LOOKING FOR A NEW WEBHOST!?!
The first step in locating the best and most affordable web hosting company for your needs is to hit your favorite search engine and then to start collecting email addresses of hosting firms. Take a quick look around at what each company offers...
Reseller Web Hosting - A Cheaper Alternative?
There comes a time when the internet bug hits us all and we tend to acquire a wealth of domain names and web sites to feed our frenzy. We start out with the best intentions, set up a personal home page with a few details about ourselves, then...
Web Hosting: To Switch or to Stay?
Web Hosting: To Switch or to Stay? Author: Joelene Wickens Orlando That’s a question that can only be answered by you. Depending on your current status and relationship you have with your provider, along with your evolving business objectives and...
Web Legalities: Bandwidth Stealing
Information (files) loaded to or from servers is called bandwidth. Every time you upload a file to your ISP, surf the web or download a video, you are using bandwidth. Bandwidth is limited. Why? Because it actually is a bunch of wires or fibers...
Who should become a web host reseller?
Who should become a web host reseller? 1. Individuals or businesses with more than one website If you have more than one website and the total disk space you need is 500 MB or more, you can benefit from having a reseller account. The cost...
What Some Web Hosts Don't Want You To Know
Many start-up web hosts in their desperate attempt to get hosting business from you have plenty to hide. Here are some of the things they will never tell you. For some start-up web hosts, service does not exist. Low cost or budget web hosting services are the ones most likely to fall under this category. Some will not provide any information about their service while others will proudly announce that they provide 24/7 service. This is quite often not true.
Many of the low-cost web hosts have little experience in web hosting. A good way to find out about the level of service is to get the service telephone number and use it before you sign on. This should tell you a lot about the level of service you should realistically expect from the host you want to use.
The other common truth amongst many web-hosting enterprises is that they lack experience. Ensure before signing up that the company that you are going with has reasonable experience. How long has your host been in business? You do not want to be part of a start -up experiment for an important service.
One other thing you will need to be very careful with when using low cost or budget web hosts, is the fact that some of
them are involved in many different businesses and not just web hosting. Ask what other businesses or projects your web host handles before signing up with them. You want a specialist not a generalist whose resources and time are bound to be so stretched that chances of you getting reliable services are very slim indeed.
It is also a fact that some small low cost web hosts do not offer the promised bandwidth. They should not advertise one thing and end up providing something else.
The best way to protect yourself from most of these nasty surprises is to go for a short term contract to begin with. You can for example start off paying on a monthly basis. That way it will be easier to change hosts when you discover something you don't like. About the Author