The Most Important Things In Web Hosting

submitted: Aug 3rd 2008 | by: JonFerraro | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 350 | PDF View | Print Article

I know it's common knowledge that you need solid web hosting if you want to do build anything online. With a reliable web hosting company you are going to struggle to make any money online. In this article i will just go over the some thing to consider when you make your decision of which web host to use.

The most important thing is they have a good history of uptime. There is nothing worse than working really hard to build a website and when visitors go to it, they get an error page.

The site also has to be quick to load. People don't have the patience to sit and wait for a site to load. If they are waiting for more than 7 seconds, even if it's on a dial up connection, they're going to close the window. That's potential sale that was wiped away because of poor hosting.

You need to be able to communicate well. A host should have 24 hour customer support. If you're looking at a hosting company that doesn't offer that, you should seriously reconsider. Nowadays, its fairly common for a host to offer around the clock customer service.

If your host offers cPanel, that's just a great perk. cPanel just has an abundance of great tools for your site. You can setup your email accounts through them, so your domains and emails match. They also have great traffic tracking software.

If they have Fantastico, that's another super bonus. With fantastico, you get dozens of really neat scripts that you can automatically put on your website. Scripts, for forums, autoresponders, blogging software, surveys, etc..

No contracts are also important. Many hosting companies don't do that anymore, but it used to be fairly common that you had to sign a full one year contract with your web host. If they offer reliable service, then there is no need for a web host to force someone into a contract.

These are just some of the many factors that go into deciding what kind of web hosting you want.

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