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Web Hosting Techniques

Author: admin
07 8th, 2010

Web hosting can be included in those services which provide a medium to both the customers and website owners to interact that is website owners can advertise on the server which is available to customers all the time whether it is day or night and that too without any inconvenience. The servers on which these advertisements are made to be shown are the powerful computers and these computers have very great hard drives or they can even have a collection of hard drives, this automatically signifies that servers play a very significant role in web hosting. It must be remembered that the space at the server for advertisements is available to only those who are capable of maintaining their websites all the time without any holiday and 24 hours a day.

Most of us are aware of the fact that each server present on the internet has its own distinct IP address. This is just the same like apartments, as buildings in apartments have their own unique addresses, so servers also have unique IP address. Like the same way in apartments you will have to pay for space required on the server whether you want it on the rental basis or you want to buy it, it’s solely your choice. One company which is very famous for providing best website hosting facilities is Houston web hosting company.



Personal Web Hosting 101

Author: admin
06 10th, 2010

Personal web host, like any other type of web hosting covers a number of basic rules. The only difference between a web hosting business and personal web hosting may be the arrangements for payment as the secure server for credit card payment. Apart from that, the list remains the same as the web hosting business.

The list below will guide you in choosing the right host:

1. How long does it take for the domain to be put on the net? Should be less than 36 hours.

2. “I can accommodate other sites through my domain? It should be possible for you to use the alias domains, always leading to the main page of your domain.

3. Am I the owner of the domain name hosted? The answer must be yes, without other conditions.

4. Is it possible for me to update my website / domain? All rights to its domain, ie, billing, technical, administrative, etc., should be given to you. And yes, the web host should be able to update the information in your website to your order.

5. “I can modify my site? The answer should be, basically, yes, but some websites will ask you to change the path through them. This could be a drawback for those who can do it themselves and have a lot of renovation to do.

6. What is the protocol for establishing directory permissions html? Most web hosts will allow you to use control panel to set the permissions and modify your web design.

7. How I can get use webmail via my domain? Most web hosts have email accounts squirrel in their packages. With this setup also comes from the transmission of electronic mail and auto-responders.

8. “I can access my CGI and Perl scripts? The answer must be yes.

9. Do you have quick and effective technical support and service support? The answer must be yes, around the clock 24 / 7.

10. Do you use advanced search tools above engine optimization meta tag? The answer should be YES again. Today’s servers use sophisticated SEO tools. However, you should have your ‘keyword’ and ‘meta description’ connected to your main page content easily accessible on the website.

Other factors include the payment and billing information, call space traffic bandwidth and the disk or storage space. You should be expecting an annual turnover in addition to a monthly billing. Web hosting companies offer an annual turnover of a discount rate, and some say you should be careful to prevent packets from a period of one year, as this blocks their movement if they are not happy with the service web hosting. This is not always true because, in the current competition between web hosting companies, many insurance companies offer 30-90 day money back guarantee if not satisfied.

As the area of traffic or the minimum bandwidth that should be somewhere around 25 GB / month, while for the storage of a simple personal website, the storage requirements must be at least 500 MB of space disk. I would consider 1 GB or more of disk space to avoid additional charges if the required space is larger in the future. But it all depends on how good and how big of files put up on its website. Therefore, do not go after web hosts that offer 15 GB or more of disk space for extra fees because they never would need much space. Even with the complicated business websites that are not used more than 10 GB.

It is best to investigate the feedback of web hosting before deciding which to choose, and finally the questions above will guide you to a wise decision.



As a web developer who’s worked on a multitude of sites, I can safely say I’ve seen it all when it comes to web hosting. The lengths some companies go to in order to lure in customers who really don’t understand the technical details of what they’re signing up for is appalling. The most annoying thing from my perspective is the ones that advertise a really low price, sign up a client who then hires me to design their site, but leave me hanging in terms of support; or it turns out the site I built is dead in the water because their lowball hosting plan doesn’t include support for standard features. It isn’t the web hosting company the customer gets mad at when their fancy Flash intro won’t load, it’s me -because I’m the one who programmed it. That’s why, if I have any say at all in the matter, I steer my clients away from most web hosting companies, despite their claims of low pricing.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with offering a low price, it’s the way that most of these companies go about achieving it that annoys me. A web hosting company like webhostingpad.com does it the right way. They’re able to offer monthly rates of $1.99, which is the lowest I’ve seen. They don’t cut corners, so I’m guessing they can offer such low pricing because everything runs smoothly. They invest in top notch, name brand equipment, experienced support staff, and a state-of-the-art data center, so operations must run like a machine. They’re reliable (99.9% uptime is guaranteed) and must attract a huge number of clients, allowing them to also achieve economies of scale. So many of these other companies try to hit the low prices by doing things like buying up old servers made by companies no-one has heard of, not bothering with a backup generator for protection in case power goes out, having support that’s only available 8 hours a day, leaving virus scanning to their customers or avoiding customer satisfaction guarantees.

The other trick that cut-rate web hosting companies often pull (and this is the one that ends up really affecting me), is to neglect to inform their customers that the low, low rate doesn’t include services that I would consider necessary, or that their platform is incapable of handling certain technology a web designer relies on. I frequently end up suggesting to my clients that they either move to webhostingpad.com, or fork over the extra money to their existing web host to get features like weekly backups of their site, log files, additional domain hosting, an advanced firewall, a commerce shopping cart, blogging support (including Wordpress) and SPAM protection. And if it turns out that their site is incapable of supporting Flash or it can’t stream audio or video, I make it quite clear that it’s the web hosting company they need to talk to, because it’s not my code that’s broken.