Friday, September 19, 2008

Choosing A Hosting Service

Choosing A Hosting Service

Your site is going to be stored on a hosting company’s server. (You didn’t
want thousands of people dialing into your computer every hour, did you?)
Again, there are lots of different options available depending on how much
you want to pay and what you need.

In general, you’ll want to make sure that you have about 50 megabytes of
space (that’s enough for 100 pages!), full statistics reporting and most
importantly, 24 hour service. If your site goes down, you’ll be losing money
every hour it’s offline. If there’s a problem with the server, you want to make
sure it’s fixed right away.

You get what you pay for with Web hosting. “Free” services will cost you
more than you save in lost revenue, and you can pay up to $200 a month for
dedicated servers. Twenty bucks a month is a reasonable price to pay and
GoDaddy.com and NetworkSolutions.com both offer good programs.

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