WEB HOSTING

2007-01-17T11:03:00.000-08:00

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Cheap Web Hosting

2007-01-09T12:58:00.000-08:00

Cheap Web Hosting: Bandwidth

Bandwidth describes the amount of data a network can transport in a certain period of time. In other words, bandwidth is a capacity for rate of data transfer.
Every time you use a computer to communicate with another computer via the Internet, you are moving bits of information through various web hosting companies. Some of your Internet activities, such as sending email, use very little bandwidth, while other activities, such as viewing websites with large graphics or listening to streaming audio files, use a lot of bandwidth because you're sending lots and lots of bits.

Cheap Web Hosting

2007-01-09T11:47:00.000-08:00

Cheap Web Hosting

The cheap web Hosting is targeted mainly to self-employed individuals and small companies on a budget which aren't going to pay inflated prices for webhosting, and to those who want to compensate hosting expenses with the help of a referral / reseller program.
Fortunately nowadays, many webhosting companies offer very cheap web hosting plans to gain your business. For an average website, a basic cheap web host with multiple POP email accounts, own CGI-bin directory, and FTP access for about $25/month or less is quite sufficient. If you have additional needs or desires and wish to build your site better and stronger you should take a look at the other features such as preinstalled CGI scripts, telnet access, anonymous FTP, database support, security, e-commerce solutions, and so on. Keep in mind that with these cheap web hosting plans, you should really try to find one that has no setup fee or hidden charges.

About Choosing Domain Names

2007-01-09T11:08:00.000-08:00

GOOD DOMAIN NAME

A good domain name should be as short as possible, easy to spell, easy to remember & easy to say. The best choice would be make it similar to your BRAND NAME (or) Web Site (or) Your Key Product. Also ensure it non-confusable with the existing domain names or TRADE MARKs. Keep It Short It is much a tradeoff between having your domain name descriptive and having it short. Ideally you would have domain name that is both descriptive of your service and short enough for easy usage in conversation. Normally Shorter names tend to be more professional, easier to spell, and more memorable. Make it Easy to Spell With many domain names are already taken, people now started using creative ways like adding 2 instead of "TO" and 4 for "FOR" and so on. Avoid these misguiding ways that may send your visitors to your competitor site. For Example 2HELP.com may land your visitor at TOHELP.com. By choosing a domain name that is easy to spell, you'll maximize the number of repeat visitors to your site. What characters are allowed? All domain names must meet these requirements: They cannot exceed 63 characters - excluding the characters in the suffix. Only letters, numbers, or hyphens are permitted. A domain name may not begin or end with a hyphen. These requirements are part of the regulatory standards followed in domain registration process. Can I register more than one domain name? Yes. You may register and own an unlimited number of domain names. In addition to .com, many people register the .net, .org and other variations of their primary domain name. What is the public domain name database? A public domain name database (also known as Whois) contains contact information for all domain names. There are many registrars that register .com, .net and, .org domain names. Each of these registrars maintain their own public domain database.

Free Web Hosting

2007-01-09T02:21:00.000-08:00

FREE WEB HOSTING

Free or paid web hosting?

Just finished your first website? So it's the time to look for some hosting and make a choise. Your first qustion probably will be whether to choose free or paid hosting service. Let's have a look at some advantages and disadvantages of these solutions.
Free web hosting:

(+) It's for free. You don't need to pay for domain name.
(-) Your URL will be something like username.freehost.com or freehost.com/username. As I noticed above, the advantage is that you don't need to pay for domain. But note that if you move your website to another provider in the future you can loose some or all your traffic (there are some solutions how to solve this problem but it is not the point of this article).
(-) Your provider will probably include ads to your pages - usually 1 or 2 banners, sometimes popup windows. If you plan to use banner exchange on your site read carefully their Terms and conditions. Some free hosts doesn't allow it.
(-) Free hosts usually allow lower bandwidth then paid hosts and a lot of them don't offer futures like PHP and MySQL.
(-) A lot of free hosts change their Terms and conditions during some time. If your free host offers hosting wihtout ads now, don't be surprised when banner or popup appears on your site in the future.
(-) Sometimes happens that free hosts cancel their free service and longer offer paid hosting only. In this case you have only 2 choises - pay them or loose your website.

Paid web hosting:
(+) You can host your own domain. If you decide to change the web hosting provider in the future, you easily transfer the domain to the new provider and don't loose your traffic.
(+) Most paid hosts offer 24/7 support via email or live chat and some of them provide toll-free phone support.
(+) You can expect better uptime then on free host. Some paid hosts offer uptime guarantee.
(+) Paid hosts usually offer enough disk space and bandwidth. Futures like PHP and MySQL are standard. Even if you are not programmer you can download plenty of free PHP scripts from internet.
(-) Paid hosting cost money :o)

Before you make the decision if choose free or paid host you should answer this question: How big ambitions do I have with my website? If you are starting small personal page for your friends consist of a few *.html files then free host will be sufficient. In case you plan to run serious business website, need PHP, database and don't want ads on the site I recommend to look for quality paid host.