No Bad Hosts …..please!!

One cannot deny the fact that, from the time man has evolved on earth Internet has proved to be the most powerful weapon of communication. Still now, No means has reached parallel to it.

It is quite surprising that even after knowing the importance of this source several businesses personnel and entrepreneurs put their business in a hazardous situation just to save little money.

It happens occasionally that people take chances in order to save money but finally loose more than that.

Choosing a web host is not a child’s play. If a right decision can benefit a lot then a wrong decision can also have a negative impact.

So, user should take decision after knowing and measuring his/her requirements.

When it is a matter of a little family site with few personal snaps or a non-commercial blogs, then a cheap hosting provider can also fulfill user’s requirements.

If user’s requirement is a basic, but reliable website to sell few of the products then a package of $9 to 20 per month can be appropriate, it may vary according to technical assistance required by the user.

If the user is planning to host a multiple sites for the purpose of producing search engine traffic, to promote and sale products online, then he/she remain ready to spend in the range of $15 to $50 per month.

If user’s choice is to operate a sophisticated e-commerce site with dynamic features, then a dedicated server for around $100 to $200 a month can match the requirement.

One should measure the hosting provider on the following criteria.

Does the website involve scripts?

If the answer is YES! then user should ensure that there is a cgi-bin and MySQL database in the package.

Does user possess his/her own “dedicated IP address?”

One should understand that each domain has its own series of numbers.

It is quite identical to phone number, all having accurate destination anywhere in the world.

Still, depending on the way how one’s host sets up their server, one’s domain can actually share an IP address with dozens, even hundreds, of other websites.

Now the problem is, if one of those websites misbehaves, it can adversely affect everyone on that same IP address.

One should have his/her known dedicated IP address, paying extra amount for that hardly matters.

What amount of space required by the user?

Possessing 100 MB of space is the least criteria not less then that.

In addition to it, user should also confirm that monthly package includes at least 10 email forwarding accounts and 10 GB of data transfer.

Confusion cannot be a solution. In the case of doubt one should shop around, compare and consult someone on whom he/she can trust upon.

Hence, what can be the lesson concluded from the above passage?

The user should know that his/her concerned web hosting account is the base of online business. So, if user hesitates it will harm him/her only, no one else.