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Web Hosting Features
inding a Web hosting you disk space they provide you
provider seems like a in either GB(gigabyte) or
difficult job. You think MB(megabyte). 1 GB equals 1024
you've found a provider, but then MBs. A website with text only can
another one offers some Web get by with about 20 megabytes.
hosting features a little However, if you add graphics and
different than the first videos, you will need more disk
provider. So you have to decide space. The more things you add to
what to do. Many of the features your website, the more disk space
you won't even use. A Web host you will need.
provider will add alot of
features to your package to make 2. Bandwidth
it enticing. Instead of talking
about all the features, I will Bandwidth(or data transfer) is
discuss which ones are important. the amount of information your
If you have a simple website, you website can deliver to visitors
can combine these features with a that surf your site. When someone
cheap web hosting package and be surfs your website or downloads
okay. Below are the most anything from your site, they are
important features. using bandwidth. A Web hosting
provider usually gives you a
1. Disk Space month to month supply of
bandwidth. If you are planning on
One of the biggest concerns you having a website with few
may have is how much disk visitors, then the minimum
space(also disk storage or web bandwidth allowed by your
space) you may need. It all provider(between 1GB and 5GBs)
depends on how your website is should be enough.
created. First, let me tell you Here is some information you need
that Web host providers will show to know when you are calculating
bandwidth: Technical Support is very
1024 Byte = 1 Kilobyte (KB); 1024 important. You should find a
Kilobyte(KB) = 1 Megabyte(MB) ; company that gives you 24/7
1024 Megabyte = 1 Gigabyte(GB) customer service. You may have
Note: Some Web host providers some issues with your website
don't calculate bytes in 1024's. that need to get taken care of
They instead use 1000 to make it right away. The longer the wait,
easier. This is something to the more potential visitors to
remember if your calculations are your website you could be losing.
a little different than the
providers. You should ask your 5. Email Services
provider if you want to know
which number they use. You definitely want to have email
access so you won't have to give
3. FTP your personal email address to
visitors of your website. You
FTP(File Transfer Protocol) is a should get a few email addresses
method of transferring files from to use for different reasons.
one computer to another. This
gives you the ability to upload 6. Site Statistics
your website to your Web hosting
provider. In addition, it makes Site Statistics are important
life easier because you can copy because you can keep track of how
lots of files at one time. many people are visiting your
website. Therefore, you can know
how well your site is doing. In
addition, you will be able to
determine how much bandwidth is
4. Customer Service being used.
7. Reliability going to run programs on your
website, then you will need to
If you find a cheap web hosting look into the different types of
plan, it doesn't mean you can't scripts(PHP, CGI, PERL, SSI,
rely on them. Furthermore, you etc....). Another example is if
should have a provider you can you are doing business online
count on to keep your website up then you want to have security on
and running. Most web host can your site like SSL. As I said
guarantee your site will be up earlier, there are alot of
and running 99.9% of the time. If features that come with your web
you come across a web host that host package, but most of them
guarantees less uptime, I you won't need. If you need more
wouldn't recommend you use their than the seven listed above,
services. chances are you already know what
you need because you will have
Conclusion built your website around those
features. These seven are for a
These seven features, in my person who wants to put a basic
opinion, are features you should website together, with
have for a basic website. Now if information about their business.
you are planning on doing more Now all you need to do is find an
than putting basic information on affordable web hosting provider
your site, then you should look to go with these features and you
at other features that may are on your way.
pertain with what you are going
to do. For example, if you're
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Carl Madison is a writer for http://www.hostdata101.com
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