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Managed Dedicated Hosting for Your Business Web Site By Ben Ingham

2008-12-27T14:12:00.000-08:00

Managed Dedicated Hosting for Your Business Web Site

By: Ben Ingham

If you business has outgrown shared hosting usually the next step in the upgrade is a managed dedicated server. This type of hosting allows you rent your own server. This hosting provider typically maintains a stock of servers and will operate its own network and data center. The important point is that this server is for your exclusive use only, you do not share resources with other users or websites.

If you don’t have the in house technical experience, you could consider hiring a technical person to handle these tasks if you feel the self managed server is what your business needs. Check out the many freelancing sites where you could advertise for additional system administration work. Unless you have some technical experience with web servers you may struggle to perform your own server management and administrative tasks. However your host may be able to perform additional task at an additional hourly rate.

With Managed dedicated hosting the hosting provider gives very basic technical support and basic system help. They will have technicians on site on a 24 hour basis in order to carry out a reboot of your server if neccessary. Increasing numbers of dedicated server providers give access to a “reboot switch” or offline management. In most instance you still have complete technical control thee server, and additionally you will also have access to optional managed services such as an upgrading service, security hardening, firewalls, and online backup services

Managing your server and carrying out routine tasks such as setting up users and creating mail boxes much easier if you install a “control panel.” The most popular control panels are Cpanel (Web Host Manager) Plesk, Helm and H-Sphere. A server without a control panel is sometimes known as a “root server.” If this is a Linux server this will often require command line expertise. Dedicated hosting providers usually offer a choice of operating systems which are usually Windows 2003 and Linux (Centos, Ubuntu, Fedora etc).

When deciding on an unmanaged dedicated server or a managed server, explore all options before making a decision. Online review sites and forums make it easier to research the various hosting companies and find out what is on offer. Quite often its better to go for quality of service rather than price, as the old adage that you get what you pay for applies to dedicated server hosting, as with anything else.

About the Author:

Ben Ingham is a Windows Dedicated Server Administrator and Managed Dedicated Servers

1and1 Web Hosting Review

2008-12-23T05:19:00.000-08:00

1and1 Web Hosting Review

by GNC Web Creations

To begin with, we made the decision to move just a few of our domains to 1and1, on a trial basis. With plans priced as low as $3.99 a month we found packages available to meet and exceed the needs of most anyone.

After taking the time to carefully look through the various 1and1 hosting packages, we decided that the Linux based Developer Package would best meet our needs to start out with. It had all the features we wanted, along with plenty of space and bandwidth.

Although we initially felt that the control panel was a bit on the slow side, the extensive services and features provided have gone well beyond our expectations. With 1and1 having so many positive aspects, the speed of the control panel has proved to be little more than a minor inconvenience for us.

We had a few occasions where we needed to call technical support for clarifications on how to implement a few techniques. We were pleasantly surprised to find the techs to be refreshingly helpful and courteous. Time spent on hold was minimal.

Overall, we are very pleased with the hosting services provided by 1and1. So much so, that we have since moved the majority of our domains, along with several client sites.

If your web host increases your fees for hosting multiple domains in the same account, you may want to seriously consider a new host that can meet your business needs. We use 1and1 for the vast majority of our websites and buy many of our domains there too.

One major benefit of this hosting company is that you can set up multiple websites for your domains (within one account) without increasing the cost. How cool is that?

Consider taking a look at 1and1 to see if they may have a hosting plan that is perfect for you! Contact us with your questions about what to look for in a hosting company or even if you just need help choosing which plan would be best for your specific situation.

In January of 2006 we added a level III Managed Dedicated Server to our account, that we are very pleased with. We truly do recommend 1and1 for all of your hosting needs, even when those needs reach the point of outgrowing a shared server.

