If you are into online businesses and e commerce then you will know that in order to keep your business moving, you have to ensure the quality of your web host service provider. You have to select a web host that will not deter the proper functionality of your business. How will you know the best service provider? You have to know what the bases are in the industry. So first conduct an online search for the best web host service provider in the industry, use a Google or Yahoo search then view each of this company and analyze them according to their services, how long they have been doing business, and also online reviews not forgetting the cost of service.
Another way of doing this is having a chat with one of their customers, and then you can get the most reliable information that you need about the company. You can also check for online reviews and discussion forums about web hosting firms. Here people come and tell their views and complaints about the web hosting company. Through discussion forums, you can also ask questions about the company. At times, on the websites of these companies, you can get a record of their dealings over times, and you will be able to judge their services.
Okay, what are the services that you should expect from a web host service provider? This services includes storage capacity, disk space for your files and folder i.e. your website folder, bandwidth requirements and also reliable online technical support. This basically are the services that you should expect from any web host company. But most often because of the saturation of the industry, web host companies now offer packages so as to beat competition. Some of them offer as far as unlimited domain names, unlimited email addresses, unlimited disk space and extra bandwidth. In spite of these offers, you should be very careful when you want to select a web host service provider. Most service providers just hide under these incentives and they do not really fulfil their promise of the packages, they just offer them to get customers.
The basic requirement for every website is;
Disk space; this is where your files and folders will be kept on the server i.e. a space on the web server. The amount of space you need depends on the size of the files on your website. So if you have macromedia files i.e. audio files, video files, mp3 and other heavy documents you will require lots of size.
Bandwidth requirement: this is also very important because this is upload time for you website. If your website is called on by a client, the speed at which it uploads on the clients’ computer depends on the bandwidth that was allocated to it by your service provider. So you should always request for extra bandwidth.
Technical support: this should be your first determinant for a reliable web hosting company. At times, web servers always experience server downtime, so you have to be able to contact your service provider and the server should be restore. This customer support is very important so it’s advisable that you should look for a company with 24/7 technical care.
Author Resource:
Dhruv Patel is a customer of DreamHost. He has created site to help new DreamHost customers and to promote DreamHost by giving DreamHost coupon. You can check his website at http://ahappycustomer.dreamhosters.com
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