Web Hosting Basics

Web Hosting Basics
By Veronica Bendersky

Several times I have found myself in the situation of having toexplain someone what web hosting is. As it turned out, certainpeople instantly got the idea, but for others, it was somethingnew and hard to understand. The purpose of this note is toclarify what web hosting is for those who don't know much aboutit.

If you want to have your own website, you need three mainingredients:-the website pages (index.html, contact.html, for example)

-the domain name, which you need to register. Something likewww.your-domain.com . You may not get a domain for your website,but place it inside an existing domain, likewww.some-domain/my-website . If you're creating a businesswebsite, it is highly recommended that you get a domain for it.It will look much more professional.

-a place where your site resides and is reachable by internetusers. You need to place your site in a web server, a computerwhich is permanently connected to Internet and which othercomputers can reach.

Web Hosting companies have powerful servers and so they canserve several sites in the same computer. They sell the serviceof "hosting", providing a space in their server for your site,and letting you use their server resources, like mail server anddatabases, depending on the package you buy. The web hostingcompany assigns you a space where you save your site pages sothey are accessible through the web. So that's it. That's webhosting, in a few words.

Web hosting packages come in all kind of flavors. You need tolook carefully and find a company you trust, which offers apackage containing the services you need. Do not pay more forservices you don't need. They will be useless. Just get apackage that is enough for you, and then, if your site grows,you can always upgrade to a new level.

Let's have a look at some of the services that may be includedin a web hosting package:

-storage space: generally expressed in MB (megabytes). Yourneeds depend on your site's characteristics. You should see howmuch space your site occupies, by adding up size of pages plusimages, for example.

-bandwidth and monthly traffic: this will be enough in mostcases, unless you have a website with many visits per day.

-PHP, ASP, CGI: this means support for programming languages. Ifyour site is written in PHP, you need to find a web hostingpackage with PHP enabled.

-MySQL, Access: these are databases. If your website makes useof a database, you need to have at least one database includedin your package. Some hosting packages come with unlimiteddatabases, othes include a fixed number of them.

-Front Page Extensions: if your website has been created usingFront Page, you need to get a package with Front Page extensionsenabled.

-Control Panel: this will be useful for you. A Control Panellets you manage your hosting account settings using a webinterface, all you need is your browser. An example of what youcan easily do using a control panel is create and delete emailaddresses.

-Support: it is important that the hosting company brindscustomer support and you can reach them easily, for example theymay provide a ticketing system where you create tickets toinform them of any question or problem, or they may provide youwith an email address where you can send your inquiries. In anycase, they must respond promptly to your messages, although thatis something you will be able to check once you're theircustomer. You can start by sending them an email with a questionbefore acquiring a hosting plan, to verify how long they take toanswer.

These are some basic features a web hosting plan may have, youwill find most plans have more services listed. Web hosting isan arena full of technical terms. Don't be ashamed to ask forclarification when you do not understand a particular service,or if you are not sure which plan is the right for you. It isbetter to be safe than sorry.

Why Do You Want A Good Web Design & Hosting On A Good Server..?

Why Do You Want A Good Web Design & Hosting On A Good Server..? 
By Sachin Agarwal 

Why do you want a good web design & hosting on a good server..?

The answer is very simple for this question. Because a good web design attracts user and some time visitor loves the design and bookmark the same site for future visits or for future reference or might be interested in making the same web design for his clients or might be possible he/she will edit the same design. But this is true that your website must have a good design. Not only to attract the internet visitor but also helps in browsing the products & services, so that visitor can reach to the destination with the minimum number of clicks.

Web Designing - While audience creation, advertising and promotions drive traffic to a site, it's the design that either encourages visitors to explore or drives them away in frustration. A good design is, of course, aesthetically pleasing. More importantly, though, it engages visitors, makes it easy for them to navigate the site and compels them to explore the site further, purchase products and return another day. Attractive graphics that support the company's message are important. But large graphics that take a long time to load frustrate users. Many visitors won't wait long enough for the graphic to finish loading. Additionally, visitors are less likely to return to a site that has cumbersome or confusing navigational cues. Selection of a Web Designing Company is always a big game as far as your online business is concern. Web design differs significantly from design for other media. The most important difference is that the Web is interactive, incorporating hyperlinks and devices for immediate visitor feedback. Some sophisticated designs include dynamically generated pages that are custom-tailored to each visitor's interests, preferences and buying habits. To implement effective designs, our team of web designers and implementers has sufficient technical skills such as HTML coding, scripting and programming in addition to artistic skills. As the navigation reveals the structure and organization of the web site, It should provide a consistence and predictable way to find and focus on the information you want in the smallest possible number of clicks. 

Web Site Development

When it comes to the website development, your Web Designing Firm must understand your business requirement and type of business or services you are offering to your customers. The quality of your services and the cost of the services or products. A good web design company can increase your web site traffic by offering a user friendly navigation in the web pages that facilitates user in finding the services & products. And once if user ready to purchase something from your website, my personal experience is, he bookmark the site. But only condition is he/she must got the best deal from your side. developing the web pages is might be a small task but arrangement or the content and intralinking of the web pages is always a important point. A Web Development Company first creates a complete rough website structure and then proceeds for the final structure which would be the best in nature with the design, pages, content arrangement, link color, and link names, CSS in the site, the color combinations and the use of the images. There is no question that when it comes to fast and efficient display of graphics on Web Pages, smaller is better. Techniques optimizing the color depth of the Web - friendly GIF and JPEG images for the fast download and applying simple height and width HTML tags are the secrets of our greatest site design. There are certain factors that search engines do not like. While keeping those factors into consideration, we will create an extremely search engines friendly website. The secret of great page design is to create a page grid, build tables, work with color and use type. Innovation & focus on the target visitor drives our creative team to custom design each site with a right combination of text layout, fonts, colors, backgrounds, pictures, animation’s, icons & bars. At UWS India we do not just develop web pages; rather we nurture your dreams into your website.

Web Hosting

Web hosting is like a supporting hand when it comes to any online business through a website. An excellent web server supports your website in term of web site speed, performance, executing queries, database queries sent by you or your potential customers, enquiry management with its security and best performance with maximum uptime. At any point of time if you or your visitor looks for your site or click on your site link form any location in the world, a good web server returns the response immediately that helps user to browse the site and choose the product & services he/she want. The identities of a good web server are... It must respond to each & every request sent to the server, minimum or limited domains hosted, updated with all new available features and all those features your site requires, security of the website and your database, maximum uptime, and all. You may choose a cheap hosting from any vendor if you are new in the online business through website but if you are a professional, you would not like your site to host on a discounted server with approx 2000 domain hosted or with bad performance. A good Web hosting Company can solve your this downtime, security, features, and performance problems.