Choosing the Right Company for Your Web Hosting Needs

2008-12-18T09:35:00.000-08:00

Choosing the Right Company for Your Web Hosting Needs
By: Bob Willis

Before you sign up for just about any random web hosting company, it is important to evaluate and ascertain the levels of your hosting requirements, set a hosting budget, familiarize yourself with various aspects, features and tools of a hosting account and only then should you go searching for a professional and superior web hosting company. Given that there are a vast number of hosting companies out there; searching for a host of your choice that perfectly fits your budget could be a daunting task, especially for the novice web owner. While pricing is a predominant factor that comes into play, there are many other factors that need to be considered when you go shopping for a web host.If you plan to host just a few simple pages that do not require e-commerce or multimedia enabled features, then usually the most basic hosting package (like shared hosting) would be best suited for you. The basic packages are usually reasonably priced and offer all the required features and tools, bandwidth and disk space that would be sufficient to host your site and perhaps much more.For websites like small to medium sized businesses would want to either consider advanced shared hosting packages or the dedicated hosting package. This is because the nature of these websites would naturally require higher levels of hosting features, bandwidth and disk space. These websites are likely to receive higher amounts of traffic, would feature considerable amount of downloadable data and would also require ample room for growth. Therefore, the advanced hosting packages would be able to furnish these hosting requirements.It is a good idea to involve in online interactive forums and blogs so that you could read user reviews and testimonials and then make a well-informed decision about choosing the right hosting provider. One aspect that cannot be overlooked while host searching, is the level and quality of customer support offered. The quality of support offered can either make or break your website. Think of it this way. If your website goes down due to some technical error or other unforeseen crisis, the company needs to have a solid contingency plan in place. Furthermore, you should have 24/7 access to their customer support system in order to keep abreast with the latest news and information as well as have your issues and queries addressed promptly. This would help you save ample money and time or else you would soon find yourself searching for yet another web host. In order to obviate this, a good amount of research and analysis plays a vital role in host searching.

Top Free Web Hosting Companies

2008-12-18T09:19:00.000-08:00

Top Free Web Hosting Companies
By: Bob Willis

While free web hosting may be looked upon as a restrictive platform to host your website, it does offer an online presence for amateurs or for people who wish to host simple personal web pages. We have compiled a list of the top free web hosting companies by category:• Template Driven: Weebly.comA website that offers templates are best suited for customers who wish to establish an instant online presence. The customer is only required to choose a template of his/her choice and then customize it with their content. All the hard work is therefore taken care of by the web host. So if you are looking for template based hosting then Weebly has some very exciting features to offer. In fact, the company was recognized as the top website of 2007 by Time Magazine. The customer is not required to download any kind of software whatsoever and the online tools allow you customize your webpage and its content.• Highly Customizable: freehostia.com/free_hosting.htmlYou may want to consider FreeHostia if you wish to create your web pages right from scratch and don't want to be necessarily limited to templates. The company offers a set of exceptionally flexible features and tools required to build your website. Experienced or advanced web masters also have access to their PHP or Perl scripting.• Small Business Hosting smallbusiness.officelive.comThis website would definitely be a rare find for people who wish to host a business website completely free of cost. The company offers web tools
that are useful for the online entrepreneur. These tools allow the user to track online sales, manage their documents and much more - all this at no cost whatsoever. The only downside that you would experience is that you would have to display advertisements on your website that could downplay the professional image of your website.• Nice Hosting Services sourceforge.netThere are companies out there that offer free hosting services for specific purposes. Sourceforge is a good hosting provider if you wish to host an open source softeare project.If you are looking for a host that could host a website on your family tree, then you may want to consider heraldry. communityarchitect.comYou may want to browse and research a bit more if you have not been able to zero down on the free hosting provider of your choice. A simple search engine search of "free ad free hosting" would generate a large number of results.

Finding A Quality (And Affordable) Web Host

2008-08-19T21:36:00.000-07:00

Finding A Quality (And Affordable) Web Host
By: Matthew Coers

Your web host is the company that actually houses your website. While it is possible to host your own website using a computer in your home or office, it is cheaper and easier for new website owners to work with an established web hosting company. When choosing your web hosting company, you should consider three issues:

Price – Generally speaking you should be able to find a good shared hosting plane for somewhere between $5 and $30 per month.
Hosting Technologies – There are different types of server technologies, and a number of “add-on” software products that some web hosting companies bundle into their offerings. Generally speaking, the more software that is included in your plan, the higher the price for your hosting services.
Support – Depending on your level of sophistication in dealing with web technologies, you may want to consider paying a bit extra for a hosting company that provides better support packages. Of course, if you have a friend or family member that has skills in this area, or you are planning to hire a custom website designer or developer, then you can probably forgo paying extra for support.

When you are starting out with a new website, your primary concern with a web hosting company is going to be price. You do not need to pay a lot of money for extra bandwidth or other frills. By the time you need extra bandwidth, you will have the income stream to pay for it.

