By Yuan Chih Chao
You need a web server to put your web site on the internet. Sometimes, owning and maintaining a web server can cost money and it needs someone who knows what they are doing to maintain the server and the web-site.
A web host can do this for you. They provide equipment and other technical programs that are needed to build a customer a web-site. These hosting companies charge a monthly fee for the service of storing your web site and allowing your web site to be seen on the internet. Within that fee, it allows web-site visitor traffic to flow through their servers so people can view your site on the internet.
The physical web server does not live at the consumers home or business which means that the web host services are designated as outsourced services. So the hosting organization that you choose has the responsibility to maintain your site structure, files and web pages.
Many web hosts provide excellent services that help individuals and business owners. All the weight of maintaining the host servers and application fall on the hosting company and not the individual and as a business owner, this is great because there are so many technical routines that you have to do daily to maintain a server.
When you pick a web host to handle your internet server needs, you get the following:
**You streamline your internet costs getting the maximum from your hosting provider; **Work with knowledgeable technicians; and pass IT control functions to the host so you won’t have to worry about maintaining servers and other equipment.
You can self publish your site and use the web host to handle the technical aspects of server management. The host that you choose will give you the capability to load your own site to the server for updates and revisions to your web page. Web hosting doesn't include developing your site (unless they have a special development program) or customized programs. You can develop the programs (web-site or server side code) or have someone do it for you.
Web hosting is offered in many formats based on cost and infrastructure. There are different types of hosting services that you can choose from depending on what type of web development and web site that you want to host. Optimize your plan by understanding web hosting. No matter how great your website looks or how effective your SEO strategies are, if you don't have the right web hosting plan, none of those would see the light of the day because your web hosting plan simply prevents them from being properly uploaded and viewed.
For more info on hosting, please visit our website. www.digitalexcellent.com/hosting/
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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006
High Traffic Sites Web Hosting Requirements
BY Carlos Aquilera
While working on quite a few hosting infrastructures, I am often faced with a challenging question by many of our clients: “How does one balance Availability, Performance and Price?” Upon first glance, it is a complex question. However, once broken down, there are clear answers that are applicable for any situation.
First, a few definitions:
Availability: The status of your network. Is it up and running, or has there been a failure and it is down? Meaning, can your network handle a failed device?
Performance: The speed at which an application will respond to a user request. Meaning, can your network handle a lot of traffic?
There are four main technologies that can be used to improve availability and performance:
Load Balancers price range ($3,000 - $30,000)
Web Accelerators price range ($10,000 - $60,000)
SSL Accelerators price range ($1,000 - $50,000)
Traffic Compressors price range ($9,000 - $50,000)
As you can see, these technologies can be quite expensive, and not every one will be right for your needs. Much like strapping a jet engine onto the back of my Ford Fusion probably isn’t a good idea; neither is buying a $60,000 web accelerator for your simple brochure site. So, in order to choose between what is necessary and what is overkill, here is what you’ll need to know:
Load Balancers
Load balancing for a web application is a great tool for both availability and performance. A Load Balancer stands in front of the web servers, creating a virtual address to which the client connects. It then distributes traffic evenly over the web servers to reduce the load on any single server. If one of the web servers is not available, the Load Balancer will detect the failure and reroute the traffic to all of the remaining available servers. It also provides a layer of security by hiding the real IP addresses of the application servers.
Who Needs it:
High bandwidth utilization sites.
Sites with constant traffic where availability is key
Example: Projectware.Objectwareinc.com (thousands of unique visits daily; web application needs to be available at all times)
Load Balancers on a Budget
If you must have a load balancer but can’t really afford a separate appliance, there is software available that will do the trick for a fraction of the price. This solution is not as efficient or robust as the hardware solution, but still affords the benefit of availability and is better than not employing a load balancer at all.
Web Accelerators
Web Accelerators use technologies such as caching and compression to deliver data to a large user community faster. It mitigates pressure on your system by storing data that otherwise will be transmitted repeatedly and delivering it straight from the cache.