About The Author: Ultimate Web Solutions in India – Ultimate Web Solutions is an internet marketing company operating in New Delhi, India provides Website Designing, Website Development, Website hosting, search engine optimization, keyword analysis, pay per click management, link popularity building and SEO friendly web design service, along with domain name registration.

Web Site Development

Free Hosting

Host Ultra - http://www.hostultra.com/ 
No image galleries allowed. Unlimited space with unlimited bandwidth. Filesize limit 1Mb. Exit Pop-up ads on each page. FTP and browser uploads. PHP supported. Domain hosting available. URL: 'http://www.hostultra.com/~yoursite/'.

Atgig - Unreliable?- http://atgig.com
15MB file size limit - No-Ads
24/7 File Manager
1 GB of web space
100 GB of transfer/mo
PHP/MYSQL, CGI, SSI 
Fast, Friendly Tech Support
URL: 'http://www.atgig.com/yoursite'

x10hosting - http://x10hosting.com
Your URL: www.YOU.x10hosting.com
Excellent Service - Domain Hosting
Three different packages to choose from, minimal downtime.
100MB - 2500MB, 3GB Transfer - 45GB Transfer depending on package.

Gizba.com - http://www.gizba.com 
Temporarily Down? 500Mb. Browser uploads. Guestbook and message boards provided. FrontPage supported. URL: 'http://gizba.com/user/yoursite/'. 

Deluxe Host: - http://dhost.info/
DeluXe Host offers:
- 100MB Webspace
- 300GB Traffic
- FTP
- PHP + MySQL
- no ads!
- absolutely free!
- short domain: dhost.info/username,
- for free. 

XTHost: - http://xthost.info/
XT Host offers:
- 30MB webspace,
- browser and ftp upload,
- ad-free webhosting,
- no registration required
- short domain: xthost.info/username,
- for free.

TopCities.com - http://www.topcities.com/ 
150Mb. Browser uploads. CGI scripts include guestbook, message board, form mailer and counter. URL: 'http://yoursite.topcities.com/'. 

DomainDLX - http://www.domaindlx.com/ 
100Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner or popup on each page. Browser upload. Web-based email. Domain hosting. ASP, Access databases and SSI supported. 

Biz.ly - http://www.biz.ly 
100Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Browser uploads. Banner on each page. URL: 'http://yoursite.biz.ly'. 

Fateback - http://www.fateback.com/ 
60Mb with unlimited bandwidth. No forced ads. FTP and browser uploads. POP3 email. Domain hosting available. URL: 'http://yoursite.fateback.com/'. 

Tripod-UK - http://www.tripod.lycos.co.uk/ 
50Mb. Banner frame ad. Browser and FTP uploads. MS FrontPage, PHP and MySQL supported. URL: 'http://members.lycos.co.uk/yoursite/'. 

Geocities - http://geocities.yahoo.com/ 
15 Mb with 3Gb monthly bandwidth limit. Banner or Pop-up ads on each page. Browser or FTP uploads. On-line editor. CGI scripts: counter and guestbook. URL: 'http://www.geocities.com/yoursite/'. 

FortuneCity - http://www.fortunecity.com/ 
25 Mb with 3Gb monthly bandwidth. Banner ad and Pop-ups on each page. FTP uploads. URL: 'http://members.fortunecity.com/yoursite/'. 

AOL Hometown - http://hometown.aol.com/ 
12Mb. Banner frame ad. FTP uploads. URL: 'http://hometown.aol.com/yoursite/'. 

Freeservers.com - http://www.freeservers.com/ 
12 Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Email forwarding. CGI scripts: counter, guestbook and form mailer. Domain hosting. URL: 'http://yoursite.freeservers.com/'. 

Tripod.com - http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ 
20 Mb. Banner or Pop-up ad on each page. FTP uploads. MS FrontPage, CGI and Perl supported. Web-based builder and templates provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.tripod.com/'. 

Angelfire - http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/ 
20Mb. Choice of pop-up or on-page ads. FTP or Browser uploads. Templates and building tools provided. URL: 'http://www.angelfire.com/dir/yoursite/'. 

Brinkster - http://www.brinkster.com/ 
30Mb with 500Mb monthly bandwidth. Browser uploads. ASP supported. URL: 'http://www##.brinkster.com/yoursite/'. 

MyWebPage at Netscape - http://mywebpage.netscape.com/ 
20Mb. Banner ad at top of each page. Browser uploads. URL: 'http://webpages.netscape.com/yoursite/'. 

Free Hosting Guru - http://www.freehostingguru.com/ 
For approved sites. 5Mb space with unlimited bandwidth. No ads. Browser uploads. PHP supported. URL: 'http://yoursite.freehostingguru.com/'. 

Host Department - http://free.hostdepartment.com/ 
100Mb with unlimited bandwidth. No forced ads. FTP uploads. Guestbook, message board and form mailer provided. Password protection for directories available. URL: 'http://free.hostdepartment.com/yoursite/'. 

ProHosting - http://free.prohosting.com/ 
20Mb with 1Gb monthly bandwidth. FTP uploads. Web-based site builder. URL: 'http://free.prohosting.com/~yoursite/'. 

CyberSoup - http://www.cybersoup.com/ 
15Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Web-based site builder. URL: 'http://my.cybersoup.com/yoursite/'. 

WebSpawner.com - http://www.webspawner.com/ 
For beginners. Pop-up ad on each page. Web-based builder and site management tools. 

NexusWebs - http://www.nexuswebs.net/ 
35Mb with 750Mb bandwidth. No forced banner ads. FTP and browser uploads. Web-based email. Online website builder. URL: 'http://yoursite.nexuswebs.net/'. 

Anzwers - http://www.anzwers.org/ 
Unlimited space and bandwidth. Banner ad each page. Browser uploads. URL: 'http://www.anzwers.org/free/yoursite/'. 

Free Web Space - http://www.freewebspace.com/ 
20 Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Email forwarding. CGI scripts and website tools. URL: 'http://yoursite.freewebspace.com/'. 

XentriK Free Hosting - http://www.xentrik.net/ 
10Mb. No forced ads. Guestbook and message board provided. Web-based email account. Browser uploads. URL: 'http://xentrik.net/yoursite/'. 

Thirdage.com - http://home.thirdage.com/ 
9Mb. Pop-up ad on each page. Browser uploads. Guestbook and counter provided. URL: 'http://home.thirdage.com/area/yoursite/'. 

FreeHomePage.com - http://www.freehomepage.com/ 
12Mb. Templates provided. Pop-up and banner ads on each page. URL: 'http://yoursite.freehomepage.com/'. 

1ASPHost - http://www.1asphost.com/ 
100 Mb with 1 GB bandwidth. Pop-up ads on each page. ASP and MS Access databases supported. URL: 'http://home.1asphost.com/yoursite/'. 

