Web Hosting Tips for Small Business Owners in 2025

Web Hosting Essentials—What Small Businesses Should Know

Every website starts with hosting. But for small business owners, it's easy to overlook the quality of your hosting provider—until your site crashes, loads slowly, or gets hacked.

At Shane Worley, The Marketing 1, we don't just build websites—we host them, secure them, and optimize their performance. Here's what every business owner should know in 2025 about web hosting.

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What is Web Hosting?

Web hosting is the service that stores your website’s files and makes them accessible online. Without it, your website doesn’t exist on the internet.

There are three major types:

• Shared Hosting – Cheapest, but you share space with other sites

• VPS Hosting – More secure and private, ideal for growing businesses

• Dedicated Hosting – High performance, high cost, best for large traffic loads

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Why Hosting Choice Matters in 2025

Here’s a breakdown of what poor vs. strong hosting can mean for your business:

Hosting Feature Poor Hosting Good Hosting

Page Load Speed 4–7 seconds <2 seconds

Downtime 5+ hours/month <30 minutes/month

Security & Backups Manual, vulnerable Automatic & encrypted

Scalability Crashes under traffic Auto-scaling support

Support Generic chatbots 24/7 expert tech support

(Source: HostingAdvice.com, 2025)

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Google Cares About Hosting Too

Google uses site speed and uptime as ranking signals. If your hosting is slow, you could be losing SEO traffic—no matter how well-optimized your content is.

💡 A 1-second delay in page load time can reduce conversions by 7% (Google Web Dev Report, 2025).

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What Features Should You Look For?

When setting up clients, we prioritize hosting with:

• ✅ 99.99% Uptime Guarantee

• ✅ SSD Storage for Speed

• ✅ Free SSL Certificate

• ✅ Daily Backups

• ✅ Staging Environments for Testing

• ✅ 24/7 U.S.-based Support

If you're paying under $10/month for hosting, you're likely missing most of these.

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Bonus Tip: Go Local When You Can

Local servers mean faster site speed for your local visitors. We offer hosting options optimized for Illinois businesses, giving you an edge when it comes to local SEO.

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Don’t Let Bad Hosting Hurt Your Brand

At Shane Worley, The Marketing 1, our hosting plans are built with small business growth in mind—scalable, secure, and optimized for performance.

🚀 Ready to upgrade your hosting or launch a new site with confidence?
Contact us today and we’ll handle the tech so you can focus on your business.