Monday, January 23, 2012

How To Make The Most From Your Website Hosting Solutions

By Christa Garrett


Gone are the days when businesses were limited to a city or country because the internet has opened the gate to reach billions of customers across the globe with well-connected setup. All you have to do is learn to make the most out of webhosting features provided by the service provider so that you can build a strong base for your online venture.

If you are still new to the venue, it is time to know the basics. The website that you are looking forward to run will be based on the servers that are lent by the service provider and it is their quality of service that is vital. Be sure that you browse different companies and see how able they are when it comes to website hosting customer satisfaction before signing up for a plan.

Among the different factors that should be taken into account, the server space is foremost because the entire programming that you have done, your images, content, videos and everything else will be stored here. For sites that require daily updates, it is mandatory to have unlimited or excess space so that it does not run out of gigabytes at critical moments.

Next is the bandwidth. You might have heard about this often but in simple terms, it is the level of traffic that the server can handle at a certain point of time as well as the entire month as a whole. Bigger plans which are usually priced high will provide you unlimited traffic and a large number of users can simultaneously browse the site without server lag.

There are two factors namely downtime and uptime for any server provided by the webhosting services. Downtime is the period during which you will not be able to access your website and usually most of them promise 99% uptime during the month which is good. Yet, for commercial sites and those with excessive number of visitors should ideally have no downtime at all.

You cannot afford to lose any of the site data, especially the base coding used to build up the website and transaction details that are stored for e-commerce sites. Make sure that the service provider is well equipped with latest anti-spyware and anti-virus applications uploaded in the server. It will make sure that hackers or any illegal third parties are restricted access to the data.

Just because the catchy advertisements and features provided is so lucrative does not mean you could buy their plans blind eyed because customer service is what every consumer wants. It should be prompt, reliable and trained professionals should be on the other end so that they can solve your queries immediately. They should be available online 24/7 to help you out.

Website hosting packages are plenty and when you opt for plans that last for one year, five years or more, the cost will be quite less. But, try not to commit immediately without knowing the reliability and long term efficiency of the service provider. It is advisable to trial their packages and use it for a while. Once you are happy with it, you can extend it as long as you want.




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