Web Hosting
A Quick Guide To Finding A Hosting Provider
Laptop Battery You decided to build your website and you are excited about your
new online venture. You even picked out your domain name. So now
what? It is time to find a web hosting provider.
established web hosting provider sometimes hosts up to thousands of websites. For that reason, a web hosting company need many web servers (essentially, these are computers) to store the website. And all these web servers are connected to the Internet through high speed Internet connection and housed in a physical building called data center In order to guarantee all the web servers are safe, secure and fully operational all time, 7 environment with fire protection, virus detections, computer data backup, redundant power backup and complete disaster recovery capabilities.
Thinkpad This article will walk you through some of the things you should
keep in mind when finding your web hosting provider.
The main advantage of Shared Hosting is low cost associated with this service. Web hosting service providers are offering sufficient space and bandwidth to host the websites in a Shared Hosting environment, and this is available at affordable price range. Shared Hosting service comes with the facility of web server maintenance by skilled professionals. Web hosting service providers offer a tool that is similar to control panel. Therefore, friendly for the clients using the control panel offered by the service provider.
Microsoft The Domain Name: Most
places that sell you a domain
name also try to sell you one of their web hosting plans.
Remember, that you can buy your domain name from one company,
and host your web site someplace completely different. Don not
get pulled into thinking you have to host your web site at the
same company that sold you your domain name. Most reputable
domain name registrars will charge you less than $10/year for
your domain name.
The Hosts file is a lot like an address book. When you type an address into your web browser, the address is translated into a numeric IP address. If the address can be found from the Hosts file, your computer will use it. If not, your computer will connect to the DNS service of your Internet Service Provider. Some malware can edit your Hosts file to hijack and redirect a web connection to a completely different site in the Internet.
Laptop Computers What kind of web site do you want to build? The
web site your build (especially if this is your first one) should
be simple and easy to navigate. Don not get caught up in technical
issues. Most web hosting providers offer low cost plans that are
either Windows Based or Linux Based hosting platforms. Either
platform will support HTML pages AND most will
provide some kind of free site building software to get your site
up quickly. If you're going to use your own HTML editor like MS
Frontpage, make sure your web host offer FrontPage server support
on their Windows plan.
With colocation web hosting service the user owns the web server and has complete control over it. The hosting company provides physical space for the server and takes care of the server. Depending on the Colocation Web Hosting Plan, the provider may only provide physical storage space, electricity and internet access for the server.
Laptop Computer Fancy Web Sites: If you are building a site
that has PHP or ASP
technology, then you will need
more technical requirements. PHP is used primarily on Linux
plans and us usually accompanied by MySQL database. These types
of sites offer advanced features like allowing visitors to
login, create accounts, manage their information, etc. You will
find that PHP and MySQL hosting is typically lower cost than ASP
pages hosted on a Windows platform. The reason is in the cost
that the web host has to pay for the server's operating system.
Your web host should be able to look at your software and
determine if they can meet your requirements.
How to find an ASP web host You will need to find a web host who will host your website on a Windows 2000 server. It is safer to host your ASP pages on a Windows 2000 server as they are more stable and most ASP components work with IIS (Internet Information Services), specific to Windows. You also need to consider if your web site uses a database (e.g. SQL, Access) and then make sure your web host provides support for the type of database your web site uses.
Desktop Computer Low Price- Lots of Support: This is the
ultimate combination for the hosting provider you choose. There are
1000s of hosts out there that can provide hosting for $5-$10 per
month. Make sure there are low or no setup fees, and make sure that
you are not locked in for 12 months. This is a common tactic used
to pull you into a long term contract. Your host should offer low
or no setup fees, and provide 24x7 customer support. They should
offer a 30 day moneyback guarantee. This way you can send them a
support ticket after you sign up and see how long it takes them to
reply. If it takes more than 3 hours, ask for the refund and move
on. Do not worry, you can take your site with you!
Notebooks Mike C. is the
business manager and cofounder
of DietWebHosting.com - web hosting at skinny prices. While he's
technically inclined, his true passion is search engine
optimization and buisiness start-ups. At DietWebHosting.com Mike
works closely with customers from custom development work to
identifiying ways to search engine optimize customer sites.
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