Who needs it:
Heavy-traffic, database driven sites that deliver web applications
Sites with a global audience
Example: Epson.com (database driven, over 1 million vistors/day from around the world)
SSL Accelerators
SSL Accelerators, also like Load Balancers, stand in front of application servers. They handle the encryption and decryption of a secured communication and eliminate the need for multiple SSL (Secured Socket Layer) certificates, reducing the load on your web servers as well as the administrative costs of SSL certificates. An SSL Accelerator can be purchased as a “module,” meaning a smaller piece of equipment that can be plugged into the primary appliance consolidating your equipment.
Who needs it:
Sites who’s pages are predominantly secured (Banks, Insurance, etc)
Heavily trafficked ecommerce sites
Inefficient shopping carts.
Example: Fabric.com (Thousands of daily visitors; Shopping cart exists on multiple servers)
High Availability
For best availability, all of these solutions should be integrated on High Availability (HA) packages. HA is the ability to have two or more appliances that are failover capable such that if one of the appliances becomes unavailable the other picks up the load.
With HA, you can eliminate the risk of a single point of failure in your network.
Overall
Most of these technologies are more efficient and easier to maintain when implemented at the hardware level. The appliances can be pricy, but you can find good deals on refurbished and second hand equipment. Support is also quite expensive so keep it in mind.
When it comes to availability redundancy is key. It is highly recommended that all applications run on at least two servers. If you can’t afford two servers, make sure you’re constantly backing up your data someplace else!
When it comes to performance, it’s all about hardware. Here are the fundamental elements that will make your systems run faster:
Processors (CPU) with the highest speed (the latest and greatest)
Lots of memory with the fastest bus (RAM) (2 GB – 128 GB)
A reliable Internet Service Provider (ISP) with the latest routing technology and a solid network
Creating a highly available and performance driven network is a daunting task for any webmaster regardless of budget. These recommendations hopefully have given insight into how anyone can achieve excellent results in performance, and what sort of upgrades can be made to super-charge your network. Keep informed of new technologies and try to find a knowledgeable partner that is willing to do the research for your business.
All there is to worry about now is security on or off a budget, but that’s a whole different article unto itself.
While working on quite a few hosting infrastructures, I am often faced with a challenging question by many of our clients: “How does one balance Availability, Performance and Price?” Upon first glance, it is a complex question. However, once broken down, there are clear answers that are applicable for any situation.
First, a few definitions:
Availability: The status of your network. Is it up and running, or has there been a failure and it is down? Meaning, can your network handle a failed device?
Performance: The speed at which an application will respond to a user request. Meaning, can your network handle a lot of traffic?
There are four main technologies that can be used to improve availability and performance:
Load Balancers price range ($3,000 - $30,000)
Web Accelerators price range ($10,000 - $60,000)
SSL Accelerators price range ($1,000 - $50,000)
Traffic Compressors price range ($9,000 - $50,000)
As you can see, these technologies can be quite expensive, and not every one will be right for your needs. Much like strapping a jet engine onto the back of my Ford Fusion probably isn’t a good idea; neither is buying a $60,000 web accelerator for your simple brochure site. So, in order to choose between what is necessary and what is overkill, here is what you’ll need to know:
Load Balancers
Load balancing for a web application is a great tool for both availability and performance. A Load Balancer stands in front of the web servers, creating a virtual address to which the client connects. It then distributes traffic evenly over the web servers to reduce the load on any single server. If one of the web servers is not available, the Load Balancer will detect the failure and reroute the traffic to all of the remaining available servers. It also provides a layer of security by hiding the real IP addresses of the application servers.
Who Needs it:
High bandwidth utilization sites.
Sites with constant traffic where availability is key
Example: Projectware.Objectwareinc.com (thousands of unique visits daily; web application needs to be available at all times)
Load Balancers on a Budget
If you must have a load balancer but can’t really afford a separate appliance, there is software available that will do the trick for a fraction of the price. This solution is not as efficient or robust as the hardware solution, but still affords the benefit of availability and is better than not employing a load balancer at all.
