Host Gator asked:
1.Goodwill of the web hosting company.
There are web-hosting companies on the web, which are running successfully for at least 2 years and are usually handled by experience and IT savvy network engineers. The biggest advantage of such companies is their perfect support and services to their customers. However there is yet another world of hosting which is handled by amateurs who are into this business just to extract money. For them providing support is just a joke as even they don’t know the fundamentals of the business. Thus one must be very sure to check the credentials of the web-hosting firm by either reading their profile or by looking on the technology they use for their server farm. One must make sure to select a company, which is in existence for at least 2 years with successful track record with 95% up time for all its servers. If a company is providing 95% its quite enough as 100% is just impossible.
2. Availability of storage space.
There are web-hosting companies offering space ranging from as small as 20 MB to as big as 2GB or even more. But this largely depends upon the user. One must make sure that his/her budget should not get fail by asking for unnecessary space than required. This trend is quite common among beginners, as they are unable to estimate the amount of space their web site requires and so asks for bigger space in order to play safe which is mere wastage of money. Thus one should be very careful while selecting the storage space for his/her website. It should not be less than required but at the same time should not be very much wasting money.
3. Availability of bandwidth space for transferring data each month
Its always required to transfer data to website and update its content often in order to stay afresh and also to keep ratings high up on the search engines right. There are several web hosting companies offering a certain bandwidth or “transfer window” to enable their clients to transport their data from local computer hard disk drive to the web server. But this transfer window has a limitation of limited space in order to prevent the bandwidth overloading from user’s repeatedly transferring large amounts of data to and fro. Therefore a bandwidth space is allocated to enable one to manage the amount data he/she wants to transfer each month into the storage space allocated. One should note that the data that one transfers is constantly kept track of until one has reach the transfer limit for that month. Now on this ground most web hosting companies tend to be mean so as to provide so called “high speed data transfer” to their clients and restrict bandwidth off at 1GB.
4. Support-Online as well as offline.
Support is an area often overlooked by the beginners while signing up for a web-hosting contract. However it should be noted that support is the most important feature one should check while selecting a web hosting company. It is very important for 24 hour successful running of a website that there is always any technical fellow from the hosting company to answer the calls and ensure the website staying up and running even at odd time. Thus it is important to have 24 hours support everyday of the week and also relevant safety measures implemented in the data center at which one’s server resides. Not only this it is also important to find out more about the location of the data center about the power supply facilities, its location and also the safety measures that have been put in place such as fire protection and relevant data backup facilities to a remote location as a safety should a physical destruction occur that literally wipes out the whole data center.
Web Hosting asked:
Even after increasing awareness regarding host services still there are certain percentage of people who thinks hosting package as mere any internet thing. The point of view of other people is even more interesting as they think it is just a way for some people to make some money.
However, what can be the answer if someone inquires from the core of the heart about the question, what is WEB HOSTING? The answer will be it is the capability to move a certain business or information, product content, research to the Internet. And if one talk about a web host then he/ she is the person who offers web-hosting services to clients, persons, business etc. so something clear?? NOT then proceed further.
There are several advantages of the web hosting, some of which are given below:
1. Through this one can advertise views upon the business and potentials on the internet; in the current scenario every one desires to have more Information, not restricted to a specific thing but related to beyond the boundary of familiar or unfamiliar thing. It can be anything from Tourism to potential businesses, or the safest Banks etc
2. Besides this it is also a source of revenue for the people who can play the role of resellers for web hosting companies or perform as server based Network or Affiliates to other web hosting companies who pay commissions to such clients.
One cannot deny the fact that, till now the hosting business flourishes in millions dollars business because of its increasing importance for the people by the day. A user can increase his/her chances of success by selecting the hosting companies that provides extra services like free domains or web space, web designing script management, web templates etc. Another key aspect to concern for the user is how to explore out an ideal web host? As fake mirages are shown to the user by several web companies to trap clients and which results in destruction of several businesses.
