Steps to choose the right web hosting

You want to choose the web host that is going to provide your needs as they stand now as well as where they lead to in the future.

Understand the differing types of hosts: shared, collocated, unmanaged dedicated, and managed dedicated. Is your site brand new with little traffic? In the event your site is a newer domain, you won't need the raw power of a dedicated server unless your site is resource intensive which can include: streaming, videos, proxies and even linking to videos as well can cause a high load on Apache and the CPU.

This step of course, is optional. Make sure that the host does not have blacklisted IPs. The host that you want to do business with would not be one that promotes illegal sites, spammers, or other security issues. You are considering associating your business with this host. You could always ask them what web server they plan to put you on.