Web Accelerators
Web Accelerators use technologies such as caching and compression to deliver data to a large user community faster. It mitigates pressure on your system by storing data that otherwise will be transmitted repeatedly and delivering it straight from the cache.
Who needs it:
Heavy-traffic, database driven sites that deliver web applications
Sites with a global audience
Example: Epson.com (database driven, over 1 million vistors/day from around the world)
SSL Accelerators
SSL Accelerators, also like Load Balancers, stand in front of application servers. They handle the encryption and decryption of a secured communication and eliminate the need for multiple SSL (Secured Socket Layer) certificates, reducing the load on your web servers as well as the administrative costs of SSL certificates. An SSL Accelerator can be purchased as a “module,” meaning a smaller piece of equipment that can be plugged into the primary appliance consolidating your equipment.
Who needs it:
Sites who’s pages are predominantly secured (Banks, Insurance, etc)
Heavily trafficked ecommerce sites
Inefficient shopping carts.
Example: Fabric.com (Thousands of daily visitors; Shopping cart exists on multiple servers)
High Availability
For best availability, all of these solutions should be integrated on High Availability (HA) packages. HA is the ability to have two or more appliances that are failover capable such that if one of the appliances becomes unavailable the other picks up the load.
With HA, you can eliminate the risk of a single point of failure in your network.
Overall
Most of these technologies are more efficient and easier to maintain when implemented at the hardware level. The appliances can be pricy, but you can find good deals on refurbished and second hand equipment. Support is also quite expensive so keep it in mind.
When it comes to availability redundancy is key. It is highly recommended that all applications run on at least two servers. If you can’t afford two servers, make sure you’re constantly backing up your data someplace else!
When it comes to performance, it’s all about hardware. Here are the fundamental elements that will make your systems run faster:
Processors (CPU) with the highest speed (the latest and greatest)
Lots of memory with the fastest bus (RAM) (2 GB – 128 GB)
A reliable Internet Service Provider (ISP) with the latest routing technology and a solid network
Creating a highly available and performance driven network is a daunting task for any webmaster regardless of budget. These recommendations hopefully have given insight into how anyone can achieve excellent results in performance, and what sort of upgrades can be made to super-charge your network. Keep informed of new technologies and try to find a knowledgeable partner that is willing to do the research for your business.
All there is to worry about now is security on or off a budget, but that’s a whole different article unto itself.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Paid Web Hosting - is the Investment Really Worth Your Time and Money?
By Tarun Gupta
‘The best things in this world…are all free’. If you are an internet marketer and still believe that this adage is true under all circumstances then, it’s high time you read through this article as in the World Wide Web space, not all free services can deliver value.
That’s especially true in case of Web Hosting services. Efficient web hosting forms an integral part of a good online marketing game plan. After all, if your website is not hosted on good efficient servers, all your promotional activities for your website would be of little consequence.
To have a better understanding of the importance of web hosting services, let’s analyze the Pros and cons of free and paid web hosting services, in a very pragmatic manner.
Free Web Hosting Services: The Pros
It’s free!
Good option for amateurs or for developing a non-business website like a family website, or a friendship group.
The Cons
Limited bandwidth availability, not scalable
The URL will have the name of the parent website
Non-stop banners and advertisements, surface on your website
The parent website can change the terms and conditions at any point of time, leaving you high and dry if they doesn’t suit you
The biggest disadvantage, which in one way sum totals all other disadvantages, is that you have little or no control over your website!
Paid Web Hosting Services: The Pros
Highly scalability which can go hand in hand with the growth trajectory of your website
You get your own URL, helping you create brand value for your online business
As you own the domain, you can easily transfer it from one hosting service provider to another, with any loss in up-time.
Most reliable hosting service providers provide you with 24x7 customer support, which can be really vital when you are an online marketer as any problem with your websites presence on the Internet can cost you money!
The Cons
Nothing really! Apart from the fact that it is a paid service. But that aspect has also been resolved to a great extent due to the availability of affordable, yet quality web hosting service providers.
