Web Hosting FAQ
Part 1
This is the one of the singular most common yet important question.
The main reason is that web masters are comparing all the WRONG Specifications with different hosting companies as nearly two thirds of what is usually offered is totally not useful to webmaster.
The most common things to look for when you are hosting a small business or personal site are :
1. Email accounts
Try to give every employees you currently have within your office, including future personal explanation plans.
2. Easy & Quick Setup
Should be less than 5 hours, as some company take up to 48 hours to set up a new account.
3. Sufficient Data Transfer
This is the most misunderstood specifications of web hosting, technically speaking most sites just only need about 1 GB. Yes, I know what you are thinking, that's right !
4. Uptime Guarantee
This is very important. If they aren't offering it, they can't guarantee it which is a bad sign.
A 98% Uptime Guarantee or above is deem to be average.
5. Sufficient Disk Storage Space
Most sites only need up to 50 MB, so don't be greedy or are enticed by the seller providing over the top storage as you won't need it & are just paying for nothing !)
6. 24/7 Live Support
Good to have, but not necessary if you are just beginning to built your website empire as you will have to pay more for this, but it comes in real handy if you site is down !
Live chat usually works just as good as phone support.
Can I switch hosting companies if I don't like their services ?
YES, off course. Who is there to stop you from do so ?
Unfortunately, there are many people whom do not realize how easy it is to switch hosting companies.
All you have to do is re-publish your site to the new address for the new hosting company. Most hosting companies will give you your new IP address where you can publish your site in as little as 10-20 minutes !
Just publish your site, and don't forget to update your name servers. This just means that you will have to go to the company where you purchased your domain name, and put in the name servers that the new hosting company have.
Your domain name will point to your new hosting account in about 24 - 48 hours. Also, you will need to create your new email addresses at the new hosting company. That's it !
So, don't feel like you are stuck with a bad hosting company.
Because you're not.
Do I have to buy my domain name with my hosting account ?
No & Yes.
No, you can buy your domain name anytime. So, don't loose the domain name you want just because you are researching hosting companies. Buy that now.
But, don't pay more than $20/year since that is the average price these days.
Yes, if you have not initially purchase it already. If you purchase domain name & hosting account together, some company whom offered both these services may at their own discretion provide a better deals or discount.
So it really depends on what you want to do.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Getting Back Links
The actual definition of a back links from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia are quoted as follows :-
"Backlinks are incoming links to a website or web page. The number of backlinks is an indication of the popularity or importance of that website or page. In basic link terminology, a backlink is any link received by a web node (web page, directory, website, or top level domain) from another web node (Björneborn and Ingwersen, 2004). Backlinks are also called as incoming links, inbound links, inlinks, and inward links.
Search engines often use the number of backlinks that a website has as one of the factors for determining that website's search engine ranking. For example, Google's PageRank algorithm uses backlinks to help determine a site's rank.
To see a site's PageRank, you need to use the Google Toolbar for Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, view the bar graph indicating a website's PageRank in Google's directory, or download the PageRank plugin for Mozilla Firefox."
It is therefore of paramount importance, especially the new webmaster to quickly establish back links to his or her website.
As such, one of my fellow internet entrepenuer from Malaysia, Mr Gobala Krishnan, is offering anyone to have his/her sites link to his.
If you review his blog, he’ll link back to you and send you a ton of traffic. It’s a great informative blog so you lose nothing at all.
Do so immediately.
The actual definition of a back links from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia are quoted as follows :-
"Backlinks are incoming links to a website or web page. The number of backlinks is an indication of the popularity or importance of that website or page. In basic link terminology, a backlink is any link received by a web node (web page, directory, website, or top level domain) from another web node (Björneborn and Ingwersen, 2004). Backlinks are also called as incoming links, inbound links, inlinks, and inward links.
Search engines often use the number of backlinks that a website has as one of the factors for determining that website's search engine ranking. For example, Google's PageRank algorithm uses backlinks to help determine a site's rank.
To see a site's PageRank, you need to use the Google Toolbar for Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, view the bar graph indicating a website's PageRank in Google's directory, or download the PageRank plugin for Mozilla Firefox."
It is therefore of paramount importance, especially the new webmaster to quickly establish back links to his or her website.
As such, one of my fellow internet entrepenuer from Malaysia, Mr Gobala Krishnan, is offering anyone to have his/her sites link to his.
If you review his blog, he’ll link back to you and send you a ton of traffic. It’s a great informative blog so you lose nothing at all.
Do so immediately.
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