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What Web Hosting Plan Do You
Need?
Whether it’s just a blog, your personal homepage, a forum or a commercial website you’re intending to create, it all comes down to choosing which web hosting plan you need and afford. There is no shortage when it comes to web hosting options to choose from. Web hosting plans vary on price, features and terms. But in this article, we’ll be concentrating more on features.
There are several key features of web hosting. We shall talk about each
of them in much detail.
SERVER TYPE
Most people usually don’t care to know about this particular web hosting
feature. And if you only mean to create your blog or a fansite for your favorite
artist then chances are, there is really no need to know about server types.
If, however, your website includes dynamic complex pages then this is a web
hosting aspect that you must familiarize yourself with more. If you’re
using a MS SQL database server, for example, then you’d need a web
hosting site that has MS Windows 2000.
DISK SPACE
This web feature determines the maximum amount of files you can upload and
use for your website. Be familiar with the terms related to disk space. 1
byte is equal to one character (letter, exclamation marks et al). A thousand
bites is equal to 1 kilobyte (KB) and 1000 KB is to one megabyte while finally
1000 MB is equal to 1 GB. Images can be also weighed in bytes and you can
see its respective weight in its properties.
BANDWIDTH
How much traffic do you expect your website to receive? Traffic, by the
way, pertains to the number of visitors your website has. This is an
important
web hosting feature if you’re running a major website like Yahoo
or Friendster. There are calculators online to help you calculate how much
bandwidth
you may need.
EMAIL ADDRESS
Most paid web hosting plans provide you with 10 email addresses. But if you
want a highly segregated mailbox then of course you may need more. Free web
hosting plans rarely, if ever, provide you with email addresses.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Free web hosting plans rarely have round the clock support. So if you’re
not confident of your technical skills and you don’t know anyone
who is, then you should consider a paid web hosting plan to help you out
with
server problems.
ADD ON FEATURES
Some free web hosting features offer you blog services so you need not wonder
how to add comment boxes to your website. If you need a message board, you
need a web hosting site that accommodates my SQL database.
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