1. These days there are 1000’s of web hosts, some of them really bad and just a waste of money. Always check for the uptime guarantee, but do ask them about to give you the uptime reports. You can check the reviews of the web host by searching on Google.
2. Check the payment methods of the company and which payment methods will you use, because there are many good web hosts who just accept credit card or paypal.
3. Always keep in mind that there is no hard disk in the world with unlimited space, if the web host is saying unlimited disk space check for the terms and conditions.
4. Ask them few questions about which server they are using, which system they are running, location of the server and the speed of the server they offering.
5. Try to talk to there customer support, if the customer support is friendly and ready to help you, it is the sign of good web host. Send them an email if they get back to you within 24hours it is a good sign. I have sent email to several hosts which are advertising on Google as well and it’s been 1 month they didn’t answered. I have selected the company due to customer support which is 24/7 available for me.
6. If you are a newbie ask them to help you, if they are willing to help you then it means they will give good support in future as well, my web host set up all the DNS for me and helped in everything.
7. Check the features they are offering, look for cpanel hosting it gives you one click easy to install applications. Some hosting companies do not offer cpanel hosting.
8. Don’t get fascinated by 1$ web hosting offers, cheap web hosting mostly don’t provide good support. The average wage of the server technician is around 35$ to 45$, just think how these 1 dollar web hosts pay them.
9. Reliable and fast hosting service is always SEO friendly, choose a reliable hosting company for SEO hosting.

Keep these things in mind next time you search for good web hosts.