Autor: teahupoo
The many advancements that have been made in technology make it possible for you to access all kinds of information that you may need. Webhosting companies make it possible for people to get their information on the internet for other people to access. If you are looking for a webhosting company there are some things you will want to keep in mind. You will want to make sure you pick the company that best suits your needs.
The first thing you will want to consider is cost. How much are you planning on spending to get what you want. There are many companies out there, and the cost can vary from company to company. If you set a limit to your spending make sure you stick with it. If you find a company that has what you need, but costs more than you want to spend you may want to check around with other companies.
Cost and quality go hand in hand. The price you are willing to pay will affect the quality that you will get. You will want to check around to make sure you get the best quality you can for the amount of money you can spend. Do make sure you check into the quality to make sure that you will not be disappointed later on. Also, just because it costs less now, does not mean you will not end up spending more in the long run.
Spending more money in the long run may come into play when you think about what is offered. If the company adds extra costs along the way, you will end up spending just as much, if not more than if you had just gone with the better company in the first place. Not every company offers the same things with their initial package, so make sure you check into this, and see if there will be any extra costs or fees.
Features is another thing you will want to consider. You will want to make sure that everything you will need is available, or can be added if needed. If you are not able to do exactly what you want to do, this can be frustrating. Some companies offer one e-mail address, while another may offer ten. Some will allow unlimited forwarding, while others may have extra fees or costs.
Make sure you check out all your options before you make your decision. This is a big decision and you want to make sure you are getting exactly what you want, and for a reasonable price. Investing a little time in research will pay off in the long run. Your time investment will guarantee you get what you want.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Some Of The Benefits Of Shared Webhosting
Autor: teahupoo
The benefits of shared webhosting can be very useful, especially for someone just getting started. Many individuals or small to medium size businesses choose to do this since it is cheaper than getting a connection to the internet for their web site all on their own. Web hosts provide the customer with the means to get the internet requirements they need in an affordable way. This is a great way for smaller businesses or individuals to save money, but still get exactly what they need.
The shared cost of the internet connection helps these businesses or individuals as well as the companies. The basic fee is a low monthly fee. This fee is cheap enough for you to afford, while still allowing you with the services you need to keep your website running smoothly. Another benefit is the powerful server that you will now have access to. Without the proper server and proper connection you will have a hard time keeping your website up and running.
Another advantage is that you do not have to be a professional webmaster to do this. This shared web hosting allows those who are not as technically advanced a reliable web presence. This is very important if you want to make sure you web site gets seen. If nobody know about your site it will be hard to get anybody to visit it. The shared web hosting also insures that you will have connectivity and uptime.
You will also get at least one e-mail address, and a domain name. You need both of these if plan on making your business a success. An e-mail address allows you to send information back and forth quickly. This is very important in a business.
You will also enjoy the convenience of shared webhosting. It is easy to set up and activate your services. You can do this right from home. Being able to do things from home always make it easier. This will only take a little bit of time, and will be available for you to use within a few minutes of signing up.
For those of you are may need help from time to time there is always support available. This is music to some ears. If you run into any trouble you can call them up and they will help you with whatever you need.
These are a few of the benefits that you may find once you start using a shared web host. If you are looking for a way to lessen your web hosting costs, you may want to look into a the shared web hosting. This is a great way to save money and still get all the benefits that you need for yourself, of your business.
The benefits of shared webhosting can be very useful, especially for someone just getting started. Many individuals or small to medium size businesses choose to do this since it is cheaper than getting a connection to the internet for their web site all on their own. Web hosts provide the customer with the means to get the internet requirements they need in an affordable way. This is a great way for smaller businesses or individuals to save money, but still get exactly what they need.
The shared cost of the internet connection helps these businesses or individuals as well as the companies. The basic fee is a low monthly fee. This fee is cheap enough for you to afford, while still allowing you with the services you need to keep your website running smoothly. Another benefit is the powerful server that you will now have access to. Without the proper server and proper connection you will have a hard time keeping your website up and running.
Another advantage is that you do not have to be a professional webmaster to do this. This shared web hosting allows those who are not as technically advanced a reliable web presence. This is very important if you want to make sure you web site gets seen. If nobody know about your site it will be hard to get anybody to visit it. The shared web hosting also insures that you will have connectivity and uptime.
You will also get at least one e-mail address, and a domain name. You need both of these if plan on making your business a success. An e-mail address allows you to send information back and forth quickly. This is very important in a business.
You will also enjoy the convenience of shared webhosting. It is easy to set up and activate your services. You can do this right from home. Being able to do things from home always make it easier. This will only take a little bit of time, and will be available for you to use within a few minutes of signing up.
For those of you are may need help from time to time there is always support available. This is music to some ears. If you run into any trouble you can call them up and they will help you with whatever you need.
These are a few of the benefits that you may find once you start using a shared web host. If you are looking for a way to lessen your web hosting costs, you may want to look into a the shared web hosting. This is a great way to save money and still get all the benefits that you need for yourself, of your business.
An Introduction To Web Hosting Affiliate Programs
Autor: dcassidy
The Internet or World Wide Web is one giant interwoven collection of websites. These websites are hosted on servers on computers round the globe, using their hosting capabilities to display each website's files that contain text, HTML, XML, PHP and / or some other source code, images, graphics, audio and video files and more. And those who offer hosting solutions generally offer a variety of business opportunities with plenty of money-making potential like web hosting affiliate programs and business hosting.
Web Hosting Affiliate Program
When a hosting provider sets up a web hosting affiliate program, those who sell the hosting to others through their affiliate link can earn a profit for their sales effort, generally a monthly fee, based upon the percentage of the sale.
For example, you can host your website with a affiliate hosting company and once you sign up, you are able to participate in their affiliate program. Add an affiliate link, a link to the site with your affiliate code embedded in it, so that any sales ring up under your own account ID. Once sales occur, you receive residual income for each month your referral remains a regular paying customer.
Set up your own website about the importance of web hosting and how to go about it, then promote it using your affiliate links in everything. Then you'll have a small business with yourweb hosting affiliate program, earning you extra dollars every month.
Business Web Hosting
There is more than one type of hosting out there. You can get small 1-page sites and web hosting packages for sites growing up like individual sites, medium-sized and large-sized sites, business web hosting with all the bells and whistles - and about any type of hosting in between. Usually difference in web hosting packages involves the main features like the disk space, bandwidth and monthly price you pay. But equally important to many are the number of domains you can host, sub domains, FTP accounts you can have, whether or not Fantastico modules are present offering a lot of extra tools and scripts for web builders (like Help Desks, Content Management solutions and much more).
In order to choose the best business hosting package for your needs, start by asking for hosting referrals form fellow business associates. Then compare what each has to offer, comparing offerings to what your own business hosting needs are. Then allow some room to grow and choose accordingly, selecting a plan that fits your budget and offers plenty of support
The Internet or World Wide Web is one giant interwoven collection of websites. These websites are hosted on servers on computers round the globe, using their hosting capabilities to display each website's files that contain text, HTML, XML, PHP and / or some other source code, images, graphics, audio and video files and more. And those who offer hosting solutions generally offer a variety of business opportunities with plenty of money-making potential like web hosting affiliate programs and business hosting.
Web Hosting Affiliate Program
When a hosting provider sets up a web hosting affiliate program, those who sell the hosting to others through their affiliate link can earn a profit for their sales effort, generally a monthly fee, based upon the percentage of the sale.
For example, you can host your website with a affiliate hosting company and once you sign up, you are able to participate in their affiliate program. Add an affiliate link, a link to the site with your affiliate code embedded in it, so that any sales ring up under your own account ID. Once sales occur, you receive residual income for each month your referral remains a regular paying customer.
Set up your own website about the importance of web hosting and how to go about it, then promote it using your affiliate links in everything. Then you'll have a small business with yourweb hosting affiliate program, earning you extra dollars every month.
Business Web Hosting
There is more than one type of hosting out there. You can get small 1-page sites and web hosting packages for sites growing up like individual sites, medium-sized and large-sized sites, business web hosting with all the bells and whistles - and about any type of hosting in between. Usually difference in web hosting packages involves the main features like the disk space, bandwidth and monthly price you pay. But equally important to many are the number of domains you can host, sub domains, FTP accounts you can have, whether or not Fantastico modules are present offering a lot of extra tools and scripts for web builders (like Help Desks, Content Management solutions and much more).
In order to choose the best business hosting package for your needs, start by asking for hosting referrals form fellow business associates. Then compare what each has to offer, comparing offerings to what your own business hosting needs are. Then allow some room to grow and choose accordingly, selecting a plan that fits your budget and offers plenty of support
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
How to Make a Painless Move to a New Web Host
Autor: kevin03
There are two things that can go seriously wrong when you move to a new web hosting provider. Follow this simple guide to doing it all without too many dramas.
A normal move to a new hosting provider can mean huge losses to your business if things aren't done correctly. Specifically:
1. Your new web site doesn't "behave" the way it should.
2. Your email goes "missing" for several days
Setting Up The New Server
Setting up the new server correctly easily solves the first problem.
Set up the new server with your existing/main domain name details (but do not change the DNS settings - yet).
Once the server is set up, you can then park another/spare domain name at the same server.
For example, most servers with cPanel allow you to easily park one - or more - domains on top of an existing one. If you don't happen to have a spare/unused domain nameyou can use for this purpose, it won't cost much to register a new .com just for this purpose.
Now, make sure that the DNS information for the parked domain at your domain name registry points to the new server.
Once you can see your web site under the parrkeddomainname.com address in your web browser, fully test it to make sure all the interactive routines - i.e. search routines, contact forms, forums, feeds, etc., work as they should.
Once you are 100% certain that it works properly, and you've got your email sorted out (see next bit) then you can organize to have the DNS for your main domain name changed to point to the new server.
Big Tip: Make a small change to the new home page so you can easily tell which site (old or new) you are looking at in your web browser. When you can see the change, it means your DNS has been updated.
Don't Lose Any Email
The problem with a DNS change is that it can take some time to go through - up to 72 hours or even longer for it to propagate across the whole Internet.
During that time, some of your customers will be seeing the old version of your site, and if they send you email, it can be delivered to the old server.
And you might not be able to check it because your ISP has updated the DNS and you can only see the new server.
At The Old Server, simply set up a forward or redirection to send all your mail to your existing ISP email account, or perhaps even a new Hotmail type address.
For the final time, in Outlook (or whatever email client you use) click on Send/Receive to get any mail that might be waiting on the old server. After this new email (to your old server) will come in through your ISP email box.
Next, set up your email accounts At The New Server. You should also set up redirects here to send any mail it receives to your ISP address. That way, if you're unlucky and your DNS takes forever to propagate, you will still get your new email.
Finally, when you are all ready to go, lodge the DNS change with your domain name registrar to point your main domain to the new server.
While The DNS Is Updating
If everything's been set up correctly, then while the DNS is updating, several things will happen:
1. Any email being sent to the old server will be redirected to your ISP email address.
2. Any email that's sent to the new server is also being redirected to your ISP address, so you won't lose any email during this period.
3. Your email client should keep checking the old server until the DNS change goes through. When that happens, it will most likely display an "unable to connect" error message.
4. Now, check to make sure you can see your new server in your web browser.
5. If you can, then change your email settings to the new server settings and check it works both sending and receiving.
6. Now remove the redirections from the new server.
Finally, in about another week or so, contact your OLD hosting provider and Close Your Account. It's an important step, but so many people forget to do it, until they get re-billed for another month (and lot's of luck trying to get a refund).
There are two things that can go seriously wrong when you move to a new web hosting provider. Follow this simple guide to doing it all without too many dramas.
