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How to decide on a Web Hosting Company
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In order to
decide which web hosting company is right
for you, you need to know what you want your
website to do and how you're going to do it.
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Control
Panel-Administration –
How easy or flexible are the controls
when administering your website. Most
web hosting companies have control
panels via the web that allow you to
easily perform changes to email, DNS,
FTP, Site Statistics, CGI, Restricted
Panels and more.
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Feature Set –
Be sure to choose a Host that offers the
features that you will need. A list of
important features are listed in our
product comparison chart.
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Price –
With so many hosting services competing
for your business today - you can
purchase quality web space for very low
monthly prices. Make sure that the plan
and service is what you need for the
money that you're willing to spend.
Price is always an important issue, but
in today's market, the amounts are low
enough that price by itself should not
be the main determining factor. You're
going to get what you pay for - don't
expect anything special from a free
hosting service. If reliability,
customer service and fast hosting are
important to you, then you should be
willing to pay a little each month for a
good reputable hosting service. Free
hosting services typically receive their
revenue from advertising, which means
that you are not the customer.
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Customer Service and
Technical Support –
Probably one of the most differentiating
characteristics of the many web hosting
companies is the quality of customer
support. Availability, professionalism,
and response time are some of the
characteristics we at
VodaHost
looked for in ranking the Hosting
solutions.
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Choosing a Platform; Unix
or Windows?–
Both platforms offer the same
functionality regarding email, auto
responders, and performance. You will
need to ask yourself what types of
scripting, databases, and other features
your will need for your site.
First things first - you do not need to
be running
UNIX or Windows on your own
computer in order to use either
platform. Your own computer's operating
system is irrelevant in making your
choice. This means that if you run
Macintosh OS X, you can choose Windows,
or if you run Windows, you can choose
UNIX.
YOU NEED UNIX IF: you are
developing your site using: PHP,
MySQL Databases or Python.
YOU NEED WINDOWS IF: you are
developing your site using: ASP,
Access Databases or MSSQL.
Administration Control: UNIX is
generally considered superior when it
comes to administrative control. This is
because its system allows for
programming closer to the base of the
programming hierarchy. In UNIX an
experienced Webmaster or Web developer
can fine-tune a website, using CGI
scripts, to create applications and site
features specific to their needs. In
fact, some Web hosting services even
offer free CGI scripting as part of
their UNIX packages. You can still use
programs like BlueVoda, ColdEdit, FrontPage and
Dreamweaver or use site builders to
develop and publish your site with UNIX.
But the question is 'how much
administrative control do I really
need?' Many users do not need the kind
of direct control that UNIX provides and
are better off with the simpler,
pre-prepared (and integrated)
programming that Microsoft supplies for
the Windows NT platform.
Platform Performance –
You should not notice any performance
difference; no matter what platform you
choose. Most 'techies' will tell you
that UNIX is a more stable and secure
environment. However, Windows 2000 is
the most reliable and secure product
Microsoft has ever released
Article By
Mario Dorizas
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