Potential Problem With Shared Hosting and the Backup Plans You Need

By Phil Anderson

Web hosting business are becoming more and more competitive. There are tons of hosting companies (Hostgator for example) offering unbelievable hosting packages which are able to cater all categories of usage. Due to great competition, the quality and service provided seems to be improved from time to time; whle the pricing keep dropping. This explains why we can easily find cheap hosting with tons of useful features nowadays.

But then again, there is no web hosting provider which can offer you packages with zero problem. Some common problems faced by most shared hosting users: increasing server downtime, lousy customer support, slow response on script installation or mySQL, server migration which damage your script paths, limited bandwidth, low storage capacity in basic package, etc. All these problems really causing headache to us if these can't solved promptly. If you subscribe to any web hosting provider, try look into details whether are you getting a good service and deserving good features with good pricing. If your web hosting provider is not as good as what you think, you should step ahead to switch hosting without hesitation.

I will provide some lessons about items which must be considered when you decide to switch your hosting services: -

For your information, you are required to reconstruct your site on the new host. It will be easier for you if you have a plan to follow, and have all the data in a designated location, copying structure of the website. The direct method is full download or copy from old host to the hard disk. Always be reminded that you must backup all the data before you stop service with old web hosting provider. After you downloaded all the data, you can then upload or paste the whole website to the new web hosting provider.

There are certain problems will occur after switching to a new host. This include getting scripts to work, customizing any databases, re-activating special website's functions, etc. It will take some time to re-adjusting everything and bring your website back to normal operation. Also, another important remark for you is eliminating and stops using some of the bad features from previous web hosting provider. This will make your simpler to get start with your new host faster.

Besides, you may face problem in reconfiguring the email setup after switching to new web hosting provider. This can be solved with the help of new provider's customer support. Also, by doing this, you can diagnose whether you new choice is a good choice.

Another common problem which may exist is the domain name issue. Before you switch you web host, please make sure that your already registered your domain names. This is due to retrieving a domain which registered by old web host is difficult and consume much time especially when your previous web hosting provider knowing that you are switch service to other company. Hence, you should register your own domain name with a third party service, e.g. Godaddy.

A final words for those who are getting started - getting an affordable but yet reliable web host is always the most important thing when starting of a new website. I would recommend Hostgator for those who are looking for a shared hosting as they are offering quite some good bargain at the moment. My advice to you is to take advantage on this and save some quick bucks for your hosting costs. But hey, that's my personal findings based on my own preference - in case you are doubtful, why not read further on Hostgator review? Article written by Phil Anderson.