A normal move to a new hosting provider can mean huge losses to your business if things aren't done correctly. Specifically:
1. Your new web site doesn't "behave" the way it should.
2. Your email goes "missing" for several days
Setting Up The New Server
Setting up the new server correctly easily solves the first problem.
Set up the new server with your existing/main domain name details (but do not change the DNS settings - yet).
Once the server is set up, you can then park another/spare domain name at the same server.
For example, most servers with cPanel allow you to easily park one - or more - domains on top of an existing one. If you don't happen to have a spare/unused domain nameyou can use for this purpose, it won't cost much to register a new .com just for this purpose.
Now, make sure that the DNS information for the parked domain at your domain name registry points to the new server.
Once you can see your web site under the parrkeddomainname.com address in your web browser, fully test it to make sure all the interactive routines - i.e. search routines, contact forms, forums, feeds, etc., work as they should.
Once you are 100% certain that it works properly, and you've got your email sorted out (see next bit) then you can organize to have the DNS for your main domain name changed to point to the new server.
Big Tip: Make a small change to the new home page so you can easily tell which site (old or new) you are looking at in your web browser. When you can see the change, it means your DNS has been updated.
Don't Lose Any Email
The problem with a DNS change is that it can take some time to go through - up to 72 hours or even longer for it to propagate across the whole Internet.
During that time, some of your customers will be seeing the old version of your site, and if they send you email, it can be delivered to the old server.
And you might not be able to check it because your ISP has updated the DNS and you can only see the new server.
At The Old Server, simply set up a forward or redirection to send all your mail to your existing ISP email account, or perhaps even a new Hotmail type address.
For the final time, in Outlook (or whatever email client you use) click on Send/Receive to get any mail that might be waiting on the old server. After this new email (to your old server) will come in through your ISP email box.
Next, set up your email accounts At The New Server. You should also set up redirects here to send any mail it receives to your ISP address. That way, if you're unlucky and your DNS takes forever to propagate, you will still get your new email.
Finally, when you are all ready to go, lodge the DNS change with your domain name registrar to point your main domain to the new server.
While The DNS Is Updating
If everything's been set up correctly, then while the DNS is updating, several things will happen:
1. Any email being sent to the old server will be redirected to your ISP email address.
2. Any email that's sent to the new server is also being redirected to your ISP address, so you won't lose any email during this period.
3. Your email client should keep checking the old server until the DNS change goes through. When that happens, it will most likely display an "unable to connect" error message.
4. Now, check to make sure you can see your new server in your web browser.
5. If you can, then change your email settings to the new server settings and check it works both sending and receiving.
6. Now remove the redirections from the new server.
Finally, in about another week or so, contact your OLD hosting provider and Close Your Account. It's an important step, but so many people forget to do it, until they get re-billed for another month (and lot's of luck trying to get a refund).
Webhosting Tips - Picking A Good Web Hosting Company
Autor: pinotedesco
Picking a good web hosting company is important to keeping your website open and your costs down.
There are many to choose from, as well as different pricing plans to look over. Depending on the amount of sites that you intend on building, you may want to consider a larger web space in the long run.
You should start with the smallest web space that you can get to test the waters, just incase niche website Internet marketing does not work out for you. You may want to add on later, so make sure that your provider offers that option.
You will want to choose a provider that has a reliable service. If your site is down or takes to long to open up when visitors are trying to get in, it may lead them to click out of your site and move on to the next one. They will also more than likely not visit in the future since they will remember their bad experience.
For this reason, it is probably best to stick with a well known company who you can check reliable references on.
Like anything larger companies have a reputation to uphold, so therefore they have more too loose and generally the bigger the better when it comes to web hosting companies as you will want the support asap shoudl you need it. With smaler companies web hosting support is sometimes lacking or delayed.
There are many small hosting providers that offer space for as low as $.50 to $1 per month, however, you never know what you will be getting and many of them want you to pay for at least a years worth in advance.
You will also want one that has the most affordable hosting. If you can create your own small site or have one made for you, then you will probably be able to find space for as low as $3 to $4 per month.
However, if you need to choose a company that offers a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) website builder, then you will probably end up paying $10 to $15 per month for the smallest amount of space.
But if this is the only way that you can build a site, then it is necessary.
Some web hosting providers may also offer a deal on a yearly URL or other products when you make a web hosting purchase.
Ultimately, whatever web hosting provider you choose will depend on your individual needs and what you can afford.
Hopefully you will be able to snap up a well known provider at a low price who will allow you to upgrade your service as needed.
Picking a good web hosting company is important to keeping your website open and your costs down.
There are many to choose from, as well as different pricing plans to look over. Depending on the amount of sites that you intend on building, you may want to consider a larger web space in the long run.
You should start with the smallest web space that you can get to test the waters, just incase niche website Internet marketing does not work out for you. You may want to add on later, so make sure that your provider offers that option.
You will want to choose a provider that has a reliable service. If your site is down or takes to long to open up when visitors are trying to get in, it may lead them to click out of your site and move on to the next one. They will also more than likely not visit in the future since they will remember their bad experience.
For this reason, it is probably best to stick with a well known company who you can check reliable references on.
Like anything larger companies have a reputation to uphold, so therefore they have more too loose and generally the bigger the better when it comes to web hosting companies as you will want the support asap shoudl you need it. With smaler companies web hosting support is sometimes lacking or delayed.
There are many small hosting providers that offer space for as low as $.50 to $1 per month, however, you never know what you will be getting and many of them want you to pay for at least a years worth in advance.
You will also want one that has the most affordable hosting. If you can create your own small site or have one made for you, then you will probably be able to find space for as low as $3 to $4 per month.
However, if you need to choose a company that offers a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) website builder, then you will probably end up paying $10 to $15 per month for the smallest amount of space.
But if this is the only way that you can build a site, then it is necessary.
Some web hosting providers may also offer a deal on a yearly URL or other products when you make a web hosting purchase.
Ultimately, whatever web hosting provider you choose will depend on your individual needs and what you can afford.
Hopefully you will be able to snap up a well known provider at a low price who will allow you to upgrade your service as needed.
Virtual Web Servers: Perfect For Mid-Sized Web Hosting Needs
Autor: adrianadams
The internet has exploded over the last ten years with many people doing more and more tasks online everyday. As the internet continues to grow, the amount of space available for web sites to expand will shrink. Another very important fact that needs to be considered when creating a web site is how you are going to host the web site.
Large companies can afford to have a dedicated web server or servers, but smaller companies and individuals usually can not afford to have a dedicated server for their web site. For these individuals there are a few alternatives available. They can either use aweb hosting service to host their web sites, or they can use a virtual web server to host their web site. Both of these alternatives have strengths and weaknesses.
A web hosting plan usually allows you to upload your web files to their server and then they configure everything so that anyone on the internet can access it. These plans are usually fairly inexpensive, but they are also limited in the amount of options that you can configure on your own.
However since the configuration of these plans are very easy, you do not need to have a large internal I.T. department to implement your plans.Web hosting plans are also a very good fit for your web site if you do not need to have access to a database.
Virtual web servers are a great way to maximize the use of a single server to service many web sites across several domains. The virtual web server uses one server and one operating system to host many different web sites. The difference between virtual web servers and hosting plans is that you have access to mail, FTP, and all of the configuration files on the virtual server.
This gives you quite a bit more control over all of the functions that a normal web server would allow you to do. However you need to know more about configuring a web site if you use avirtual web server. The best thing about a virtual web server is that you have much more control and the ability to do many different things that you can not do with a web hosting plan.
Usually it takes a person with quite a bit of experience to be able to successfully setup, maintain, and configure a web server. The problem with this is that there are not enough of these experienced people to prepare a web server for all of the individualweb sites on the internet today.
One way to help fix this problem is to use virtual web servers. A virtual web server allows one very experienced person to setup a single server that will be able to host many different web sites across many domains. This also allows different web sites to be configured individually and be able to use more resources than they would be able to use if they were not hosted on a virtual web server.
Since each web site can be fully configured, you will have quite a bit of control over all of the different features of your web site.
A virtual web server allows each web site to have its email, FTP access, and many other configuration files to be configured exactly the way you want them to be. Also avirtual web server allows access to different types of databases which can make your web site more dynamic.
Many virtual web server plans allow unlimited email addresses and built-in spam filters and virus protection. They also allow unlimited anonymous and non-anonymous FTP sites, so that you can offer file upload and downloads to your clients.
However the best feature of a virtual web server is that you have complete control over how your web site is configured to run, so you can do almost anything that you want to do. You do not have to be an expert, because many of these services offer a management tool, so that you can do all of the configurations without knowing exactly how to do it by hand.
The internet has exploded over the last ten years with many people doing more and more tasks online everyday. As the internet continues to grow, the amount of space available for web sites to expand will shrink. Another very important fact that needs to be considered when creating a web site is how you are going to host the web site.
Large companies can afford to have a dedicated web server or servers, but smaller companies and individuals usually can not afford to have a dedicated server for their web site. For these individuals there are a few alternatives available. They can either use aweb hosting service to host their web sites, or they can use a virtual web server to host their web site. Both of these alternatives have strengths and weaknesses.
A web hosting plan usually allows you to upload your web files to their server and then they configure everything so that anyone on the internet can access it. These plans are usually fairly inexpensive, but they are also limited in the amount of options that you can configure on your own.
However since the configuration of these plans are very easy, you do not need to have a large internal I.T. department to implement your plans.Web hosting plans are also a very good fit for your web site if you do not need to have access to a database.
Virtual web servers are a great way to maximize the use of a single server to service many web sites across several domains. The virtual web server uses one server and one operating system to host many different web sites. The difference between virtual web servers and hosting plans is that you have access to mail, FTP, and all of the configuration files on the virtual server.
This gives you quite a bit more control over all of the functions that a normal web server would allow you to do. However you need to know more about configuring a web site if you use avirtual web server. The best thing about a virtual web server is that you have much more control and the ability to do many different things that you can not do with a web hosting plan.
Usually it takes a person with quite a bit of experience to be able to successfully setup, maintain, and configure a web server. The problem with this is that there are not enough of these experienced people to prepare a web server for all of the individualweb sites on the internet today.
One way to help fix this problem is to use virtual web servers. A virtual web server allows one very experienced person to setup a single server that will be able to host many different web sites across many domains. This also allows different web sites to be configured individually and be able to use more resources than they would be able to use if they were not hosted on a virtual web server.
Since each web site can be fully configured, you will have quite a bit of control over all of the different features of your web site.
A virtual web server allows each web site to have its email, FTP access, and many other configuration files to be configured exactly the way you want them to be. Also avirtual web server allows access to different types of databases which can make your web site more dynamic.
Many virtual web server plans allow unlimited email addresses and built-in spam filters and virus protection. They also allow unlimited anonymous and non-anonymous FTP sites, so that you can offer file upload and downloads to your clients.
However the best feature of a virtual web server is that you have complete control over how your web site is configured to run, so you can do almost anything that you want to do. You do not have to be an expert, because many of these services offer a management tool, so that you can do all of the configurations without knowing exactly how to do it by hand.
What is Dedicated Website Hosting?
Autor: shf1551
Dedicated website hosting exists when a company hosts only your website on a single computer (server). Most web hosting is shared, with hundreds of websites residing on a single computer.
The advantage of a dedicated server is obvious. If only your site is hosted, you will have all of the computer's resources dedicated to running your site. It will run faster and will likely be running in a more secure environment. With dedicated hosting you will have:
* A massive amount of storage space for your website
* High bandwidth for millions of hits per day
* A high level of technical support
* The ability to install your own proprietary or specialized software
* Complete control over the server configuration
* A high level of security necessary for large ecommerce sites
The total storage space needed must also include the size of your database(s), email boxes, statistics logs and anything else that you have on the server. For example, an article directory created using php, may need its own server if it has more than 50,000 articles. Ifyour site will host high quality images or photos, this will also quickly accumulate storage space. Plan for at least a year in advance before you decide on a hosting solution.
