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Guide To Choosing Web Hosting by Jastor Pran http://www.abwebhosting.com With such an overwhelming number of web hosting companies offering such a wide variety of services, it is very difficult to find the best web-hosting package for you. So try not to take a hasty decision and sign up with any web-hosting provider. Instead, first find out what web hosting features are essential so that you have a better idea of the web-hosting package that's best for your needs. Free hosting is hot right now, but that doesn't mean necessarily that that's a good thing. Many free web hosting services are reliable and dependable. Unfortunately, though, they are often down more than they're up. And what good is a web host if it's down all the time. Also, many free web hosting providers offer only a minimum of services for free and charge for expanded services. Still, if you are just starting out or only want personal home pages, a free web hosting service could be great for your needs. Just do a little research to make sure they provide good support and have a reputation for being reliable, 24/7. When choosing your web hosting package, you want to know about disk space. If you're going to be building a big site, they you will need a lot of disk space. The range is usually from 5 MB up to 300+ MB. So even if you're starting out small, make sure your web hosting provider has the ability to grow with you as large as you want to go. You also need to take into account email accounts when signing up for a web-hosting package. Make sure you have enough email addresses to get started, and that you aren't being charged for more than you need. Again, know how many you need, but choose a web hosting service that can offer as many as you need as you grow and know what the charges for additional email accounts will be. Most importantly, consider the support they provide when choosing a web-hosting service, especially if you aren't all that tech-savvy and will need great support for your technical issues. The web-hosting package you sign up for must include 24/7 support. Don't forget to check into their reputation for downtime. Remember, a web hosting service that's down a lot can cost you a great deal of money in sales if your website is a business one. So make sure they provide good, reliable, professional technical support before you sign up for their web hosting service. In addition, here are some other web hosting features you may want to include in your package or know you can add in the future. FrongPage extensions FTP directory Daily backups Hit counter Website statistics Redirect URL File manager SSL Shopping cart Autoresponder Access logs Mailing Lists Customized error messages Unlimited bandwidth Your own CGI-BIN Site search engine |