Web Hosting Technologies

Your primary concern with web hosting technologies is to make sure that the host you select supports the software you plan to use to create and serve your web pages. You will also need to make sure that any additional functionality you wish to include in your website is supported by the hosting company.

Server Technologies - You will need to make sure that your hosting company supports whatever server technologies you will require for your site. For new site owners this is usually not an issue since your web pages will be programmed in HTML that is supported by all web-serving technologies. However, if you are hiring a contract web developer to create a database-driven web application using PHP, ASP, JSP, or ColdFusion, then you should make sure your hosting company supports whatever language your developer is using. If you have questions, you can probably have them answered by the sales or support line for your prospective hosting company.
Development Technologies - If you are using Microsoft FrontPage to develop your website, then you will need to select a web hosting company that supports FrontPage extensions. If you are unsure about whether your web host supports your development software, then the sales representative or support line should be able to answer your questions.
E-commerce/Shopping Cart System – If you plan to sell products on your website, then you will want to select a web hosting company that offers a shopping cart system. Most shopping cart systems are customizable for your website. However, you may want to hire a seasoned developer to handle implementing your system to make sure everything goes smoothly.
CGI/Perl Scripts – The most useful CGI script for new websites is for creating “email forms”. These allow you to collect information from your users via web forms and send it to yourself via email without paying the premiums required for developing a database driven website. Some hosting companies offer these scripts, while others do not. It is generally recommended to work with hosting companies that support these types of forms because collecting information from users is one of the primary purposes of most websites.

Different Ways of Hosting Your Site

It is generally recommended that you purchase web hosting from an established web hosting company. There are, however, several options for web hosting.

Shared Hosting - This is the recommended starting point for most websites. With a shared hosting plan, your site shares a server with a number of other sites. By far the cheapest way to get a site started, shared hosting is ideal for low-volume, low-bandwidth sites. Pricing for these types of plans can be anywhere from about $5 to $30 per month. You have zero involvement in maintaining the server or it’s software. All you have to worry about is your website. The negatives about Shared Hosting are that you are limited in bandwidth, and you are potentially affected by other web site on the server. If one of the other sites on the server suddenly received a lot of traffic, your site’s performance will be affected. It should be noted, however, that this is rarely a problem for most hosts.
Dedicated Web Server – Once your site starts getting a significant volume of traffic (i.e. more than 3,000 unique visitors per day), you may want to think about moving up to a Dedicated Web Server. This is where your site is the only site on the server. The benefits of this sort of server are that you can generally specify what software is loaded onto the machine, you have access to 100% of it’s capacity and bandwidth, and you are not affected by other sites on the server. On the negative side, you will pay much more for this sort of service. Depending on the capabilities of the machine and the software that is loaded on it, you can easily spend well over $100 per month.
Rack Space – Leasing rack space provides web site owners with the maximum level of flexibility and security by allowing site owners to purchase whatever hardware and software is appropriate. On the other hand, you are responsible for purchasing, installing and maintaining your own server. If your server goes down in the middle of the night, the hosting staff will generally reboot the machine for you (for a fee), but you will be responsible for making sure everything is working correctly. Web servers can easily cost $10,000 for hardware and software, plus you will have additional fees from your hosting company for bandwidth and other services. This sort of option makes the most sense for companies getting thousands of hits per day, or for those that require highly specialized server-side applications that must be custom configured.
On-Site Hosting – By far the most expensive option, on-site hosting requires that you are very familiar with maintaining web servers and are available to fix problems 24 hours per day and 365 days per year. With this option, you are your own hosting company, and you pay not only for the server(s), software, and technical support, but also for T1 lines, DNS services and other complex issues that are generally out of reach for small start-up businesses. The most compelling reason to host your own website is for security reasons. Sites such as transaction processing companies, online banks, or other online services that need to be able to audit their security measures for one reason or another generally choose this option.

Some web-hosting companies will handle mapping your domain name to their servers, while others will instruct you on how to do it yourself.

In conclusion, you can get a website up and running for as little as $60 per year. The more bandwidth (website traffic) you require, the more you are going to pay. You will also pay more for higher levels of service, support, and software. You should make sure your web host supports your development software and any server technologies you are using. In addition, highly specialized sites, sites with large amounts of traffic, and those required to maintain certain security standards may warrant dedicated servers that cost more than shared hosting plans.