If your site is small, but extremely popular, it may receive thousands of visitors a day. If they are each downloading 500KB or more, the total bandwidth quickly adds up.
For instance, a celebrity fan site with desktop wallpapers and short mp3 sound bites could have 5,000 visitors a day. If each visitor downloads 2 (100KB) wallpapers and one (200KB) sound clip, that totals 400KB. Then you must add all the pages and thumbnails that the viewer sees but doesn't download (another 200KB). If you multiply this average (600KB) x 5,000 visitors, you get 3,000,000KB or 3GB. That adds up to 90GB of traffic a month!
Another thing to consider is the complexity of the site. If it interacts with several databases and contains several scripting languages, you may require more technical support than the average site owner. It is much easier to have special scripts and security features installed on adedicated server , than it is on a shared one. Needless to say, you will have complete control over what programs reside on your server, and what extra security features you have in place.
However, dedicated website hosting is much more expensive than basic hosting and you may have to spend a lot of money for technicians to install and configure your software. If you think you may require a dedicated solution, it is imperative that you research your hosting provider thoroughly before committing. The number of customers, experience in the industry, quality of their data center and quality of their computer hardware and software are just some of the things to consider.
Dedicated website hosting exists when a company hosts only your website on a single computer (server). Most web hosting is shared, with hundreds of websites residing on a single computer.
The advantage of a dedicated server is obvious. If only your site is hosted, you will have all of the computer's resources dedicated to running your site. It will run faster and will likely be running in a more secure environment. With dedicated hosting you will have:
* A massive amount of storage space for your website
* High bandwidth for millions of hits per day
* A high level of technical support
* The ability to install your own proprietary or specialized software
* Complete control over the server configuration
* A high level of security necessary for large ecommerce sites
The total storage space needed must also include the size of your database(s), email boxes, statistics logs and anything else that you have on the server. For example, an article directory created using php, may need its own server if it has more than 50,000 articles. Ifyour site will host high quality images or photos, this will also quickly accumulate storage space. Plan for at least a year in advance before you decide on a hosting solution.
If your site is small, but extremely popular, it may receive thousands of visitors a day. If they are each downloading 500KB or more, the total bandwidth quickly adds up.
For instance, a celebrity fan site with desktop wallpapers and short mp3 sound bites could have 5,000 visitors a day. If each visitor downloads 2 (100KB) wallpapers and one (200KB) sound clip, that totals 400KB. Then you must add all the pages and thumbnails that the viewer sees but doesn't download (another 200KB). If you multiply this average (600KB) x 5,000 visitors, you get 3,000,000KB or 3GB. That adds up to 90GB of traffic a month!
Another thing to consider is the complexity of the site. If it interacts with several databases and contains several scripting languages, you may require more technical support than the average site owner. It is much easier to have special scripts and security features installed on adedicated server , than it is on a shared one. Needless to say, you will have complete control over what programs reside on your server, and what extra security features you have in place.
However, dedicated website hosting is much more expensive than basic hosting and you may have to spend a lot of money for technicians to install and configure your software. If you think you may require a dedicated solution, it is imperative that you research your hosting provider thoroughly before committing. The number of customers, experience in the industry, quality of their data center and quality of their computer hardware and software are just some of the things to consider.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
What To Look For In A Web Host
Autor: artgenie
Are you looking to build yourself a website? Trying to give yourself a presence on the internet? Then you would definitely be needing a web host to host your site on.
First thing to think about though when looking for a web host is the sort of website you are thinking of creating. Is it going to be a just a personal site about yourself and your CV, Is it going to be a family site with lots of family pictures? Thinking of setting up a busy forum about your favourite hobby, or a game server to play your favourite games online with friends or are you even contemplating having multiple sites? All this questions would have to be answered before you embark on your search for a suitable host.
One thing you would notice straight away is most hosts have plans providing you with gigabytes of space and bandwidth. This could lead you to believeyour site would take that much space which could then lead you into comparing hosts by comparing the amount of space made available to you going for the company that offers the largest space. (I have seen a company offering 100Gigabyte of space once).
The truth is most websites don't even use anywhere close to that amount of space. Majority of sites don't even use up to 1Gb of space. The average website on the internet today uses less than 50MB of space (yes you read that correctly 50MB). Even an album based website for example a family website with family pictures would still use less than 500MB of space. But don't take my word for it, If you can, build your website offline first of all using a site building software such as dreamweaver or nVU, exactly how you want it to be online with all the images and you would discover how very little space it uses up. It is therefore possible to have several websites on just 500MB of online space.
So I here you ask, why do hosting companies offer as much as 5-100Gb of space in their plans? Well the truth is because they all want to appear competitive.
They know your site wouldn't use that much space and they know you most likely don't know that, so they try and prey on the natural human trait known as GREED. Out of greed, people would always want to get the most of something they can even though they wouldn't use all of it. I have even seen some companies offering Unlimited disk space which is just laughable.
So do these companies have so much space to offer everyone? As you guessed it, the answer is no. What happens is they oversell! Because they know you most likely wouldn't use anywhere near your allocated space, they oversell to make as much money from you as they can before you finally transfer to someone else.
And if a client comes along with an extremely heavy website and does use even 75% of the space allocated to him, he would most likely get kicked off by the host provider with the reason that he's using too many server resources.
Another trick of the trade is the amount of sites you can have on your accounts also known as 'add-on domains' on your account. One could assume that if you cannot fill 5Gb with a single website, then maybe perhaps you could fill it with several websites. Well these 'overselling' companies have thought about this too and what they do is limit the amount of websites you can have per account. So on say a 5Gb account, you may only be allowed to have 2 websites or add-on domains.
Bandwidth is another thing to look out for. But like disk space, you usually don't use close to what is being offered, and this is also grossly oversold. Bandwidth is basically the amount of data that is transferred from and to your hosting account everymonth. Technically you can work out the amount of bandwidth you are going to need by using this formula:
[Average size of your webpages + any graphics used] x [The number of visitors you expect each day x Number of pages each visitor would view] x [30 days] = Total Bandwidth for the month.
For example for a 30 page website averaging 8kb per page, and 50kb worth of images on each page. If you get 50 visitors a day viewing an average of 4 pages each, the total bandwidth for the month would be [8 KB + 50 KB] * [50 visitors * 4 pages] * [30 days in a month] = 348,000 KB. Therefore this site would use a bandwidth of approximately 348Mb per month which is well within limitations of any hosting company.
Therefore what should you look for when choosing a hosting company?
The most important thing to look at is the server specs the company uses, and just as important the support they provide to their clients. By seeing how much effort a company has put into to develop their support department would tell you the sort of experience you would have with them. Is their support just an email address? If so then you probably wouln't want to be with them. Does their support have a knowledge base? Ready made questions and answers, video tutorials to show you visually how to solve the most common problems? An email ticketing system so if you do email them, responses can be tracked? Live chat so a quick question can be answered instantly? A good host that is not just worried about their profits would invest the time and energy into making all these available for their current and potential clients.
So when next you are out shopping for a webhost, don't just look at the amount of space and bandwidth you get, also look at the support available to you if a problem arises as it almost always does.
Are you looking to build yourself a website? Trying to give yourself a presence on the internet? Then you would definitely be needing a web host to host your site on.
First thing to think about though when looking for a web host is the sort of website you are thinking of creating. Is it going to be a just a personal site about yourself and your CV, Is it going to be a family site with lots of family pictures? Thinking of setting up a busy forum about your favourite hobby, or a game server to play your favourite games online with friends or are you even contemplating having multiple sites? All this questions would have to be answered before you embark on your search for a suitable host.
One thing you would notice straight away is most hosts have plans providing you with gigabytes of space and bandwidth. This could lead you to believeyour site would take that much space which could then lead you into comparing hosts by comparing the amount of space made available to you going for the company that offers the largest space. (I have seen a company offering 100Gigabyte of space once).
The truth is most websites don't even use anywhere close to that amount of space. Majority of sites don't even use up to 1Gb of space. The average website on the internet today uses less than 50MB of space (yes you read that correctly 50MB). Even an album based website for example a family website with family pictures would still use less than 500MB of space. But don't take my word for it, If you can, build your website offline first of all using a site building software such as dreamweaver or nVU, exactly how you want it to be online with all the images and you would discover how very little space it uses up. It is therefore possible to have several websites on just 500MB of online space.
So I here you ask, why do hosting companies offer as much as 5-100Gb of space in their plans? Well the truth is because they all want to appear competitive.
They know your site wouldn't use that much space and they know you most likely don't know that, so they try and prey on the natural human trait known as GREED. Out of greed, people would always want to get the most of something they can even though they wouldn't use all of it. I have even seen some companies offering Unlimited disk space which is just laughable.
So do these companies have so much space to offer everyone? As you guessed it, the answer is no. What happens is they oversell! Because they know you most likely wouldn't use anywhere near your allocated space, they oversell to make as much money from you as they can before you finally transfer to someone else.
And if a client comes along with an extremely heavy website and does use even 75% of the space allocated to him, he would most likely get kicked off by the host provider with the reason that he's using too many server resources.
Another trick of the trade is the amount of sites you can have on your accounts also known as 'add-on domains' on your account. One could assume that if you cannot fill 5Gb with a single website, then maybe perhaps you could fill it with several websites. Well these 'overselling' companies have thought about this too and what they do is limit the amount of websites you can have per account. So on say a 5Gb account, you may only be allowed to have 2 websites or add-on domains.
Bandwidth is another thing to look out for. But like disk space, you usually don't use close to what is being offered, and this is also grossly oversold. Bandwidth is basically the amount of data that is transferred from and to your hosting account everymonth. Technically you can work out the amount of bandwidth you are going to need by using this formula:
[Average size of your webpages + any graphics used] x [The number of visitors you expect each day x Number of pages each visitor would view] x [30 days] = Total Bandwidth for the month.
For example for a 30 page website averaging 8kb per page, and 50kb worth of images on each page. If you get 50 visitors a day viewing an average of 4 pages each, the total bandwidth for the month would be [8 KB + 50 KB] * [50 visitors * 4 pages] * [30 days in a month] = 348,000 KB. Therefore this site would use a bandwidth of approximately 348Mb per month which is well within limitations of any hosting company.
Therefore what should you look for when choosing a hosting company?
The most important thing to look at is the server specs the company uses, and just as important the support they provide to their clients. By seeing how much effort a company has put into to develop their support department would tell you the sort of experience you would have with them. Is their support just an email address? If so then you probably wouln't want to be with them. Does their support have a knowledge base? Ready made questions and answers, video tutorials to show you visually how to solve the most common problems? An email ticketing system so if you do email them, responses can be tracked? Live chat so a quick question can be answered instantly? A good host that is not just worried about their profits would invest the time and energy into making all these available for their current and potential clients.
So when next you are out shopping for a webhost, don't just look at the amount of space and bandwidth you get, also look at the support available to you if a problem arises as it almost always does.
Good Web Hosting Services
Autor: judy78
If you are in need of a web host you want to make sure you find one that is of good quality. You can run your own server, but this tends to require a lot of time, money and know how. Many people would rather use a web host and save themselves the headache. If you are in the market for a web host there are a few things you will want to make sure you check into before making your decision.
If you are on a limited budget you will need to find out prices. You can find some free web hosting services, but they tend to have a lot of pop up ads. If this is not something you want on your site you may want to choose a company that does not allow these. You can find many different web hosts. With these different companies comes different costs and features.