Web Host Me - http://www.webhostme.com/ 
20Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Pop-up or banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Support for MS Access databases, MS FrontPage and ASP. Web-based email. Domain hosting. URL: 'http://www.yoursite.webhostme.com/'. 

Freespaces.com - http://www.freespaces.com/ 
Unlimited space and bandwidth. No forced banner ads. URL:'http://www.freespaces.com/yoursite'. 

Dreamwater - http://www.dreamwater.com/ 
50+ Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Templates provided. CGI scripts: chat board, form mailer, and guestbook. URL: 'http://yoursite.dreamwater.com/'. 

Global Web - http://www.globalweb.com.ru/ 
Requires forum posting. 150Mb space with 1Gb bandwidth. No forced ads. FTP uploads. POP3 email. PHP, MySQL, CGI, ASP, MS FrontPage supported. Subdomain and domain hosting. 

eSmartStart - http://www.esmartstart.com/ 
20Mb. FTP and browser uploads. Templates provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.eSmartWeb.com/'. 

Eccentrix - http://www.eccentrix.com/ 
50 Mb with 900Mb monthly bandwidth. Pop-ups on each page. CGI scripts: guestbook and message board. URL: 'http://www.eccentrix.com/dir/yoursite/'. 

2GlobalMart.com - http://2globalmart.com/ 
12Mb. FTP uploads. Web-based email. Counter, form mailer and guestbook provided. FrontPage supported. URL: 'http://yoursite.g2gm.com/'. 

T35.com - http://www.t35.com/ 
Unlimited space with unlimited bandwidth. 500kb filesize limit. Pop-under ads. FTP uploads. PHP, SSI supported. Domain name hosting available. URL: 'http://yoursite.t35.com/'. 

7Host - http://www.7host.com/ 
50Mb. Banner ad on each page. FTP uploads. ASP supported. URL: 'http://user.7host.com/yoursite/'. 

Websamba.com - http://www1.websamba.com/ 
30Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner at top and bottom of each page; no user ads. FTP uploads. CGI, ASP, SSI and ODBC databases supported. URL: 'http://www.websamba/yoursite/'. 

Megspace - http://www.megspace.com/ 
50Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. CGI scripts: form mailer, guestbook, and message board. URL: 'http://www.megspace.com/dir/yoursite/'. 

Graffiti.net - http://www.graffiti.net/ 
20Mb. Button link required. FTP uploads. Web-based email. Full CGI-BIN support, chat, message boards and mailing lists. URL: 'http://www.graffiti.net/yoursite/'. 

CentralPets.com - http://sites.centralpets.com/ 
For pet and animal related websites. Browser uploads. Templates provided. 

100 Megs Free - http://www.100megsfree.com/ 
100Mb. Banner or Pop-up ad on each page. Browser or FTP uploads. Template based editor. CGI scripts: form mailer, message board, and guest book. URL: 'http://yoursite.100megsfree.com/'. 

HostsLtd - http://www.hostsltd.com/ 
20Mb. Counters, guestbooks, polls, forums and form mailer provided. URL: 'http://www.freehostsltd.com/dir/yoursite/'. 

aboho.com - http://www.aboho.com 
Requires forum posting. 15Mb space and 500Mb bandwidth. No forced banner ads. FTP uploads. PHP, MySQL supported. cPanel provided. Subdomain hosting. 

TheFreeWebHosting - http://www.thefreewebhosting.com/ 
Offers webhosting and email to members of their forum. Requires ownership of an existing domain name. 

JoinMe - http://www.joinme.net/ 
5Mb. Web based editor, guest books and bulletin boards provided. URL: 'http://joinme.net/yoursite'. 

20 Megs Free.com - http://www.20megsfree.com 
20Mb. Browser or FTP uploads. Website builder and templates provided. Guestbook, counter and form mailer provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.20megsfree.com/'. 

Mg2.org - http://www.mg2.org/ 
A community focused on web hosting. Sponsor based user selection and approval. 20Mb. No forced ads. FTP uploads. PHP, CGI, JSP and Perl supported. GCC access provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.mg2.org/'. 

FortuneCity UK - http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/ 
25Mb with 0.5Gb monthly bandwidth. Banner ad on each page. FTP and browser uploads. URL: 'http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/yoursite/'. 

Planet-D - http://www.planet-d.net/ 
Unlimited space. Browser uploads. Web-based email. PHP, Perl, suexec supported. Domain hosting allowed. URL: 'http://yoursite.planet-d.net/'. 

Free Web Hosting - http://www.freeweb-hosting.com/ 
Unlimited space with unlimited bandwidth. Header and footer ads on each page. FTP uploads. Web-based email. Domain hosting. URL: 'http://yoursite.sohounion.com/'. 

Free Web Page Hosting - http://www.freewebpage.org/ 
150Mb with 600Mb monthly bandwidth. 900kb filesize limit. Banner or Pop-up ads. FTP and browser uploads. Form mailer, guestbook and message board provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.freewebpage.org/'. Affiliated with TopCities. 

00server.com - http://00server.com/ 
20Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. URL: 'http://yoursite.00space.com/'. 

Stormpages.com - http://www.stormpages.com/ 
50Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Scripts: message board, guest book. Web-based site builder provided. URL: 'http://stormpages.com/yoursite/'. 

X-Mail.net - http://www.x-mail.net/ 
20Mb. 500kb filesize limit. Browser uploads. Web-based email account. 

SitePalace.com - http://www.sitepalace.com/ 
8Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. CGI scripts: counter. URL: 'http://www.sitepalace.com/yoursite/'. 

Illusion FX Net - http://www.illusionfxnet.com/ 
250Mb with unlimited bandwidth. POP3 email. PHP, Perl, MySQL, PostgreSQL supported. Subdomain hosting. 

Web Hosting Pal - http://www.webhostingpal.com 
50Mb with 5000Mb monthly bandwidth. No forced ads. FTP uploads. PHP, Perl, SSI supported. URL: 'http://yoursite.webhostingpal.com/'. 

The Express Page - http://expage.com/ 
For creating a first home page. 1 page allowed. Browser uploads. URL: 'http://expage.com/yoursite/'. 

Sakellaris Electronics - http://www.snn.gr/ 
12Mb. Banner ad on each page. FTP and browser uploads. Templates provided. Email forwarding. URL: 'http://yoursite.snn.gr/'. 

Bz.tc - http://www.bz.tc/ 
20 MB. Banners and Pop-up ad on each page. FTP. URL: 'http://www.yoursite.bz.tc'. 

PrimeTap - http://www.primetap.com/ 
12Mb. Banner and Pop-up ads on each page. Browser uploads. Templates provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.primetap.com/'. 

