DDoS attacks refer to fake traffic being directed towards your website or application in an attempt to overload your website.

Hosting providers – one of the most instrumental players in getting your content live on the Web. However, with the ever growing expansion in this field, many newcomers have also emerged, making it quite difficult to select a given provider. If we exclude the general ‘what server type should I get for my website’, there are a plethora of divergent questions that you also need to ask yourself such as what criteria you should be looking out for. In this article we are going to cover the most basic features, as well as some of the more advanced ones, that you need to be actively searching for in a hosting provider as they can prove the services’ legitimacy, security and overall reputation.

Does your provider accept crypto as payment?

First and foremost, it is important to check whether your hosting provider accepts cryptocurrencies as an alternative payment method. But why does this matter? Well, for starters, paying with crypto such as Bitcoin, as it is the most universally known cryptocurrency, allows you to retain complete anonymity, which in turn protects your privacy. Providers offering you the chance to pay for your servers using Bitcoin for example, are generally more concerned about protecting your privacy while also enabling you to conduct safe and secure payments. One such service is the famous Bitcoin VPS ,server which is essentially a virtual private server that allows you to pay for them using Bitcoin.

Furthermore, paying with crypto is also extremely beneficial for those who do not have access to standard payment methods such as banking transfers or PayPal. Not only that, but making international transactions is also a lot cheaper than using any traditional payment methods due to the fact that cryptocurrencies involve sending a given amount from one address to another regardless of the recipient’s geographical location. Transactions are also stored into the blockchain which keeps track of every transaction ever made, allowing you to remain anonymous while paying and to have your history securely stored.

Backups and snapshots

Having a saved copy of your server and your project data is absolutely essential as it can protect your website from many different problems. Most providers do offer snapshots and backups, but not all of them do. Try looking for a provider that can offer you this feature as it is quite important and here is why. If your website gets hacked or gets injected with malicious software or code, the backups can be used to perform a complete website rollback, preventing your hard word from going down the drain. Having a hacked website can severely tarnish your reputation and damage your search rankings in terms of performance.

Moreover, sometimes it might be the server’s fault that your website could experience downtime, which might be the case of a complete server meltdown or hack attack on a higher level.

Because of this, it is important to also choose a provider that is quite invested in not only protecting you, but also keeping their servers safe. This security is something very valuable for your project as well as the server that it is being hosted on.

Do they offer strong and reliable DDoS protection?

DDoS attacks refer to fake traffic being directed towards your website or application in an attempt to overload your website due to its inability to cope with all of the generated influx, ultimately resulting in it going offline. This can also negatively impact your search engine results pages’ performance as unhappy visitors will result in a high bounce rate, which is a signal of a user experience, which is one of the main ranking factors that crawlers use to rank your pages. DDoS attacks can also limit your website’s ability to process information and quickly respond to user requests and interactions, meaning that if it does not get taken down, it might still become slower overall, which will again be reflected in your rankings.

Because of this, it is crucial to find a hosting provider that is capable of providing you strong, secure and reliable DDoS protection, which can take care of all of the fake incoming traffic and protect your website in the long run. Some providers do offer this feature as an addon and others do provide it to you for free. However, something being free does not guarantee high quality. Because of this, it is important to carry out your research prior to selecting a given provider to host your website, application or project in general.

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