One feature that you will probably want is a forwarding e-mail. Another feature that goes along with this would be your auto responder. This allows you to automatically send out e-mail or newsletters to those who request them, or visit your site. These are some important features that you will want to have ifyou are running a business.
The amount of space available is another important feature you will need to check into. You want to make sure you will have for your needs. If you do not have enough it is kind of pointless. Make sure you get enough space, or find a different company who has what you need.
You will also want to make sure there is a satisfaction guarantee. You do not want to spend a lot of money on a web host just to find out it is not working for you, and get stuck for the cost. This is a great way for you to try out the web host and make sureyou are getting exactly what you need.
Another thing you will want to pay attention to is what you are paying for. You don't want to have a bunch of features that you are not using. These features will cost more, and wont do you any good. Make sure you only get what you need.
One of the features is statistics. These will allow you to get information on how many people are visiting your site or where they come from.
Another important factor to consider when choosing a good web hosting provider is the amount of support they offer for their services. Do they have an 800 number and fully staffed office 24 hours a day - or are you on your own, missing out on sales until 8 AM the next morning?
Finally, keep in mind that when you're selling products or services, it's important that you find ecommerce web hosting that supports purchases and large amounts of traffic that you'll hopefully generate for your site.
If you are in need of a web host you want to make sure you find one that is of good quality. You can run your own server, but this tends to require a lot of time, money and know how. Many people would rather use a web host and save themselves the headache. If you are in the market for a web host there are a few things you will want to make sure you check into before making your decision.
If you are on a limited budget you will need to find out prices. You can find some free web hosting services, but they tend to have a lot of pop up ads. If this is not something you want on your site you may want to choose a company that does not allow these. You can find many different web hosts. With these different companies comes different costs and features.
One feature that you will probably want is a forwarding e-mail. Another feature that goes along with this would be your auto responder. This allows you to automatically send out e-mail or newsletters to those who request them, or visit your site. These are some important features that you will want to have ifyou are running a business.
The amount of space available is another important feature you will need to check into. You want to make sure you will have for your needs. If you do not have enough it is kind of pointless. Make sure you get enough space, or find a different company who has what you need.
You will also want to make sure there is a satisfaction guarantee. You do not want to spend a lot of money on a web host just to find out it is not working for you, and get stuck for the cost. This is a great way for you to try out the web host and make sureyou are getting exactly what you need.
Another thing you will want to pay attention to is what you are paying for. You don't want to have a bunch of features that you are not using. These features will cost more, and wont do you any good. Make sure you only get what you need.
One of the features is statistics. These will allow you to get information on how many people are visiting your site or where they come from.
Another important factor to consider when choosing a good web hosting provider is the amount of support they offer for their services. Do they have an 800 number and fully staffed office 24 hours a day - or are you on your own, missing out on sales until 8 AM the next morning?
Finally, keep in mind that when you're selling products or services, it's important that you find ecommerce web hosting that supports purchases and large amounts of traffic that you'll hopefully generate for your site.
ResellersPanel Launches Version 2.0 of Its Control Panel and a New Web Hosting Plan
Autor: RossTodoroff
ResellersPanel, the free web hosting reseller program, announces that the new version of its Resellers Control Panel, simply named Resellers Panel v2, has been built, tested and launched. Some of the upgrades include better client management tools, a new Invoice Manager section, an improved statistics section with more details and an easier to work with main navigation menu with modified titles and descriptions of the different sections. Resellers Panel v2 now offers technical support through a new trouble ticket system, where the resellers can request help by opening a ticket or themselves provide direct support to their existing hosting customers.
New updates to the clients' hosting control panel, which is now available also in Dutch, have been made as well. They include multi-year bulk domain registration and multi-domain registration/transfer options, PHP5 support, new Registrar-Lock Status/Obtain EPP Key/Invite a Friend options, an RSS news generator, which allows the hosting clients to add free news content onto their websites, and an SPF protection section where they can specify which computers are authorized to send email from a specific domain and thus ensure their internet privacy. Easy-to-understand help tooltips have been added as well so that if a given hosting client is not sure what a certain section of the control panel does, they can simply point the mouse over the respective icon and learn more.
ResellersPanel has also launched a new web hosting plan - the Enterprise plan, which is suitable for medium and large enterprises, as well as for web designers, webmasters and advanced internet users, and which offers 40 GB of Disk Space, 500 GB of Bandwidth, the ability to host unlimited domains, sub-domains, e-mails, databases and more. The Business and the Corporate plans have been improved as well so that the resellers and their clients can now host several domain names in a single account.
Nick Blaskov, CFO of ResellersPanel, said that the new version of the control panel offers a large selection of new options, which will help the reseller hosting entrepreneurs to more easily and successfully run their online businesses, that from now on their clients will be able to register up to 50 domain names at once and modify their MX records, and that ResellersPanel will continue the development of its hosting platform by introducing a server load balancing cluster technology for all hosting accounts, multi-currency pricing and payments support, and a new kind of parked domains management.
ResellersPanel, the free web hosting reseller program, announces that the new version of its Resellers Control Panel, simply named Resellers Panel v2, has been built, tested and launched. Some of the upgrades include better client management tools, a new Invoice Manager section, an improved statistics section with more details and an easier to work with main navigation menu with modified titles and descriptions of the different sections. Resellers Panel v2 now offers technical support through a new trouble ticket system, where the resellers can request help by opening a ticket or themselves provide direct support to their existing hosting customers.
New updates to the clients' hosting control panel, which is now available also in Dutch, have been made as well. They include multi-year bulk domain registration and multi-domain registration/transfer options, PHP5 support, new Registrar-Lock Status/Obtain EPP Key/Invite a Friend options, an RSS news generator, which allows the hosting clients to add free news content onto their websites, and an SPF protection section where they can specify which computers are authorized to send email from a specific domain and thus ensure their internet privacy. Easy-to-understand help tooltips have been added as well so that if a given hosting client is not sure what a certain section of the control panel does, they can simply point the mouse over the respective icon and learn more.
ResellersPanel has also launched a new web hosting plan - the Enterprise plan, which is suitable for medium and large enterprises, as well as for web designers, webmasters and advanced internet users, and which offers 40 GB of Disk Space, 500 GB of Bandwidth, the ability to host unlimited domains, sub-domains, e-mails, databases and more. The Business and the Corporate plans have been improved as well so that the resellers and their clients can now host several domain names in a single account.
Nick Blaskov, CFO of ResellersPanel, said that the new version of the control panel offers a large selection of new options, which will help the reseller hosting entrepreneurs to more easily and successfully run their online businesses, that from now on their clients will be able to register up to 50 domain names at once and modify their MX records, and that ResellersPanel will continue the development of its hosting platform by introducing a server load balancing cluster technology for all hosting accounts, multi-currency pricing and payments support, and a new kind of parked domains management.
Viewing the Levels of Affordable Web Hosting
Autor: centricas
These days, affordable web hosting plans are a dime a dozen. If you have a multitude of companies that all tout the same things, how do you know where to turn for your web hosting needs? Do you break the tie amongst these entire affordable web hosting plans based on price alone? Or, do you delve a bit deeper for bandwidth or growing room? The problem is that web hosting plans have been attainable to the average person for a few years now.
While you now know that affordable web hosting is a reality, the decision to choose one company in particular has become harder than ever. Do not despair however. If you compare plans and they are all similar in scope and price, then you have to determine just one characteristic in which to base your decision.
If your website is for personal use and you do not plan to use it as a money-making enterprise, then you can probably blindfold yourself and just point at anaffordable web hosting plan. However, if you plan to use the website for your business, you might want to determine exactly what affordability means in the scheme of what you require now and what you anticipate needing in the future. In other words, you will want a web host that will grow with you, not one that you will outgrow.
Even if your needs are small at the moment, you have that hope that your business will take off in a big way. If this does happen, you will need to revamp your website at some point. Can you upgrade youraffordable web hosting plan to something else? If so, will the new plan offer what you need in terms of customer service and technical support? These two aspects are crucial to a growing website which cannot afford any down time.
Another growth factor to look into is your possible increasing need for additional marketing tools and email capacity. Can your affordable web hosting plan morph into a one-stop shop for all your marketing needs? Also, if you depend on your website being up and running with no down time, you will want to re-investigate your web host’s server capacity and whether they offer backup services in case of hardware failure.
When you are first starting out, your affordable web hosting plan may have stipulated that you would be on a shared server, meaning that you shared bandwidth and disk space with other entities on one server. Since not everyone will use their allotted facilities, it all works out. However, if you anticipate that you will outgrow your plan, you will want to choose anaffordable web hosting plan which allows for growth into your own dedicated server or virtual private server.
Perhaps the most important factor in choosing an affordable web hosting plan that grows with you is the comfort factor. Do you trust that your company will grow with you and continue to offer the level of service it boasts? If so, can sift through your wants, anticipated growth and comfort level, then you will have narrowed youraffordable web hosting plan options down to one.
These days, affordable web hosting plans are a dime a dozen. If you have a multitude of companies that all tout the same things, how do you know where to turn for your web hosting needs? Do you break the tie amongst these entire affordable web hosting plans based on price alone? Or, do you delve a bit deeper for bandwidth or growing room? The problem is that web hosting plans have been attainable to the average person for a few years now.
While you now know that affordable web hosting is a reality, the decision to choose one company in particular has become harder than ever. Do not despair however. If you compare plans and they are all similar in scope and price, then you have to determine just one characteristic in which to base your decision.
If your website is for personal use and you do not plan to use it as a money-making enterprise, then you can probably blindfold yourself and just point at anaffordable web hosting plan. However, if you plan to use the website for your business, you might want to determine exactly what affordability means in the scheme of what you require now and what you anticipate needing in the future. In other words, you will want a web host that will grow with you, not one that you will outgrow.
Even if your needs are small at the moment, you have that hope that your business will take off in a big way. If this does happen, you will need to revamp your website at some point. Can you upgrade youraffordable web hosting plan to something else? If so, will the new plan offer what you need in terms of customer service and technical support? These two aspects are crucial to a growing website which cannot afford any down time.
Another growth factor to look into is your possible increasing need for additional marketing tools and email capacity. Can your affordable web hosting plan morph into a one-stop shop for all your marketing needs? Also, if you depend on your website being up and running with no down time, you will want to re-investigate your web host’s server capacity and whether they offer backup services in case of hardware failure.
When you are first starting out, your affordable web hosting plan may have stipulated that you would be on a shared server, meaning that you shared bandwidth and disk space with other entities on one server. Since not everyone will use their allotted facilities, it all works out. However, if you anticipate that you will outgrow your plan, you will want to choose anaffordable web hosting plan which allows for growth into your own dedicated server or virtual private server.
Perhaps the most important factor in choosing an affordable web hosting plan that grows with you is the comfort factor. Do you trust that your company will grow with you and continue to offer the level of service it boasts? If so, can sift through your wants, anticipated growth and comfort level, then you will have narrowed youraffordable web hosting plan options down to one.
Encountering Scintillating Web Hosting Deals
Autor: ajeetKhurana
With the Internet business booming more and more with everyone who wants to be someone is seeking to gain both repute and money through the Internet. As a result, everybody is now busy investing. No, this investment is not in real estate, but in cyber estate... in domain names. Everyone seeking a place on the World Wide Web, will sooner or later decide to buy a website address, and watch that piece of virtual estate grow.
Now, every domain name owner needs to avail of good hosting services. While the best web hosting may not be considered affordable by new entrants into the business, do remember that your fundamental need is to cut costs and maximize revenue. However, in view of the millions of web hosting service providers that swarm the Internet markets, finding a web hosting deal has never been easier, while choosing a good one has never been more difficult.
