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I thought I do share some of my webhosting Skills and explain the top 7 things that makes a good webhost.
What are some of the things you should look for when choosing a web host? The criteria for choosing a free web host and a commercial web hosting solution are slightly different although they do overlap.
Choosing a Free Web Host
1. Advertising
Most free web hosts impose advertising on your website. This is done to cover the costs of providing your site the free web space and associated services. Some hosts require you to place a banner on your pages, others display a window that pops up everytime a page on your site loads, while still others impose an advertising frame on your site. There is really no hard and fast rule which is to be preferred: some people hate a pop-up window, other webmasters dislike having to stuff banner codes onto their pages, and many people cannot stand an advertising frame (which may cause problems when you submit your website to search engines). Whichever method is used, check that you're comfortable with the method.
Note that free web hosts without forced advertisements aren't necessarily good news. Without a viable means to recover the costs of running their server, many of them close with alarming frequency.
2. Amount of web space
Does it have enough space for your needs? If you envisage that you will expand your site eventually, you might want to cater for future expansion. Most sites use less than 5MB of web space. Indeed, at one time, one of my other web sites, thefreecountry.com, used less than 5MB of space although it had about 150 pages on the site. Your needs will vary, depending on how many pictures your pages use, whether you need sound files, video clips, etc.
3. FTP access
Some free hosting providers only allow you to design your page with their online builder. While this is useful for beginners, do you have the option to expand later when you become experienced and their online page builder does not have the facility you need? FTP access, or at the very least, the ability to upload your pages by email or browser, is needed. Personally, I feel FTP access is mandatory, except for the most trivial site.
4. File type and size limitations
Watch out for these. Some free hosts impose a maximum size on each of the files you upload (including one with a low of 200KB). Other sites restrict the file types you can upload to HTML and GIF/JPG files. If your needs are different, eg, if you want to distribute your own programs on your pages, you will have to look elsewhere.
5 . Reliability and speed of access
This is extremely important. A site that is frequently down will lose a lot of visitors. If someone finds your site on the search engine, and he tries to access it but find that it is down, he'll simply go down the list to find another site. Slow access is also very frustrating for visitors (and for you too, when you upload your site). How do you know if a host is reliable or fast? If you can't get feedback from anyone, one way is to try it out yourself over a period of time, both during peak as well as non-peak hours. After all, it is free, so you can always experiment with it.
6. Perl and PHP
This is not particularly crucial nowadays for a free web host, since there are so many free script hosting services available that provide counters, search engines, forms, polls, mailing lists, etc, without requiring you to dabble with Perl or PHP scripts.
However if you really want to do it yourself, with the minimum of advertising banners from these free providers, you will need either PHP or Perl access. Note that it is not enough to know they provide PHP or Perl access: you need to know the kind of environment your scripts run under: is it so restrictive that they are of no earthly use? For PHP scripts, does your web host allow you to use the mail() function? For Perl scripts, do you have access to send mail or its work alike?
7 .Bandwidth allotment
Nowadays, many free web hosts impose a limit on the amount of traffic your website can use per day and per month. This means that if the pages (and graphic images) on your site is loaded by visitors beyond a certain number of times per day (or per month), the web host will disable your web site (or perhaps send you a bill). It is difficult to recommend a specific minimum amount of bandwidth, since it depends on how you design your site, your target audience, and the number of visitors you're able to attract to your site. In general, 100MB traffic per month is too little for anything other than your personal home page and 1-3GB traffic per month is usually adequate for a simple site just starting out. Your mileage, however, will vary.
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Posted : 03/06/2010 5:31 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
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Posted : 29/06/2010 6:21 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
Hello
Speed and availability
Find out if the company can provide you good network speed and ensure high availability of your website. This is one of the foremost criteria for deciding on a web host. You cannot live with a low speed with high availability or a high speed with low availability. Make sure your chosen web host can assure you of good speed as well as high availability.
