Reliability and speed of opportunity
Not only in the web hosting a reliable and fast, it should guarantee its uptime (the time, its function). Search for a minimum 99% uptime. In fact, although 99 percent is actually too low - it should be 99.5 percent or higher. The host country must provide some type of funds (such as funds prorated or discount), if less than this figure. Note: Although the guarantee is often difficult to enforce from the end - the host country usually requires various documents. However, there is no guarantee that the network host will have little incentive to make sure that the server running all the time.
Data Transfer (Traffic / Bandwidth)
Data transfer (sometimes loosely referred to as "flow" or "bandwidth") is the number of bytes transferred to your site visitors see your site.
Do not trust any commercial advertising web hosting "unlimited bandwidth." The host country must pay for bandwidth, if you consume more, the quiet they will not bear your costs. Many high bandwidth websites have found this difficult to suddenly exhorbitant charges received "more than" the "unlimited bandwidth." Always searching for information about the amount of traffic to allow the package. Personally, I always clear from the host, publicity for "unlimited transfer", although the exact amount specified in other places (sometimes buried in the policy statement). You will find that they usually return "unlimited" access is limited to some extent.
In addition, while bandwidth is provided to remind you to do regular checks should not be too rigidly adhere to the commitment of extraordinary amount of bandwidth. Opportunity is the site you will never be used, because this number will reach other restrictions, or resource constraints. For more information, please see the article in black and white in the virtual host: the use of resource constraints.
To let you have a rough idea of the special transportation needs of the site, most of the new site, rather than software or use the same file is less than 3 GB bandwidth per month. Your traffic will increase with the passage of time request, to your site to become better known (and related), so you also need to check their excess policy: Is there a charge for the cost of publishing each GB bandwidth allowed through? The cost is based on the use of actual or potential is too old is expected to prepay? Best not to expect too much in your host's face, because it is very difficult to predict when your site will exceed its bandwidth and how much.
Disk space
For the same reason as bandwidth, watch the "infinite space" plan. Most of the site takes less than 10 MB of Web space, even if you provide a series of temptations that have 200 MB or 500 mobile phone (or "unlimited space"), note that you do not use spaces, so it does not 'let 500 tons of methyl bromide space is too big factor, whether you consider when compared with other network hosts. Hosting companies also realize this, that's why they're ready for you as a tool to entrap organized. As a rough assessment, thefreecountry.com, that there are around 150, this is the first time writing the article, with less than 5 MB of web pages and documents relevant.
Technical Support
Its technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (often abbreviated 24 / 7), so this year? Please note that I will not accept the host does not have staff on the weekends or holidays. You'll be surprised at how things often go wrong in the most difficult time. Incidentally, just because a series of publicity, have a 24 / 7 support, does not mean that he actually has support. Test them via e-mail in the middle of the night and Saturday night, Sunday morning, check-out, such as how long they respond. In addition to speed, reaction, check to see if they are technically competent. You do not want to register for the hosts by a group of salesmen who only know how to sell, rather than solve problems.
The FTP's, PHP, Perl, the small industries. htaccess, and remote login, use SSH, MySQL and crontabs
If you are a paid site, you really need to make sure that you have all this.
Please note that some commercial hosts do not allow you to install PHP or Perl scripts ( "PHP Perl is what?") Without their approval. This is not desired because it means you have to wait for them, and then to perform the function in your web site. ". Htaccess from the" If you need to include things such as a custom error page (the page that is displayed when, in other words, the user does not have to request a page on your site), or to protect your site in various ways (such as to prevent theft bandwidth and hotlinking, etc).
SSH or Telnet access to some useful things, including a test script (procedure), maintenance of databases such as MySQL needs, if you want to run a blog or content management system. cron is the planning and scheduling, which allows you to run the program on a certain time of day (for example, after one day). Check the availability of facilities.
SSL (secure server), the shopping cart
If you plan to do any type of business, through your site, you may need to pay attention to see whether the state to provide this facility. Facilities are usually more involved in high-price package or additional cost. The most important thing is to check whether they can promise you before all countries. You will definitely need SSL if you want to collect credit card payments on your site.
