You'll find small business web hosting all over the Internet and each plan is a little bit different. They'll vary greatly in their fee structures but price shouldn't be your only consideration. It's more important to look at the services they offer first. Your website is going to be one of your most important business assets. You need to make sure you have reliable hosting.

Look for a dedicated server: You'll see less expensive small business web hosting plans that offer you shared hosting. Avoid this, it's not really a bargain.

Instead, look for a plan with a dedicated server. With shared hosting someone else is in control of your hosting and even if they offer you the moon now they could change their minds later. You'll have less bandwidth, fewer features and the customer service is usually poor quality. Pay the few dollars extra for a dedicated account.

Buy your own domain name: Some hosting plans will offer you a free domain name which sounds pretty good until you read all the fine print. Then you find out that they actually own the name and if you try to move your hosting you have to leave your domain name behind. Always buy your own domain name and point the domain name servers at your hosting account.