Cool Free Pages - http://www.coolfreepages.com/ 
50Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Exit Pop-up ad. FTP uploads. PHP supported. Domain hosting. URL: 'http://yoursite.coolfreepages.com/'. 

Psend - http://www.psend.com/ 
12Mb. Banner ad on each page. FTP and browser uploads. Web-based email. PHP supported. URL: 'http://yoursite.psend.com/'. 

OAM Web - http://oamweb.com/ 
5 Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. CGI scripts: form mailer, guestbook, and message board. URL: 'http://oamweb.com/dir/yoursite/'. 

Lifelesspeople.com - http://www.lifelesspeople.com/ 
For approved sites. 100Mb with 2Gb monthly bandwidth. No forced ads. FTP uploads. PHP, MySQL, Perl, SSI supported. Domain hosting supported. Subdomains at lifelesspeople.com, l2p.net and belike.net 

Free Web Town - http://www.freewebtown.com/ 
Web-based site builder. URL: 'http://www.freewebtown.com/yoursite/'. 

ProperComfy - http://www.propercomfy.co.uk 
50Mb with unlimited bandwidth. No forced ads. FTP uploads. Web-based email. PHP, Perl, MySQL supported. Domain hosting available. URL: 'http://yoursite.propercomfy.co.uk/'. 

Angel Towns - http://www.angeltowns.com 
50Mb with unlimited bandwidth. 900kb filesize limit. No forced ads. Browser uploads. URL: 'http://angeltowns.com/yoursite/'. 

HostRave Free Hosting - http://www.freehosting.hostrave.com 
20Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Text link ads. FTP and browser uploads. PHP, MySQL, CGI, Perl supported. 

WebMasterTools.Com - http://www.webmastertools.com/ 
10Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner ad on homepage. FTP uploads. Two POP3 email accounts. URL: 'http://webmastertools.com/dir/yoursite/'. 

Xaper Homepages - http://www.xaper.com/ 
20Mb. Banner ad on each page. FTP uploads. Templates provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.xaper.com/'. 

FriendPages - http://www.friendpages.com/ 
5Mb. Ads on pages. URL: 'http://yoursite.friendpages.com/'. 

Cooo.net - http://www.cooo.net/ 
100Mb with unlimited bandwidth. 500kb filesize limit. Ads on pages. FTP uploads. URL: 'http://yoursite.cooo.net/'. 

BuildtoLearn - http://buildtolearn.com 
For accepted sites. 20Mb. FTP uploads. 

FreeCyberZone.com - http://www.freecyberzone.com/ 
12Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Free web-based e-mail. CGI scripts: counter, guestbook and message boards. URL: 'http://yoursite.freecyberzone.com/'. 

Xenith - http://www.xenith.com 
For established web sites. 100Mb with 10Gb monthly bandwidth. Banner ads. 

Community Architect - http://signup.communityarchitect.com
12Mb with 512Mb monthly bandwidth. Ads on pages. 256kb filesize limit. Online site builder. Subdomain hosting. 

hus.meg.nu - http://hus.meg.nu/ 
2.5Mb. 500kb filesize limit. No forced ads. Site builder tools. URL: 'http://hus.meg.nu/homepage/dir/yoursite'. 

TheGeekHost.com - http://www.thegeekhost.com/ 
For technically oriented sites. 15Mb with 500Mb monthly bandwidth. Ads on pages. Browser uploads. SSI supported. Site building and management tools. Available scripts include guestbook, counter, appointment book, and message board. URL: 'http://www.thegeekhost.com/yoursite/'. 

Hostars Free Web Hosting - http://www.hostars.com 
25Mb space and 500Mb monthly bandwidth. Ads on pags. FTP uploads. URL: http://yoursite.hostars.com 

OurWeb.to - http://www.ourweb.to/ 
20Mb. Banner ads on pages. FTP and browser uploads. Email forwarding. CGI scripts, CGI-BIN access provided. SSI, PHP, MySQL, ASP, MS Frontpage extensions suppported. URL: 'http://www.ourweb.to/~yoursite/'. 

PCI Free Host - http://pcifreehost.com/ 
12Mb with 512Mb monthly bandwidth. 256kb filesize limit. Banner ad on each page. Email forwarding. CGI scripts: webring, message board, form mailer and counter. URL: 'http://yoursite.pcizone.com/'. 

Yours2Use - http://www.yours2use.co.uk/ 
2Mb. No forced ads. URL:'http://members.yours2use.co.uk/yoursite/'. 

20megs.com - http://www.20megs.com/ 
20Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner ad on each page. FTP or browser uploads. CGI scripts: guestbook and message board. URL: 'http://www.20megs.com/category/yoursite/'. 

2mh.net - http://www.2mh.net 
100Mb. Banner ad on each page. FTP uploads. URL: 'http://yoursite.maddsites.com'. 

Pinoysite - http://www.pinoysite.com/ 
For Philippine theme sites. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. URL: 'http://www.pinoysite.com/dir/yoursite/'. 

Free Info Center - http://www.freeinfocenter.net/ 
50Mb with 2Gb monthly transfer. Banner on each page. FTP uploads. Frontpage and ASP supported. POP3 email. Domain hosting available. URL: 'http://www.freeinfocenter.net/yoursite/'. 

Home Page Builders - http://www.homepagebuilders.com 
12Mb. Banner at top and bottom of each page. Browser uploads. Web-based site builder. URL: 'http://yoursite.fabpage.com/'. 

Crazyghost.com - http://crazyghost.com/ 
200Mb with 10Gb bandwidth. No forced ads. CGI, PHP, MySQL, CURL, Perl supported. cPanel provided. 

12mb.com - http://www.12mb.com/ 
12Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Exit Pop-up on each page. 

ComVision2000.com - http://www.comvision2000.com/ 
12 Mb. Adframe at top of each page. Browser or FTP uploads. Web-based email account. URL: 'http://yoursite.comvision2000.com/' or 'http://yoursite.2itb.com/'. 

Wizards of WizardSoul - http://wizardsoul.com/ 
For a simple web page. Text link ad at top of each page. Web-based builder and messenger system provided. URL: 'http://wizardsoul.com/wizards/yoursite/'. 

E-Securenetworks - http://www.e-securenetworks.net/ 
100Mb with unlimited bandwidth. No forced ads. PHP and Perl supported. Web-based email. URL: 'http://www.e-securenetworks.net/yoursite/'. 

GoBot - http://www.gobot.com/ 
20Mb. Banner ad on each page. Templates provided. FTP uploads. URL: 'http://yoursite.gobot.com'. 

ababa - http://www.ababa.net/ 
15Mb with 1Gb monthly bandwidth. MP3 and EXE files not allowed. No forced ads. Browser uploads. SSI supported. URL: 'http://ballz.ababa.net/yoursite/'. 

