You MUST Get This RIGHT! Get BAD Hosting And Your Internet Business Will Be Dead Before It Even Starts!
How do you choose a hosting provider when there are thousands of hosting companies available online? It’s like going through the yellow pages trying to find burger restaurants.
There are lots of them. Hopefully these tips will steer you in the right direction.
Important factors in selecting a web hosting company include the percentage of server uptime. Most achieve 99%+ uptime these days, anything less is pretty much unacceptable today! Obviously the higher the downtime of a server, the lower the potential for traffic at your web site.
Another consideration is how much space is provided for the files that will make up your web site. How much bandwidth is in your package? Monthly bandwidth is the amount of data transfer allowed for visitors to view and use your web site.
With today’s changing trends in web hosting services, it is important to get as much server space and bandwidth as you can. This will allow for necessary updates and increased traffic to your site as it becomes more popular.
It is equally important when purchasing business web hosting that CGI access is provided; along with features such as MySQL, Real Audio, Real Video, and Cold Fusion (which some companies sell as an add on component). A crucial feature necessary for doing ecommerce is SSL, or Secure Socket Layer. This encrypts all order and credit card information until it reaches you. An SSL certificate can be purchased from most web hosting providers. Displaying it on your ecommerce web site verifies that your site transactions are safe and secure.
I only use two companies when considering hosting.
I always use Tom Hua's Hosting Bay and Hostgator.
Why do I use these two services?
Simply because they both understand what is required to run an Internet Marketing business. And this is vitally important, because an Internet Marketing business has special needs.
Both of these companies are sound, provide excellent service and are tailored to the small online business user. They give you everything you need through an easy to use Cpanel, they have great online and live help (which I found hugely useful when I was starting out and didn't really know what I was doing)...AND
...they give you over 99.9% up time.As I'm sure you will appreciate if your website is not online you can't sell anything! The uptime figure any hosting company give you is of vital importance to you and your business.
I have found both Hostgator and Hosting Bay to be true to their word and keep my sites up online 99.9% of the time. In fact (he said tempting fate) as at the end of January 2010, I can't remember any downtime in the last 18 months, which is excellent. You will not go wrong with either of these hosting companies.
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Click HERE To Check Out Hosting Bay
