Jul 30

Web Hosting : is Cheap Web Hosting a Choice?

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One who is having even little bit knowledge for hosting knows that this service can be availed for free or for several hundred dollars. But the question is what’s the difference? The answer is quite shocking often times if one is talking about typical shared web hosting in the $6 to $20 range then nothing. Except for good old fashioned marketing and hype. That’s it!

In a survey conducted on 5 well known shared hosting accounts to see exactly what’s the difference between free web hosting and paid web hosting the results that came out are quite shocking. The survey was conducted keeping in mind the factors like requirement for a basic site like adequate disk space, ample email accounts, and reasonable bandwidth. After looking on all the other bells and whistles the result was there were not many who were really willing to pay loads extra for them. Also the term taken was not long but a short term say monthly or quarterly.

Upscale

Verio’s Bronze Plan –

Monthly Price (including set up fees) - $24.95 per month + free setup

Basic Specs – 250 MB of disk space, 7.5 GB of bandwidth, and 20 email accounts

Extra’s – Web design software, free domain pointing, Urchin web stats, free chat software

Opinion – If this were 1998 one would have consider paying $24.95 for a package like this but, as its 2004 it’s not a good choice.

Mid Tier

Interland’s b100 Account –

Monthly Price (including set up fees) - $12.95 per month + free setup

Basic Specs – 250 MB of disk space, 10 GB of bandwidth, and 30 email accounts

Extra’s – Web Trends web stats, access to log files, firewall protection

Opinion – In hosting this is considered as one of the biggest brands in hosting and even their prices have came down but still it is expensive in comparison to other competitors.

SuperbHosting’s U Power Service -

Monthly Price (including set up fees) - $12.50 per month + free setup

Basic Specs – 1000 MB of disk space, 50 GB of bandwidth, and 250 email accounts

Extra’s – Free domain, 30-day money backs guarantee, daily data backups, and free search engine submission, no content restrictions

Opinion – Mid-tier is the well-known hosting service that seems to offer considerably more value.

Cheap Hosting

IPowerWeb -

Monthly Price (including set up fees) - $9.95 per month + $30 setup

Basic Specs – 800 MB of disk space, 40 GB of bandwidth, and 400 email accounts

Extra’s – $50 Google AdWords credit, money back guarantee, SSL included, unlimited email forwarding

Opinion – It is considered as one of the low priced hosting leader. They are really cheap with offering services for mere price of $7.95 per month.

HostSave Standard Hosting -

Monthly Price (including set up fees) - $8.95 per month + free setup

Basic Specs – 1000 MB of disk space, 100 GB of bandwidth, and 500 email accounts

Extra’s – Free MySQL database, catch-all email address, PERL v5, log file access

Opinion – This can be considered as one of the best deal for the fulfillment of basic needs. The advantage is that they are having a big brand name and all the features one requires plus the MySQL database.

Conclusion

Thus it can be concluded that one can pay a lot for basic shared web hosting but it can be availed with a low price as well. However there are certain special features which justifies paying extra but overall as it is all hard earned money conclusion is cheaper is better.

By: Host Gator
Jul 29

Top 3 Ways for Promoting One’s Web Hosting Business

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In the present scenario there is a rush of web hosting companies, and it is stiff to find out the reliable one. There are many strategies one may use to promote his/her company.

The best ways are given below through which one can easily endorse his/her web hosting business. All top 3 methodologies, as given below can be used for any kind of business, not only for a web hosting company. Here there are:

1. Referral Program

It is an ideal way to interact with the new customers. One can modify the setup of the system to show his/her current customers in the mask of new customers. The facility of a special tracking id is possessed by the customer, by giving it; he/she can consult with anybody whenever necessary. This way, the customer receives a reward for the utilization of his/her id. It is too recommended that one should submit his/her customer an account where he/she can do the verification of figures of his/her campaign. One should sign up the user to the referral program so that they can start bringing more users to the site. One

Can use some ready made soft wares available on the web for the accomplishment of management and tracking mentioned at the top.

2. Recommendations or mouth publicity

It is quite similar to recommendable program, but the variation lies only in the fact that in this case the user does not get any form of reward on bringing new users. However, still it is a good route to promote one’s web hosting service. The customer satisfaction is the key thing which will bring more of the users, because only satisfied customer will tell positive views to other people, providing benefit to the host provider .Thus in other words one can say that, a happy customer is the root cause of a business to flourish.

The service host can ask a satisfied customer to submit a testimonial containing the praising views of the customer in respect to the hosting company.

3. Linking to Forum Discussions

There are several good forums, which include web hosting as a topic of discussion. One should join such forums and must share his/her views without forgetting to keep his/her signature along with URL below his/her designation. One can place along with the signature his/her unique weekly or monthly offers.

So, helping others on this kind of forums can send new customers on one’s website, straightly meaning more business for one’s web hosting business. However one should not just rely on any one’s advice rather should go there to post and ad, should become an active member and should also became part of the forum’s community.

Mentioned above are the first three routes which one should use to bring boom in his/her business. Using them will give sure results.

By: Bluehost Hosting
Jul 25

Web Hosting : How to Choose Shared or Dedicated Web Hosting?

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Before starting to search for a web host its important to decide whether to opt for dedicated web hosting or shared web hosting.

A shared web hosting account is an account on a web server that hosts other shared accounts. The number of accounts on one shared server can vary widely from few hundred to several thousands. For many small businesses hosting website on a shared server is a workable solution due to the fact that they are quite cheap in comparison to dedicated servers. These accounts have limited access to the core administrative functions of the server. In shared hosting plans, there are several companies offering comprehensive technical support for users along with the complete technical support, which is usually included in the price of account plan they offer.

As against shared hosting, a dedicated server is usually dedicated to one, or just a few websites, usually for the solitary use by individual company only. Dedicated servers are quite expensive as compared to shared hosting. Among various good features offered by dedicated server, one feature is to have access to the core administrative functions of the server not only this most dedicated server plans offers good technical support. There are some companies which don’t have an IT staff or a server administrator to provide support, for them many dedicated hosting companies offer “per issue” support, which means that user is required to pay a certain amount, which is usually an hourly fee, for technical support issues. Not only that some dedicated server plans have optional “support tickets” that one can purchase in advance.

Apart from above discussed two there is another option called a “managed dedicated” hosting plan. With this one can get a dedicated server and the required comprehensive support, which usually comes with shared hosting. Thus it evades the drawback of insufficiency of IT staff or a server administrator and provides all the technical aspects required for running a server. For this extra facility they charge extra price thus managed dedicated hosting plan is expensive in comparison to unmanaged one.

Thus all above can be summarized as whatever type of web hosting plan one choose, one must make sure that the plan is having all the required features.

By: Host Gator
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