Hosting, Emails & Domains
First thing’s first. What is hosting.
Every website is hosted somewhere. Think of hosting as a “garage” the place where your website “lives” (much like where your car “lives” when you are not using it). Your website files “live” on a hosting server, where they sit and wait until called upon.
While every business knows that having an online presence is important, many companies overlook the importance of their website hosting.
Your hosting option can directly affect your website’s performance, which in turn will affect its Google page ranking as a result.
Choosing a good web hosting service is one of the most important investments you can make for your business’s website.
Poor Performance, including:
Increased website load time.
Recurring downtime.
Not all hosting services include backup.
Poor or zero customer service.
Lack of data security.
Off-shore data centre locations affect speed.
Your website’s speed is affected by the physical location of your data centre.
An Australian business website should be hosted on a good Australian-based server to improve the business’s local online presence.
Support when you need it.
‘Good’ web hosting is all about features, performance and support. The reality is that good budget hosting is a rarity.
These key features below are necessary for good website hosting, which keeps your website performing optimally and provides a better user experience.
Hosting Performance
A fast website offers a better user experience overall for the user, which is imperative to how they feel about using your site and your business.
This is important because a slow website will put visitors off and make them less likely to stay, thus increasing your website’s bounce rate.
Reliability & Uptime
A good web host will automatically monitor your website, alerting you when things aren’t running as expected. It is common knowledge that a site with poor web hosting will suffer issues because the host is not paid to protect the website.
A good host will act on these alerts quickly, understanding the risks and effects it has when your website is down.
Data Backup & Data Recovery
Most of the time budget hosting services do not include backup.
A cybersecurity breach or a simple human error can wipe your website clean of everything you’ve ever worked for in a matter of seconds.
A good web hosting company can provide a variety of data backup and data recovery options to meet your business’s specific needs.
Better Security
Compromised websites can damage a business’s reputation.
If you don’t have secure website hosting, you’re susceptible to breaches and hacks that can take down your website, compromise sensitive data, and more. Oftentimes, when businesses take advantage of budget website hosting, they’re getting what they pay for.
Secure web hosting should provide (at the very least) malware protection, SSL certificates, firewalls, and top-of-the-line security measures for physical data centres.
Technical Support
Getting Support when you need it is critical. Most ‘Offshore’ or ‘Budget’ service providers are nearly impossible to call and are generally only contactable via ticketing systems.
A good web host company is locally based and available by phone or email with a fast response time.
Managed Hosting
Many people think of website hosting as a set-up and leave process. True, if you choose a budget host service. A ‘Good’ host service provides a managed host service.
Managed hosting services provide comprehensive management and support for websites and server infrastructure.
With managed hosting, we provide server maintenance, security updates, performance optimisation, and technical support, allowing users to focus on their core business activities.
Managed WordPress is a specialised hosting service that is designed specifically for websites built on the WordPress platform.
It goes beyond just providing server space and includes additional features and services that make managing a WordPress website easier and more convenient.
The term ‘managed’ means that the hosting provider takes care of the back-end and basic administrative aspects, e.g., WordPress installation, software updates, security, backups, and performance optimization.
This type of hosting comes with a user-friendly interface and allows website owners to easily manage their site’s settings, install plugins and themes, and make other modifications.
WordPress installation
WP-CLI tools for manual WordPress management
AI tools for generating content and websites
Automatic website migration tool
WordPress automatic updates
WordPress acceleration (LiteSpeed)
Object cache
On-demand backup
WordPress staging tool
WordPress multisite feature
Advanced WooCommerce optimization
Google has confirmed that website speed is a key factor in its search algorithm.
As a result, slow-loading sites—often caused by poor web hosting—can suffer lower rankings in search engine results pages (SERPs), leading to reduced organic traffic and visibility.
