Looking for a webhost for your website? You will find a dime a dozen on the internet. Many of them have such low monthly rates that you will even wonder if they are for real. But you won't have to worry about that because prices have really come down in the last half a decade. Still, really good webhost charge a few dollar more than the mediocre ones. However, price should not be of major concern when looking for a good webhost.

While most of today's webhosts look alike, they differ in subtle ways such as security, scalability, speed, reliability and customer service. Therefore, your focus should be on these factors rather on the appearance of their interface and price.

1. Security: When signing up with a webhost, security should be your top concern. Your webhost should provide free spam and malware scanning, domain name verification, security badge and other security features. Read iPage reviews to find the webhosts that are strong on security. 
    
2. Scalability: The cliché 'change is the only permanent thing' is more true on the internet than anywhere else. It doesn't take long for your website, services and products to become outdated. Therefore, a good webhost should provide ample options for scalability, i.e., to upgrade your website with the latest techniques and features.  
    
3. Features: It is important to make you website as easy to use and flexible as possible. The features you should look include free apps that you can to you website and support for a wide variety of programming languages, scripts and codes. If you are planning to do e-marketing, then you should look for flexible shopping carts, multiple free e-mail accounts, auto-responders, and mail forwarding services. 
    
4. Storage: As you will add more features and information on your website, you will feel the need for more storage space. Today's websites are filled with text, pictures, audio files and video files. To make sure that you will not run of out space, you should look for a host that provides a large storage space at no extra cost. 
    
5. Bandwidth: Few things irritate internet users than websites that take ages (read "minutes") to download. Only a large bandwidth can ensure a high download and upload speed. Therefore, make sure that you webhost provides a large bandwidth at no extra cost. 
    
6. Reliability: There are few things more intolerable to an internet surfer than a website that hangs or becomes inaccessible frequently.  An unreliable website is not only a source of irritation, it also drives away your your customers. Therefore, you should do a lot of research and read as many web hosting reviews as possible to home in on the most reliable host for your website. 
    
7. Customer Service: A webhost without a good customer service is like street vendor. If something goes wrong, you will not know where to turn to for help. Therefore, you should make sure that you host has a prompt and reliable customer service. 

Author Bio: Sonu writes for hostertalk.com who provides hosting reviews, tips and tricks to get good web host.