client of mine paid for a host's inefficiency.
solo advert to promote his
website in the newsletter I Here are a few quick tips on how
publish at e-bizministry about to know which web host is
two months ago. As I was about to reliable, affordable and right
send his advert to my list, he for your website.
called me up on phone and told me
not to send it yet. Naturally, I 1. Check if the web host has a
asked him why. His reply shocked web presence. Face it, if a
me out of my wits. company claims to be a web host
and they don't have a functional
He said he had just discovered website of their own, then they
that his website had disappeared have no business hosting other
from the net. He even said the people's websites. Any web host
same thing had happened to the you will use must have a
same website earlier in the year functional website where you can
when it disappeared in January check for domain availability,
only to reappear for just one get support and order for their
week in May. I could not help but hosting services.
laugh because I knew his problem.
He had made a wrong choice of web Additionally, you should conduct
host. random checks on their website.
If you visit their site randomly
Your choice of web host can ten times and the site is not
either promote your business or available more than once in those
ruin your business. You have to ten times, forget about that
be very careful when choosing company except you want your own
your web host or you will be website too to be unavailable
consistently losing up to 80% of almost all the time.
your income due to your web
2. Any web host you will use must the web host's website and submit
have an appreciable level of or email an enquiry to them. If
relevant experience. A minimum of you don't get a response in 24 -
a full year of operation. A new 48 hours, please run away as fast
web host will only experiment as your legs can carry you. Why?
with your website and the result When you host your website with
may not be good for your them and you have a problem, it
business. Visit the web host's will take them more than a month
website and read about them. If to respond to your support emails
they don't talk about their or requests.
experience, then they don't have
it. Just leave them alone. 5. You should not forget to check
out their prices. The prices must
3. Look out for their present be within reasonable limits and
clients' testimonials on their their packages must have the
website. Call or email the features you desire; adequate
clients and ask them questions. monthly transfer, email
If they confirm that the web host addresses, MySQL databases, CGI
is good, then the company has bin, FTP access, control panel
passed this test. However, if you etc. Very high prices don't
don't even find a single necessarily translate into very
testimonial on their website, good services. Don't be fooled by
they probably don't have any high prices. It's a common trick,
satisfied client. What to do? please don't fall for it.
Just leave them alone.
6. It must be easy and secure to
4. How fast or how well does the make payments to your web host.
company respond to support It is not advisable to fill in
emails? You can find out by your credit card details when
conducting this small test. Visit making your payment. You should
rather use a web host that submission and website
accepts other forms of payment management. They can be of help
that do not require you to fill to you in future if you have any
in your credit card details e.g. problems with your website or you
paypal and egold. If you are in a need any additional services.
country where you don't have easy
access to credit card facilities, 9. Before you make your payment,
it is even better to use a web read the terms and conditions of
host that accepts payment in your the company carefully. If you
local currency. This will ensure don't understand or agree with
that you won't have any problems any of their terms contact them
when you want to renew your for more explanations.
domain and your hosting accounts.
10. Finally, I know it may be
7. Use only web hosts that give very time consuming for you to
24 hour online access to your conduct these tests on the
account. With that, you have hundreds of web hosts out there
total control over your domain before choosing one. I have
and your website and you can therefore taken the pains to
change anything including your analyse hundreds of them. I
name servers (DNS)whenever you recommend ten web hosts that have
want. passed our simple tests. I can
put my reputation on the line and
8. It is better to use a web host guarantee their efficiency,
that offers additional web reliability and affordability.
services such as web design,
website promotion, search engine
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