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    • The Best Web Hosting Solution Checklist

    Thursday, April 24th, 2008

    I decided that since people make so many mistakes when it comes to looking for the best web hosting solution I would make a simple checklist to help. If you find a hosting service make sure they tick each box before you join. If you do you are almost guaranteed to be pleased with the provider you choose.

    Here is the checklist:

    1. Pricing

    As tempting as the cheapest option may be don’t just sign up with them, they may well be the best choice but until you actually look into them you won’t know that. Also some opt for the dearest option thinking it is a guarantee of greatness but it isn’t, plus it really isn’t necessary to spend a fortune when good hosting can be found at a more affordable price.

    2. Features

    Make sure that the hosting provider you are thinking of joining actually offers the tools and features that you are looking for, if they don’t look for another company as someone somewhere will offer what you want and probably for a very similar price. A simple example of this is if you are technically useless and feel you need a site builder then you should find a service that offers one for free.

    3. Size

    The amount of bandwidth and disk space you get with your hosting package isn’t really going to be the issue many believe as very few sites reach their limits, in fact a large number use less than 10% of it. For this reason if you find two services that completes the checklist and the only difference is one has a lower price but less space/ bandwidth then I’d recommend you go with that for this reason rather than paying more for space you probably won’t use.

    4. Performance

    Take the time to look into the reliability of the hosting company as it is such an important part of your sites success. Ignore the sites own 99.9% uptime claim and check out stats found on a review site or search for forums or discussion boards with users of the service for their opinions.

    5. Customer Support.

    Try to find out what kind of reputation a company has for its customer support because you will probably need to use it at some point.

    If a site meets all the above criteria then you will almost certainly end up with the best web hosting solution for you.

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    Inexpensive Quality Website Hosting - Mistakes To Avoid Making

    Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

    When searching the internet for inexpensive quality website hosting many potential webmasters make the same old mistakes. Doing so means that they ultimately end up disappointed. Reading this article though should help you to avoid these mistakes and enable you to find an hosting provider that you will be happy with.

    Here are the common mistakes.

    Going For The Cheapest Option.

    This is probably the most common mistake people make. They see the price and automatically sign up, no research, no looking into, just an immediate sign up. There really shouldn’t be such a rush however. Nowadays there are so many cheap hosting providers around that you can afford to do a little looking around and making sure you are getting all you need.

    Choosing Because Of Size.

    Many people are drawn by the promise of unlimited disk space and bandwidth but the truth is that this is unnecessary. Very few webmasters actually come anywhere near reaching their bandwidth limits, so don’t make this the main reason you decide on using a provider.

    Believing What They Read.

    Every hosting company makes the same claim of having a 99% uptime guarantee so don’t fall into the trap of believing it. This guarantee is meaningless and so the companies get away without actually meeting their claim. This means that you will have to find out their actual uptime rate yourself. You can do this either by searching through forums, chat rooms, and discussion boards based around similar topics or checking out review sites which provide this information.

    Never Checking Their Reputation.

    Customer support is vital for any webmaster because there are so many problems that you can encounter and yet about 95% of webmasters never bother to look into it. I recommend you do because otherwise you will regret it. Do this the same way I mentioned previously with the help of forums or reviews.

    Inexpensive quality website hosting isn’t that hard to find if you put in some effort and look into it properly. If you fail to then you risk making the mistakes mentioned above and using a service that you feel is a let down.

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