If one talks about the method to eradicate such sort of problems, then the probable solution which come in front is listening and speaking to people who have hosted their services on Internet, and inquiring from them the efficiency of their web host. The user should not get astonished towards a host just because it is cheap but should confirm all the departments before coming onto a conclusion. When some web hosts are quite sluggish to upload, others enjoy several profits because of having an attentive attitude. One cannot deny the fact that, the quantity of such sites are nil which enjoy 100% tension free operation, however the real aspect is that how many times one’s site is down. Another aspect is that one should not be come to the judgment of changing the web host rather should lay the problem in front of people who are experienced of facing and tackling such problems.
In such situations user should act patiently without selecting and terminating a host so quickly. It is not a single case, but a universal truth that everyone wants to be in the race without lagging behind and decides to change the host if the trouble exists for a longer period of time.
Web Hosting asked:
As per study conducted by the Forrester Research, the current market is an ideal one for the emergence new web hosting companies, currently there is “positive — if modest — growth for Web hosting and managed IT services, at both the enterprise and SMB levels.”
It is an ideally suited business if one indulges as a web designer or rather IT consultant. This business suits best for small consulting firms. Now the question arises why to ignore such services which several small businesses potentially require? Hosting is a supreme source of revenue on monthly basis.
If one talks about the flourishing sectors of Internet then name of hosting industry will be among one of them. Several corporations such as Yahoo are in the race of providing web hosting services. Anyone who wishes to join this highly profitable business is always welcome and has the right to grab his/her financial share, except when he/she can rightly perform his/her duty.
For a dream web hosting company, one should adopt two tested and wrathful rules as mentioned below:
1.) The prime aspect of the user should be on offering high-quality services in a two-tiered pricing schedule.
2.) The user should know about the importance of an automated infrastructure for development of self-sufficient customers. In the case of marketing, it is very important for the user to increase the chances of accurate opportunities.
The facility of automation will not only enhance the self-sufficiency of the client but also will reduce the expenses of the user to a low level. For the purpose of giving level best services, the prime thing which user requires is at least the following processes to be automated:
1.) Order forms (in case of new customer account set up or existing customer updates),
2.) Billing system,
3.) Administration system,
4.) End-user control panel, and
5.) Technical support interface.
Order Forms:
It is mandatory that the front end of user’s order form should provide a minimum of the four key functional aspects given below:
a.) It should ensure the information of domain for registration purposes,
b.) It should legalize entered results,
c.) It should provide the facility to process the customer’s credit card or else provide creation of an invoice,
d.) It should register customer’s information into billing database for the future prospects.
It is must that the backend of the order form must process the domain registration, in case it is required by the customer and should generate the Web hosting account.
Administration System
One should know that the administration system is quite an essential factor in the purpose of managing ordered accounts. The user might require manually adding or eliminating several new domains, change passwords, etc.
End-User Control Panel
If one wants his/her customer should manage his/her account, then an end-user control panel is necessary. At the end, the customers should be in the condition where they can set up their own e-mail accounts, view Website statistics and can manage files etc.
Billing System
Another very important thing is the presence of automated billing system. The billing system should not only perform the functions like making e-mail invoices, charging credit cards, suspend overdue accounts etc, but should also enable user to issue credit or discounts as per requirement.
Technical Support Interface
There is a wrong opinion that technical support interface is merely a system that generates trouble rather it is an effective tech-support interface that automatically generates an FAQ-interface that customers can look out for before submitting trouble tickets. The advantage of these interfaces is that they can reduce technical support requests by a factor of 10.
Not only that, the company with which the user go with offers the option of taking care of technical support on his/her behalf but branded with user’s brand. Thus one can concentrate his/her potential on other parts of his/her business which requires greater attention.
How to maximize good marketing opportunities
If one knows about what platform to use, what packages to offer and set up a tiered pricing schedule and automated systems. So now how one does maximizes good marketing opportunities through new hosting service?
