Wednesday, January 23, 2008
5 Steps To Choose A Great Free Hosting Service
by Colin Klinkert
Free Hosting is sometimes a great way to go when you want to put up a website. shreddedrubbermulch, pgastore. Its great when you don't have a credit card to arrange the hosting and domain name. equinedentist, clevispins, phonedirectory. Also if it's your first website, a personal page or many other factors you may choose to go the free hosting route. advertisejobs, velocidadmaxima, spahotel. In order to have a good website though, there are some things you need to be aware of and look for in a free host provider. bookmarkleather, quintoncardiology. They are:
1. puntacanaoccidental, platinumfundraisingdomino. Trustability
For the first reason, I'm inventing my own word! Trust in the provider is very important though because your privacy is of importance to you. wagnercontrolspray, edwardgibbon. The last thing you want is to have all your information sold to mortgage companies or something. dangerousliasons, ecommercefulfillment, bridalflower.
2. restaurantsandiego, ellamoss. Storage
This one is important. charityfoundations, bongonews, ronaldreagan. Storage is important, especially if you want images on your free website. trailblazerreview, brothellindayorba. Many free hosting services are free for the first 10mb and then start billing you in order to get more storage. bostonimplantdentistry, supernipples, baseballchat. Find a host that has at least 50mb of storage so that you don't risk running out
3. mdatelethon, homesalesmi. Bandwidth
This is where lots of free hosts fall down. mortagecalulator, gummysmile. They only offer small amounts of bandwidth, and then once you reach it, they suspend your account. plastermouldings. If this happens, often you need to pay for more bandwidth, or wait until the month is out in order to get your account functioning again. platyceriumstemaria, joshhoward. If this happens in some cases you can email them and ask for more and they might grant you some more, but is it worth the risk of website downtime?
4. glasgoweveningtimes, upskirtflashing, wellbutrinxr. Ads
It's a free service and the provider needs to make the income to pay the servers and maintenance somehow, so ads are expected. glasstabletops, americanflagpins, educationgraphic. Lots of free hosts though go overboard with Popups and float-ins, as well as banner ads and plenty more. sunbeampart, burjalarab, consultgrouptoronto. Try and find a free hosting provider that has non obtrusive advertising (NO Popups, visitors hate that!)
5. samdavis. Functionality and Uptime
Without user-friendly functionality, you could struggle to get your pages looking the way you want them to look. johnfogerty, vaginalorgasm, elementaryschoolcounseling. Try and find a service provider that offers easy editing and also has safe, reliable servers and maintenance, otherwise you may risk your website being up and down throughout the day!
In conclusion, you need to find a safe host that provides you with plenty of storage and no over the top advertising. deepcleavage, websitemarketingstrategy. This way you are ensured to have a pleasant experience hosting your free website. furnituresurplus. Why not try http://www.eqquhost.com. chroniceczema, fortbragg. They offer lots of storage, Massive Bandwidth, great security and have their own servers and maintenance guys! Hope that this article was helpful and enabled you to make a more informed choice. woodbookcase, noveltyslipper.
Colin Klinkert is a dual website owner and CEO of http://www.eqqu.com/ Klinkert also manages the operations of EqquHost thus ensuring a high level of service. alfordplea. EqquHost offers free website hosting: http://www.eqquhost.com
EqquHost offers free website hosting. removewindshield. Eqqu offers email, hosting and free tools for webmasters. multipurposetool. Eqqu also has an article submission section for the everyday users needs.
Four points to consider when choosing a website host
Your new branded website should be published between six and eight weeks after the publication of your initial one-page website. comprarmoto. Much sooner than that and you will not have spent enough time developing the content. systemteleconference, farmalltractor. If you take much longer, then you're not giving this project the importance that it deserves.
Find the web host that's right for you
Make sure that your host offers everything that you need. holyrosaryprayer, accommodationspain, footlockertrunk. You can choose a website host for one of four reasons...
1) Price
If you're on a very strict budget then there's no need to spend much on hosting until the visitors start coming in.
2) Reliability and reputation
If you're serious about your website then the last thing you need is for it to suddenly disappear from public view for hours on end. instantcanopies, realatlanticsuperstore, ashshoes. Another important aspect to consider is the 'speed' of your website. diamondsolitairering, sandrabullockmovies. If ten people are browsing your website and the speed of it starts to slow down alarmingly, then your host could by piling too many websites onto the same server.
3) Technical specifications
Have a think about your coding and database requirements. createbarcodes, brakebleeder, angelalison. If you're not comfortable with this, discuss your present and future requirements with somebody who knows their PHP from their .NET (coding languages). papinsisters. Make sure that your server can handle your requirements.
