One of the most important decisions you'll make for your Web site is selecting
which webhosting service will display your Web pages to the Internet. With a good
Internet Service Provider (ISP) you don't have many problems; with a poor ISP
you have much pain.
Installed Scripts (Counter, Form to Email, Email list, Guest book, Shopping
Cart, Message board)
Up time (reliability) and access time
Support
Space
The disk space on a web server for storing web pages 500MB or more, is more
than enough for most websites even if you have many pictures, sound files, video
clips.
Access
Browser access (control panel) is the simplest and slowest way of upload and
manage website files. FTP access let you easily move files from your computer
to webhost. Telnet access give you the priority to do kinds of operation on
the web host machine.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth is the amount of file size visitors can load from your website. 20
GB and more is adequate for a normal site. If you expect large amount of traffic
you need more.
Platform (Linux, Windows)
Unix and Linux is extremely reliable, Programming flexible, much more administrative
control can be taken. It's very popular amongst enterprise servers. Linux holds
over 1/2 of the market for server operating systems. Windows 2000 is a relative
new but is rapidly growing. It's easy for newcomer and hassles of administering
a web server. Disadvantage: not as secure as Linux
Email (Email Aliases, POP3, Web-based, Forwarding)
How many Email Aliases can you have using your own name@Domain.com? Can you
use pop3? Can you access your email account by login in some web page?
Scripting
Do you expect to do some scripting? What language does the web host support?
Installed Scripts can let your set up your website quickly and easily. Message
board is often useful to communities.
Up time
The web host must be reliable and fast. Any time the website are inaccessible
you may lose many customs. Up time for a business website should be 99.5% and
more.
Support.
How many hours a day are technical support staff available? How quickly do they
respond? How much help do they provide? If you need 24-hour technical support
be sure you get it..
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