Choosing Your
Webhosting Package
By:
Lester Boey
General rule of thumb is not to sign up for yearly web hosting
plans. Instead, get monthly plan where you can unsubscribe
from on the second month when you are not happy with the
service. That is, if you ended up with an unreliable web
hosting company in the first place.
Here is a simple guide that can be easily applied to typical
web sites:
--Web Space--
Expect a small website to take up 10 and 100 MB. Considering
that you may want to expand your website in the near future,
it is advisable to get a webhosting plan with ample web
space.
Make sure that you know your needs before you start looking
for your web host. Not every web hsting plan can be upgraded
or customised. More than often, webmasters do not get the
features they need and are not able to customise their web
hosting features.
--Monthly Traffic--
Data transfer per month are typically referred to as bandwidth.
It is the amount of data transfer that occurs between your
website and visitors. A small or medium web site will consume
between 1 and 5GB of data transfer per month. Larger, commercial
or popular websites often consume more than 5GB of monthly
data transfer and sometimes, exceeding 100GB of monthly
data transfer.
Before you decide on a webhosting plan, be sure to check
this:
- What is the monthly data transfer/ bandwidth allowed?
- Will you be charged if your website exceeds its limit?
- Are you able to upgrade/add on your bandwidth?
--Connection Speed--
Visitors to your web site will often connect via 56K modems
or ADSL modems but your web host provider should have a
much faster connection. Your website should have high web
site connections that are approximately 1000 high speed
(56 Kilobytes per second) modems combined- T3 fiber optic
connections.
In the early days of the Internet, T1- connections was considered
a fast connection. The fastest connections available are
T3 connections that are used by Internet Service Providers
and major corps.
About the Author
Lester Boey works in an Australian SEO and Web Design company
http://www.definiteweb.com/
His life revolves around SEO; providing full-time and freelance
seo services to US and Australian businesses. Email: projects@definiteweb.com
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