desert_gold_hound
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I see all over the internet and this forum “What’s the best hosting…?” and I would like to give some feedback here about this.
There are ton’s (well if they actually weighed anything) of hosting option’s out there. The problem is they all offer something different. The prices very on many different things not just the basic cost you see. While one may have a cheap monthly fee for a basic site they may have a high cost for a SSL. This is important when selling items, taking personal information, and much more. Other features that they all charge different for include how much bandwidth is allowed, how much space you have, how much SQL databases they give you (there is tricks to keeping these down), and the list just goes on and on.
Another thing that differs from site to site is what OS they are running. This will give you different features also. I suggest if you are using free scripts then look at there requirements as they may very. Then list the requirements for each this way when searching for the company to host your site you have some knowledge of your needs.
Ask yourself some of these questions before you start shopping. I would do two lists one with Right Now info and one with What you think you will need in 1 Year.
1. How much bandwidth each month do I need?
2. How much space do I need for my site?
3. What scripts am I using and what are there requirements?
4. Do I need a dedicated SSL or I handle a shared SSL? (usually you will need dedicated)
5. Other items that may cost you such as registering the URL and prosily a bunch of things that are slipping my mind right now.
One thing to consider to help lower both 1 and 2 is to use a free picture hosting. This will lower your space requirements and the pictures will download from an external site so as too actually lower your monthly bandwidth. I have found that this can also speed up the downloading of a site sometimes.
Now take the top 5 cheapest sites and compare them for the following.
1. How user friendly is there back end?
2. Do they offer free scripting that works for my needs or do they offer the scripts I wont?
3. How do they handle excess usage? Will they just shut my site down or will they bill me at a cost to upgrade my account?
4. Do they place adds on my site? (I hate hosts that do this)
5. What is there up time? (although you can never truly believe there statements)
6. Do they keep everything backed up? (this is a good thing, but always back up your sites on your end also)
7. Are there any required contracts? (I have seen them slip this in on fine print)
8. Do they give a phone number? (Call it and make sure a person answers. I always make sure I can get live support. If no phone number then hit back button you do not wont them)
9. How do they handle emergencies? (you may have to call them for this. Thinking what if there servers crash)
Now you will organize your list from Liked best on down.
Your last step is search the company out.
1. Call the BB and find out if they have had many complaints.
2. Search the internet for there name. This would be sites like forums and others that are not owned by them.
3. See if they have a forum and what others are saying on there. (this is an awesome opportunity to see if there is a lot of problems)
4. Scratch your head, Take in a warm bath (through in a bath balm or two), use aroma therapy, or what ever you can do to clear your mind.
Don’t buy for a day or two you wont to think about it. But remember you are not stuck if they don’t have contracts that require you to stay. You can go somewhere else and have a URL transfer done.
Good luck and have fun.
There are ton’s (well if they actually weighed anything) of hosting option’s out there. The problem is they all offer something different. The prices very on many different things not just the basic cost you see. While one may have a cheap monthly fee for a basic site they may have a high cost for a SSL. This is important when selling items, taking personal information, and much more. Other features that they all charge different for include how much bandwidth is allowed, how much space you have, how much SQL databases they give you (there is tricks to keeping these down), and the list just goes on and on.
Another thing that differs from site to site is what OS they are running. This will give you different features also. I suggest if you are using free scripts then look at there requirements as they may very. Then list the requirements for each this way when searching for the company to host your site you have some knowledge of your needs.
Ask yourself some of these questions before you start shopping. I would do two lists one with Right Now info and one with What you think you will need in 1 Year.
1. How much bandwidth each month do I need?
2. How much space do I need for my site?
3. What scripts am I using and what are there requirements?
4. Do I need a dedicated SSL or I handle a shared SSL? (usually you will need dedicated)
5. Other items that may cost you such as registering the URL and prosily a bunch of things that are slipping my mind right now.
One thing to consider to help lower both 1 and 2 is to use a free picture hosting. This will lower your space requirements and the pictures will download from an external site so as too actually lower your monthly bandwidth. I have found that this can also speed up the downloading of a site sometimes.
Now take the top 5 cheapest sites and compare them for the following.
1. How user friendly is there back end?
2. Do they offer free scripting that works for my needs or do they offer the scripts I wont?
3. How do they handle excess usage? Will they just shut my site down or will they bill me at a cost to upgrade my account?
4. Do they place adds on my site? (I hate hosts that do this)
5. What is there up time? (although you can never truly believe there statements)
6. Do they keep everything backed up? (this is a good thing, but always back up your sites on your end also)
7. Are there any required contracts? (I have seen them slip this in on fine print)
8. Do they give a phone number? (Call it and make sure a person answers. I always make sure I can get live support. If no phone number then hit back button you do not wont them)
9. How do they handle emergencies? (you may have to call them for this. Thinking what if there servers crash)
Now you will organize your list from Liked best on down.
Your last step is search the company out.
1. Call the BB and find out if they have had many complaints.
2. Search the internet for there name. This would be sites like forums and others that are not owned by them.
3. See if they have a forum and what others are saying on there. (this is an awesome opportunity to see if there is a lot of problems)
4. Scratch your head, Take in a warm bath (through in a bath balm or two), use aroma therapy, or what ever you can do to clear your mind.
Don’t buy for a day or two you wont to think about it. But remember you are not stuck if they don’t have contracts that require you to stay. You can go somewhere else and have a URL transfer done.
Good luck and have fun.
thank you!