As it is with all the deals that you get into, you must keep your requirements in mind. What kind of web hosting are you looking for? How much are you willing to pay? More importantly, how much will you be able to afford? And these are not the only questions that you will be asking. For instance, you would have to decide about the number of email addresses that you would be requiring for your website. Is it two, or twenty? How often would you need to update your site? Would it be daily, weekly, or monthly? Moreover, what kind of technologies would your website be in need of?
Does that seem like too many questions? Well, if you are looking for the best, and nothing but the best for your site, you will have to ask many more questions that will be equally relevant.
Web hosting services may provide you with a package that includes a variety of services, or you could choose which services you want. If you are new to the world of domain names and web hosting, it would do you a world of good to check up on the questions that people often ask. Most sites will give you a list of FAQs.
Once you have decided what it is exactly that you are looking for, narrow down your choices to the ones that seem the most suitable. Try contacting these webhosting service providers and make a few more specific queries. Make sure that you pick out a web hosting service provider that you find reliable.
With the Internet business booming more and more with everyone who wants to be someone is seeking to gain both repute and money through the Internet. As a result, everybody is now busy investing. No, this investment is not in real estate, but in cyber estate... in domain names. Everyone seeking a place on the World Wide Web, will sooner or later decide to buy a website address, and watch that piece of virtual estate grow.
Now, every domain name owner needs to avail of good hosting services. While the best web hosting may not be considered affordable by new entrants into the business, do remember that your fundamental need is to cut costs and maximize revenue. However, in view of the millions of web hosting service providers that swarm the Internet markets, finding a web hosting deal has never been easier, while choosing a good one has never been more difficult.
As it is with all the deals that you get into, you must keep your requirements in mind. What kind of web hosting are you looking for? How much are you willing to pay? More importantly, how much will you be able to afford? And these are not the only questions that you will be asking. For instance, you would have to decide about the number of email addresses that you would be requiring for your website. Is it two, or twenty? How often would you need to update your site? Would it be daily, weekly, or monthly? Moreover, what kind of technologies would your website be in need of?
Does that seem like too many questions? Well, if you are looking for the best, and nothing but the best for your site, you will have to ask many more questions that will be equally relevant.
Web hosting services may provide you with a package that includes a variety of services, or you could choose which services you want. If you are new to the world of domain names and web hosting, it would do you a world of good to check up on the questions that people often ask. Most sites will give you a list of FAQs.
Once you have decided what it is exactly that you are looking for, narrow down your choices to the ones that seem the most suitable. Try contacting these webhosting service providers and make a few more specific queries. Make sure that you pick out a web hosting service provider that you find reliable.
Hot Secrets Revealed : Things No Website Designer Or Web Hosting Provider Would Tell You
Autor: Chandrradevi
Web-hosting and designing the apt website for your business can be quite a daunting task for the uninitiated. Notwithstanding the jargon and the fact that most of the technical nitty-gritty would sound like a death knell to you, it is important and is something that your online or offline venture cannot do without. When it comes to website designing and hosting, there are a few secrets that the industry tends to keep them under wraps. Not that it would eat up your bottom-lines but it might help you in making the most prudent decisions with regards to your small business web design and hosting requirements.
We have listed out a few things to keep in mind for the non-technical YOU. The more you pay heed, the better your decision is going to be.
• Read the terms and conditions of your web hosting provider and ensure that you know what you are getting for your money.
• Choose a plan that is appropriate for you. Some web hosting providers lure you into believing that they provide you with "Unlimited bandwidth". No one can provide with Unlimited "disk space" and "bandwidth" just because it is a saturated market out there amongst the web hosting providers and there is no one in the world to be able to provide you with the same. It is a marketing gimmick and it helps if you are aware of this fact. What is required here is your acuity and decision making skills - You ought to know approximately how much traffic your website must be getting to determine the bandwidth and the disk space. The hosting providers can manage to con you into believing that you have access to "Unlimited" Bandwidth and disk space because they know that most small business owners and webmasters do not need a lot of these parameters and hence they get to improvise.
• Please do ensure that you know your web-hosting provider's policy with regards to increasing your bandwidth requirements if you envision your web site's traffic. Higher number of hits on your website would mean more bandwidth requirements. Just keep track of the surges in traffic and ensure that your provider gives you the flexibility of increasing the band-width as and when required. Also, pay special attention if you intend to include videos, blogs and mp3 content on your site. You need to make a lot more space available for all that content and you have to think about all this when you talk to your web-hosting provider.
• Does your hosting provider have a range of hosting services - ranging from shared common hosting to Dedicated servers or virtual servers? Does your service provider also provide you with other relevant products like email, traffic boosters, blogs, photo sharing utilities and a whole lot of things depending on your unique requirements?
Building a website isn't as easy as it was earlier. Its difficulty level has now evolved along with the innate complexity of the Internet itself and your success is now attributed to prudent and acute decisions that you ought to make while considering your Internet Strategy for your offline or online business.
Web-hosting and designing the apt website for your business can be quite a daunting task for the uninitiated. Notwithstanding the jargon and the fact that most of the technical nitty-gritty would sound like a death knell to you, it is important and is something that your online or offline venture cannot do without. When it comes to website designing and hosting, there are a few secrets that the industry tends to keep them under wraps. Not that it would eat up your bottom-lines but it might help you in making the most prudent decisions with regards to your small business web design and hosting requirements.
We have listed out a few things to keep in mind for the non-technical YOU. The more you pay heed, the better your decision is going to be.
• Read the terms and conditions of your web hosting provider and ensure that you know what you are getting for your money.
• Choose a plan that is appropriate for you. Some web hosting providers lure you into believing that they provide you with "Unlimited bandwidth". No one can provide with Unlimited "disk space" and "bandwidth" just because it is a saturated market out there amongst the web hosting providers and there is no one in the world to be able to provide you with the same. It is a marketing gimmick and it helps if you are aware of this fact. What is required here is your acuity and decision making skills - You ought to know approximately how much traffic your website must be getting to determine the bandwidth and the disk space. The hosting providers can manage to con you into believing that you have access to "Unlimited" Bandwidth and disk space because they know that most small business owners and webmasters do not need a lot of these parameters and hence they get to improvise.
• Please do ensure that you know your web-hosting provider's policy with regards to increasing your bandwidth requirements if you envision your web site's traffic. Higher number of hits on your website would mean more bandwidth requirements. Just keep track of the surges in traffic and ensure that your provider gives you the flexibility of increasing the band-width as and when required. Also, pay special attention if you intend to include videos, blogs and mp3 content on your site. You need to make a lot more space available for all that content and you have to think about all this when you talk to your web-hosting provider.
• Does your hosting provider have a range of hosting services - ranging from shared common hosting to Dedicated servers or virtual servers? Does your service provider also provide you with other relevant products like email, traffic boosters, blogs, photo sharing utilities and a whole lot of things depending on your unique requirements?
Building a website isn't as easy as it was earlier. Its difficulty level has now evolved along with the innate complexity of the Internet itself and your success is now attributed to prudent and acute decisions that you ought to make while considering your Internet Strategy for your offline or online business.
Monday, November 23, 2009
What You Need To Know About Web Hosting
Autor: ian
Choosing the right web hosting is a crucial internet marketing decision. Getting it wrong is not an option!
Once you've chosen your web hosting company and the hosting package, you could be stuck with it for a long time.
Changing web hosts, with all the associated problems of transferring domain names, moving files, ensuring compatibility with the previous host, all combine to make it about as difficult as changing your bank.
Here's some of the points to look out for when choosing a new web hosting package:
* Technical support: How good and how fast is it? Email support is fine if you are guaranteed a fast response time. But better still is a local telephone help line. You might need help quickly.
* Technologies supported: As a minimum these days, you'd be looking for web servers which support "PHP" (a web scripting language) and "MySQL" (a web database system). It would also be useful at times to be able to set up and run "Cron Jobs" (which run programs, such as an auto responder mailout system, at regular times).
My advice is to avoid "Windows" web servers, and go for the more popular "Unix" / "Linux" servers. They are much more secure. Most of the hacking attempts I've detected on my web servers have been trying to exploit weaknesses in Microsoft Windows servers!
* Ease of use: If you know how to use an "FTP" program (software which lets you upload files from your computer to your web server), you might not need any more help. But, increasingly, hosting companies are providing their
customers with web-based control panels, letting you do a whole range of tasks through your browser. "cPanel" is the most popular and powerful control panel.
* Domain names: How many domain names are you allowed to set up with your web space? Do you get a free domain name with your account? You may want to run a number of different websites on the same server space - even if some of them are simple two- or three-page sales sites.
* Web space offered: Surprisingly, this is not as important as it used to be. Many hosting companies are offering web space in excess of 500 Mb - and you can get a lot of web pages into even 25 Mb! But, in my opinion, you can never
have too much web space!
* Web statistics provided: Knowing what is happening on your website(s) is vitally important to an internet marketer. You need to know (on a multi-page site) on which pages people are entering your site (it's not always your home page), where they came from (other websites and search engines) and a lot more. Some hosting companies give you goos summary reports. Others just give you the raw log files which you have to analyze using special software.
* Cost: I've left this to the end because it shouldn't be your most important consideration. Free web space is best left for little personal websites, but for internet marketers, "commercial-grade" web space, meeting the points
I've mentioned above, is a must. Having said that, you should be able to get excellent web hosting packages for about $10 to $20 per month. Don't make cost your main consideration!
If you use these criteria to screen prospective hosting packages, you should be able to pick a good one. But before you commit yourself, just do a search for your short listed hosting companies on Google Groups and see if there are any negative comments about the hosting companies you are considering.
Choosing the right web hosting is a crucial internet marketing decision. Getting it wrong is not an option!
Once you've chosen your web hosting company and the hosting package, you could be stuck with it for a long time.
Changing web hosts, with all the associated problems of transferring domain names, moving files, ensuring compatibility with the previous host, all combine to make it about as difficult as changing your bank.
Here's some of the points to look out for when choosing a new web hosting package:
* Technical support: How good and how fast is it? Email support is fine if you are guaranteed a fast response time. But better still is a local telephone help line. You might need help quickly.
* Technologies supported: As a minimum these days, you'd be looking for web servers which support "PHP" (a web scripting language) and "MySQL" (a web database system). It would also be useful at times to be able to set up and run "Cron Jobs" (which run programs, such as an auto responder mailout system, at regular times).
My advice is to avoid "Windows" web servers, and go for the more popular "Unix" / "Linux" servers. They are much more secure. Most of the hacking attempts I've detected on my web servers have been trying to exploit weaknesses in Microsoft Windows servers!
* Ease of use: If you know how to use an "FTP" program (software which lets you upload files from your computer to your web server), you might not need any more help. But, increasingly, hosting companies are providing their
customers with web-based control panels, letting you do a whole range of tasks through your browser. "cPanel" is the most popular and powerful control panel.
* Domain names: How many domain names are you allowed to set up with your web space? Do you get a free domain name with your account? You may want to run a number of different websites on the same server space - even if some of them are simple two- or three-page sales sites.
* Web space offered: Surprisingly, this is not as important as it used to be. Many hosting companies are offering web space in excess of 500 Mb - and you can get a lot of web pages into even 25 Mb! But, in my opinion, you can never
have too much web space!
* Web statistics provided: Knowing what is happening on your website(s) is vitally important to an internet marketer. You need to know (on a multi-page site) on which pages people are entering your site (it's not always your home page), where they came from (other websites and search engines) and a lot more. Some hosting companies give you goos summary reports. Others just give you the raw log files which you have to analyze using special software.
