Web Hosting Service

While purchasing a web hosting plan most of people do not pay attention to some of important factors. These factors may prove beneficial in regards to marketing, cost effective, better performance and result of a website.

There are lots of web hosting industries on the internet that offer attractive and usually some common hosting plan features.

These hosting features are:

* Unlimited GB’s of Space

* Unlimited GB’s of Transfer

* Unlimited domain Hosting

* Unlimited e-mail accounts

* Unlimited MySQL Databases

* Free site builder

* Free domain

* Free instant setup

* 30 days money back guarantee.

* 99.9% uptime guarantee

* 27/4/365 strong customer support so on.

All these are basic hosting features offered by a webhost and must be considered carefully whether they are costly or cheap web hosting.

There are some additional features that must be considered for an attractive website development and for better performance and promotion of the website, products or a business.

Some of the features are described below:

1. Blog option:

Today blogs have become very influential components of the Internet and their importance is growing exponentially.  Blogs are powerful source of promoting products, businesses and websites. Blogs also can be used as tools for creating on-line communities of people interested in the same subjects.

WordPress is one of them and ranks at the top position in the world of blogs. The reason behind this is a feature set offered by WordPress with lots of plug-ins and advanced blogging tools. All these provide you a freedom to have complete control over your blog. Creating a blog on WordPress is free but it does not allow a blogger to place affiliate or similar links on its free page. WordPress recommends purchasing a professional hosting plan in order to maintain your blog independently as per your need. Some webhosts provide you facilities to host the blogs and to install WordPress in one click.

It is very important to choose a webhost that provides you not only 1-click free WordPress installation but the most useful free Joomla, free Drupal and free 1-click Mambo installation.

2. Flexibility to choose website builder option:

There are few webhosting service providers that offer the option of more than one website builder. This provides you full freedom and flexibility to use a variety of website templates and website creators as per your choice and simplicity. This is the best option to consider.

3. 30 days money back guarantee may not be sufficient:

30 days money back guarantee is not sufficient especially when you are a new user. It may take a week, a month, or even more to plan, create and launch a website. Always choose a reputed web host that can provide you any time money back guarantee if you are not satisfied with the services offered by a web hosting service provider.

4. Price and time duration:

Hosting plan price must be affordable and can meet all of your requirements. For better performance and output it is recommended to go for at least 24 months hosting plan or more. It does not lead to only for better result but reduces a marginal web hosting plan cost also.

5. Customer support with all possible mediums:

Aside from 24/7 supports via phone, email, live chat, FAQ and knowledgebase tutorials, it is one of the best options to get and use step-by-step video tutorials on all the topics. This is not only interesting and entertaining option but provides clear pictures on all related subjects.

I remember when first starting out on the Internet there was so much to learn and it seemed like a never ending task to even find a suitable webhosting company. Doing a search on Google reveals countless number of results and companies. Each had different options with their own pricing and limitations which I recall differed greatly from one company to another. After some time researching I concluded that there were 3 types of webhosting services I could use. Each has its own good and bad points. Here we briefly look at these 3 types of webhosting services I am talking about.

Free webhosting is probably the first one that comes to peoples mind. While first starting out on the Internet most people would have a limited budget.  They may only want to “test the waters” before putting in any investment in their website building project. As a result free webhosting is the first option they look at. Although free, such hosting services do come with at a difference price and that is restricted usage. Most web hosting companies require you to place their advertisements or third party advertisements on your website. These ads may sometimes be distracting and cause your visitors to become more distracted, and as a result cause your website and its contents to be hidden.

Apart from these advertisements, free web hosting services usually have other restrictions. Some restrictions you may be up against are limited bandwidth, low disk space and restricted website size. Some free web hosting services may allow you to host your own domain but others may require you to host your site under their domain name as a subdomain. For example, if you were selling books then your website could be “books.freehosting.com” or ‘www.freehosting.com/books”, giving your website poor branding and a longer domain name to remember by. However, these restrictions may not affect you at the beginning if you are unsure of your needs. You can always choose to upgrade later.

Paid web hosting services allow you greater control and flexibility over your website. Usually there are a few plans and options amongst the various different web hosting companies. Prices usually vary depending on your needs and the size of your website. Usually the cheaper packages are sufficient for personal websites and small businesses. When you business grows you can then choose to upgrade your plans to more premium services which may include features such as higher security, more email accounts or dedicated servers to serve just your business.

Bandwidth, disk space, uptime guarantee, limitations on email accounts, ease of use, choice to host more domains at a later date, website builders and service support and warranty  are the main features you need to address when thinking of using a paid hosting service are. Another great advantage of having a paid web hosting service is the support you can get from them. If you are not a computer techy and having trouble setting up your site, you can turn to your hosting company for help.

A third webhosting option is to setup your own servers at home and host your own website.  Home webhosting is achieved by designating a computer as your server and having it connected to the Internet via a broadband connection. This connection would have to stay connected 24/7 to allow visitors to your website any time of the day and night. You may need to check with you Internet Service provider that you can do this as many may block home servers and disallow static IP addresses.

This web hosting solution is not that popular for the average website owner for 2 reasons. Firstly, you should have some knowledge about computers and networking and secondly you must make sure your internet connection is reliable and always connected to the World Wide Web. If you do plan to host your site, it is important that you take some measure to setup security and protection of your server to prevent hungry hackers from poisoning your computer and network. In addition a backup server may also be smart.

The type of webhosting service that suits your needs may not suit other peoples so before you dive into the World Wide Web and setup your website you need to have some idea of what hosting services and criteria your website may require.