How to Pick a Hosting Provider
How do you choose a hosting provider when there are thousands of hosting companies available online?
It’s like going through the yellow pages trying to find burger restaurants. There are lots of them. Hopefully these tips will steer you in the right direction. Important factors in selecting a web hosting company include :
- the percentage of server uptime. 98 to 99% uptime is the dream standard for server uptime, 65% is unacceptable. The higher the downtime of a server, the lower the potential for traffic at your web site.
- Another consideration is how much space is provided for the files that will make up your web site.
- How much bandwidth is in your package? Monthly bandwidth is the amount of data transfer allowed for visitors to view and use your web site.
With today’s changing trends in web hosting services, it is important to get as much server space and bandwidth as you can. This will allow for necessary updates and increased traffic to your site as it becomes more popular.
It is equally important when purchasing business web hosting that CGI access is provided; along with features such as PHP, MySQL, Real Audio, Real Video, and Cold Fusion (which some companies sell as an add on component). A crucial feature necessary for doing ecommerce is SSL, or Secure Socket Layer. This encrypts all order and credit card information until it reaches you. An SSL certificate can be purchased from most web hosting providers. Displaying it on your ecommerce web site verifies that your site transactions are safe and secure.
We’ve talked about this before in other articles. You will need a domain name that reflects the nature of your business. For instance, a humor site might have a URL that is www.merapuland.com . To get your own unique domain name, you must first check the availability of the name with a domain name search, offered by domain registrars such as Network Solutions.
There are many service providers to choose from. If you do your homework, you’ll find some good deals that will fit your budget. If you want something cheap and also reliable, check out Fivio.
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I do hope to eventually host my own blog, as opposed to merely making use of free blogging platforms. Hopefully that will happen soon enough, maybe even in 2009.
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1st sekali bila am dah berkenan dengan hosting tu am akan cari review dan scam review… supaya boleh get some info pasal host tu..
ciri tambahan yang sekarang yang perlu consider pada hosting yang support curl dan ioncube.. kebanyakan tenik blackhat akan guna bende ni..
pilihan paling best 000webshost yang offer secara percuma dan support curl..
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Daryl
you should. invest the money you make with a self host hosting and domain.
Am
some scam reviews could be from those who are jealous, so make sure you check their reputation too and why they don’t like the hosting company. dont forget to check with the hosting company why is the person complaining. there must be a reason
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I’m hosting my site on my own server in NTT Datacenter… hahaha…. quite a big cost actually…
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admin reply on January 10th, 2009 12:51 AM:
Cencurut
wooo! that can be expensive.
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yes must be with some reason… but if you see too much bad comment.. must be something wrong with it..
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admin reply on January 10th, 2009 12:52 AM:
Am
if there is a lot, then it must be
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