Pay per Click
This facility allows user to reach to a large segment of customers. In this case although one needs not to pay to list his/her site, he/she does pay when a customer clicks on one’s listing and connects to user’s site. Now an important question arises in one’s mind i.e. how does one gets his/her site high on the results lists? One option is user must engage in a bidding war over how much he/she is willing to pay for each person who clicks through to his/her site. Recently the prices of bidding have grown too high, so one needs to act careful. There are cases where one clicks into one’s site but didn’t convert into a new account. Thus, one needs to be sure to just select targeted keywords and not contending with everyone else for the same keywords. It is not at all an easy game, so one should find his/her role.
How to host Directory Sites?
There are plentiful Web sites known as hosting directories that intend to attract Web hosting customers. The utility of these directories lies in the fact that they are an excellent place to advertise, but one needs to be selective in his/her placement. There are several sites offering banner placement, spotlights, search enhancements, and other forms of advertisement. A key tip in this case would be one should always keep in mind that banner ads are considered much better for building brand recognition rather than generating new accounts, so one should advertise based on his/her budget, and should not just focus on his/her expectation for new customers.
How to influence current Client Base?
If one is running an established Web design firm, information portal, or domain registration service, he/she can quickly start marketing to his/her current clients. For him/her its not easy to generate clients as by sending a simple e-mail to his/her current customer base he/she can immediately generate a large number of accounts. Talking about marketing strategies, there are permission-based email marketing services that work best for earning more revenue from one’s current customers and gaining additional customers. Thus, one should try a free trial of one or more of these services to find one that works well for his/her needs.
How to retain customers?
One should always keep in mind that in order to retain his/her customer; one has to develop and offer new products and services and to make them feel better. This will not only help in retaining customers but also to generate additional revenue. But the most important factor is quality should not be compromised as it is in reality a key to success.
Web Hosting asked:
Anyone cannot deny an old age saying, “One gets what he/she pays for”.
When one talks about some aspects of life, and business, there is quite strength in this statement, but not much when it comes to web hosting industry. Many a times, one will not get what he/she deserve to get or invest the money for.
For instance, there was a client paying $600.00 a month for his web hosting account.
After observing his requirements the conclusion was that there is nothing extraordinary in the features required by the client, which can be available in the basic hosting plan i.e. below $5.
What can be the conclusion regarding this client? It is that he is not only overburdened by the huge monthly charges but also not receiving the basic support required by him.
No doubt, an acute example, but a horrible incidence which several users needs to counter in their life span.
Many years ago, there was no trace of web hosting existed in the industry. Almost entire websites were hosted via local ISP’s. If one talk about average basis, the monthly charges for hosting a website was $20.00. Usually, if any user asks for any technical query to ISP, their opinion would be to purchase a book or rather go for a class to sort out the query.
It was somewhere around 1996, when few of the “web hosting” companies emerged in the market. Their commitment was strictly on to hosting websites. That time they can easily offer a hosting package around $10.00 a month. In addition to it, they can easily provide technical assistance to meet user’s necessities.
With the emergence of the year 2005 new type of hosting termed as cheap web hosting raised in the market providing hosting services at a very low cost of even less than $5.00 a month.
Normally, cheap web hosting companies are latest companies in the market. This is due to the reason that it is quite daunting for the older companies to decline their cost as they possess a huge customer base which is ready to pay higher prices. This can adversely affect their expansion which cannot be a positive deal for many of the companies.
Thus what way low priced hosting companies provide hosting packages at such a cheap rate?
One of the reasons for this is that servers, hard drive space and bandwidth are quite cheap as compared to many years ago. This is one of the triumph cards for the web hosting companies.
Other reason is that cheap hosting providers adopts diverse business structure in comparison to older companies. Certainly, Web hosting business is severely competitive. Recently, the basis of competition is the tools and features provided to the user. When one talk about this sort of strategy the major draw back is that every user doesn’t require all the features provided by the concern hosting company. Several hosting providers deliver free backup services for all their clients without any biasness. Off course, Backups are expensive, and it is not required by everyone, but every user is compelled to pay for it due to concerned package offered to them.
In contrast, low priced hosting companies might offer user the basic features that is applied by everyone, but put forward weekly backups as an available but additional feature, putting the cost of backing up restricted to those users only who really demands it.