The qualities of a good Web Hosting Service provider A good web hosting service provider should necessarily provide you with:
Options with control panels (CPanel and Plesk control panels are considered the best)
At least 99% uptime guarantee
Dedicated 24x7 support system
Free tutorials to enhance the ease of use (including software)
The most important- A lot of peace of mind!
Choosing the right web hosting service provider is of cardinal importance for an internet marketer. Now, armed with all the knowledge, wouldn’t the process of selecting the right web hosting service provider be easy?
‘The best things in this world…are all free’. If you are an internet marketer and still believe that this adage is true under all circumstances then, it’s high time you read through this article as in the World Wide Web space, not all free services can deliver value.
That’s especially true in case of Web Hosting services. Efficient web hosting forms an integral part of a good online marketing game plan. After all, if your website is not hosted on good efficient servers, all your promotional activities for your website would be of little consequence.
To have a better understanding of the importance of web hosting services, let’s analyze the Pros and cons of free and paid web hosting services, in a very pragmatic manner.
Free Web Hosting Services: The Pros
It’s free!
Good option for amateurs or for developing a non-business website like a family website, or a friendship group.
The Cons
Limited bandwidth availability, not scalable
The URL will have the name of the parent website
Non-stop banners and advertisements, surface on your website
The parent website can change the terms and conditions at any point of time, leaving you high and dry if they doesn’t suit you
The biggest disadvantage, which in one way sum totals all other disadvantages, is that you have little or no control over your website!
Paid Web Hosting Services: The Pros
Highly scalability which can go hand in hand with the growth trajectory of your website
You get your own URL, helping you create brand value for your online business
As you own the domain, you can easily transfer it from one hosting service provider to another, with any loss in up-time.
Most reliable hosting service providers provide you with 24x7 customer support, which can be really vital when you are an online marketer as any problem with your websites presence on the Internet can cost you money!
The Cons
Nothing really! Apart from the fact that it is a paid service. But that aspect has also been resolved to a great extent due to the availability of affordable, yet quality web hosting service providers.
The qualities of a good Web Hosting Service provider A good web hosting service provider should necessarily provide you with:
Options with control panels (CPanel and Plesk control panels are considered the best)
At least 99% uptime guarantee
Dedicated 24x7 support system
Free tutorials to enhance the ease of use (including software)
The most important- A lot of peace of mind!
Choosing the right web hosting service provider is of cardinal importance for an internet marketer. Now, armed with all the knowledge, wouldn’t the process of selecting the right web hosting service provider be easy?
Sunday, December 24, 2006
How To Find Low Cost Business Email Hosting Services
By Alexander Gordon
Every business owner knows how crucial email is for the business. This is especially true in case of small businesses, since most of them cannot afford the cost of more expensive means of communication like long distance phone calls, fax etc. It is also difficult to shell out a hefty amount for professional email hosting services. The best thing to do under the circumstances would be to look for cheap business email hosting services.
What a Business Email Hosting Service Must Have:
Since you run a professional organization, you need a business email service that reflects that professionalism. “Low cost” does not imply shoddy or badly run hosting service. Here are some essential features of a good business email hosting service.
1) The web host must provide you with at least 10 email accounts.
2) The storage limit of your inbox is crucial. If you send many large files like pictures or documents through email, then having a small storage limit will be disadvantageous for your business. The storage limit should be at least 500 MB for business email accounts.
3) How many emails you are able to send is also important, since many web-hosting services automatically activate spam-blocking filter when the number of emails being sent out exceed a certain limit.
4) Protection from Phishing, spam and virus is very important. Nothing clogs up your mailbox like spam, phishing endangers your business by stealing your identity, and viruses can bring down the system causing business loss.
Getting a Low Cost Business Email Hosting: Procedures
1) Getting a Domain Name
Register a domain name with any registration service. Look for cheap domain name registration.
2) Look for Cheap Email Hosting Service
Find a web host who will provide cheap web hosting. If you search carefully, you may find some web hosts that offer business email hosting services for less than $5.00 annually.