MsgServerNet - http://www.msgserver.net/ 
20Mb. Banner ad on each page. Web-based and POP3 email provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.msgserver.net/'. 

GigDig - http://www.gigdig.com/ 
720kb. No forced ads. 

CCRTC Internet - http://www.ccrtcweb.com/ 
No forced ads. URL: 'http://www.ccrtc.com/dir/yoursite/'.

Virtual Solar System - http://www.virtualsolarsystem.com/members/ 
5Mb. No forced ads. Browser uploads. URL: 'http://www.virtualsolarsystem.com/dir/yoursite/'. 

Balasainet.com - http://www.balasainet.com 
25Mb. Browser uploads. Perl/CGI supported. Subdomain hosting. 

Lecktronix.net - http://freehosting.lecktronix.net/ 
20Mb. Banner ad on each page. FTP and browser uploads. Web-based site builder provided. CGI scripts: counter, guestbook and forms. URL: 'http://yoursite.lecktronix.net/'. 

Gpox.com - http://www.gpox.com 
25Mb with unlimited bandwidth. FTP and browser uploads. Subdomain hosting. 

4qtherapeia.com - http://4qtherapeia.com/ 
Only for sites that have already been built. 10Mb. No forced ads. Browser uploads. Domain hosting. URL: 'http://yoursite.joolsc.net/'. 

The Free Auction - http://www.thefreeauction.com/help/freewebpages.html 
1.5Mb. Browser uploads. Web-based PageBuilder and templates provided. Search box, guestbook, counter and form mailer provided. 

Slydevil's Lair - http://www.slydevil.net/ 
5Mb. Four DS3 backbone connections. No forced banner ads. Browser uploads. Guestbook provided. 

nu3.net - http://www.nu3.net/ 
12Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Web-based email. Scripts: form mailer, guestbook and message boards. URL: 'http://yoursite.nu3.net/'. 

SiteActNow Free Flash Hosting - http://www.siteactnow.com 
For Macromedia Flash pages. No forced ads. URL: 'http://yoursite.siteactnow.com/' 

SwiftHost - http://swifthost.homeunix.net 
100Mb. No forced ads. FTP uploads. PHP and ASP supported. 

A11.net - http://www.a11.net/ 
12Mb. Ads on pages. Browser uploads. Email forwarding. Templates provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.a11.net/'. 

QuickFox Websites - http://users.quickfox.org/ 
150Mb. No forced banner ads. SSI supported. URL: 'http://users.quickfox.org/~yoursite/'. 

Free Web Space - http://freewebspace.planetdns.net/ 
50Mb. FTP uploads. 

IzeroP - http://www.izerop.com 
40Mb. No forced ads. PHP supported. URL: 'http://izerop.com/yoursite/'. 

FreePages - http://nutang.com/fp.php 
5 web pages allowed. Templates provided. URL: 'http://pages.nutang.com/yoursite/'. 

HomePageHost - http://homepage-host.uni.cc/ 
Application review in signup. 50Mb. FTP uploads. PHP, MySQL supported. Subdirectory hosting.

Worldbreak.com - http://www.worldbreak.com/ 
12Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Unlimited web-based email accounts. CGI scripts include counters, form mailer and guestbook. URL: 'http://yoursite/worldbreak.com/'. 

IcySpicy - http://www.icyspicy.com/ 
20Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Templates provided. URL: 'http://yoursite.icyspicy.com'.

Freewebs - http://freewebs.com
40MB Space, 500MB bandwidth. URL:'http://freewebs.com/yourusername'.

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Top 10 Web Hosting Plans To Grow Your Business

Top 10 Web Hosting Plans To Grow Your Business 
By Kim Harms, Mon Jan 2nd 

1. www.Bluehost.com They were recently awardedBest New Hosting Company and Best Customer Support by some ofthe leading hosting review companies. Their hosting offeringincludes Free Domain (1 and 2 year plan), Free Setup (1 and 2year plan), 10 Gigs of Storage Space (New), 250 Gigs of Transfer(New), 2500 E-Mail Accounts (New), SSH, Perl, MySQL, FrontPageExtension Support, Fantastico, Web Site Builder, Free MarketingServices and more. They allow you to host 6 domains on 1account. Plans start at only $6.95. 

2. www.IXWebHosting.com They have two uniqueoffers that are truly beneficial to customers. The first is thatthey offer a one-hour support response guarantee: If a supporttechnician does not get back to you within one hour of postingyour ticket, they will credit part of your hosting charges back.Secondly, for those who are concerned about hosting chargesincreasing every year, IX guarantees that your current pricingwill not increase during future renewals. Plans start as low as$4.95.mo offering 2500MB, and 100 GB. 

3. www.iPowerWeb.com Their membership package isincredible; Free Marketing, Free Content, Free Easy to use WebBuilder + 10,000 Megs of Space, 250 gigs of traffic, 2500 Emailaccounts; more than enough for the overwhelming majority of allsites on the internet. In addition to all this they are alwaysthere for members with Award Winning 24/7 Customer Support viaToll Free Phone & Email. 

4. www.StartLogic.com Their basic package comeswith 2,000 megs of space, 60 GIG of monthly transfer, unlimitedemails (POP and web-based), CGI, PHP, mySQL, FrontPage,eCommerce, Power Plugins, a site builder and a ton of otherfeatures. They offer a wide variety of plans all at affordableprices.

5. www.Hostgator.com HostGator is one of thefastest growing shared and reseller web hosting companies in theUnited States. They don't require customers to sign up foranything longer then a month to month contract and they don'thave any setup fees on their reseller and shared plans. Plansstart as low as $6.95.

6. www.WebsiteSource.com Web Site Source offersweb hosting, ecommerce software, and domain name registration.They offer a FREE domain name, 5,000 MB storage, 50G Transfer,1000 POP email, site studio, unlimited FTP users, unlimited subdomain, marketing tools, and streaming media. Plans start as lowas $6.85.

7. www.iPage.com iPage.com is the easiest way toget a web site up quickly & easily on the internet. If you canwrite an email you will be able to build a professional web sitein 20 minutes. The Package also comes with hosting & emails.This package is terrific for small businesses, Professionals,Organizations, families or individuals who want a great lookingweb site for a very low cost. The price is $6 per month ($.20/day ) for the web hosting, emails web builder and 24/7technical support. iPage.com relies on iPowerWeb.com for it'sbackend systems for the reliability & quality iPowerWeb.comsupplies.

8. www.Aplus.net Winner of the CNET Editor'sChoice Award, Solo XR, their most popular plan, offers 1100 MBstorage, 45 GB transfer, 400 email addresses, marketing tools,site builder, e-commerce tools, domain name registration andmore for only $9.95/month.

