Web hosting as not just a service to get your website on the Internet, but also a very important factor in the success of your online business. This article explains the important features of web hosting for you to understand and consider when needing to host yoour business website.
Many people dive into the Internet and are filled with eagerness and excitement to build their own website. Problem with most of these people is that they don’t really know what is required to setup a successful and useable website. One of the most overlooked and an important aspect of starting a website is choosing the proper web hosting company. You need to web host that is able to provide you with the following features: speed, space, quality and usability and trust.
Speed is determined by bandwidth which is basically the amount of data that can be transmitted in a given time interval and is usually measured in bits/second. Do you sometimes wonder why sometimes one site allows you to download files quicker than another? Well this is because the faster downloading site has a greater bandwidth. The average Internet user usually spends only 10 secs on your site before they give it a quick opinion and go onto the next site. If in these 10 secs you site takes ages to load its pictures or files then you are most likely going to lose this customer. So remember, the greater the bandwidth the faster your website will load and in return the more likely a visitor will stay on your website.
Space refers to the amount of disk storage available from your webhost. Ask yourself: How much space do you require for your website? If you are planning on having an online store with hundreds of products, you are going to need a lot more space for your pictures. If you are only planning to have a small website of about 10 pages then you would not have to worry so much about space capacity and limitations of your hosting plan. Some hosting companies, however, do provide unlimited storage space.
The quality of a webhost can sometime be seen in the network uptime guarantee. Network uptime refers to the amount of time that your website is accessible via the World Wide Web. Most of the popular and larger webhosting companies often guarantee a 99% uptime, meaning that your site is available to the world 24/7, 99% of the time. Look to see if the company backs their claims up with a guarantee and if they have any compensation or backup for when there servers are down.
The useability that i am referring to that is an important feature is the type of control panel the web hosting company uses. I have a used a few different hosting companies and have found that cpanel is easiest to use. It has an easy to use graphical interface and allows you to have full control over your domain. Cpanel provides automation tools that are designed to simplify the website building process. There are other control panels available, some easier to use than others, but cpanel by far is one of the more popular and easiest to use control panels.
Trust is important whether it be in a person, a business or a service. I often think a private business would be better in terms of service and quality which is true in most cases as you tend to deal with the same person all the time and build up a trust in them. On the Internet though, you would have to go with the more popular web hosting company, one that has grown and built a good reputation of reliability and trust from its thousands of users. Read web hosting reviews and forums to get an idea of the most reliable and trusted webhosting company for you.
It is very important that you take the above factors into consideration. Some companies may offer you extras to help you with your website setup such as unlimited bandwidth and space or prebuilt templates for you to use. Take everything into consideration - your website is only good if you have a reliable, trusted and supportive web host.
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