3) Get Business Email Accounts
You need to set up business email accounts with the web host. The accounts can be POP (Outlook), IMAP or web based email account (for example, Yahoo).
What to Watch Out for When Opting for Cheap Business Email Hosting
Anything “low cost” may have some associated downsides. Before you settle for a particular low cost email service for your business, look for the following.
1) Upgrading fees, Monthly Fees, Hidden Charges
Check if the “low cost” is low cost. If you begin to receive an unexpectedly large number of emails, will your account be cancelled unless you opt for a more expensive “upgrade”?
2) Traffic Limit
Is there a traffic limit to your business email hosting service that has not been mentioned on the agreement? If you receive more emails than expected, you may end up paying more.
You need to do some research before you find low cost business email hosting services. Keep the above points in mind while settling for any low cost email service. If you are unable to locate a low cost email hosting service for your business on your own, you could consult a business advisor.
Every business owner knows how crucial email is for the business. This is especially true in case of small businesses, since most of them cannot afford the cost of more expensive means of communication like long distance phone calls, fax etc. It is also difficult to shell out a hefty amount for professional email hosting services. The best thing to do under the circumstances would be to look for cheap business email hosting services.
What a Business Email Hosting Service Must Have:
Since you run a professional organization, you need a business email service that reflects that professionalism. “Low cost” does not imply shoddy or badly run hosting service. Here are some essential features of a good business email hosting service.
1) The web host must provide you with at least 10 email accounts.
2) The storage limit of your inbox is crucial. If you send many large files like pictures or documents through email, then having a small storage limit will be disadvantageous for your business. The storage limit should be at least 500 MB for business email accounts.
3) How many emails you are able to send is also important, since many web-hosting services automatically activate spam-blocking filter when the number of emails being sent out exceed a certain limit.
4) Protection from Phishing, spam and virus is very important. Nothing clogs up your mailbox like spam, phishing endangers your business by stealing your identity, and viruses can bring down the system causing business loss.
Getting a Low Cost Business Email Hosting: Procedures
1) Getting a Domain Name
Register a domain name with any registration service. Look for cheap domain name registration.
2) Look for Cheap Email Hosting Service
Find a web host who will provide cheap web hosting. If you search carefully, you may find some web hosts that offer business email hosting services for less than $5.00 annually.
3) Get Business Email Accounts
You need to set up business email accounts with the web host. The accounts can be POP (Outlook), IMAP or web based email account (for example, Yahoo).
What to Watch Out for When Opting for Cheap Business Email Hosting
Anything “low cost” may have some associated downsides. Before you settle for a particular low cost email service for your business, look for the following.
1) Upgrading fees, Monthly Fees, Hidden Charges
Check if the “low cost” is low cost. If you begin to receive an unexpectedly large number of emails, will your account be cancelled unless you opt for a more expensive “upgrade”?
2) Traffic Limit
Is there a traffic limit to your business email hosting service that has not been mentioned on the agreement? If you receive more emails than expected, you may end up paying more.
You need to do some research before you find low cost business email hosting services. Keep the above points in mind while settling for any low cost email service. If you are unable to locate a low cost email hosting service for your business on your own, you could consult a business advisor.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Why Some People Prefer Canadian Web Hosting Over American
By Gregg Hall
Canadian web hosting tends to be preferred over American web hosting. This preference is due to the features they offer. When and if you are looking for a web host you may want to check out what Canada has to offer. You may be surprised at what you find.
There are many different web hosts that you can look into. These hosts are available to those who live on the continent of North America, or anyone else who lives close. Canada offers many advantages that you may find more convenient for you and your business.
StartLogic, BlueHost, and iPowerWeb are the top three web host companies in Canada. The top three web hosts all offer fantastic hosting, and customer service and support. They also offer great space, and e-mail accounts. The amount that each company offers for space and amount of e-mail is different, but they are still great. Each company also offers a couple other features that you may find helpful to your business. All three of these top companies offer their services for very reasonable monthly rates as well.