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Changing your Web Host – What to Consider

2008-08-19T21:30:00.000-07:00

Changing your Web Host – What to Consider
By: Joseph Nyamache

When you want to change your web host there are many factors that you will have to consider to make sure that everything flows smoothly without much interference of your website.
When switching your web host, something which at some point almost every site owner will have to do, this activity can be as simple as switching out older hardware for newer models. It might also (and usually does) involve seeking out a new web hosting company. When it's time to make this decision, here are some things to think about.

Switching out hardware or software, or both is a pretty straightforward process. You can either keep your own hardware and software at a hosting facility which others manage, or you might be considering an upgrade to newer systems, also maintained by someone else.

In both of these scenarios, it is question of weighing the cost and impact in the short term against the benefits in the long term. If your current systems are low on capacity, then you will be forced to make this change eventually anyway. The hardware will fail or become too overloaded to run properly, or your site will grow to the point that the extra expense that comes with a move is worthwhile.

A lot of web hosting companies simply fall short of expectations that most some more demanding website may need. Unfortunately, this is an all too common situation. In such a situation where you find that your host does not provide all the features that you need for your site, you might consider switching to a more reliable web hosting company.

Many decide to make the switch on an emotional basis. While this isn't necessarily bad, it's always best to keep a cool head. Some minor hassles here and there are usually not so bad, provided service overall is good. However, when it starts to cause a drop in your traffic, it's time to switch.

Look at the stats to know when you reach this tipping point. Get figures from your hosting company, or maintain them yourself, more so check your bandwidth usage and availability. If your server is down a lot of the time, or chronically overloaded, you should act.

You'll have to be in contact with the support staff at your hosting company at some point. Even if you maintain your own server, database and website, there is someone behind the scenes making sure that the entire infrastructure hums along as it should. For instance, if you are driving on potholed roads, it isn't sufficient to be able to fix your own car.

The web hosting company needs to have people on staff who can handle bandwidth, security, disk space and every other aspect of keeping your site up and running. When the support staff at your web host fails; whether from lack of resources, incompetence or a culture of mediocrity, it is your website that pays the price. This is actually the reason why most webmaster decides to switch web hosts.

Remember that even if your web host is great at first, things change. Staff turnovers, new management and corporate takeovers can all impact their service. In some casesBusiness Management Articles, it's not the hardware or software that needs changing.

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How To Choose a Good Web Host (When They All Look Alike)

2008-08-19T21:22:00.000-07:00

How To Choose a Good Web Host (When They All Look Alike)
By: John Pierce

Choosing a web host is never easy. There are just so many unknowns when it comes to finding a host. It's hardly ever possible to walk into a web host's office, look around, meet the owners, and get a feel for whether or not you'd like to do business with these people.
Choosing a web host is never easy. There are just so many unknowns when it comes to finding a host. It's hardly ever possible to walk into a web host's office, look around, meet the owners, and get a feel for whether or not you'd like to do business with these people.

For the most part, you'll make your decision using whatever information you can find online.

Start out with the website of the host you are considering. Is it professionally designed and written? Typo's and spelling errors may signal that this is a company ran by kids or amateurs.

Is the website easy to use? Is it designed with a view towards helping people? Are help materials available online? This should give you a flavor for whether the company is client oriented.

Where is the company located? Is there an address? Can you email them?Look at the Terms of Service. Does your prospective web host clearly spell out what may be expected of them and what is expected of you? Every deal is different, but both parties should clearly know what the deal is.

Next, do a search for the company on Google. Are you finding any negative statements? Try different searching techniques, like typing the company name followed by the word "scam", or by the words "poor support".

Now, try emailing their customer support department. Do you get a fast reply?If you follow these simple suggestions, your chances of signing up with an excellent web host increase substantially.

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How To Choose A Web Host For Your Internet Home Business

2008-08-19T21:17:00.000-07:00

How To Choose A Web Host For Your Internet Home Business
By: Arun Pal Singh

Here are some of the things you should look for when choosing a web host. Selecting a host is an important part of your business.For commercial sites, free hosting is a waste of time. The best method is to choose a cheaper host at the beginning and move up as your business grows.

