized by its one type of plan, which features:

• a 99.9% uptime guarantee
• unlimited domains
• unlimited hosting space
• unlimited GB file transfer
• unlimited email accounts
• unlimited FTP

They are known for keeping their web hosting software versions up-to-date, have an "anytime" money-back guarantee, 24/7 US-based support, SSH access, and blog support. They offer a website builder, a free domain name, site statistics, both MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, PHP 5, Perl 5, Python, Ruby, and Ruby on Rails. Content management systems include Drupal, Joomla, and Moodle. They also offer automatic submission to search engines, an SSL secure server, and a variety of shopping carts, including Agora, Zen, Cube Cart, and OS Commerce.