For whatever reasons, sometimes the dentist may want to switch hosting companies for their dental website.

Most hosting companies all carry the same uptime guarantee and will have some sort of customer support service in place. 

The difference between Web hosts is often a matter of a personal preference & price. 

If your Web developer builds your site in PHP (or .html extension), you’ll want to obtain Unix dental Web hosting. For our own purposes we’ve found that Unix + PHP extends functionality and facilitates quick development.

Since bandwidth usage is not really an issue for the garden variety dental website with ordinary visitor traffic, we’ll focus on basic, practical needs.

What To Look For In A Hosting Company

Whether you are just starting to create your site, or want to change hosting companies for an established website, here are a few tips to consider.

1) Purchase hosting from a well-known company — hopefully one about which you can find positive customer reviews.

2) Request from the hosting company a FRESH unique IP address, not a recycled one. This has been reputed to help with your SEO efforts.

3) Insist upon a customer support phone number in case you need assistance.

4) Look for reasonable prices — for the dentist website, costs should range between $50 - $100 per year. Anything more is unnecessary.

Our Hosting Recommendations: (in no particular order)

• LiquidWeb (aff)
• Sonet7
• HostGator
• BlueHost
• Godaddy
• Pair

We’ve had opportunity to work with the above hosting companies and they’ve proven to be reliable over the years. The company you select to host your dental website should be as hassle-free as possible, affordable and willing to provide accessible support staff who can address any technical issues.

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