9. www.Dot5Hosting.com Dot5Hosting.com is one ofthe industry leaders in Web Site Hosting. Their affordablepackages, low cost domains, and value added services are one ofthe reasons that Dot5 Hosting has become one of the most popularweb hosting packages on the internet today. Another reason theircustomers are so happy with their services is that they haveterrific 24 / 7 customer support, a 99.9% uptime and a MoneyBack Guarantee. Their lowest priced plan offers 750 megs ofspace & 50 gigs of transfer for only $5 / month.

10. www.ApolloHosting.com With Total SolutionsHosting, Apollo Hosting customers are given everything they needto Host, Build, Secure, Promote and Sell on their website.Premium tools such as Miva Merchant, Postini SPAM/Virusfiltering and SiteStudio are included free. Plans starting at$6.96/month combined with 24/7/365 expert technical support anda 30 day money back guarantee. 

About the author:Kim Harms is a self made internet entrepreneur. Review based onextensive research and customer comments. 

Web Hosting For E-commerce Sites

Web Hosting For E-commerce Sites 
By Halstatt Pires

If you're going to pursue an e-commerce site, hosting is goingto be an issue. Here's a primer on web hosting for your site.

E-commerce web hosting is the technology of storing, servicingand maintaining files for one or more web sites selling productsor services online. Web site owners who pay for a web host(generally on a monthly basis) upload their web pages to ashared or dedicated web server through an ISP (internet serviceprovider). The web host should ensure a fast and consistentconnection. Experienced web entrepreneurs desire flexibility,security and high performance from an e-commerce host. Ane-commerce web server also stores information, images, videosand just about any other content that can be retrieved from aweb site. Security is a priority for e-commerce web servers. 

E-commerce web hosting can be divided into two major components,the site and the host (where the site is stored for access onthe web). Web hosts are computers that offer storage space andInternet connectivity. Web hosts make your web site work withand connect to the Internet. E-commerce, or web commerce, allowspeople to buy goods and services online. On the Internet, onecan buy almost anything, at any time. 

E-commerce web hosting must support e-commerce software. Often aweb host will provide the tools that handle online transactionsand sales. In other cases, the web business owner is on theirown to ascertain e-commerce software. Common tools that areprovided with e-commerce web hosting are shopping carts,business account services, SSLs (secure socket layers), securetransactions, web promotion applications and advertisementpackages. 

While choosing a web hosting company for your E-commercebusiness, it is helpful to decide how much data storage isrequired and the data transfer rates you require for your site.A web host is the physical location of a web site, so you mustbe confident in the connection and security of the hostingcompany. Doing some research to make sure that data reaches theend-user quickly and efficiently can payoff in a big way. Backupsystems should be in place so that data is routed even if thereis a router failure. Web hosts should be able to accommodate aclient's web traffic (measured in volume of data transfer) inpeak hours as well. 

Security is a major issue for E-commerce transactions. Privateinformation needs to be kept safe from unauthorized parties.SSL, from Netscape, helps a lot with secure transactions. SSL isan encryption technology that encodes a message that a receiverdecrypts by using RSA security. For integrity and authenticationof messages, digital signatures, or certificates, are required.Digital signatures ensure that sensitive information is notpicked up by any other party, by posing as a legitimatee-business or in any other way. A digital certificate is adocument, issued by a certificate authority, which recognizes alegitimate online business. To ensure security, many webcompanies store confidential information on offline disks or ona separate PC. E-commerce web hosts should also maintainmultiple backups of vital information. SSL uses PKI (public keyinfrastructure) and digital certificates to ensue privacy andauthentication. Bear in mind that security can be an expensiveand complex business. 

In short, when selecting an e-commerce web host it is often bestto look for a pre-packaged solution that allows you to create ashopping cart, an online catalog and a secure credit cardtransaction and storage system. Selecting an e-commerce web hostwith a broad range of tools and a solid reputation is animportant step for just about any e-business.

Basic Advantages Of Linux Server Hosting And Windows Server Hosting

Basic Advantages Of Linux Server Hosting And Windows Server Hosting 
By Joanna Gadel 
When you are going to hire a hosting service to build your website for your small business then you need to know the basic things of web hosting. You are the best person to judge that what required features are and what about your budget.

Commonly, this choice to host your website depends upon the scripting language that is used in your website. If languages like PHP, MySQL, or Perl are used in your website, Linux server hosting (http://www.aussiehost.com.au/) is preferable. But if you are thinking for ASP.Net scripting language then your finest choice would the window hosting.

If you need some interactive facilities like chat or searchable database, Linux may not be the best choice. Also, a Linux-based web server is not fully acquiescent with Windows technologies. If you are using any Windows-centric technologies like Visual Basic, then Windows-based servers would be the required choice for you.

Advantages of Linux server hosting

1. Linux is an open source software product and thus it does not need the high licensing fees that other operating systems do; you can freely download and use it at no cost.

2. A Linux website can easily be converted to a Windows website without much hassle. Also, the website can easily be changed as the requirement of the user grows.

3. Linux web hosting is very economical as Linux is a free operating system. Usually, only the cost of distribution is borne by the host or owner.

4. When the scripting language like PHP, MySQL, or Perl etc. are required for your website then Linux server hosting is the most reliable and cost effective solution for you. Unless heavy load of scripting language, this will not be traceable.

5. There are many kinds of databases that run on Linux hosting, but the most widespread most likely among web host providers are mSQL, MySQL and PostgreSQL. These databases are relational by nature, and permit vastly optimized communication with your website for rapid reclamation of data.

6. By lots of circles Linux hosting is supposed to be much securing than Windows hosting, and for that reason only Linux server hosting is also the more popular choice for web designers and programmers.

Advantages of windows server hosting

1. .NET technologies like ASP.net VB.net are available on this platform. If you have a website built with Microsoft .NET technologies then you will have to choose a Windows server hosting plan.

2. If you need an enterprise class database there are some different features that run on a Linux platform but if you need Microsoft's MSSQL database, a Windows hosting plan will be your best choice.

3. Access Databases are only obtainable with a Windows server hosting plan (http://www.planethost.com.au/). Access can only run on a Microsoft Windows platform and thus it is unavailable on a Linux hosting. If your site needs particularly this feature then you will have to accept windows server hosting (http://www.planethost.com.au/).

4. If you are using some of the Microsoft's Sharepoint services a Windows Hosting plan is only reliable choice for you.

5. Windows plans typically much costly because of the license costs compulsory by Microsoft.

Normally, Linux server hosting plans are at least 20% economical than windows server hosting plans. If you need not to have any unique features for your website, like cart, searchable database etc, Linux server hosting is a finest alternative for your needs.

