How to choose a web hosting provider

"Great hosting boils down to the 3 S's: speed, support and security," said Adam Berry, digital director at Wingard Creative. Nasdaq's Simon Ball, head of digital media services at Nasdaq Corporate Solutions, said scalability is also critical. "You need the ability to rapidly scale your website as your target audience grows and the resiliency to handle sudden bursts of high traffic," said Ball.Hosting services are available in a wide range of prices ranging from a few dollars a month to thousands of dollars. If you're a small business getting started, you can probably do quite well with a cloud, virtual private server, or managed service ranging from $10 to $100 (roughly £8 to £80 or AU$15 to AU$130) per month.