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Web Site Hosting:-
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How To Choose
Your Web Host.
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Ask
any Internet entrepreneur what the most important decision they
had to make for their Web site was, and chances are pretty good
they'll say:"choosing my Web host".
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Here
are the most important things you need to ask your potential Web
host before you part with your hard earned cash.
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"How
long have you been in business?" |
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Very important, as Web hosting is a business that requires a
lot of technical experience. It is very high tech, and a new
company might not have had the time to get accustomed to all
the many different technologies you'll be using for your Web
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"Who
are your customers?" |
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Are
their current customers serious business people or just hobby
Webmasters with personal homepages? Ask for some URLs of serious
ecommerce sites that they host. |
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"Do you provide live 24x7x365 support?" |
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You
will definitely require support from your Web host from time
to time. Questions will arise that you'll need answers to. Sometimes
you'll need these answers as soon as possible, or even immediately.
A good Web host must have 24 hour support staff available on
hand to take your emails and calls. Your emails should be responded
to within 1-2 hours max. |
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"Do
you guarantee 99% uptime?" |
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No matter how good a Web host, your site will be unavailable
for short periods of times due to routine maintenance work.
The best Web hosts however offer a money back guarantee in case
your Web site isn't up 99% of the time (over the period of one
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"What
kind of Internet connection do you have?" |
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You
need a fast connection from your Web site to the Internet. The
fastest connections are leased lines (includes T-1, T-3, OC-3
and DS-3). You should be looking for a Web host with leased
lines. No leased lines? Simply look for another Web host.
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"What
features do you offer?" |
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You
MUST be provided with a CGI directory for your scripts. Also,
PHP capability is becoming more and more important. Of course,
you want the obvious features such as POP email accounts, email
aliases, autoresponders (very important) and access to log files.
For a full list of features you should demand from your Web
host, click on the link below: http://www.all-about-making-money-online.com/choosinghost/
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"How
much data transfer am I allowed per month?" |
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Unless
you're going to purchase a dedicated server, you'll be limited
to the amount of traffic you can drive to your Web site per
month. Don't worry however, as you'll be offered more than enough
transfer for a small-medium site. And if you get so much traffic
that you exceed the transfer quota, well then that's a good
thing! For it means you can make more money, and so can afford
to upgrade to a more powerful server. A quota of 3GB of monthly
transfer should be enough to begin with. |
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