Compatibility
Find out if your website is supported by the web host properly. The host should be compatible with your features and needs. If your web pages have been on a certain platform, the hosting service you choose should be able to support that platform. Make sure your bandwidth and disk space requirements are adequately met by the web host.
Posted : 29/06/2010 10:13 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
Some criteria to become a good webhost:
1. Positive reviews
2. Support
3. Uptime
4. Webspace
5. price/range of services
6. included great email, subdomain, database and webstats options
7. Traffic
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Posted : 10/07/2010 4:33 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
I'm surprised support isn't higher up on people's list.
Posted : 18/07/2010 4:56 pm
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
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Posted : 03/08/2010 10:19 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
The host should be consistent with your abilities and needs. If your web pages has been given a forum hosting service you choose should be able to support the forum. Make sure that the bandwidth and disk space requirements will be covered by appropriate web server.
Posted : 06/08/2010 5:50 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
Nice information regarding the good web hosting..Reliability, and value. I could care less about Customer Support, I want a webhost that is reliable enough for me not to require tech support.
Posted : 14/09/2010 11:00 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
1. Reliability
2. Reputation
3. Valid contact information
4. recommended by someone else
5. price/range of services
6. included great email, subdomain, database and webstats options
7. Positive reviews
8. Support
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Posted : 02/12/2010 3:53 pm
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
I totally agree with the TS on the points.
For me, tech support has got to be the most important factor. Do they provide 24/7 support? Do they have hidden fees for support? Do they online support or do you have to take the trouble to call them? These are points to consider when choosing a host.
Posted : 29/12/2010 11:56 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
Support, pricing, network, choice. It's all these little things that will make your virtual host successful. Try to remember not to the greed of money, but try to provide the best service you can for your customers.
Posted : 01/01/2011 1:00 pm
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
Hello Friends,
What are some of the things you should look for when choosing a web host? The criteria for choosing a free web host and a commercial web hosting solution are slightly different although they do overlap. Since thesitewizard.com caters to people who might be looking for either of these types of hosting, I will deal with each of these in turn. If you are only interested in one of these types, you can simply skip to the appropriate section. I have written these sections to be as independant of the other as possible.
Choosing a Free Web Host.
1. Advertising:-Most free web hosts impose advertising on your website. This is done to cover the costs of providing your site the free web space and associated services. Some hosts require you to place a banner on your pages, others display a window that pops up everytime a page on your site loads, while still others impose an advertising frame on your site. There is really no hard and fast rule which is to be preferred: some people hate a pop-up window, other webmasters dislike having to stuff banner codes onto their pages, and many people cannot stand an advertising frame (which may cause problems when you submit your website to search engines). Whichever method is used, check that you're comfortable with the method.
Note that free web hosts without forced advertisements aren't necessarily good news. Without a viable means to recover the costs of running their server, many of them close with alarming frequency.
2.Amount of web space:-Does it have enough space for your needs? If you envisage that you will expand your site eventually, you might want to cater for future expansion. Most sites use less than 5MB of web space. Indeed, at one time, one of my other web sites, thefreecountry.com, used less than 5MB of space although it had about 150 pages on the site. Your needs will vary, depending on how many pictures your pages use, whether you need sound files, video clips, etc.
Thanks
Posted : 18/01/2011 10:25 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
I totally agree with pal 09 good wechosting is all depend on....
Reliability
Valid contact information
recommended by someone else price/range of services its the best thing we can do for have a gud webhost....
Posted : 28/01/2011 11:59 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
Hello,
What i feel is required from a web hosting company would sum as :
1. Reliability
2. Reputation
3. Valid contact information
4. recommended by someone else
5. price/range of services
6. included great email, subdomain, database and webstats options
7. Positive reviews
8. Support
8. Uptime
10. Webspace
11. Traffic
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Posted : 07/02/2011 5:13 am
Re: What makes a Good Webhost?
Scalability is important too. If you land on Digg, the last thing you want is to have your site tank. New web hosts offer scalable hosting to deal with this.
Posted : 19/02/2011 12:31 am
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