Selecting a host is an important part of your business.For commercial sites, free hosting is a waste of time. Your users are exposed to annoying pop-up advertisements every time they come to your page and you don’t even get a real business URL. No ones going to remember your web address if they have to type something like SomeFreeHosting.com/some_site.The best method is to choose a cheaper host at the beginning and move up as your business grows.Here are some of the things you should look for when choosing a web host.Uptime and speed: A web host should be reliable, it should be fast and it should guarantee its uptime i.e. the time when your site is functional and available for access to your visitors. Look for a minimum uptime of 99.5% or higher.Bandwidth: Bandwidth refers to the bytes of data transferred from your site to visitors when they browse your site. Look for the exact amount you will get per month with your package. It is a always a good move to stay away from the hosts which offer you unlimited bandwidth because that is surely an unfeasible claim. Your host has to pay for the bandwidth usage and unlimited bandwidth is surely a false claim.To give you an idea most new sites that that do not offer heavy downloads would require between 1-3GB of bandwidth per month. However your traffic requirements will grow over time so it is wise to choose a wide margin.Disk space: Again if you are not planning to store heavy files, you will hardly require beyond 5-10 MB though most of the good hosts offer you space much more than that. Do not go for “Unlimited Space” calls. However keep in mind the future. You may like to expand. But consideration of the space should not be a primary factor.Technical support: Your host should provide you with technical support round the clock including weekends. You can check them by mailing on weekends and find how long do they take to respond. Apart from speed they should be able to provide you competent support. I would always prefer a host that also offers live support and phone support apart from email support.Scripts: When you develop a website, you will need FTP, PHP, Perl, CGI-BIN access, SSI, .htaccess, telnet, SSH crontabs etc. Make sure that your host provides all of these features in the package. Check to see if these facilities are provided. Your host should have listed these in the features of the package.SSL (secure server), MySQL, Shopping Cart are needed for a business website. If your host does not provide you these in the package, it is not worth joining.Moreover you should also have features like Email, Autoresponders, POP3, Mail Forwarding so that you can have an email address on your domainControl Panel: This is the interface which allows you to do things like add, delete, and manage your email addresses, and change passwords for your account. These are common maintenance chores that every webmaster performs on a regular basis.Additional Domains/Subdoamins: You should look for these options if you plan to host more than one website or are likely to do in near future. I had to change my host as previous one would not allow hosting of additional domains.Server Type: In comparison to Windows Uniix based servers are cheaper, more stable and feature-laden. However for asp script, a Windows based server is more desirable.Fee Factor: This obviously is very important. There are hosts which would charge you $25 per month and are provide you restricted features whereas better services are offered by others at $6 per month.A costlier host need not be better and if the features you desire are provided by a reliable cheaper host then it is wise to choose the later.I would advise you not to go for annual payment plan in the beginning. Try the host with monthly plans first and when sure of worthiness and reliability, move to annual plans because annual plans allow you to save money.If you happen to buy from a reseller, do investigate the actual company he represents. Resellers sometime offer even a better bargain than their company.Terms and Conditions: Always read the terms and conditions. There may be special restrictions on what you can or cannot have on your site. Just find out.

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What Is a Web Host (And Why Do I Need One)?

2008-08-19T21:07:00.000-07:00

What Is a Web Host (And Why Do I Need One)?
By: John Pierce

I get a lot of blank looks from people when I tell them that I work for a webhosting company. I've come to expect that. Chances are that unless you've actually needed the service of a web host, you've not heard the term much. While web hosting is the Internet's oldest profession (please don't snicker).

it's a relatively new profession in the larger scheme of history.In order to understand what a web host does, you first need to understand what a web site is.For most people who surf the web, a website is a destination. The illusion of actually surfing from one location to another on the Information Highway is a powerful one.In reality, though, when we surf...we don't go to a website...the website comes to us.In essence, a website is nothing more than a collection of files. Some are .html files, others are images, others are music files, etc.A webmaster is a maestro, of sorts, who puts all these files together into a grouping which we call a web site.Web sites are incredibly amazing things. They can absolutely blow our minds at times. Always remember, though, on some level of your consciousness, that it's just a bunch of files, just like you can see on your own hard drive by clicking on "My Computer".When you go to a website, you're actually sending a request to the computer where these files are located, and that computer sends you back the files you've requested. Your browser then displays those files to you, and you see a website.So - if it's just a bunch of files on a computer, why can't you just put your website on your own computer, and let people request it from there?Actually, you can. If you have a high bandwidth connection, web server software, and a little know-how about Internet Protocols, you can do just that.Most people, however, find it easier - and cheaper - to hire someone to do it for them. The companies which do this are called web hosting companies. There are over 20,000 such companies. Most are willing to host your website for anywhere from $4 to $50 per month, depending upon what you need and how much money you want to spend.

