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Friday, September 12, 2008

Selecting the Right Web Hosting

By Justin Knights

Selecting the right web hosting is a very important step in the success of your website. It doesn't matter if you are doing an online business, blog or just sharing information on your website, the web hosting company will play a vital role because it will be the key to make your website viewable to millions of surfers in the internet. Therefore, the success of your website depends on the web hosting company and that is the bottom line.

With so many web hosting companies out there, it could be a difficult task for someone to determine which company is the best for them. Therefore, research is the key for anyone who is looking for a web hosting company to host their website. Many companies promise a lot but, is it true? We will have to find out ourselves.

As the technology improves, so will the consumers expectation. Therefore, web hosting companies are coming out with more and more packages. For any website that has transaction related issues, security is highest priority so that the transactions are monitored specifically. To monitor the security, there are many tools to do so but if the web hosting is not reliable, you will face the problem of clients opting out from your service.

To host a good website that ensure quality performance, there are a few features that must be studied about a web hosting company so that you know whether will the company be serving you well. To begin with, there is the bandwidth provided by the web hosting. Estimate the amount of traffic that will come through your website to know how much bandwidth you will need. The same goes to the amount of disk space needed for your website. If your website will have a lot of graphics, you will need more space and vice versa.

Next, you have to look for the programming tools and the operating system used by the web hosting company. Most web hosting company will use UNIX system, either Linux or BSD. To run various applications, you will need a windows based hosting that has ASP, .NET, MS SQL, SBS. Then, there is the question about security and support. Be sure to find a company that provides 24 hours seven days a week of support so that you question and problems can be answered and solve in the minimum time needed. You should get support via phone line, email and even live chat if possible. As for security, it is important to have it if you are running a shopping website or an e commerce website. The more reliable you are, he more happy you clients will be.

Finally, to decide which company to go for, there is the question of the price tag hanging on the web hosting service. After you finalize all the features, this will be your final consideration. There are companies that provide great service at an affordable price and there are also companies that overprice their packages. You just have to be extra smart and not too hasty when you make you choice.


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Article by Justin Knights.

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