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- Web Host Reseller Account
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A web host reseller account is a web hosting account that allows you to create hosting packages to sell to your clients. You can also host multiple sites of your own using the disk space allotted to the one hosting account.
Typical features of web host reseller accounts:
- They come with a reseller-level control panel that allows you to create your own packages.
- You can allocate disk space and bandwidth to each site on the account and change the space and bandwidth specifications if the site’s needs change. Read more... - Web Hosting Requirements
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In scouting for a web hosting company, always ensure the disk space and amount of traffic needed.
Amount of Disk Space
The requirement of a small or medium web site is between 10 and 100MB of disk space.
When looking at the size of HTML pages, you will notice that the average size is very small - smaller than 1K. But looking at the size of the pictures used within the pages, you will often find them several times bigger than the page itself.
5 and 50K of space on the server is the expected consumption of each HTML page which is dependent on the use of images or other elements that may consume disk space. Read more... - Web Site Monitoring for Web Hosts and ISPs
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If you have spent much time earning a living on the Internet, few things will surprise you. However, I am always amazed with how many companies and individuals make astounding claims without backing them up.
Web hosts and ISPs make such claims all the time: 99% uptime. Some web hosts post on their site live results of their uptime from a third-party web site monitoring company. However, those hosts are very few.
Here are four reasons why every web host and ISP (Internet service provider) should post uptime and connectivity statistics from an independent, third-party web site monitoring firm, with an external monitoring network.
Read more... - Hosting Your Website From Home
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You might be trying to decide whether you want to host your website yourself rather than pay a hosting company. Maybe you just want to learn how it is done, or you want to save some money by doing it yourself. In this article I'll discuss the most important part of hosting your website from home, the web server.
The word "server" sounds scary and because of this many people think only a professional hosting company can host a website. This is not true. A server is nothing more than software that runs in the background listening to requests from "clients." The client in our case is an internet browser, like Internet Explorer. Read more...
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The massive amount of money being poured into Internet business is pushing development faster than anyone could ever have expected. Firms that can spend millions to develop their site and servers raise the bar for all the others. The simple web sites that worked just fine 18 months ago seem like dinosaurs today. Now customers expect eye-catching design, targeted content, interactivity, multi-media presentations, even instant customization. If your web hosting company doesn't offer key features and reliability, your site will have "yesterday's news" written all over it. Here are four developments you should look for when upgrading to a better host. 1.) Insist on first rate technical support. The days of making customers wait days or even weeks for tech support answers are long gone. If your hosting company doesn't answer your email or phone call within a few hours (minutes if it's urgent), it is time to look for a service that does. You should expect a guarantee: if you don't get tech answers within a specified time, your service should be free. 2.) While you're at it, make sure your new host has the technological upgrades that prevent down time. We've found servers have far better reliability and speed when in a climate-controlled environment with back-up power and fire-suppression systems, bandwidth-on-demand connections, and server drives with an excellent track record. 3.) Make sure your host allows audio and video streaming along with popular Shockwave support. Now that AOL has embraced the Real Audio format, we can expect millions more to jump on the multimedia bandwagon. If your site only offers static text, visitors will see you as two steps behind the times. Plus, you will be missing out on the increase in sales that audio and video can bring. 4.) Your host should give you complete control in administering your website and make it easy for you to do that. Instead of requiring Telnet and programming knowledge, they should have a user friendly interface for things such as setting up mailboxes, adding automated newsletters, adding Front Page extensions, setting up shopping carts, using Web Forms, viewing your statistics, and other important functions. An easy web-based interface will save you time and frustration because you can do all these things in-house instead of relying on a programmer or waiting for your host's support staff to get around to it. Take a long look at not only what you need to have now, but what your Internet presence will need in the months to come as you succeed and expand. Plan for additional pop accounts, email aliases, domains, automated newsletters, and consider upgrading to a dedicated server. Above all, make sure your hosting service is HELPING you get your site to the next level.
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