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Learning from Mistakes, or How to choose the Best Hosting

2008-08-17T10:52:00.000-07:00

Learning from Mistakes, or How to choose the Best Hosting
By: AlexGreen

If free hosting doesn’t meet your requirements any more, or you have decided to go for paid hosting from the very beginning, we understand how difficult it might be to take the plunge and choose the hosting plan you really need for your site. The tricky thing about choosing the plan is that the great diversity in prices of the packages that hosting market offers nowadays.

As forum polls show majority of people still go by the price choosing hosting services, and the adage “You get what you pay for” can’t lose its relevance. In this article we are going to outline problems you may encounter buying servers at $120, to say nothing about $50-60 with 2000Gbs of traffic to crown it all. And don’t think we are trying to talk you into buying costly, the so-called “elite” offers to please “expensive” hosts, definitely not; it’s just an attempt to show what the price formation is based on in hosting and what the real values are behind the figures in hosting plans.

The main factors influencing the price formation process are the costs on
1. Servers
2. Pipeline the datacenter uses
3. Switch
4. Datacenter support
5. Bandwidth calculation method
6. Rack space

1. The server. You can save on the server if you use a desktop type instead of an enterprise server. For example, Intel Celeron 2.0 with 512 Mbs of RAM 40 Gb Hard Drive IDE will cost you $250, while the enterprise server of the same configuration costs $600-800. Why are they so different? The matter is that enterprise servers are meant to work without fail for a long term, while desktops aren’t supposed to perform in .extreme conditions. As a result, the site may experience frequent downtime due to power supply outage and cooling system shutdowns.

2. Pipeline. Hosting companies also use providers but their providers use 1Gb pipelines, so it’s natural that the price of the pipeline influences hosting pricing. Cheaper and less quality pipelines give you less expensive hosting packages. The price range here is from $20,000 to 70,000 per 1Gb depending on the provider.

3. Switch. The main characteristic of the switch is the number of ports, the switch is usually connected to the router or another switch, and server network cables are also connected to the switch. The cost of the switch may range from $50 to 7,500, the difference is significant as you see and behind the figures different speed characteristics and
You may choose to buy cheap hardware meant to with the prejudice to stability of the server performance. Often the price of the switch is added to the expenses on the electricity and rack space.

4. Support personnel. Expense on the support stuff is probably the most significant expense item of this list. The efficiency of the IT technicians and their ability to react quickly to technical issues is the core component of your business strategy. If there are two people in the datacenter and only from 8 to 6, the clients may have to wait for quite a time for serious technical issues to be fixed.

Traffic selling system. Overselling allows to economize up to 400% of expenses. And it’s obvious that it seriously cripples productivity

Let’s analyze the plans of the managed.com:
55$ mo for Celeron 2.0, 512 mb ram, HDD 60Gb and try to calculate the price considering that the pay-off period is 2 years, longer periods usually lead to rapid hardware obsolescence.
What we have is the cost of support and traffic minus bank percent for the processing of credit cards and 20% of profit.

Tips for Choosing a Hosting Company
The things we look at in the hosting plan are the disk space, traffic, and price. This approach can’t be reasonable, as quality hosting is usually a combination of several factors such as hardware, network architecture, support.
The questions we recommend you to ask yourself are:

1) What’s your site size? Determine the size of the files and add 202-30% to that number.
2) How much traffic do you expect to have?
3) If you traffic exceed the planned figure, will you be able to upgrade your hosting package or have to move servers?
4) How are servers monitored? (That’s the question to the sales department).
5) What network is used by the provider? Who produces servers used by the hosting company?
6) Is the support really 24/7?

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Cheap Reseller Web Hosting Program

2008-08-17T10:40:00.000-07:00

Cheap Reseller Web Hosting Program
By: Korrina Sanz

There are a lot of methods that can make your business in web hosting very successful. One of these methods is availing of an affordable reseller web hosting program, which in hindsight is probably one of the practical moves in boosting someone's web hosting business.

Affordable reseller web hosting will surely help you to rapidly grow your business by providing you with the capacity to advertise on the world wide web (internet) and hosting your catalogue online. Reseller web hosting even rings up your sales via e-commerce transactions. With the growing power and continuous evolution of the internet, you would be amazed with the high returns you would truly gain at such a minute of investment.