In addition to these features, Canadian web hosting also offers great speed and reliability. This is very important when you are looking for a web host. The more reliable the host is, the more reliable your site will be. If the host is down a lot this means your site will be down a lot as well. If your site is down you will not have anyone visiting, which is obviously not good for business.
If you are able to use a Canadian web host it is recommended that you check them out. You may be surprised at what they can offer. You will of course need to check out more then one company before making your switch. You will want to compare the companies to see which one will offer you what you need. Most of the companies offers are pretty comparable in what they offer, and in their price.
If you are unhappy with the host you are currently using you will definitely want to check into a Canadian web host. You may be amazed at what they can offer you at such a low monthly cost. Shopping around is a great way to get exactly what you want, and get a great deal as well. Make sure you get what you need and want. The better you site runs, the more hits you will get.
Make sure you make a list of things you need in your web host and get the host that offers what you need, but not a lot of stuff you don't need. You don't want to end up paying for things you don’t need, or wont use.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Tips for Comparing Web Hosting Providers
By Chris Robertson
Web hosting providers offer a vital service to those who wish to open their own website. This service allows information from individuals and businesses to be accessed by Internet users.
Web hosts enable anyone with a computer to create a website and make their information available to those interested. The hosts do not author the website but project it onto the Web for you. They are a big help to people with a limited budget or technology who want their own website.
Compare Web Hosting Providers
When you are ready to choose a web hosting provider, it is good to compare services and features to find the best one for your site. There are many aspects to consider in choosing the one that will best serve you. Services are offered to the consumer in multiple formats according to the user's needs.
Free Web Hosting
If you are a hobbyist, or someone interested in posting personal information, you probably don't need a lot of web space or extra features. There are free hosting services provided for the smaller sites. This gives individuals the opportunity to use hosting services without an expensive financial commitment. Some services offer 20 to 40 megabytes of storage space. These are only meant for personal use.
With a free web hosting provider, your site will be listed with others in a web community or large server. It is usually filed by sub-category with pop-up or banner advertisements along with other sponsors included by the host. Usually, web design options are limited with free services. Because they do not charge, technical support is not assured and personalized domain names are not offered. There are some higher quality web hosting providers that will offer better packages.
Budget Hosting
For the more complex sites and ecommerce hosting, there are web hosting providers to offer all manner of services. There are budget hosts that provide more affordable hosting but also with a possibility of slower and less efficient service. Because of the high volume of customers on the server access is determined by a first-come, first-serve basis. This can result in competition causing delays because of the high server load.
Prices range widely for web hosting providers, along with the services they offer. If you want cheap hosting then expect to find lower quality service. There will be fewer options to choose from. This may be acceptable for a person with a non-mission or personal site. A better plan should be considered for business and ecommerce, where service is vital.
Better Services
If you are expecting high traffic on your site, look to the web hosting providers that will give you all the features you need. For an online store, you will need quality features listing your products in a catalog, offering a shopping cart and credit card services. For other businesses, you will need a domain name and links to make your site available to consumers.
Many of the web hosting providers will offer plans using PHP and supporting MySQL, which enable dynamic functions. Some of the smaller plans start with one gigabyte of space for photos and personal entries. A larger package might be five gigabytes to add blogs and other features to add depth to your site.
Choose Carefully
When looking for a web hosting provider, it really does pay to shop around. Decide beforehand what you want in your site. Then find the host that has all the features you want. There are many resources to help you locate the one that is right for you.
Web hosting providers offer a vital service to those who wish to open their own website. This service allows information from individuals and businesses to be accessed by Internet users.
Web hosts enable anyone with a computer to create a website and make their information available to those interested. The hosts do not author the website but project it onto the Web for you. They are a big help to people with a limited budget or technology who want their own website.
Compare Web Hosting Providers
When you are ready to choose a web hosting provider, it is good to compare services and features to find the best one for your site. There are many aspects to consider in choosing the one that will best serve you. Services are offered to the consumer in multiple formats according to the user's needs.