When you are required for specific Microsoft technologies, Windows hosting plans generally will be your favorable think. But for all small business owner needs Linux hosting plans will generally perform quite well for its cost effective features.

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Finding A Web Host To Fit Your Needs

Finding A Web Host To Fit Your Needs 
Deciding which web hosting service is right for your web site is similar to choosing the right car for your family. Just like a lemon auto choice can complicate your life and cost you more in the long run, a lousy web host can affect your online business on many different levels, potentially costing you time and money.

Of course, no one purposefully chooses a poor web host any more than one knowingly makes a decision to become the owner of a problem car. Research is key when deciding which web hosts are the best and most cost effective. Below is some information about three popular web hosts to help you determine what type of service best fits your needs.

GoDaddy.com

With simple and hassle-free hosting, GoDaddy offers both economy and premium packages. Their $8.95 domains are some of the best prices one can find in the industry. Adding hosting to this domain drops the price to $1.95. It may be hard to find another good company who offers these prices.

Simplicity and user-friendliness are primary characteristics of GoDaddy’s services. From hassle-free control panels to straightforward hosting and domain management, you could obtain a Linux server with a new domain and have it up and running in less than 30 minutes. And if you have any problems or questions, satisfactory customer service is another benefit of using GoDaddy.

The only drawbacks to GoDaddy are its smaller size and potential security issues due to the shared servers, which can sometimes be problematic for larger traffic volume sites and sites utilizing cash transactions. And while the amount of space GoDaddy offers may not be as large as some, it is still enough to satisfy the needs of most online sites.

GoDaddy may work best for blogging websites, simple squeeze and landing pages, simple forums, and personal home pages, as well as other smaller-scale sites not requiring high security.

IxWebHosting

Offering some of the largest packages at the lowest prices, ixWebHosting is a very competitive service to consider. While its economy package looks a lot like GoDaddy’s, the ixWebHosting premium package at $12.95 per month brags features such as unlimited space and 3 TERA-BYTES—meaning 3000 BGs or 3 TRILLION bytes—of bandwidth.

Additionally, this premium package provides unlimited e-mails and SQL databases and five free domains all tied into this $12.95 price. There is so much offered in the package that some may question why a web site would even need all of these features and benefits. The reality is that most owners will not need all of this, but even if you need some of it, the price is nice.

Like GoDaddy, security is a concern for ixWebHosting services. However, the control panel is not as good as GoDaddy’s.

IxWebHosting’s premium service is a great option for the site owner who needs significant bandwidth and disk space or anticipates high traffic volume or downloading from the site.

TVCNet

If security and customer service are at the top on your list of needs from your web host, TVCNet may be one your best options. While the disk space and bandwidth may not be as impressive as some of the other web hosting choices, you will likely find you do not actually need all of the massive space offered by other providers. Instead of excessive and, often times, unnecessary space, TVCNet focuses in on top-notch secure and reliable hosting.

Not only will your questions be answered promptly by the TVCNet staff, but it is also possible to achieve a 100% hacker-safe site through using their web hosting service. This is an excellent choice for anyone who has or expects to build a small to medium sized site with full technical support and hacker-proof security.

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How To Make Money Selling Web Hosting Customers

How To Make Money Selling Web Hosting Customers 
All over the world millions of people are investigating how to make money at home. This is probably why the search engine term ‘how to make money’ brings up over 171 million listings. It is also why many of these ‘how to make money’ listings contain thousands maybe even millions of scams. Yet, there is a legitimate way to make thousands that only a select group of Internet marketers know. This involves selling web hosting customers. This article will discuss in detail the basics of how to make money through this ‘secret’ phenomenon. 

To understand how to make money selling web hosting customers, you will need knowledge of the basic process. Once you acquire your own web hosting whether it’s through a server or through a shared hosting arrangement, you entice potential web hosting customers with an incentive. Many use a month of free web hosting as their draw, though be aware that this is not the best method. Why? It’s because a web hosting customer may cancel their service once their free month is up. The customers who plan on buying these customers would never see their profit, so they wouldn’t want to buy from you. For this reason it is better if you use a free website as your draw. This website should be as elaborate as it would be if you were using it for yourself. This includes having SEO-enriched content and an attractive layout. If you lack web design skills, you can purchase templates very cheaply off of E-Bay or template websites. And if content is a problem, you can either use private label content or free content from article directories. Though keep in mind most webmasters prefer ‘original’ content. Either way, once you have completed your website, make sure it is 100% ready for use, especially if your webmaster doesn’t know much about running a website. You will want to present to them a site that is already uploaded on the Internet. You may even want to include marketing help. Customers who are able to see sales would be more apt to continue their membership with you for a longer period of time. 

Once you have acquired a good number of customers, (which is around 100 if you’re charging $10 a month for web hosting), you are ready to sell them. The best venue for selling web hosting customers is E-Bay. You will want to do a reserve listing of at least $2,000. Remember if you make your hosting $10 a month and you sell 100 customers, you’ve already made $1,000. So, by selling at $2,000, you’ll make another $1,000 in profit. But this of course is just the minimum. It is possible to get $5,000 or more from selling web hosting customers. This number increases the more customers you have available, because the more customers you have the more profit a potential buyer would make each month. 

In conclusion if you’re looking into how to make money, look no further than the opportunity to sell web hosting customers. It is a market that is high demand yet low supply, meaning you will have a greater chance finding success through this idea. Indeed, it certainly beats getting scammed by the latest ‘how to make money’ e-book.

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What You Need To Know On Web Hosting Services

What You Need To Know On Web Hosting Services 
Most web hosting companies will provide customers with web hosting plans that include many services. Some of the services that will be offered at the beginning will be totally separate from those included in the plans these companies previously presented because the small business owner might need fewer services than an established retailer will. The web hosting services selected from the first day will typically change over the years as the new business owner develops a larger client base.

The cost for establishing web hosting services will be low at first because the business owner will only be concerned with establishing an online existence. The business presence that is established through these types of services will be minimal at best because the business owner will be more concerned on the use of business monies to creating a business inventory and obtaining an online web address. The online address can be used to market the site to search engines throughout the internet.

Customers will find the business website through other web hosting services that are chosen and some business owners prefer to use their own creative methods to market the new company to the public. A small business owner might take advantages of these services that provide marketing campaigns once or twice a month, or more if the small business owner can afford additional charges. The small business owner should consider every web hosting service that is available to site owners free of charge every time they employ self-marketing methods.

Creating an attractive and impressive online presence is possible with the web hosting services that are offered free of charge. Many companies will offer site builder programs that customers can use to personalize the website and give them the opportunity to build the business structure from scratch. The web hosting site builder programs will allow business owners to select colors and the type of template to use to provide a structured appearance that is also professional.