E-mail, Autoresponders, the POP3, e-mail forwarding
If you have a website, you may want to have an e-mail address in your own domain name, such as whether the country sales@yourdomain.com provide such a package? What this allows you to have a catch - all e-mail accounts, each of the e-mail address in the domain name to be sent to you? You can configure the auto-response e-mail address to the sender of the preset information (known as Automatic Answer)? You can retrieve e-mail software to use e-mail? Can not be automatically forwarded to your email address at this time?
Control Panel
This is called the host name of a variety of different, but basically, they can make you can set the various aspects of your own Internet account. Under normal circumstances, and the least, should allow you to bring the problems you want to add, delete, and manage e-mail address, and change the password for your account. I will not go to the country, I have to go through their own technical support, every time I want to change the password or add / delete e-mail account. Such as household work together to maintain security, each site administrator and back again, it will be a big problem, if you have to wait for their technical support, make the change.
Hosting multiple domains and
For those who think that sales network space or have multiple domains or subdomains hosted on your account, you have to see whether they provide in this case, and the additional amount and they are responsible for this (whether the one-time or monthly fee, etc.).
Server
The type of operating system and server important? Do you think that way or not theoretical level, there are several practical reasons, to find the type of server.
Under normal circumstances, if you want to use as a writing / using the ASP program, you have no choice but to find the Windows server.
If not, I tend to sign up for an account using the often cheaper, more stable and functional Laden run Unix systems Apache server. In fact, if the page is dynamically generated, you can access the database (and so on) that you want, you can always use more portable (and popular) PHP does not own bundle of ASP. Other reasons favorite Unix-based web hosts (including the network's Mainframe system, such as the use of Linux, the FreeBSD, OpenBSD systems, and Solaris, etc.), using the Apache web server, the server allows you to manage many facilities, you usually need at your site ( error page, to protect the image, intercepting e-mail harvesters, blocking IP addresses, etc.), without having to ask you to host a virtual implementation of the recommendations. Understanding the configuration of the Apache server has also been widely used, and can find the configuration of Apache and thesitewizard.com. htaccess and page.
Price
I doubt, in fact, this list, but I think this is not futile. However, I want to caution that the price is always a factor, you must understand that you often get the appropriate value, though not always true, the most expensive console is the best.
Monthly / quarterly / annual payment plan
Most sites allow you to select host the annual installment plan that allows you to speed up cheap if you are paid monthly. China current monthly payment personal preferences, all new network host, and I guarantee their reliability and honesty. Allow me to switch to pay monthly Web hosting quickly when I discovered that when this country does not meet my requirements: this way, I am not bound to a bad web hosting, because I have prepaid for the whole year. I do so, even if a new Web host that they will refund the balance if I'm not satisfied, because I registered, I can not guarantee that they will fulfill the promise. Later (usually in a few months or even more than one year), when I am satisfied with the country, I often change the plans for the annual payment plan discount.
Dealer?
Not all of the hosting company own or rent their own web server. Some of them are actually a number of other reseller hosting company. The objection is the possibility of a distributor, you will be dealing with people who do not know how much their sales system, which takes longer to help you (they were referred to the request technical support for the actual hosting company for the first to take action) . However, this also depends on the dealer and the potential for hosting company. Therefore, do not remove all of wise reseller, there are a fast and reliable which is good enough, cheap. In fact, some dealers selling the same package cost of the original hosting company. If you find a distributor, you need to learn the dealer and the actual hosting company.
International
If you do not live in the United States, you can choose a site that was organized by a number of local suppliers. Benefits that are easy to handle this problem (which is, after all, to facilitate visits or phone), you will be familiar with local laws and easy to return to the law should be required. This must be a choice, if the target audience is local (for example, shops, fast food to provide this service). On the other hand, he hosted in the United States with more quickly benefit from the opportunity may be the largest number of foreign tourists (especially if you have the audience in English). You also have a large number of hosting companies to choose, therefore, the price is cheaper.
Comments of others
You have to make a point to see how other people say that the web hosting. In some places this can be achieved, among others:
News: alt.www.webmaster. As you should always do when reading the reviews (it), please read the skeptical reviews posted here. Some brilliant reviews in May came from people who work in the web hosting itself, disguised as a number of customer satisfaction. Similarly, a negative against a particular host can sometimes unscrupulous competitors from the host.
thesitewizard.com review "of the web hosting you recommend? (Frequently Asked Questions)", found http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/webhosting.shtml
Although not always, sometimes I want to comment on any network host Budget Host Web pages and thefreecountry.com.
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