Choosing a perfect web hosting company is the most important factor. Your online business will affect lots if you choose a wrong web hosting provider. There are many things you should take care while choosing a web hosting company. Here some things you should ask your self before singup to any hosting provider:
» What is the motive of your website?
» How much traffic you expect from your website?
» Is it provides online shopping facility or simple informative website?
» Which programming language you use while developing your website?
These are the few general question that will help you lot in choosing a perfect hosting provider. If you own a website and your dream is just provide information to your website visitors on different topics then you can signup for any shared web hosting provider. If your website is related to e-commerce then you need a web hosting company that support shopping cart, payment gateway, paypal integration, etc. Also its better to have a dedicated IP address.
Scripting language is also an important aspect while selecting a web hosting provider. If you developed website using PHP (Hypertext Pre-Processor) then you need a Linux web hosting provider. If your website developed using ASP, .Net or FrontPage then you need a Windows hosting server.
Also it is recommended to go through all feature list before signup. Here are the list of general features that you might looking from a web hosting company
• Disk Space (Web Space)
• Bandwidth (Data Transfer)
• Domain Hosting
• FTP Account
• Dedicated IP
• Email (POP / SMTP)
• Webmail
• Shopping Cart
• Payment Gateway
• CGI-BIN Scripting
• Customer Support
There are thousands of web hosting providers are available today, therefore it is quite tough to find a good web hosting company. There are lots web hosting directories are available on net that will help lot in finding a web hosting company. Web hosting directory collect all information behalf of their visitors and help them to choose a perfect web hosting company. You can pick up any category you want and they will list different hosting company with their plan details.
I hope this article will help you in finding a web hosting provider.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Types of Web Hosting
Hi,
Here i listed different types of web hosting and details about each type. If you still have any question regarding any web hosting type listed here then please write a comment i will surely reply to your query.
Shared Web Hosting: - In this type hosting company host multiple websites on a single server. All websites hosted on a server share same IP address. Shared hosting server split disk space, bandwidth, and all other resources depends on the plan. Shared hosting is cheaper compare to other hosting type because the cost for maintaining a server share among all websites hosted on server. Shared hosting company responsible for smooth running of server means they are responsible for managing server, maintaining server, installing software, security updates, technical supports and all other aspects. Most shared hosting server runs on open source platform like Linux and LAMP.
Dedicated Hosting, Managed Hosting or Dedicated Server: - As the name describes one hosting server is dedicated to one website. Dedicated hosting server host only single client website and do not share server resources with others. This type of hosting plan is costly compare to share hosting. This hosting type is most suitable for companies that run number of websites. You have full control over the server software, operating system, security updates, hardware, etc. Hosting companies generally provide all administrative services to dedicated hosting client as an add-on service.
Virtual Private Server Hosting or VPS Hosting: - Virtual private servers are also known as Virtual Dedicated Server or VDS. In this method hosting server performs like full dedicated server for each account and client have full control over operating system, software, hardware and each server can be rebooted independently. Virtual hosting server is cheaper compare to full dedicated server and cost higher compare to share hosting server.
Reseller Web Hosting: - Reseller hosting is an inexpensive way to start your own web hosting company. With reseller web hosting you can split disk space and bandwidth allotted to you by hosting company. You can buy web space from the web hosting company at a wholesale price and retail it to get profit. Most reseller hosting companies allow creating their own plans and pricing structure.
Co-Location Hosting:- Co-Location server means a company buy their own web hosting server and the server physically located at the third party premises and third party responsible for smooth working of server.
Free Web Hosting: - A free web hosting is a service that offers limited disk space at no cost to the client. Generally free hosting services are supported with popup adds and available with limited functionality. Free web hosting provider generally gives a sub domain name (yoursitename.theirsitename.com) or a sub directory (www.theirsitename.com/yoursitename). Free web hosting companies provide limited disk space to host your site and very low amount of bandwidth. Sometimes free web hosting companies charge high rate for bandwidth over usage to recover the cost to maintain their server. Free hosting companies generally require their banner at the top of your site or popup banner ads in all pages.