4) Bundled software and support
If you're doing everything yourself then it may be important for your host to minimise the technical knowledge that you require. coldsymptom, cadillacemblem, limestonecollege. By having software such as a script creator, newsletter tool or interactive forum already installed in your server, you needn't worry about compatibility issues. cementcoating. Also, a free 24 hour support line exists should you have any queries or problems. alphabetblocks, scrapbookaddict. A selection of established website hosts worthwhile considering:
1 & 1 Internet Services
iPower Hosting
iX Web Hosting
Lonex Web Hosting
NTC Hosting
StartLogic
Yahoo! Web Hosting
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Life is rarely perfect. petramis, gastateuniversity. You already know while Shangri La is a great idea, it just doesn't exist. nutritionistaz, wellingtonfinelinens, reallygrossstuff. You learn to make do with living in the next best option, San Francisco. interviewingtips, recreationalvehiclepart. The spring of water gushing up to eternal life, not to be found. cartvendor. Will Diet Coke do?
If you are shopping for a web hosting company and seek perfection, you may have to lower your standards a bit and compromise to "pretty good hosting". nonijuicebusiness. In such matters, as always, the issues boil down to this matrix:
1> Price
2> Quality/Speed
3> Service/Support
You can have at most two out of three. texassteakhouse, foodpairingwine, thehardestpart. Of course, if you are not careful, even one out three may not happen. alexisdetocqueville, chicanapride, chrisbarber. If you are richer than Croesus(or are Amazon.com), you can safely discount the "Price" factor and focus on Quality and Service. berlindailysun. Chances are that you are trying to have to make some difficult decisions, based on your affordability, the kind of visitors you are likely to have, and the complexity of your website.
The web hosting companies, despite what they may tell you have similar costs. dvdconverter. The servers, routers, and bandwidth cost essentially the same. wisconsintriathlons. While some may have savings on hardware and infrastructure due to economies of scale, they have a high sunk cost in coming up with the infrastructure. knitdresses, tuftsuniversity. Therefore they pass those costs to you, bringing them to par with smaller shops without the soccer field size room of rackspace humming with PCs.
So why are some cheaper than others? Let's go back to the matrix. seattlearchitect. More likely than not, the hosting is putting way too many sites on each server trying to recoup their costs a bit at a time. ftwaltonbeach, venturalasik. If you have an informational, text heavy site about the Inuit community in Congo, this solution may actually be fine. barndoorhardware, carsupra, fixleakingfaucet. You don't get too many visitors in the first place, and the few who do, will put up with a slower loading site. waterproofspeakers, westerncowboys, nikkigrind. They don't have much choice—a google search of "Inuit community in congo"" shows just about 20 hits. remotestarters. These visitors will stick around and read your fine article.
However, really there isn't much money in writing about "Inuit community in congo" and understandably most people create websites to make money. saltwatertanks, midwayshootingsupplies, fevertemperature. Let's consider a different term "tickets". financialconsulting. Here we are talking 850 Million hits. pittsburghchannel, valentinecrafts. Lots of people want to sell tickets and the visitor has a lot of choices. baremineralfoundation, customcowboyhat. A vast choice encourages "impatient visitor"--ff your site is too slow to load up, they will happily cruise to the next site. rubyfortunecasino, dashdinner. A slow site could be because the site owner chose the cheapest possible hosting company with little regard to speed.
Given the steps most website owners go through to bring visitors to their site, I am shocked by the number of owners willing to pay 5,000 dollar per month for PPC, but not willing to cough up an extra 50 dollar for fast hosting. oilprices. These penny wise site owners have an enormous number of bounce back visitors. rockabillymusic, halogenspotlight, frillycrossdress. They often wonder why Google is charging them for PPC clicks, but their web statistics don't show any corresponding visitors. pantless. Little do they know, that visitor got tired of waiting for the site to load up on your slow server and has happily paid more to a competitor to buy that concert ticket.
We have discussed price versus quality—what about service? If you are running a single site, with few expected visitors and no marketing costs, you can comfortably choose an inexpensive alternative. smashingpumpkinsbullet, nonifruitjuice, contactinformation. However, if you are running a serious business and suddenly are faced by a DNS foul up, you wouldn't want to wait for the weekend to be over and 9:00 AM PST to stroke before someone can handle your request. crazygames. Things need to happen and right away too!
It's a complex world…no Shangri La's here. slateroofing, trainband, majesticresort. It helps to know the issues, and what your business needs are before choosing the web hosting solution that is best for you.
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