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- Hosting Several Web Sites Under One Account
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If you operate several websites, each with its own domain name, signing up of separate hosting accounts can be an expensive proposition. Even if your hosting company offers the add-on domain feature (which will allow you to add different domains to the same hosting account) you will be charged a monthly fee for each domain you add, sometimes costing almost the same as your full hosting fee.
The solution is to open a reseller account. Reseller accounts were created to allow web designers to offer hosting services to their customers, to create a one-stop-shop for all their web design and hosting needs. However, you don't need to be a reseller to buy a reseller hosting plan. Read more... - Common Problems With Shared Web Hosting
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Most webmasters on the net today are familiar with what the industry calls "shared" web hosting accounts. A shared hosting account is where you rent a small amount of space on a server which is shared among many other users.
This is a cheap way to get started online but it has many disadvantages - you will encounter email delivery problems because of spam complaints against other sites on the same server. You will find your site's grinding to a halt when someone else does some heavy database work on your server. You might even find your site going down because of a denial of service attack against someone else hosting hacking or piracy related material on your server (these type of sites attract antisocial elements!) Read more... - Finding cheap web hosting in no time
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Lower computer prices and the rapid unfolding of new technology has made high priced web hosting services a thing of the past. You can find high quality cheap web hosting services and packages online in minutes. However, when shopping for a web host, make sure that you aren’t only looking at the dollar signs.
It is important to have a little leg room when deciding on a web hosting service. This is especially true when thinking in terms of disk space. If your website is going to house 150 MB of disk space, it is probably wise to pick a web hosting package that offers a minimal of 200-250 MB of space. This added protection will save you money should changes be made to your site that increases its size. Read more... - How Much Hosting Space Do You Need
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Many web hosts try to sell you a large amount of web hosting space that then costs you a lot each month. However, you may not need this much space. Have you ever calculated just how much disc space (MB)your web site uses? Do you really need an expensive hosting solution for your web site?
goFor my first web site, I purchased 20mb of disc space and wondered if this would be enough as I added pages to it. Well, recently I checked the size of this site which had grown to over 20 pages. To my surprise the size was only 3,269KB. This means it only uses a little over 3Mb of disk space. Read more...
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The reliability of your host provider’s servers should be a constant concern to you. After all, you rely on their reliability to keep your business running. How can you tell just how reliable their servers are? Follow this simple process and test it out for yourself. - Access your host account - Find the control panel associated with your account under “server status” - You will find a server load value - Refresh the page and notice that the value has changed. It is a value that calculates instantly - Make note of the values you obtain - Log out - Go back and repeat this periodically, each time noting the values. You will come to realize which values are the usual ones. Server Load Values Basically the server load value is a number in the x.xx format with values beginning at 0.00. This number is representative of how many processes are waiting to be processed for a designated period of time. If the number remains small, it is a good sign that the server performance is working well. If the number is a high one, chances are that the server is not operating efficiently. However, the importance to you is not in the number itself but rather in how the value is interpreted. This is an area of many debates among web hosts. Many consider a server load value of 0.xx to be an optimum value and as long as the value stays below 1.00, you shouldn’t see a difference in the performance of your website. In other words, it should not run slow. The problems arise when the server load value reaches over 1.00. This is of special concern to host providers who have a single Central Processing Unit (CPU). If they have 2 CPU’s then a server load value of 2.00 is a big concern. Although with the technology being what it is today, some single CPU’s may still perform well with a server load value of 2.00. It could be a risk though. Keep in mind that these values are based on average server loads, nothing extreme. Remember that traffic affects server loads and that there are “peak” times of use that can bog a server down. This is when lower server values can make the difference. All servers get busy from time to time with maintenance and overuse of resources, but these things should not alter the performance of the server if they are taken care of during “off-peak” times, like weekends. Server Load Processing Remembering that the server load is the number of processes waiting to be processed by the CPU, all processes are not the same. Depending on the priority of the process, lowest priority processes are done last. Newer server requests are taken care of almost immediately. This sequence of processing is based on a number of factors such as how fast the pages load and if the processing will take a reasonable amount of time to complete. If they meet these criteria, there won’t be a problem no matter what the server load is. The server load however is just one factor that is considered. Other factors include how much memory is used, CPU usage, and swap file size. Swap file size is especially important when a server has insufficient memory to run the process. The use of swap files burdens the hard drive, which causes increased usage of the CPU and results in creating a higher server load. This is bad for the server because response time is slower in processing requests. In this case, more RAM (internal memory) will be required. More RAM will eliminate the above problems mentioned and will help the server run more quickly and efficiently. The real test is how the server behaves. Rip-offs As a consumer you need to constantly be on the look out for host providers that are simply scam artists. They dazzle you with offerings that seem too good to be true. In most cases, they usually are. Be aware of the following when deciding on a web host. 1. Do your homework An overwhelming amount of terms will be thrown your way. Web host lingo that you may not have a clue to its meaning. Terms like web space, transfer, CGI-BIN, Unix/Windows and Apache, IIS, PHP, MySQL to name a few. Find out what they mean and get a good understanding of them before you make a decision. Armed with the right knowledge of these terms can go along way in helping you make the right choice. 2. Beware of unlimited/unmetered web space/bandwidth/transfer. Cheap web hosts count on you not using much space or bandwidth, that’s why they feel that they can make the unlimited offer so easily. Once you do start using more space than they expected that you would, they will cancel your account in a heartbeat. 3. Terms Of Service Beware of the proverbial terms of service agreement that these hosts have. Important facts on what you can and can’t do on their servers are hidden throughout the confusing text. Some things you thought you could do may turn out to be a misconception on your part. Read these agreements carefully. 4. Pay Attention to your Gut Feelings After reading all their claims of service and reading their terms, go with your gut instinct. If something seems to be askew on the surface, chances are there is a deeper-rooted problem with this host that may not be so easily apparent. You have to have a good feeling about giving your business to a web host, if you don’t, keep searching until you find one that you are comfortable with. 5. Check Them Out First If a web host has built a bad reputation for himself, chances are that it is reported somewhere on the web. The Internet has a Better Business Bureau that is always a good source for customers to lodge complaints. Check with them about a particular host that you are interested in. If they have complaints against this host on file, they will tell you. Don’t stop there though. Check several more sources such as web host directories or search by specific host. Go to webhostingtalk.com and leave a post asking for opinions on this host. Past customers good and bad may respond to you and give you a better idea of the reputation of this host. Another source to check out is newsgroups. Simply search on your hosts name, but take the information that you find with objectivity as it is possible that the negativity that could be posted there may in fact come from other web hosts looking to disparage a reputation. 6. Contact the Host Directly There is no better way to try to determine the credibility of a web host that to be in direct contact with them. Find their contact info and get in touch with them, preferably by phone. You can tell a lot about them by speaking to them. If that is not possible, contact them by email. If they are slow to respond or do not answer your questions satisfactorily, be wary. These hosts can spell trouble if you find yourself in an urgent situation and can’t get a timely response to your problem. A response time of more that 24-hours should be considered unacceptable.
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