Almost all internet marketing gurus nowadays would tell you that in order to compete and survive in today's business world, you will have to set up your own e-commerce capability to your existing sales and marketing efforts. Unfortunately, what businessmen don't know is that this need not be expensive. Today, there are already several web hosting companies that can offer cheap but quality reseller web hosting program.

Cheap reseller web hosting is a form of web site hosting where the web host's account is under a shared hosting plan. The web hosting service provider simply divides his or her disk space and bandwidth in and resell the web hosting ability. Moreover, while keeping the expenses low, the affordable reseller web hosting program allows you to host several websites at the same time. Some of these can even have their respective dedicated servers and technical support. As an overview, everything can actually be tailor-fitted to your needs.

When you are looking for a cheap reseller web hosting program that suits your needs and budget the best, make sure that your web host can deliver the kind of services what they promised you to provide. There is really a need to build a lasting and strong relationship with your reseller since it will complement each of your marketing efforts in the long term. Any hitch could lose you thousands, even millions, of dollars in actual sales and lost opportunities!

One other thing that makes reseller web hosting more advantageous than other types of web hosting is that it leaves you with more time for other business marketing duties. This is because in web host reselling, the web host is spared from other responsibilities and burdens that come along with web hosting such as managing the servers and maintaining the data center.

Furthermore, you need not invest so much reselling because it is shared. This business structure is ideal and recommended for internet entrepreneurs who are still starting out small with their web hosting business.

The fun does not stop there. Now, there has been an increasing number of companies that offer franchising so other web developers could offer their very own affordable reseller web hosting program that could benefit other smaller businesses, especially those who are just starting out.

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What to Look For While Selecting a Web Hosting Company?

2008-08-09T16:50:00.000-07:00

What to Look For While Selecting a Web Hosting Company?
by Alpana A

There are several companies that provide web hosting solutions - then how do you go about finding the apt choice for your business? A little research on the companies and your requirements as well as expectations from the web hosting company can simply do wonders for your online business; without missing out on the budget factor which does have its own relevance especially when the business is small or for a beginner.

Reliability: The first and foremost factor is the reliability of the company. Uptime is the deciding factor of the stability of any hosting company. It shows how visible your site has been without any technical or any other issue. If your site takes longer to be viewed or doesn't show up due to server problems or any sort of other problems, it results in losing out on valuable customers, which in turn means losing out on business.

Cost: Whether your business is small or big, the cost of making your website live through any web hosting company costs a lot of money. There are different hosting services which are available for different businesses. Suppose, if yours is a small business, then you can go for shared hosting services which are cheaper and offer you ample amount of services. But if yours is a big business then you can go for managed server hosting or dedicated web hosting. Managed hosting solutions nowadays can easily be affordable for small as well as big organizations (or websites).

Support Team: There are many issues that can arise in the wee hours, and the main question that follows this problem is if there is some support team who will rectify the problem as soon as possible. Many companies offer a support team 24/7, but right web hosting company will provide you with a specialist who deals with such issues instead of you going through all the trouble. In fact, many a times the problem is taken care of by this dedicated team even before you know about it.

Bandwidth, Disk Space And Other Features: Any company that can analyze and provide the perfect amount of bandwidth and disk space for your website with additional features such as files such as images, databases, html, etc. are good for any website owner.

With the growing success of your website, if the hosting company can provide you with an upgradation option, it is any day the perfect choice for your business as well as your for pocket.

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Hostgator Web Hosting Services - The Ultimate Inexpensive Quality Website Hosting?

2008-08-09T16:42:00.000-07:00

Hostgator Web Hosting Services - The Ultimate Inexpensive Quality Website Hosting?
By Adam Bradley

In your search for inexpensive quality website hosting you will eventually come across the Hostgator web hosting services. When you come across this service though should you run a mile or sign up quickly?

On first glance at their own website you would be forgiven for almost skipping straight past the Hostgator web hosting services site and visiting the next site on your list. However the dull sales page really just goes with the rest of the Hostgator experience, which is no gimmicks just a very solid service.

The biggest factor in Hostgator's success and the reason they have so many supporters is there amazing level of support. They offer phone support, email support and live chat. Other companies also offer these but none offer the same level or are as helpful.

Of course reliability is also an important factor and with Hostgator you get an amazingly reliable service, especially when you consider the prices that they charge for the service. I've used them as a provider for over a year and have had uptime of over 99%. Although other companies claim to have 99.9% uptime they in fact don't come close.