Certainly, sweet to hear, but what when it comes to service? Will the user receive swift and proficient customer support just in the monthly charges of $4.00?
The reply will be, unbelievable but generally is YES.
Certainly, one cannot expect all the cheap hosting providers to deliver an outstanding service. In contract one cannot expect very good service from the hosting providers who demands large amount for their service.
Still the success of a cheap hosting provider lies in the fact that how well it can maintain the trust of customer. A hosting provider full of abilities and potential will try their level best to care their present customers.
Web Hosting asked:
Even after increasing awareness regarding host services still there are certain percentage of people who thinks hosting package as mere any internet thing. The point of view of other people is even more interesting as they think it is just a way for some people to make some money.
However, what can be the answer if someone inquires from the core of the heart about the question, what is WEB HOSTING? The answer will be it is the capability to move a certain business or information, product content, research to the Internet. And if one talk about a web host then he/ she is the person who offers web-hosting services to clients, persons, business etc. so something clear?? NOT then proceed further.
There are several advantages of the web hosting, some of which are given below:
1. Through this one can advertise views upon the business and potentials on the internet; in the current scenario every one desires to have more Information, not restricted to a specific thing but related to beyond the boundary of familiar or unfamiliar thing. It can be anything from Tourism to potential businesses, or the safest Banks etc
2. Besides this it is also a source of revenue for the people who can play the role of resellers for web hosting companies or perform as server based Network or Affiliates to other web hosting companies who pay commissions to such clients.
One cannot deny the fact that, till now the hosting business flourishes in millions dollars business because of its increasing importance for the people by the day. A user can increase his/her chances of success by selecting the hosting companies that provides extra services like free domains or web space, web designing script management, web templates etc. Another key aspect to concern for the user is how to explore out an ideal web host? As fake mirages are shown to the user by several web companies to trap clients and which results in destruction of several businesses.
If one talks about the method to eradicate such sort of problems, then the probable solution which come in front is listening and speaking to people who have hosted their services on Internet, and inquiring from them the efficiency of their web host. The user should not get astonished towards a host just because it is cheap but should confirm all the departments before coming onto a conclusion. When some web hosts are quite sluggish to upload, others enjoy several profits because of having an attentive attitude. One cannot deny the fact that, the quantity of such sites are nil which enjoy 100% tension free operation, however the real aspect is that how many times one’s site is down. Another aspect is that one should not be come to the judgment of changing the web host rather should lay the problem in front of people who are experienced of facing and tackling such problems.
In such situations user should act patiently without selecting and terminating a host so quickly. It is not a single case, but a universal truth that everyone wants to be in the race without lagging behind and decides to change the host if the trouble exists for a longer period of time.
Hosting Web asked:
When a user got his web hosting account with PHP and mySQL support, then he/she can easily do free programming and scripts so as to enjoy the benefit of their powerful combined capabilities.
Generally all the web hosting providers either paid or free always add some free pre-installed scripts to their customers in the way of guest books, counters and calendars. The users who are searching around can find out the toys and bells and whistles that they can install on their web pages including hundreds of scripts and applications. The user can set up one of dozens of forums, which they can choose from many image galleries and photo albums, and also can serve classified ads, offering auction listings and dating services – in brief just about everything the user can do on the Internet, and also about what he/she can do with a free PHP script from his/her web hosting provider.
There are many free services but one of the best free services to look for is Fantastico, which is a web-based script installer that allows user to add any of dozens of free goodies to his/her web site and that is just by a click of a mouse. If the web hosting provider offers Fantastico with its hosting accounts, user can get access to over a dozen different content management systems, half a dozen user forums, several different blog packages, shopping carts, including Zen Cart and OS Commerce, an easy FAQ maker and six different customer support options so as to enable user to offer help and support on his/her web site.
