How to Avoid Being “Cheated” by Web Hosting Companies

Sep 9
16:45

2011

Patricia Cosme

Patricia Cosme

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Because of the stiff competition among web hosts, some companies would go to all extent to “cheat” in order to entice clients to avail of their services. You can always equip yourself with the right information in order to avoid such companies.

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A few decades ago,How to Avoid Being “Cheated” by Web Hosting Companies Articles web hosting was totally unknown but in this generation of modern technology, web hosting companies literally vie with each other to survive the stiff competition. There are web hosting companies who offer the best deal at reasonable prices which will suit your specifications and plans. Cheap or free web hosting may be interesting for the client with no technological knowledge on space and bandwidth. Websites that are hosted for free becomes the home for advertisements which is the source of income for the web host companies. The ads have a tendency of distracting the viewer from the actual contents of the website.

Offers for unlimited disk space are attractive for small businesses because they will always follow the package offering the biggest space. They usually guided by the more the better when comparing the different plans. A server is usually shared by thousands of accounts with the same CPU power and memory, so it will not be surprising to find little or no traffic later on. Web hosts must have clearly defined limitations for normal usage to avoid suspension of account. If you hit the limit, it may mean that your website is doing very well, so the web host must be considerate to allow you to resolve the issue and move to a higher plan.

Shared hosting plans are usually sold to small businesses and web hosts offer everything in “unlimited” capacity from space to bandwidth. Sharing is cheaper because you are sharing the server with others including the maintenance and technical support expenses. Most owners who have simple and uncomplicated websites or blogs can avail of the shared hosting instead of the dedicated hosting because they often use less space and power.

Be careful of the marketing gimmicks that web hosting companies usually use to attract clients. Users are always candid with their experiences that feedbacks are a veritable source of information on the services provided by the web host.

One of the biggest selling points of web hosting is the free migration service. Not all web hosts will offer this service for free because it is quite a complicated process. Two web hosting companies that I know of that are offering this service for free are HostGator and GreenGeeks but the previous host must be running on CPanel for an efficient transfer of files and databases; otherwise, everything may not be up to your satisfaction.