A small business owner will gain great business experience by building a website from scratch. Some of the web hosting services that are free will make business owners think of services that were never considered before. The little touches that are added to the home page will make the business seem like it is a well establish business organization. Customers can view counters and sign guest books to give an opinion on how the business website looks and what changes the customer would like to see in the very near future.

Some of the web hosting services will help small business owners organize the contents of the website. The database storage services will allow the business owner to create a customer database that will eventually provide him with an effective information that can be included in an email marketing program. These little services might cost a bit more per month but considering the cost of mailing postcards to everyone in the database, the email marketing charges will seem very reasonable to business owners that are just getting started.

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How To Get Reliable Web Hosting

How To Get Reliable Web Hosting 
Have a small business and looking for some reliable web hosting?Are you looking for reliable web hosting at affordable prices? Knowing how to get reliable web hosting is imperative especially for small businesses that rely on a steady flow of traffic for publicity, leads and sales. It constantly amazing me how many businesses and webmasters put so much time in building a website, but spend very little time researching reliable web hosting providers.

By the way, would you recognize a reliable web hosting provider when you saw one? Well, we’ve put together the following reliable web hosting tips to help you avoid some of the same mistakes I made when looking for a reliable shared web hosting package.

Reliable web hosting means the provider should have an up time guarantee of over 99.9%.

Bottom line-what good is having a website if people can’t find it when they want to?. A reliable web hosting company will not have its servers breaking down every time you turn around.

Reliable web hosting means the company will not take your site offline (even for a few minutes) before giving you fair warning.

For example, with many cheap shared web hosting providers, the company will take your site offline without warning if you use a certain percentage of CPU power on the shared server. This actually happened to me with what I thought was a reliable web hosting provider. One day my traffic spiked (a good thing), but my shared web hosting company kept taking my site down every twenty minutes or so for 5 minutes at a clip. Can you imagine all the traffic and potential customers I missed? Ouch! Part of the problem was that I really didn’t know how to choose a reliable web host. Therefore, before settling in on one reliable web hosting provider, we recommend that you carefully read the Terms of Service (TOS) on its site. If they don’t have a TOS on their site, just keep shopping. If you’re still not satisfied, contact one of the sales reps to go over the TOS.

Many so called reliable web hosting businesses boast “around the clock” support. But availability does not equal reliability. Especially for non tech types, it’s important to have folks on the other end of the line that are familiar with your CPanel, blogging software, web design or other issues related to your site. Additionally, if the potential reliable web hosting provider has well visited forum with categorized advice, consider this a plus.

Reliable Web Hosting Providers will have happy customers.

Perhaps the most powerful reliable web hosting tip, we recommend doing a “google” search of that discount web hosting you looking into, and see what others are saying about it.

Overall, finding a reliable web hosting provider is essential for building web site traffic. Following the above reliable web hosting tips will hopefully help you do so.

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Linux Resellers Hosts

Linux Resellers Hosts - Your Flexible And Affordable Choice For Internet Business 
By Tom Featherstone 
You have a great idea for a website and know how to build one. This is great, but the one thing that can make or break your online business may be totally out of your control. A great web site hosting company, and the right plan, can help your business. A poor hosting choice can damage, or even ruin your online business. As a veteran online business person, let me tell you what look for.
First, I believe that reseller hosting plans are the flexible and affordable choice for most of us. A reseller hosting plan allows an online business to have several websites included with one account. That way, when you have an idea for another domain, you do not need to buy another hosting plan. As your business grows, and you obtain several domains, you will see that it is much more affordable than buying a hosting plan for each domain. If you are serious about working online, I really urge you to consider reseller hosting.
I started out with basic plans that only supported one website. I realized that I had dozens of accounts spread around more than one hosting company. It was very confusing and it ended up being much more expensive in the long run. Even if you only pay $5 a month for each domain, a dozen will end up costing $60.
Of course, I eventually cleaned up most of these websites under a reseller account which only cost me about $25 a month, and now I am up to a couple of dozen domains! Besides, when I get my big idea and grab a new domain at 2am, I do not have to wait! I can buy a domain, set up the name servers, and have a page up by dawn!
The next thing you need to consider is an operating system for your hosting. While I have discussed the advantages of Windows hosting in some other articles, I usually end up with Linux hosting. Why? Well, frankly I suggest Linux hosting just because it is more common, and so software that I may want later is written to support Windows hosting. Most good hosts provide graphic administration panels so you do not have to be a Linux expert to use them at all. With the click of a few buttons and some simple forms, you can perform all the needed changes to your domain from setting up databases to changing file security! he
So if you are starting your first website, or if you have an idea for your tenth website, consider a reliable Linux Reseller host. I think you'll be satisfied.

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Web Hosting Site Reviews

Web Hosting Site Reviews 
While searching for a place to establish a business presence through the intricate network of computer systems that create the internet, many business owners will consult with many professionals in the internet technology world to discover which web hosting service does the best job. They will then turn to periodicals such as newspapers, magazines and internet websites to read reviews of web hosting sites that were written by people who actually use them.

Some of these reviews will be very lengthy because the services offered by a web hosting site will be very diverse and plentiful. The web hosting reviews might give a prospective or an overview of the ten best sites available on the internet. These quick lists are updated on an annual basis and prospective customers might notice that a few are not present on the reviews written for the next years top 10 web hosts. Some hosting reviews will rate the site, but will also include the reason why they are no longer present.

These comparisons and notification can save business owners a lot of worry in the long run because if the web hosting site goes out of business, then any businesses that are hosted on the site will not be available to customers shopping on the internet. The monthly service for every retailer will cease to exist and some website owners will scramble to find another facility that they can use. The stability of a web hosting site is one of the primary things that businesses review.

Some people can make some decisions on their own as to the quality of a web hosting site because the reviews will have links that will take prospective customers directly to the site. The online reviews that people read might be enhanced with graphical images of the icons used by the web hosting facility and quite a bit of business is generated from these icons because customers like the originality aspects of the graphical images contained in them.

There are many methods that are used to rate web hosting companies. Some rate the services that are offered by these companies such as the amount of disk space that is allotted on the web hosting computers. The amounts that are smaller than others will give a good indication that this site is not set up to allow all websites which are hosted on the servers to expand and grow over time. Disk space requirements will change rapidly if an online business grows rapidly and if the website can not accommodate that growth then business are better off if they search elsewhere.

The hosting review sites will also give prospective customers a chance to rate the quality and speed at which customers can shop. Those sites which feature slow bandwidth speeds are very likely to get bogged down if hundreds of customers access the business site at one time. Customers want to be able to search for certain things and slow response from the shopping site might be cause for them to shop elsewhere.


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