How cheap is cheap web hosting?
October 31, 2009
The economic downturn has forced many people to cut costs and look out for cheaper options in everything. Web hosting is no exception and people wish to go for the most affordable option for hosting their sites. They do not want to pay anything extra if they can help it and are always on the look out for somebody who will offer them the facilities of a good web hosting experience at a very affordable price.
However, in this pursuit, it is necessary to be aware of certain basic things that you must get out of the hosting company and that will greatly help in choosing the right hosting service provider.
a) The first one is a free domain name which will be yours exclusively with the flexibility of adding more as and when required.
b) A guaranteed uptime of at least 99.9% is something you must insist from the provider.
c) Customer support for all the 24 hours so that you can speak to anybody at any time when you face problems. This will ensure quicker resolution of the problem.
d) Broadband capability without any restrictions on the bandwidth consumed.
e) Unlimited disk space for you to store all your pictures, audio and videos
Thanks to a lot of competition, it is possible to find such web hosting sites. Make sure you do your research on the internet and tie up with somebody who can provide you with the benefits mentioned above.
Web Hosting for Small Business and for Blogs
October 20, 2009
When you are running a business of your own, there are times when you may be contemplating putting up a website to reflect your business. You may not consider hosting of your website thinking that the business is still small, but if you do wish to go ahead, then you must have a concrete hosting plan on how to go about it. Some of the points you need to consider while doing so are:
• The amount of hard disk space and the broadband capability that you possess?
• The amount of money you are willing to invest in such a website hosting?
• The number of domains that you can get for free out of the hosting plan? [Read more]
Influence of Web Hosting on SEO
October 16, 2009
Every website requires the services of a hosting provider to remain in the internet space and every website also requires optimum search engine optimisation from such a provider to get the highest page rank regularly.
It is possible that at times you may need to go in for a new host and you may be wondering whether you need to start the process all over again of identifying the right host to get your current page ranking. That is fortunately not necessary.
Your registered domain name will go a long way to retain your page rank. You can transfer this domain name to the new host and that is why you must hold on to the domain name when you are thinking of changing host as that is your identity on the internet cloud.
Search engines work by indexing not only the site but also the individual web pages. Through this, they also index the URLs of the individual web pages and it is thus necessary to retain the current URL form even when you shift to the new web hosting provider. You also need to retain the links that draw people to your site.
Do not make the mistake of going in for cheap service companies who claim to offer you web hosting at very nominal prices. Your aim should be to get the best quality and there is no point rushing into a cheap service by using cheap servers and back end coding done hurriedly. Some of these companies may offer you free disk space but might compromise on uptime with the result your website may not be always visible to visitors when they request for it. This will affect the traffic to your site and affect the existing page ranking.
Experts in the web hosting service field recommend their users to keep away from hosting their sites with multiple domains on the same server. It may make commercial sense to buy space on one server for multiple domains but since search engines may consider them as a ploy to link them together for better search engine ranking, it may not serve your purpose and may in fact be detrimental to the existing ranking. It is absolutely necessary that both web hosting and search engine optimisation work together to not only maintain an excellent reputation but also high page rankings.
Cheap Web Site Hosting What to look for
October 7, 2009
Going for something cheap is okay if you know at the beginning itself as to what is the value you are getting for your money. Otherwise, you know that you could fall for an attractive offer and realize later that you are trapped. This kind of thing happens in the car sales industry very often and car dealers are famous for indulging in all sorts of tricks to lure customers with initial eye catching offers.
It is therefore important to know the full details of a particular offer before signing on the dotted line and when it comes to reasonable and cheap website hosting offers, you need to be all the more careful. You have to ascertain whether they are indeed giving you all that they are promising. Some of the things you need to particularly check out are as under:
a) Does the attractive price offering factor in the required bandwidth. This is an important consideration as every time your web page is loaded, it consumes bandwidth and when the page is littered with graphics and images, the consumption is much more. Hence every time visitors access your site, all these graphics and images keep getting loaded leading to the usage of more and more bandwidth.
b) Does the price include enough space on the hard disk? If your site has lot of content in the form of articles, audio clippings, videos and other pictures, you will require a lot of disk space. The set up is pretty similar to the personal computer where you need space to accommodate all that you want on your PC.
c) What about customer support? Is it 24/7 as anything less would lead to problems. If you cannot have access to customer support at the time you want, then you could lose visitors and your image could take a beating too, which will eventually affect your business.
Going for a cheap web hosting service is fraught with perils of the kind mentioned above and you must watch out for those. Cheap does not necessarily mean that you are getting a good deal.
Cheap Dedicated Server Hosting
October 6, 2009
Like most things that you want cheap and affordable, it is better to be fully aware of what is going to be presented to you at the very beginning, rather than know about it later on and regret the decision going for it. The choice of going in for cheap dedicated servers for your hosting needs is also one such occasion when you need to be aware of some of the nuances of this requirement, including some technical stuff. This will help you strike the right deal.
They are as under:
• What kind of server would you require – Windows 2003/2008 or Linux
• The processors, memory capacity and hard disk space required such as an AMD Athlon 2000+, 512 MB DDR RAM, and 40 Gigs Hard Drive respectively.
• Unlimited bandwidth of at least 1400 GB on a monthly basis and consistent uninterrupted 100 Mbps Connection.
• Other facilities like a free of cost Webmin Control Panel and unrestricted access and control on the server.
• The flexibility of being able to upload any number of programs and applications while maintaining and respecting user policy.
• The ability and freedom to make hardware changes.
• The facility to have a number of IP addresses
• Proper infrastructure for the server in the form of a concrete block with redundant power.
• Customer service support for any trouble that may arise
• Continuous 100Mbps connection with redundancy
The above facilities are absolutely necessary to have and you should ensure they are available before signing up.
