With many businesses building websites to promote their products, the most crucial factor to consider for a business to succeed is to have a dependable web host. An amazing website is of little use if it experiences frequent downtimes or if the business fails to satisfy customer expectations because of shortcomings on the part of the web host. Studies also show that customers will take a business seriously only if they are sure that the web host behind it is 100% professional and efficient. For this reason, there should be absolutely no compromises when choosing a web host. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Web Hosting’ Category
December 15
by Smitha
August 20
by Smitha
Why a Back Up Service is Important
Servers fail. Hackers compromise your account and delete all your files. Regrettably, computers are vulnerable to hard drive crashes, thefts and virus attacks that could delete all your files. You could lose a lot of stuff like legal and financial documents, email,digital photos and more. This is when a back up service comes in handy.
When enabled, a back up service automatically backs up your files on a daily basis. So if your website or other files are accidentally deleted, you could always download your most recent backup. This backup file will help restore any file that you have deleted or misplaced.
Ideally, your web host shoud be able to provide you with a 24-hour back up facility.
August 19
by Smitha
Impact of Web Hosting on SEO
Your web hosting has a good deal of impact on your SEO, according to experts. Ensure you host your domain with a reasonably priced provider. Choosing a cheap host can be harmful for your business in the long run. Also, check if your hosts have a good technical support team to back you up in case of problems. A few hours of site downtime can cost your business dear.
So spend some time reviewing providers, looking for quality, rather than going in for inexpensively priced ones. Low priced hosting services place thousands of domains on a single IP address, resulting in server overload, which could be detrimental to your business success,and resulting in all your SEO efforts going to waste!
August 10
by Smitha
Free Domains With Web Hosting – Should You Take The Packaged Deal?
Fueled by competition and high demand, many web hosting companies offer free domain names with their web hosting plans. You would be asking yourself whether the domain name is free indeed and if it would be worthwhile buying such a web hosting package.
While anything ‘free’ is always tempting, you will need to look at the bigger picture and ensure that the deal serves your needs satisfactorily.
Important Factors to Consider in a Free Domain Name + Hosting Package
- Choose a reliable web hosting provider.
- Confirm that the free domain name offered will be owned by you.
- Ensure you have access to a control panel where you can make changes to your domain name.
- Be judicious in your choice of a domain name. Read the article Before You Choose a Domain Name for further details.
- Read the fine print and check out for any hidden or high fees that will be charged to you later.
- Be wary of excessively cheap hosting services as they may not live up to your expectations.
July 19
by Smitha
Web Hosting Uptime and Downtime
Uptime and downtime are one of the most crucial issues website owners confront. Every minute of downtime means lost business. Your site needs to be accessible to your customers at all times if you need that edge over the competition. But the simple fact is that server downtimes cannot be avoided completely. You will invariably need to pay attention to the details when choosing a web hosting company.
Finding a web host who is able to provide good uptime is difficult given that all web hosts brag about “excellent” uptime. Uptime can range from 99% to 99.99%.
To choose a suitable host for your business with the right uptime, you must first be aware of how much downtime you would be exposed to:
· 99.99% uptime — 0.88 hours (about 50 minutes) per year of downtime (more…)
July 5
by Smitha
VPS Hosting – The Advantages
Virtual Private Server (VPS) is the preferred choice when it comes to hosting a small to medium sized business. VPS provides users a virtual dedicated environment where the entire server environment is on a single physical machine along with other people’s server environments (it shares the same hardware, though). Each of the virtual servers within this environment is completely isolated from each other and functions like a stand-alone machine virtually in every respect.
Let’s take a look at some of the advantages of VPS hosting:
- Isolation - VPS runs on an isolated environment and guarantees a portion of the server’s disk space, CPU power, bandwidth, and memory.
- Stability - No adverse affects on your operation caused by traffic and activities of other shared hosting customers. (more…)
July 1
by Smitha
Why Small Businesses Should Choose a Reliable Web Host
If you are aspiring to start a small business on the web, you would probably start it on a low budget. A good deal of thought and planning is required for a business to succeed with limited financial resources given that the online business market is getting more and more competitive by the day. You can’t afford to be anything less than 100% professional for you to make your web presence felt. An essential component of this professionalism is the trust that you create, build and maintain throughout the existence of your business. This trust, and eventually the success of your online business, is dependent on you getting a reliable web provider to host your business. A reliable web host is the very foundation of your business success online.
Let’s discuss some of the services you can expect from a reliable web host and also see how crucial they would be for your business:
- Reliable web hosts provide good quality services. ‘Cheap’ hosts offering you the earth is nothing but a marketing gimmick targeted to lure you into buying their services. Remember you get only what you pay for. So being penny wise and pound foolish can mean disaster for your business. (more…)
June 23
by Smitha
May 22
by Smitha
Need For Comparing Web Hosts
You have your ‘dream’ website ready, and a good domain name to go with it. You envision your site to be your best investment source to an income. However, you will need to have a web host to host your website to get your web pages on the Internet. So you check out the Internet in the hope of finding a good web-hosting provider.
You are overwhelmed by the offers, services and packages provided by numerous web hosts. While company A offers a list of services, Company B offers yet another list of services, not to mention thousands of other providers.
You are confused. Which of these web hosting providers will really help your business succeed online?
Many other questions cross your mind, “How do I proceed from here?”, “Are these web hosts really reliable?” and “What about hidden costs?”
One way out is to visit the websites of hosting providers and individually check out all that they offer. Be prepared to spend a few days, if not weeks to locate a ‘good’ web host who you think will meet all your web hosting needs. But then, questions pop up again, “Is this a reliable web host?”, “Will the web host that I had checked out earlier be more suited to host my website?” “I really don’t need all of the features that they offer, so why should I pay for those”, and “The offers are good, but the customer support doesn’t seem adequate.” So you are in a fix again. (more…)
May 22
by Smitha
Choosing the Right Web Host
One of the most important things to take into consideration in order to succeed in an online business is to choose the right web host. This decision is one that has to be done in the very beginning so you don’t have to go through the trouble of looking for a better one later, leave alone the difficulties involved in transferring a web host.
Selecting the right one is not exactly an easy task, considering the large number of web hosts offering rather similar hosting packages. Web hosting services are also becoming unbelievably competitive everyday.
Before choosing the right web host, you need to take your current as well as future website requirements into consideration. If you are a new or small business owner with only limited requirements, you could opt for a package that offers you only what you need to start with. Otherwise, you’ll end up paying a web host for many of their services that you won’t be using. Once the volume of traffic to your website increases, your web host should also be able to upgrade you to the next level without any loopholes.
This may sound simple, but it’s a known fact that there is no single “perfect” package in web hosting that would suit all your requirements. Every website is different from one another, and so will the requirements that go with it.
The wise thing to do would be to analyze your requirements and choose a web hosting package that best suits your requirements. Here are a few basic things you can look out for while choosing the right web host. (more…)