Regards,
Bhavesh Goswami.
Here i listed different types of web hosting and details about each type. If you still have any question regarding any web hosting type listed here then please write a comment i will surely reply to your query.
Shared Web Hosting: - In this type hosting company host multiple websites on a single server. All websites hosted on a server share same IP address. Shared hosting server split disk space, bandwidth, and all other resources depends on the plan. Shared hosting is cheaper compare to other hosting type because the cost for maintaining a server share among all websites hosted on server. Shared hosting company responsible for smooth running of server means they are responsible for managing server, maintaining server, installing software, security updates, technical supports and all other aspects. Most shared hosting server runs on open source platform like Linux and LAMP.
Dedicated Hosting, Managed Hosting or Dedicated Server: - As the name describes one hosting server is dedicated to one website. Dedicated hosting server host only single client website and do not share server resources with others. This type of hosting plan is costly compare to share hosting. This hosting type is most suitable for companies that run number of websites. You have full control over the server software, operating system, security updates, hardware, etc. Hosting companies generally provide all administrative services to dedicated hosting client as an add-on service.
Virtual Private Server Hosting or VPS Hosting: - Virtual private servers are also known as Virtual Dedicated Server or VDS. In this method hosting server performs like full dedicated server for each account and client have full control over operating system, software, hardware and each server can be rebooted independently. Virtual hosting server is cheaper compare to full dedicated server and cost higher compare to share hosting server.
Reseller Web Hosting: - Reseller hosting is an inexpensive way to start your own web hosting company. With reseller web hosting you can split disk space and bandwidth allotted to you by hosting company. You can buy web space from the web hosting company at a wholesale price and retail it to get profit. Most reseller hosting companies allow creating their own plans and pricing structure.
Co-Location Hosting:- Co-Location server means a company buy their own web hosting server and the server physically located at the third party premises and third party responsible for smooth working of server.
Free Web Hosting: - A free web hosting is a service that offers limited disk space at no cost to the client. Generally free hosting services are supported with popup adds and available with limited functionality. Free web hosting provider generally gives a sub domain name (yoursitename.theirsitename.com) or a sub directory (www.theirsitename.com/yoursitename). Free web hosting companies provide limited disk space to host your site and very low amount of bandwidth. Sometimes free web hosting companies charge high rate for bandwidth over usage to recover the cost to maintain their server. Free hosting companies generally require their banner at the top of your site or popup banner ads in all pages.
Regards,
Bhavesh Goswami.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Introduction
Hi All,
Here we will discuss about how to choose a web hosting company that satisfy your needs. What are the things you have to keep in mind while you are searching for web hosting company.
Here we will start with detail information about web hosting and server configuration. I will explain here what would you have to expect from your web hosting company, what are the features that you actually want from your hosting company, and of course price.
If you are running a business over internet than success of your business depends on the availability of your website and this is possible if you studied in depth about hosting company where you want to host your web pages. This is quite difficult to find a good hosting company.
So, do not forget to visit this blog often to get more idea and information and help regarding web hosting.
I hope you will like this blog and if so please recommend this blog to your friends.
Regards,
Bhavesh Goswami.
Here we will discuss about how to choose a web hosting company that satisfy your needs. What are the things you have to keep in mind while you are searching for web hosting company.
Here we will start with detail information about web hosting and server configuration. I will explain here what would you have to expect from your web hosting company, what are the features that you actually want from your hosting company, and of course price.
If you are running a business over internet than success of your business depends on the availability of your website and this is possible if you studied in depth about hosting company where you want to host your web pages. This is quite difficult to find a good hosting company.
So, do not forget to visit this blog often to get more idea and information and help regarding web hosting.
I hope you will like this blog and if so please recommend this blog to your friends.
Regards,
Bhavesh Goswami.
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