* Cost: I've left this to the end because it shouldn't be your most important consideration. Free web space is best left for little personal websites, but for internet marketers, "commercial-grade" web space, meeting the points
I've mentioned above, is a must. Having said that, you should be able to get excellent web hosting packages for about $10 to $20 per month. Don't make cost your main consideration!
If you use these criteria to screen prospective hosting packages, you should be able to pick a good one. But before you commit yourself, just do a search for your short listed hosting companies on Google Groups and see if there are any negative comments about the hosting companies you are considering.
Choosing Your Web Host
Autor: dave1
It isn’t easy trying to choose the correct and best web hosting plan to best suit your needs. Even though there are so many web-hosting companies out there, some thought and careful consideration should be implemented. Two things you don’t want are:
You don’t want to end up having to pay for extra features that you realise afterwards you needed.
You don’t want your sites not showing up on the Internet due to excessive downtime by your hosting providers servers.
When choosing your web host you also need to consider your requirements. You will need to consider:
How many websites will you need?
How much disk space and bandwidth do you need?
What extras will you need eg email with auto-responders included?
How much do you want to spend on web hosting?
You should compare at least 5 hosting providers to see what they are offering. Here’s what you should look for
A reasonable price for your needs - usually a monthly fee.
Disk space and Bandwidth allowance – is your site or sites going to have audio, video or downloadable material?
How Many Domains – look for unlimited.
Sub Domains – look for unlimited.
Does it have an in-built Website Builder? Comes in very handy if you don’t know much about building websites.
24/7 email and phone support – this is important. Not everyone has this.
At least a 99.5% uptime 99.9% is best
Free set-up – no hidden charges.
Unlimited email accounts allowed.
FTP accounts.
Auto-responders included – you don’t want to pay extra to add on an auto-responder later.
Compare all other special features even though you believe you may not need them like
CGI.
FrontPage.
Streaming Audio and Video.
Hotlink protection.
Web stats.
When choosing a web host it’s important you take your time to compare hosting plans before you make the decision. There are some out there that are absolutely useless at web hosting, remember that anyone can become a web host. Your best bet is to go with a company that has been around a few years. Search for online reviews on the company you are considering.
If you are considering a new web host I would recommend you include http://www.hostgator.bloggers-guide.com
in your list of 5 web hosts to compare. – Visit the link. Go to “WEBHOSTING” Take a look at the plans – and when you make the comparison you’ll find that they will come out on top.
It isn’t easy trying to choose the correct and best web hosting plan to best suit your needs. Even though there are so many web-hosting companies out there, some thought and careful consideration should be implemented. Two things you don’t want are:
You don’t want to end up having to pay for extra features that you realise afterwards you needed.
You don’t want your sites not showing up on the Internet due to excessive downtime by your hosting providers servers.
When choosing your web host you also need to consider your requirements. You will need to consider:
How many websites will you need?
How much disk space and bandwidth do you need?
What extras will you need eg email with auto-responders included?
How much do you want to spend on web hosting?
You should compare at least 5 hosting providers to see what they are offering. Here’s what you should look for
A reasonable price for your needs - usually a monthly fee.
Disk space and Bandwidth allowance – is your site or sites going to have audio, video or downloadable material?
How Many Domains – look for unlimited.
Sub Domains – look for unlimited.
Does it have an in-built Website Builder? Comes in very handy if you don’t know much about building websites.
24/7 email and phone support – this is important. Not everyone has this.
At least a 99.5% uptime 99.9% is best
Free set-up – no hidden charges.
Unlimited email accounts allowed.
FTP accounts.
Auto-responders included – you don’t want to pay extra to add on an auto-responder later.
Compare all other special features even though you believe you may not need them like
CGI.
FrontPage.
Streaming Audio and Video.
Hotlink protection.
Web stats.
When choosing a web host it’s important you take your time to compare hosting plans before you make the decision. There are some out there that are absolutely useless at web hosting, remember that anyone can become a web host. Your best bet is to go with a company that has been around a few years. Search for online reviews on the company you are considering.
If you are considering a new web host I would recommend you include http://www.hostgator.bloggers-guide.com
in your list of 5 web hosts to compare. – Visit the link. Go to “WEBHOSTING” Take a look at the plans – and when you make the comparison you’ll find that they will come out on top.
ResellersPanel Debuts Dedicated and Virtual Private Servers
Autor: RossTodoroff
ResellersPanel, the emblem of free reseller hosting, announces the launch of its new line of dedicated, semi-dedicated and virtual private servers. A dedicated hosting service means that the client rents an entire server not shared with anyone else, which is typically located in a data center. Besides choosing one of ResellersPanel's five predefined dedicated server packages offering top-notch hardware and the latest cutting-edge processors from Intel and AMD, the more advanced users can also build their own server configuration up from scratch. They are provided with complete root access and thus will be able to install and configure any additional software, and also to reboot the server at any time. Those who do not possess the skills necessary to maintain a dedicated server can consider one of ResellersPanel's Managed Services packages and free themselves of any administration responsibilities.
ResellersPanel has launched three virtual private server packages offering 200, 400 and 800 GB monthly traffic, respectively, as well. A virtual private server implies the division of a physical server into smaller virtual ones, which work as if they were dedicated servers and run their own full-fledged operating systems. The users can choose between Cent OS, Fedora Core 4 and Debian OSs, and between Plesk and cPanel web hosting control panel types. They can reboot their machines independently with the help of the Virtuozzo Power Console, a software-based virtualization environment, and install almost any software that runs on the chosen OS. The semi-dedicated servers, on the other hand, will be accommodating no more than 5-6 accounts each, so that every user will be able to use up to 20% of the CPU resources, perform up to 90 000 MySQL queries per hour and host unlimited domains and e-mail addresses.
Nick Blaskov, CFO of ResellersPanel, said that the semi-dedicated hosting solution is for those who find the resources offered by a shared hosting account inconsistent with their growing online requirements, that thevirtual private servers combine the affordability of a shared account with the power and independence offered by a dedicated server, and that the dedicated server solution lets the users host their websites on their own independent server and thus say good-bye to any speed, stability and bandwidth-related troubles encountered with the other types of hosting.
ResellersPanel, the emblem of free reseller hosting, announces the launch of its new line of dedicated, semi-dedicated and virtual private servers. A dedicated hosting service means that the client rents an entire server not shared with anyone else, which is typically located in a data center. Besides choosing one of ResellersPanel's five predefined dedicated server packages offering top-notch hardware and the latest cutting-edge processors from Intel and AMD, the more advanced users can also build their own server configuration up from scratch. They are provided with complete root access and thus will be able to install and configure any additional software, and also to reboot the server at any time. Those who do not possess the skills necessary to maintain a dedicated server can consider one of ResellersPanel's Managed Services packages and free themselves of any administration responsibilities.
ResellersPanel has launched three virtual private server packages offering 200, 400 and 800 GB monthly traffic, respectively, as well. A virtual private server implies the division of a physical server into smaller virtual ones, which work as if they were dedicated servers and run their own full-fledged operating systems. The users can choose between Cent OS, Fedora Core 4 and Debian OSs, and between Plesk and cPanel web hosting control panel types. They can reboot their machines independently with the help of the Virtuozzo Power Console, a software-based virtualization environment, and install almost any software that runs on the chosen OS. The semi-dedicated servers, on the other hand, will be accommodating no more than 5-6 accounts each, so that every user will be able to use up to 20% of the CPU resources, perform up to 90 000 MySQL queries per hour and host unlimited domains and e-mail addresses.
Nick Blaskov, CFO of ResellersPanel, said that the semi-dedicated hosting solution is for those who find the resources offered by a shared hosting account inconsistent with their growing online requirements, that thevirtual private servers combine the affordability of a shared account with the power and independence offered by a dedicated server, and that the dedicated server solution lets the users host their websites on their own independent server and thus say good-bye to any speed, stability and bandwidth-related troubles encountered with the other types of hosting.
Cheap Webhosting - Is It For You
Autor: Koxoto
There's an old adage which states that "You get what you pay for".
In most areas of life, and business, this holds true. Not necessarily so, however, in the webhosting industry. Often, you pay too much, and don't get what you pay for.
Several weeks ago I got a call from a web designer friend of mine.
"John," He said "You won't believe this".
He went on to tell me about a Plastic Surgeon he was redesigning a website for. This client was paying $600.00 per month for his webhosting account.
"The incredible thing is" He related, "I can't get the current host to return my phone calls or emails".
After looking at these clients needs, I was shocked to find that there was nothing special about his site that justified his being on anything other than a basic shared webhosting plan. We quoted him a monthly rate of under five dollars.
In this case, the client was being raped by an unscrupulous host who was not only overcharging him, but not even providing the basic support he needed.
This is an extreme example, no doubt, but it all too often characterizes the poor deal which most website owners fall into.
Several years ago, there was no such thing as a webhosting industry. Nearly all websites were hosted by local ISP's. The average monthly cost for hosting a website was $20.00 per month. Often, if you called the ISP with a technical question, they would tell you to buy a book or take a class.
Around 1996, we saw the emergence of a few "webhosting" companies. These were companies which were strictly committed to hosting websites. Using the economy of scale, they were able to offer incredibly useful webhosting packages for around $10.00 per month. What's more, some of these companies provided useful tech support which was geared towards meeting a website owners needs.
Fast forward to 2005 and we now see the emergence of a new type of web host - the cheap webhosting provider. These are companies which offer hosting for less than $5.00 per month.
Generally, cheap webhosting providers are newer companies. There's a reason for this. It's extremely difficult for the older companies to lower their prices when they already have a large customer base which pays higher prices. They'd be slashing their gross, and most companies just can't afford that.
So how do cheap webhosting providers offer such a low price to begin with?
Part of it is that servers, hard drive space and bandwidth are much, much less expensive than they were several years ago. Cheap webhosting providers capitalize on this.
Another part is that cheap hosting providers use a different business model than the older providers. Webhosting is a very competitive business. Until recently, web hosts attempted to compete by providing the most tools and features. The problem with this model is that not everyone needs everything. Most web hosts provide free backup services to all of their clients. Backups are costly, and not everyone needs or wants them, but everyone pays for them because they're built into the cost of the package.
A cheap webhosting provider, on the other hand, might give you the basic features that everyone uses, but offer weekly backups as an available add on feature, putting the cost of backing up websites on only those customers who want that service.
This all sounds great, I know, but what about service? Will I get competent and fast customer support from a company which charges me $4.00 per month?
The answer, surprisingly, is usually yes.
Obviously, not all cheap webhosting providers will give you great service. But not all expensive webhosting providers will give good service either. Our Plastic Surgeon friend couldn't get his $600.00 host to return his emails.
But, with a cheaper provider, the key for the provider’s success is customer retention. A savvy web host will endeavor to please his existing clients by providing the best support possible.
There's an old adage which states that "You get what you pay for".
In most areas of life, and business, this holds true. Not necessarily so, however, in the webhosting industry. Often, you pay too much, and don't get what you pay for.
Several weeks ago I got a call from a web designer friend of mine.
"John," He said "You won't believe this".
He went on to tell me about a Plastic Surgeon he was redesigning a website for. This client was paying $600.00 per month for his webhosting account.
"The incredible thing is" He related, "I can't get the current host to return my phone calls or emails".
After looking at these clients needs, I was shocked to find that there was nothing special about his site that justified his being on anything other than a basic shared webhosting plan. We quoted him a monthly rate of under five dollars.
In this case, the client was being raped by an unscrupulous host who was not only overcharging him, but not even providing the basic support he needed.
This is an extreme example, no doubt, but it all too often characterizes the poor deal which most website owners fall into.
