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Hosting companies come in all shapes and sizes. Colors too. You’ll find some hosting companies that provide great service, but technically they are still dinosaurs. You’ll also find hosting companies that use state-of-the-art advanced hardware and software but their customer service isn’t so good. Thankfully, you don’t need a lot of customer service.

One of the primary considerations for a website owner is the type of server that your website sits on. I usually recommend that clients stay away from Windows servers. They are typically less expensive than web hosts that provide UNIX or LINUX servers, but don’t make a decision on price alone. The benefits of a LINUX server, especially if you are going to do some blogging, are tremendous.

First, Windows servers have a very difficult time interacting with WordPress, the most popular blogging software. You may not think that’s an issue, especially if you don’t plan to have a blog. But what if you decide you want a blog some time in the future. Wouldn’t you rather have a server that is compatible with your software?

Secondly, and this is even more egregious an issue than WordPress, Windows servers are loaded with code. All Microsoft products are. Because Windows servers have a ton of code wrapped up in them, it makes it difficult for the search engines to find the content they are looking for so that your website can get ranked well. When the search engines have to search and search through code to crawl a web page they may not find the parts of your website you want them to find in order to rank well for your key terms. That’s why I recommend LINUX over Windows any day.

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