Two of the handiest types of free tools that many web hosting companies offer for free are:
Portals and Content Management Systems
They make easy for the user to add and remove pages and information to and from their web site. Most of them include modules that allows user to add discussion boards, shopping carts, polls and instant messaging, as well as user authentication and security to his/her web site easily. Mambo, Post-Nuke, Xoops and Drupal are among the content management systems that webhosting company are offering for free. All are open source software with a lot of user support beyond the support offered by user’s web hosting company. Thus there are always new modules and new tricks being offered for all of them.
Blogs
Blogs are online publishing tools by which the user can easily update their website whenever he/she wants. They automatically put the latest entries up and move older entries down in the reading queue. WordPress is one of the most commonly used, which many web hosting providers include as a free setup script with users web hosting account. Thus one should always try to avail all the perks being offered by the web host providers.
Web Hosting asked:
The foremost thing which one should keep in mind while choosing a low price web host is that, how much quantity of disk space is required by the user, i.e. precise amount of MB, the number of pages, quantity of video or audio files, or any miscellaneous things. If one’s website is going to have an ample amount of visitors then going for a cheap web host may not be a preferable option. A further crucial thing is the number of email addresses delivered by the low priced web host; it could be smaller as per expectation, thus one should vigilantly analyze all the features offered by the hosting company.
In order to make all the aspects clear one should fully analyze merits and demerits of investing in low priced web hosting. Therefore if one analyzes top 10 cheap web hosting companies, one can discuss about 3 aspects i.e. price, quality and services provided. One can receive a cheap web hosting at the rate of $5 and $20 per month. Provided space can be in the range of 3GB and 5GB, and the bandwidth between 45GB to 300GB, both the features can vary as per price paid.
One should look for a web hosting company on whom he/she can depend upon. One more crucial feature is the customer support. One can say that, customer support is the root of web hosting. A dependable host should possess both phone supports, as well as email support because in case of emergency phone support can be more effective as compare to email support. When one talks about email support, response time is the area where all the importance lies. Few takes hours and even days to respond while for some few minutes are quite enough. In addition to it, in few companies customer support is restricted to certain hours only; however, when one is looking for a dependable host the support should be 24/7.
Hence, for getting cheap but dependable host one should merge two points mentioned in the article. One must do continues investigation and measure between features and offers delivered by different hosts. One can use above-mentioned points as equipments to end the search at the right choice, with happiness and satisfaction.
Web Hosting asked:
One cannot deny the fact that, while searching for an ideal web hosting service one should compare his/her requirements with the services provided by the hosting company. No doubt, it consumes valuable time of the user, but the efforts would be worth it. One will get the relief that the choice made by him/her is best as compare to other companies regarding, services and options.
To judge the right one between two web hosts, one should know about the kind of site he/she is going to have hosted. One can divide the majority of sites into personal, small business, information sites or ecommerce business sites. The variations between these sites greatly influence the factor of judgment between two web hosting companies. If a user is going to possess a simple home page, then quality and features of a potential hosting company are not very requirement. However, when it comes to a business web site a huge amount of disk space and bandwidth for whole traffic is an inevitable requirement. That’s the reason it is a foremost step when it comes to measure between web hosting. Of course, nobody knows about his/her hosting needs but the user him/her self.
Few of the crucial aspects which one should keep in mind while finalizing a web host company:
1. Costs and Setup Fees: before dealing to a company one should ensure that he/she has full knowledge of actual charges associated with different things.
2. Customer Support: one should give top priority host’s efficiency in customer support. Whether it is 24/7 or rather just Monday to Friday?
3. Control Panel: control panel according to user’s requirement is must. This is an important aspect to keep in mind especially for beginners.
4. POP Email Account: While comparing web hosting one should verify that whether they access the user email accounts or not.
5. FTC Transfer Limits: while comparing web hosting features one should confirm the presence of FTP transfer limits.
6. Limitless Space Transfer: one should verify hosting company’s Acceptable Use Policies to observe their dimensions regarding unlimited plans. Definitely, nobody likes to get negative response for using excessive space. Can a user upgrade it whenever he/she requires?
