Types of Web Hosting

Web hosting is a service that provides web site owners with the ability to put their web site on the internet for the world to get to. The term "Web hosting" is such a broad spectrum of possible services and service availabilities. Options for your web site may or may not include the following:

Databases :
MYSQL, SQL, POST SQL, FOX PRO, MS ACCESS, ORACLE and others

Supporting Languages :
Mosty common supporting languages are cgi, php, asp, cold fusion, jsp.

Guaranteed Uptime :
Here is a phrase that meant something at one time, but really has no inherent value without proof or references. One will encounter problems more often with cheap hosting services because they are trying to utilize near 100% percent of the processor 100% of the time.

Reliable Email Systems :
Reliable email systems are your most important tool. These can make you or break you.

One of the most important things to be aware of is if your website is one a block of IPs that is considered to have major spammers. If it is, your days on the internet will haunt you. Emails sent out of sites that are IP spam blocks will have less than a 45% chance of getting to its destination recipient. In other words, your email will not get through. On these same spam blocks you will have more chances that the hosting services may scan email for keywords like orders or price quotes in order to sell the leads to other providers, thereby using your email to profit from.

Cron Jobs :
Does the company that you host with have cron jobs available? Cron jobs enable the server to make automated actions based on the time, month, week, or year. This is a great tool that can be used to your advantage to automate systems to update pages, check for backlinks, send out newsletters and mouch more. Cron Jobs are a defineate neccessity for an online marketer.

Phone Support : The biggest issue that consumers may have is a support issue. This seriously becomes a burden when a problem occurs with your site(problems will occur) and you cannot get any answers from the phone support if there is phone support at all.

Bandwidth and Storage: For many website owners, a five page website is a perfect solution. For this type of web site owner, bandwidth and storage really is not a concern. For those, however, that are performing online marketing campaigns, ppc advertising, and experience a high volume of traffic, then bandwidth and Storage space is a serious concern. Failure to have adequate bandwidth and storage will lead to repetitive web site failures.

Free Hosting: For many website owners, a five page website is a perfect solution. For this type of web site owner, bandwidth and storage really is not a concern. For those, however, that are performing online marketing campaigns, ppc advertising, and experience a high volume of traffic, then bandwidth and Storage space is a serious concern. Failure to have adequate bandwidth and storage will lead to repetitive web site failures.

The motivation for free web hosting is obvious, but the drawbacks is what can cost you the most. If you a seriously considering making money from your website, free web hosting is certainly not the recommended avenue. Free hosting generally comes loaded with advertisements and most of the time does not offer the ability to have your own top level domain name. Top level domain names general rank better in the search engines and tend to be easier to remember. Free web hosting services may also subject to more network failures and/or not have the benefits of the available capabilities that a professional hosting service. In essence, free hosting sites are generally used for hobbiests and teenagers.

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