Several years ago, there was no such thing as a webhosting industry. Nearly all websites were hosted by local ISP's. The average monthly cost for hosting a website was $20.00 per month. Often, if you called the ISP with a technical question, they would tell you to buy a book or take a class.
Around 1996, we saw the emergence of a few "webhosting" companies. These were companies which were strictly committed to hosting websites. Using the economy of scale, they were able to offer incredibly useful webhosting packages for around $10.00 per month. What's more, some of these companies provided useful tech support which was geared towards meeting a website owners needs.
Fast forward to 2005 and we now see the emergence of a new type of web host - the cheap webhosting provider. These are companies which offer hosting for less than $5.00 per month.
Generally, cheap webhosting providers are newer companies. There's a reason for this. It's extremely difficult for the older companies to lower their prices when they already have a large customer base which pays higher prices. They'd be slashing their gross, and most companies just can't afford that.
So how do cheap webhosting providers offer such a low price to begin with?
Part of it is that servers, hard drive space and bandwidth are much, much less expensive than they were several years ago. Cheap webhosting providers capitalize on this.
Another part is that cheap hosting providers use a different business model than the older providers. Webhosting is a very competitive business. Until recently, web hosts attempted to compete by providing the most tools and features. The problem with this model is that not everyone needs everything. Most web hosts provide free backup services to all of their clients. Backups are costly, and not everyone needs or wants them, but everyone pays for them because they're built into the cost of the package.
A cheap webhosting provider, on the other hand, might give you the basic features that everyone uses, but offer weekly backups as an available add on feature, putting the cost of backing up websites on only those customers who want that service.
This all sounds great, I know, but what about service? Will I get competent and fast customer support from a company which charges me $4.00 per month?
The answer, surprisingly, is usually yes.
Obviously, not all cheap webhosting providers will give you great service. But not all expensive webhosting providers will give good service either. Our Plastic Surgeon friend couldn't get his $600.00 host to return his emails.
But, with a cheaper provider, the key for the provider’s success is customer retention. A savvy web host will endeavor to please his existing clients by providing the best support possible.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Web Hosting – Recognize Needs to Profit More
Autor: smita
Alright! After numerous encounters with the truth that vociferously demanded your business to have a web presence too (just like that of your competitor, if not better), good sense finally prevailed. You have decided to align yourself with the group constituted by zillions who have already reached, tested, tried and ….still trying hard to make a mark in the webscape.
Welcome you to internet. The web of hopes, mistakes, chances, spams, connectivity, crawlers, communities, bots…..etc.etc.etc and many more. Welcome to the world of Web – the web of internet.
What do you want your website to do now?
Most understandably, you want your website to make your business more popular and bring profit on the account of a rich showcase of your specialty and capabilities. And I am just very sure that you have already hard-lined your future steps to completely assure success for every concept and formula that you have conceived.
How about a final check on the options that you might have ignored?
Why? Because, based on these options you would be making a very important selection in the near future. The decision would be of selecting rightweb hosting service provider for your company.
Ok. From further complicating the matter and getting more into mysteries, let’s get into a bit of quizzing session. Following are some questions that need to be asked and proceeded in the exact synchrony that I have followed here. However, you have the entire right to ask them in the manner you want. You can use your cubicle, conference room, living room, drawing room, (or for that of a matter wash room also), to settle into the groove of asking and finding the right solution.
First: What you want your website to do? And then follow the series below:
1. Do you want to integrate features like blogs, forum or other community specific services with your website?
2. Do you want your website to feature Content Management System (CMS)
3. Do you want your site to be e-commerce enabled?
4. Do you want your site to be equipped with Customer Relation Management (CRM) application?
Now, if for all of the questions the answer is a grand ‘No’, you can safely choose from any of the low-cost (or even free!) web hosting facility on ready provision from several Internet Service Providers. Also, you have option from the service of various advertisement sponsored sites that offer free space for personal/small-scale webpage hosting. Other than few design related qualms, you would have very little problem in enjoying your own web identity for free.
But what if for one of the above questions the answer is ‘Yes’?
Get into a rigorous search to find yourself a web hosting company that has experience in offering services partaking to your necessities. Go through the details of its web hosting plans and read through what clients of the service provider has to say.
Most often you would have options from Linux and Windows-based web hosting to choose from. Understand the plan and the behind the text meaning of the plans and offers.
Web is simply full with options. Just recognize your needs. You would have one hosting service matching to your plans…for sure!
Alright! After numerous encounters with the truth that vociferously demanded your business to have a web presence too (just like that of your competitor, if not better), good sense finally prevailed. You have decided to align yourself with the group constituted by zillions who have already reached, tested, tried and ….still trying hard to make a mark in the webscape.
Welcome you to internet. The web of hopes, mistakes, chances, spams, connectivity, crawlers, communities, bots…..etc.etc.etc and many more. Welcome to the world of Web – the web of internet.
What do you want your website to do now?
Most understandably, you want your website to make your business more popular and bring profit on the account of a rich showcase of your specialty and capabilities. And I am just very sure that you have already hard-lined your future steps to completely assure success for every concept and formula that you have conceived.
How about a final check on the options that you might have ignored?
Why? Because, based on these options you would be making a very important selection in the near future. The decision would be of selecting rightweb hosting service provider for your company.
Ok. From further complicating the matter and getting more into mysteries, let’s get into a bit of quizzing session. Following are some questions that need to be asked and proceeded in the exact synchrony that I have followed here. However, you have the entire right to ask them in the manner you want. You can use your cubicle, conference room, living room, drawing room, (or for that of a matter wash room also), to settle into the groove of asking and finding the right solution.
First: What you want your website to do? And then follow the series below:
1. Do you want to integrate features like blogs, forum or other community specific services with your website?
2. Do you want your website to feature Content Management System (CMS)
3. Do you want your site to be e-commerce enabled?
4. Do you want your site to be equipped with Customer Relation Management (CRM) application?
Now, if for all of the questions the answer is a grand ‘No’, you can safely choose from any of the low-cost (or even free!) web hosting facility on ready provision from several Internet Service Providers. Also, you have option from the service of various advertisement sponsored sites that offer free space for personal/small-scale webpage hosting. Other than few design related qualms, you would have very little problem in enjoying your own web identity for free.
But what if for one of the above questions the answer is ‘Yes’?
Get into a rigorous search to find yourself a web hosting company that has experience in offering services partaking to your necessities. Go through the details of its web hosting plans and read through what clients of the service provider has to say.
Most often you would have options from Linux and Windows-based web hosting to choose from. Understand the plan and the behind the text meaning of the plans and offers.
Web is simply full with options. Just recognize your needs. You would have one hosting service matching to your plans…for sure!
Four Tips for Choosing the Best Web Host
Autor: dave1
Whether you want to create a website for fun or for profit, you will need to find a reliable web host to support your site. While you shouldn't spend a fortune each month in hosting fees, you should expect to get what you pay for. But cost shouldn't be the only variable when it comes to choosing a host.
Understanding what you need from a web host and visiting different host websites to see what they have to offer will give you some good information on which to make your choice. Below are four tips that can make this decision a little easier.
Check Out Different Web Hosting Packages
Because your needs will be different from a large corporations needs or a medium sized business' needs, many web hosts offer packages for small, medium and large businesses. When comparing packages, you will notice that the major differences are cost, amount of data transfer and disk space available, number of email addresses offered, and amount of bandwidth you will receive each month.
If you're planning to upload lots of pictures, video or other media that takes up more space than text, you should determine how much space you'll need before choosing a web host.
Quality Control Panel
A good web host makes it as easy as possible for customers to upload files, manage email accounts, review site statistics and manage FTP accounts. Learn as much as you can about the control panel before choosing a web host. Learn which site statistics will be available so you can adequately monitor all marketing campaigns and incoming traffic. Lastly, make sure you can contact customer service at any time if you're experiencing problems.
Moving Your Domain Name
If you're moving from one web host to another, keep in mind that you may have to pay to move your domain name. While some hosts offer to do this for you for free, others do not and will charge you for registration.
When reviewing monthly fees and billing options, find out exactly what's included in these fees. If you don't have a domain name, you will have to register one in order to claim a web address so no one else can use it. Some web hosts include the domain registration fee in their monthly fees, while others charge service fees. Because your domain name needs to be renewed each year, find out who will be paying the renewal fee as well.
Customer Service
If you can't get in contact with your web host if you're site goes down, there is very little you can do except wait until the site is up and running again. Choosing a web host that provides excellent customer service 24/7 via phone, live chat, email and tutorials found on their website can make downtime seem less frustrating.
Since you're paying for their services, you should expect their customer service department to be efficient and easily accessible.
Now that you know more about what to look for in a web host, you should be able to make an informed decision that will enable you to choose the very best hosting services for your website.
Whether you want to create a website for fun or for profit, you will need to find a reliable web host to support your site. While you shouldn't spend a fortune each month in hosting fees, you should expect to get what you pay for. But cost shouldn't be the only variable when it comes to choosing a host.
Understanding what you need from a web host and visiting different host websites to see what they have to offer will give you some good information on which to make your choice. Below are four tips that can make this decision a little easier.
Check Out Different Web Hosting Packages
Because your needs will be different from a large corporations needs or a medium sized business' needs, many web hosts offer packages for small, medium and large businesses. When comparing packages, you will notice that the major differences are cost, amount of data transfer and disk space available, number of email addresses offered, and amount of bandwidth you will receive each month.
If you're planning to upload lots of pictures, video or other media that takes up more space than text, you should determine how much space you'll need before choosing a web host.
Quality Control Panel
A good web host makes it as easy as possible for customers to upload files, manage email accounts, review site statistics and manage FTP accounts. Learn as much as you can about the control panel before choosing a web host. Learn which site statistics will be available so you can adequately monitor all marketing campaigns and incoming traffic. Lastly, make sure you can contact customer service at any time if you're experiencing problems.
Moving Your Domain Name
If you're moving from one web host to another, keep in mind that you may have to pay to move your domain name. While some hosts offer to do this for you for free, others do not and will charge you for registration.
When reviewing monthly fees and billing options, find out exactly what's included in these fees. If you don't have a domain name, you will have to register one in order to claim a web address so no one else can use it. Some web hosts include the domain registration fee in their monthly fees, while others charge service fees. Because your domain name needs to be renewed each year, find out who will be paying the renewal fee as well.
Customer Service
If you can't get in contact with your web host if you're site goes down, there is very little you can do except wait until the site is up and running again. Choosing a web host that provides excellent customer service 24/7 via phone, live chat, email and tutorials found on their website can make downtime seem less frustrating.
Since you're paying for their services, you should expect their customer service department to be efficient and easily accessible.
Now that you know more about what to look for in a web host, you should be able to make an informed decision that will enable you to choose the very best hosting services for your website.
Tips For Choosing Website Hosting Company
Autor: mahoney01
A website hosting company is very much essential for establishing your website presence. It is not sufficient to just create a website; you need to have a domain which is provided by a website hosting company. As there are many such companies around, some thought and consideration has to be used in choosing the right website hosting company.
A very important point to consider is the amount of support the company gives you. You have to choose a web host that gives a good response to any problem you have; and in other words, has a good support system with 24/7 live chat support.
Choose website hosting companies with 99% uptime
The website hosting company has to have a minimum of 99% uptime, especially if you have a commercial website where you have to stay online continuously, without interruptions. In addition to this, the web host should have lots of web or disc space as there is always the possibility of you needing to expandyour website over time.
Preferably, the website hosting company should offer you a web space of 1 GB so that you can add features and several scripts to your website if and when required. And if your web host permits you to hold multiple domains from an account, you definitely need more than 1 GB of disc space.