This is not an end, there are several other aspects as well which one needs to consider before dealing up with a web host service. With accurate knowledge and investigating on search engines one can compare services and options of related hosting companies in fraction of minutes. One will definitely receive positive results of time devotion and hard work when one reach to the superior level of comparison.
Web Hosting asked:
One cannot deny the fact that, while searching for an ideal web hosting service one should compare his/her requirements with the services provided by the hosting company. No doubt, it consumes valuable time of the user, but the efforts would be worth it. One will get the relief that the choice made by him/her is best as compare to other companies regarding, services and options.
To judge the right one between two web hosts, one should know about the kind of site he/she is going to have hosted. One can divide the majority of sites into personal, small business, information sites or ecommerce business sites. The variations between these sites greatly influence the factor of judgment between two web hosting companies. If a user is going to possess a simple home page, then quality and features of a potential hosting company are not very requirement. However, when it comes to a business web site a huge amount of disk space and bandwidth for whole traffic is an inevitable requirement. That’s the reason it is a foremost step when it comes to measure between web hosting. Of course, nobody knows about his/her hosting needs but the user him/her self.
Few of the crucial aspects which one should keep in mind while finalizing a web host company:
1. Costs and Setup Fees: before dealing to a company one should ensure that he/she has full knowledge of actual charges associated with different things.
2. Customer Support: one should give top priority host’s efficiency in customer support. Whether it is 24/7 or rather just Monday to Friday?
3. Control Panel: control panel according to user’s requirement is must. This is an important aspect to keep in mind especially for beginners.
4. POP Email Account: While comparing web hosting one should verify that whether they access the user email accounts or not.
5. FTC Transfer Limits: while comparing web hosting features one should confirm the presence of FTP transfer limits.
6. Limitless Space Transfer: one should verify hosting company’s Acceptable Use Policies to observe their dimensions regarding unlimited plans. Definitely, nobody likes to get negative response for using excessive space. Can a user upgrade it whenever he/she requires?
This is not an end, there are several other aspects as well which one needs to consider before dealing up with a web host service. With accurate knowledge and investigating on search engines one can compare services and options of related hosting companies in fraction of minutes. One will definitely receive positive results of time devotion and hard work when one reach to the superior level of comparison.
Hosting Web asked:
When a user got his web hosting account with PHP and mySQL support, then he/she can easily do free programming and scripts so as to enjoy the benefit of their powerful combined capabilities.
Generally all the web hosting providers either paid or free always add some free pre-installed scripts to their customers in the way of guest books, counters and calendars. The users who are searching around can find out the toys and bells and whistles that they can install on their web pages including hundreds of scripts and applications. The user can set up one of dozens of forums, which they can choose from many image galleries and photo albums, and also can serve classified ads, offering auction listings and dating services – in brief just about everything the user can do on the Internet, and also about what he/she can do with a free PHP script from his/her web hosting provider.
There are many free services but one of the best free services to look for is Fantastico, which is a web-based script installer that allows user to add any of dozens of free goodies to his/her web site and that is just by a click of a mouse. If the web hosting provider offers Fantastico with its hosting accounts, user can get access to over a dozen different content management systems, half a dozen user forums, several different blog packages, shopping carts, including Zen Cart and OS Commerce, an easy FAQ maker and six different customer support options so as to enable user to offer help and support on his/her web site.
Two of the handiest types of free tools that many web hosting companies offer for free are:
Portals and Content Management Systems
They make easy for the user to add and remove pages and information to and from their web site. Most of them include modules that allows user to add discussion boards, shopping carts, polls and instant messaging, as well as user authentication and security to his/her web site easily. Mambo, Post-Nuke, Xoops and Drupal are among the content management systems that webhosting company are offering for free. All are open source software with a lot of user support beyond the support offered by user’s web hosting company. Thus there are always new modules and new tricks being offered for all of them.
Blogs
Blogs are online publishing tools by which the user can easily update their website whenever he/she wants. They automatically put the latest entries up and move older entries down in the reading queue. WordPress is one of the most commonly used, which many web hosting providers include as a free setup script with users web hosting account. Thus one should always try to avail all the perks being offered by the web host providers.
