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- Is Free Web Hosting Actually Free
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I want to yell at someone or give 'em a good poke in the nose for this! How could they do this to me? What gives them the right to blow off my best customers, to rob me of potential business and make my clients angry at me? How dare they do this!! I'm just fuming and ready to explode! Don't get too close to me right now!
Why I oughtta . . . what? Complain because a free service isn't available? Threaten to sue them for having troubles of their own? Why don't they have backup servers? Well, I guess it's possible that *I* could at least provide a secondary free service to cover my assets. Those clients that planned to spend an hour of their valuable time to chat with me in the first place. Maybe I should have prepared for the worst so I don't have to go apologize to everyone when the free chat services suddenly became unavailable. Read more... - New trends in web hosting business
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The market is good for new Web hosting companies. According to Forrester Research, there is now “positive — if modest — growth for Web hosting and managed IT services, at both the enterprise and SMB levels.”
This is an especially good business to be in if you are a web designer or IT consultant. It fits naturally with the business model of such small consulting firms. Why refer out or miss out on selling a service that most small businesses need? Hosting is an excellent source of monthly recurring revenue. Read more... - What does a budget web hosting company offer
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Choosing a budget web hosting company can be overwhelming. In fact, choosing any web hosting company can be a challenge due, in large part, to the fact that there are so many of them. Do a search for "web hosting" with the quotes around the keywords on Google, and it'll return over 5 million documents! That doesn't mean there are 5 million web hosting providers but there very well could be at least 1 million! That's a lot of web hosts. How can you choose one that meets your need?
What is Budget web hosting anyway? Read more... - Checklist For Switching Web Hosting Providers
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Perhaps your web hosting company has a technical support group that never answers their email, or their control panel is difficult to use. Maybe your website has been having more downtime than uptime. Whatever the reason you are thinking of switching hosts, make sure you have your ducks in a row before making the move.
Here are five things to think about as you transition your website:
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On the Internet, the way your website looks reflects very heavily on your business. It is a fact of life that people judge other people by the way they look, and the cyber world isn't any different. Potential customers judge your online business by the way your website presents itself. Take a second and think about what type of impression is your site giving. If you aren't satisfied by the image that your site presents, here are a few design aspects that you can possibly improve. 1. Graphics - Your business can't afford to have unprofessional looking graphics. All of the pictures on your site should have a purpose and be related to the page or section that it is placed on. Moving or animated graphics can also detract from the effectiveness of your site. Let the amateurs use the neon green flashing banners screaming "CLICK HERE," your site will be much better off with clear, professional graphics. 2. Loading Time - Your whole site should have pages that load quickly. If you have a catalog of pictures on your site, be sure to make thumbnails that you can click for a larger picture. You should also specify width and height for all pictures. This way, all of the text can load on the page because it knows where the pictures are going to fit without having to load the pictures. At the very least, concentrate on making sure that your main entry page is quick loading. Web surfers are impatient,don't make them wait too long, because it only takes one click of the back button and they may never see your site again. 3. Focus - Your site needs to be focused and easy to navigate. A potential customer should be able to tell what your site is about within five seconds of loading your main page. Sometimes webmasters try to cram everything about their site on the front page. A cramped look is not attractive. Try to lead visitors into other parts of your site instead of trying to fit your whole site on the front page. You should also have a link to your home page on every page. Visitors don't always enter through the front page, and even if they do, they can easily get lost in an unfamiliar site. Make sure that they can easily find your entry page. 4. Avoid Technology - Alright, don't avoid technology by any means, this is cyber space. What I mean is that you don't need to have the latest flashy design tricks on your site. Your most important focus should be on creating an attractive, content filled, easy to navigate site. Until all of those criteria are filled, don't even think about adding extra features. If you do, make sure that there is a reason for it and it fits with the site, otherwise it is a waste of time.
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