You can pay for the service via credit card, paypal or debit card and once you have signed up it takes very little time to set up your site. Plus because of the great support even if you encounter problems they will be quickly sorted out.

They offer several packages that should be able to solve any ones needs with the unlimited domains on one account option being particularly popular. Hostgator web hosting services use cpanel, which is the best control panel around, and you also get Fantastico which allows for very easy set up of numerous popular scripts.

Simply put if you are wanting inexpensive quality website hosting then you wont go far wrong with Hostgator web hosting services.

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Tips to Choose a Dedicated Hosting Service - How to Protect Yourself From Losing Hundreds of Dollars

2008-08-09T16:13:00.000-07:00

Tips to Choose a Dedicated Hosting Service - How to Protect Yourself From Losing Hundreds of Dollars By Jose Barreda

A dedicated hosting service is some kind of Internet hosting where you lease a whole server for yourself. You have the opportunity to control the security, bandwidth, and the space of the server. It's common to find out a provider that will come out with the materials you will need as long as you keep using the company's service.

How to pay less when hiring a hosting service provider?

You can try to negotiate a better offer with your supplier. For instance, you may ask them if they can provide a mark down whenever you pay for an entire year rather than paying every month. Monthly payments of this type of service commonly cost a couple of dollars per month. Besides if you pay for a whole year, most of the time you'll get a reduction.

Consequences of paying for an entire year of service

There exist good and bad. The bad results about paying for an entire year is that sometimes you decide a low price company without first investigating about it. What if the dedicated hosting service supplier never switches their machinery and it becomes out-of-date. Or how about whenever the service provisioner just commenced to operate a couple months ago and for some reason they get out of business. Whenever this takes place you'll loose lots of cash and time. Another thing that you have to be aware of is customer service.

Most of the people are all the time searching for ways to pay less money, and they end up forgetting about the most important thing, quality of the service. What you may do is look for some particular hosting providers and compare them against each other. You will find a lot of dedicated hosting service providers. You can check their costs and in addition you can seek for a few additional hosting companies.

Besides, you need to go over their complaints, how their client service is, and what their rank in alexa.com is. As well, you can go over what other service users are saying about their service in forums. Another thing you should check for when you are trying to obtain a dedicated hosting service supplier is for special deals. For instance, there are a few companies that offer no start up charges.

Make sure you have an answer to every question listed before every time to check a hosting provider:

- How long has the company been operating?
- How is their customer service?
- What are others saying about the service?
- How is the price? Too good to be true? Too high?

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Is it possible to find cheap web hosting with unlimited disk space for under $6.00 per month?

2008-08-09T08:21:00.000-07:00

by Steve Leblanc
Whenever I used to hear the phrase "cheap web hosting" I always thought that cheap web hosting probably meant more head aches than it's worth - but Host Papa web hosting company proved me wrong!
Hi, my name is Steve Leblanc. I've been a freelance web designer and internet marketer for 14 years now. During this time I have worked on hundreds of websites over the years that have been hosted on various web hosting company around the world. I have also hosted many of my clients websites myself.
For the longest time I believed that the web hosting package that I offered came from the most reliable hosting company at the most affordable price considering all of the features it had until one day a fairly new client of mine needed some work done on one of his web sites.
I logged in to his web hosting control panel and immediately felt right at home with his web hosting suppliers familiar control panel. Everything seem to be the same as my control panel. The fantastico plugins were all in the same place, the webalizer stats software and so on.
It wasn't until I installed the Soholaunch shopping cart software located under the Fantastico software bundle included in this cheap web hosting account that I found how much I had been missing out on.
I installed the Soholaunch shopping cart software and expected to see the usual 15 day trial Soholaunch message pop up. Instead the software immediately installed as a fully licensed version. Wow, This company included fully licensed soholaunch shopping cart software in there monthly hosting package. In the past if I wanted a fully licensed Soholaunch shopping cart software installed on one of my hosting servers. I would have had to pay the full one time licence fee of $150.00 However this hosting supplier included the licence fee free with there $5.95 monthly hosting fee. At last! I found heaven!
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When I looked at what I had been paying, the service I was getting and the quality of web hosting I was receiving. I compared the reviews of my current web hosting company to the reviews for Host Papa. Then I looked at Host Papa's simple one package that they offered.....
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