Free Web Hosting
If you are a hobbyist, or someone interested in posting personal information, you probably don't need a lot of web space or extra features. There are free hosting services provided for the smaller sites. This gives individuals the opportunity to use hosting services without an expensive financial commitment. Some services offer 20 to 40 megabytes of storage space. These are only meant for personal use.
With a free web hosting provider, your site will be listed with others in a web community or large server. It is usually filed by sub-category with pop-up or banner advertisements along with other sponsors included by the host. Usually, web design options are limited with free services. Because they do not charge, technical support is not assured and personalized domain names are not offered. There are some higher quality web hosting providers that will offer better packages.
Budget Hosting
For the more complex sites and ecommerce hosting, there are web hosting providers to offer all manner of services. There are budget hosts that provide more affordable hosting but also with a possibility of slower and less efficient service. Because of the high volume of customers on the server access is determined by a first-come, first-serve basis. This can result in competition causing delays because of the high server load.
Prices range widely for web hosting providers, along with the services they offer. If you want cheap hosting then expect to find lower quality service. There will be fewer options to choose from. This may be acceptable for a person with a non-mission or personal site. A better plan should be considered for business and ecommerce, where service is vital.
Better Services
If you are expecting high traffic on your site, look to the web hosting providers that will give you all the features you need. For an online store, you will need quality features listing your products in a catalog, offering a shopping cart and credit card services. For other businesses, you will need a domain name and links to make your site available to consumers.
Many of the web hosting providers will offer plans using PHP and supporting MySQL, which enable dynamic functions. Some of the smaller plans start with one gigabyte of space for photos and personal entries. A larger package might be five gigabytes to add blogs and other features to add depth to your site.
Choose Carefully
When looking for a web hosting provider, it really does pay to shop around. Decide beforehand what you want in your site. Then find the host that has all the features you want. There are many resources to help you locate the one that is right for you.
Sunday, December 3, 2006
Choosing A Good Shared Web Host
By Mahavir Singh
A company or an individual wishing to put their business online have to first host their websites with the help of some web hosting companies. Market is flooded with many so called web hosting companies, so it becomes a very difficult task to choose from them the best suited for your business.
First of all you should choose a web host which have a Quality Server Technology, this is very important aspect from technical point of view because server utilizes the maximum resources that's why consumers must ensure that the server and server technology used can accommodate the number of users on your particular server.
Secondly a good Network Connectivity should be there in order to have a fast intenet connection because in a shared hosting environment you are bound to have a competition of sharing resources with other consumers. You should ensure that you have at least T3 connection that is using less than 50 per cent of available bandwidth.
Thirdly, you shoud choose a web host which can provide 24 hour telephonic or web support in order to run your website smoothly, a dependable host should offer 24x7 toll-free technical support rendered by experienced and professionally trained technicians.
Fourth and the most important point is to choose which reflect your company's business means Purchase only what you need. Only purchase services that your site will require to provide your specific content.
Lastly always look for a good backup plans. Remember that any service outage can completely compromise your source of income.
A company or an individual wishing to put their business online have to first host their websites with the help of some web hosting companies. Market is flooded with many so called web hosting companies, so it becomes a very difficult task to choose from them the best suited for your business.
First of all you should choose a web host which have a Quality Server Technology, this is very important aspect from technical point of view because server utilizes the maximum resources that's why consumers must ensure that the server and server technology used can accommodate the number of users on your particular server.
Secondly a good Network Connectivity should be there in order to have a fast intenet connection because in a shared hosting environment you are bound to have a competition of sharing resources with other consumers. You should ensure that you have at least T3 connection that is using less than 50 per cent of available bandwidth.
Thirdly, you shoud choose a web host which can provide 24 hour telephonic or web support in order to run your website smoothly, a dependable host should offer 24x7 toll-free technical support rendered by experienced and professionally trained technicians.
Fourth and the most important point is to choose which reflect your company's business means Purchase only what you need. Only purchase services that your site will require to provide your specific content.
Lastly always look for a good backup plans. Remember that any service outage can completely compromise your source of income.
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