Choose the web host that provides you with a Cpanel hosting interface as it are easy for the beginner webmaster to use. With Cpanel, you can setup email accounts, manage files and databases and providewebsite hosting tools. In addition to this, Cpanel may also provide a system called Fantastico where installation of guest books, blogs and Wordpress is made simple.
Check on the security features of the web host
If you own a business website that sells products or services, you need to choose a website hosting company that has e-commerce features like Agora shopping carts. Usually web hosts provide shopping carts for free. As scripts today usually use SSIs for inclusion of data, you have to ensure that you choose the web host that supports or activates SSI for your domain.
It is important that the website hosting company is fast as slow web hosts only lead to the loss of visitors while waiting for the loading of web pages. Choose web hosts with a minimum of a T1 connection for internet carriers; though T3 connections are faster or better.
As security is an important feature of all websites, you have to choose a website hosting company that provides you with sufficient security. It should have important security services like firewalls for protection from hackers.
Check on the bandwidth of the website hosting company as the higher is the bandwidth, the better it is for you. If you have lots of graphics on your website, you will need a lot of monthly bandwidth so choose the host with a minimum of 20GB bandwidth.
This is an important point for choosing website hosting companies as once your website uses more than the allotted bandwidth in a month, you may end up either with a suspension of your site or a hefty fee for each GB that you use. However, be careful ofwebsite hosting companies offering ‘unlimited’ bandwidth as these hosts usually have their policy terms printed in fine print.
A website hosting company is very much essential for establishing your website presence. It is not sufficient to just create a website; you need to have a domain which is provided by a website hosting company. As there are many such companies around, some thought and consideration has to be used in choosing the right website hosting company.
A very important point to consider is the amount of support the company gives you. You have to choose a web host that gives a good response to any problem you have; and in other words, has a good support system with 24/7 live chat support.
Choose website hosting companies with 99% uptime
The website hosting company has to have a minimum of 99% uptime, especially if you have a commercial website where you have to stay online continuously, without interruptions. In addition to this, the web host should have lots of web or disc space as there is always the possibility of you needing to expandyour website over time.
Preferably, the website hosting company should offer you a web space of 1 GB so that you can add features and several scripts to your website if and when required. And if your web host permits you to hold multiple domains from an account, you definitely need more than 1 GB of disc space.
Choose the web host that provides you with a Cpanel hosting interface as it are easy for the beginner webmaster to use. With Cpanel, you can setup email accounts, manage files and databases and providewebsite hosting tools. In addition to this, Cpanel may also provide a system called Fantastico where installation of guest books, blogs and Wordpress is made simple.
Check on the security features of the web host
If you own a business website that sells products or services, you need to choose a website hosting company that has e-commerce features like Agora shopping carts. Usually web hosts provide shopping carts for free. As scripts today usually use SSIs for inclusion of data, you have to ensure that you choose the web host that supports or activates SSI for your domain.
It is important that the website hosting company is fast as slow web hosts only lead to the loss of visitors while waiting for the loading of web pages. Choose web hosts with a minimum of a T1 connection for internet carriers; though T3 connections are faster or better.
As security is an important feature of all websites, you have to choose a website hosting company that provides you with sufficient security. It should have important security services like firewalls for protection from hackers.
Check on the bandwidth of the website hosting company as the higher is the bandwidth, the better it is for you. If you have lots of graphics on your website, you will need a lot of monthly bandwidth so choose the host with a minimum of 20GB bandwidth.
This is an important point for choosing website hosting companies as once your website uses more than the allotted bandwidth in a month, you may end up either with a suspension of your site or a hefty fee for each GB that you use. However, be careful ofwebsite hosting companies offering ‘unlimited’ bandwidth as these hosts usually have their policy terms printed in fine print.
Website Redesign, Old is Gold but New is Lucrative
Autor: mahoney01
In every form of business, websites have become the norm and why shouldn’t they be as they are the best way to connect with people without much ado. Design and layout of the website do matters a lot. However, most people think that they will have to live with what they have in terms of design, but in reality, they don’t have to, especially, when there is the matter of a website design or should we say, website redesign.
Going for a website redesign is the way to keep your website furnished with the current requirements of the online world, which of course, are and will keep on changing. Now, it actually depends on you on how you would be able to handle the changes and maintainyour website in such a way that it conveys the best of the information and enhance the experience of the people visiting your website. However for a novice, it is actually difficult to understand how he should go about his website redesign.
Well, worry no more as you can get a dedicated help from us. We are endeavoring to provide the best support and assistance to our clients, so they may be able to stand a step ahead from the ever changing facets of internet businesses.
There was certainly a time when the websites were used primarily just to deliver some information, but now, websites are doing much more than that as they are serving more of an online catalogue. In this scenario, you will always have to update your products and would want to present them in a fascinating way to lure more customers. If you think that’s what you want, bank on us and we will deliver the goods as we are quite proficient when you want awebsite redesign . The first thing we will do to your existing website is to give that an exhilarating new look that will keep your visitors interested, as the look and style is the first thing, secondly, you would want to simplify the way of accessing a specific product that can be done by using an extensive search option. We can also let you use some of those options that would be best for your targeted audience which ultimately will contribute in extending your business. That is why; we take everywebsite redesign project on an individual basis as we understand that no two websites would require same revamping.
Our devoted staff really comprehends the antiquated stuff or the quirks that need to be wiped out from your website and also the best innovative replacements. Along with these, they will embed all the graphics without harming the speed of your site. Doing awebsite redesign is our job and we know it well.
Some time, people feel that they are not getting enough customers but they don’t understand that their website is not conforming to the requirements. Hence before doing anything else, check with us as you never know how problematic and hindering your old website might be and what difference ourwebsite redesign would make to your business!
In every form of business, websites have become the norm and why shouldn’t they be as they are the best way to connect with people without much ado. Design and layout of the website do matters a lot. However, most people think that they will have to live with what they have in terms of design, but in reality, they don’t have to, especially, when there is the matter of a website design or should we say, website redesign.
Going for a website redesign is the way to keep your website furnished with the current requirements of the online world, which of course, are and will keep on changing. Now, it actually depends on you on how you would be able to handle the changes and maintainyour website in such a way that it conveys the best of the information and enhance the experience of the people visiting your website. However for a novice, it is actually difficult to understand how he should go about his website redesign.
Well, worry no more as you can get a dedicated help from us. We are endeavoring to provide the best support and assistance to our clients, so they may be able to stand a step ahead from the ever changing facets of internet businesses.
There was certainly a time when the websites were used primarily just to deliver some information, but now, websites are doing much more than that as they are serving more of an online catalogue. In this scenario, you will always have to update your products and would want to present them in a fascinating way to lure more customers. If you think that’s what you want, bank on us and we will deliver the goods as we are quite proficient when you want awebsite redesign . The first thing we will do to your existing website is to give that an exhilarating new look that will keep your visitors interested, as the look and style is the first thing, secondly, you would want to simplify the way of accessing a specific product that can be done by using an extensive search option. We can also let you use some of those options that would be best for your targeted audience which ultimately will contribute in extending your business. That is why; we take everywebsite redesign project on an individual basis as we understand that no two websites would require same revamping.
Our devoted staff really comprehends the antiquated stuff or the quirks that need to be wiped out from your website and also the best innovative replacements. Along with these, they will embed all the graphics without harming the speed of your site. Doing awebsite redesign is our job and we know it well.
Some time, people feel that they are not getting enough customers but they don’t understand that their website is not conforming to the requirements. Hence before doing anything else, check with us as you never know how problematic and hindering your old website might be and what difference ourwebsite redesign would make to your business!
Web Hosting – What You Need to Know
Autor: mahoney01
Web hosting is a service that lets an individual or organization makes their website accessible in the World Wide Web. This service is made available by companies called web hosting providers. The web host has a server—where your website is run, which is connected to the internet, this way; anyone who has internet access can be connected to your website.
There are mainly two types of web hosting, free and paid hosting service. Under paid hosting service, there are several types, which will be discussed later on in the article.
Free web hosting enables the user to modify the content of his website by uploading the simplest kind of features in which capabilities are only limited to a certain degree. The web hosting provider makes money by advertisements displayed on the website. This type of web hosting doesn’t appear too professional since the site is under a sub domain or a directory, meaning, the website name is followed or preceded by the web hosting provider. This type of web hosting is advantageous for people who are newbie’s in the Internet and needing just a small site to get started especially with the upload tools that are very easy to use.
Paid web hosting, on the other hand, provides more space and more features but you will be required to pay the web hosting provider fees to maintainyour website. An advantage for this type is that the ads that appear on your website are those that you prefer and the revenue from it goes to you. You also get to have your own domain name.
The different types of paid web hosting are the following:
• Shared web hosting – wherein you share the same server and all other resources like software with other people. You only manage the design and content of your site.
• Virtual Private Servers – here the idea is that a server is divided into small servers to enable the user to have their own. This is a cheaper alternative to dedicated servers and more expensive than shared web hosting.
• Dedicated Server – this is not too popular for the common companies as it entails a lot of money. The owner gets full control over it. This is ideal for high-traffic websites.
• Colocation web hosting – the individual purchases a server and passes it to the web hosting company for them to provide space, connection, and power. You must have your own administrator to check on your server.
Other web hosting companies provide specific hosting and these would include blog hosting, video hosting, image hosting, and file hosting among others.
When choosing a web hosting provider, consider the following:
• Your needs – what type of hosting do you need, how much memory, bandwidth, etc.
• How reliable is the web hosting company? Can they guarantee that your website is always up and running?
• Development – in the future, can this company still provide for what you need? Do they have the latest technology?
• Dependability – should there be any problems with your website and/or server.
Web hosting is a service that lets an individual or organization makes their website accessible in the World Wide Web. This service is made available by companies called web hosting providers. The web host has a server—where your website is run, which is connected to the internet, this way; anyone who has internet access can be connected to your website.
There are mainly two types of web hosting, free and paid hosting service. Under paid hosting service, there are several types, which will be discussed later on in the article.
Free web hosting enables the user to modify the content of his website by uploading the simplest kind of features in which capabilities are only limited to a certain degree. The web hosting provider makes money by advertisements displayed on the website. This type of web hosting doesn’t appear too professional since the site is under a sub domain or a directory, meaning, the website name is followed or preceded by the web hosting provider. This type of web hosting is advantageous for people who are newbie’s in the Internet and needing just a small site to get started especially with the upload tools that are very easy to use.
Paid web hosting, on the other hand, provides more space and more features but you will be required to pay the web hosting provider fees to maintainyour website. An advantage for this type is that the ads that appear on your website are those that you prefer and the revenue from it goes to you. You also get to have your own domain name.
The different types of paid web hosting are the following:
• Shared web hosting – wherein you share the same server and all other resources like software with other people. You only manage the design and content of your site.
• Virtual Private Servers – here the idea is that a server is divided into small servers to enable the user to have their own. This is a cheaper alternative to dedicated servers and more expensive than shared web hosting.
• Dedicated Server – this is not too popular for the common companies as it entails a lot of money. The owner gets full control over it. This is ideal for high-traffic websites.
• Colocation web hosting – the individual purchases a server and passes it to the web hosting company for them to provide space, connection, and power. You must have your own administrator to check on your server.
Other web hosting companies provide specific hosting and these would include blog hosting, video hosting, image hosting, and file hosting among others.
When choosing a web hosting provider, consider the following:
• Your needs – what type of hosting do you need, how much memory, bandwidth, etc.
• How reliable is the web hosting company? Can they guarantee that your website is always up and running?
• Development – in the future, can this company still provide for what you need? Do they have the latest technology?
• Dependability – should there be any problems with your website and/or server.
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