Free or Commercial Hosting. Which is Best?Written by Alex DeBarros
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Make sure that host offers an account that will provide you with enough space for your site. Your need for space will vary depending on how many and how large your graphics are, whether you have audio or video on your site, any large databases, etc. Reliability and Speed This is another important factor. Make sure that your site won't experience long amounts of down time and slow loading when visitors try to access your pages. Choosing a Commercial Web Host Reliability and Speed A site that is frequently down or slow will always loose visitors. Make sure you host has a fast connection to Internet (T-3 lines are a must) that guarantees a minimum of 99 per cent uptime. Space Be sure that your hosting package allows you enough space for your site. If you have a large Web site or many Web sites that have numerous pages, images, audio files, video files, animation, databases or scripts be sure to have at least 100 MB of space. The same goes for bandwidth. Technical and Customer Support I cannot stress enough how important this issue is. Make sure that its technical support functions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Test them out by seeing how long it takes them to respond to e-mails, call tech support line on weekends, late at night, etc. Features Look for a host that provides features for your site such as a CGI-BIN for scripts, SSI, a secure server for secure items or online orders, FTP access, POP e-mail accounts, a Control Panel where you can view you account stats, Telnet etc. Price This is perhaps most important element to consider when choosing a host. Cheaper is not always better. There are many companies that seem competitive and often unbelievable prices, but end up providing unreliable uptimes, slow delivery of your site to visitors and slow support response times. Invest into a hosting provider that offers average prices, chances are higher prices are committed to support functions such as a 24/7 support staff.
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4) Partnership - How successful can you be in business by yourself? Don't you need successful partners to help you through any number of business issues to meet your objectives and goals? A partner could be your web designer, accountant, lawyer, copy writer, business partner, etc. In marriage, partnership is foundation of two people working together towards a common lifetime goal. 5) Commitment - Want to be a success in business? You have to be committed and passionate in what you are doing. Want to be successful in your marriage? You need to be committed and passionate with each other. 6) New Offerings - In business you must look for new products or services to keep your business moving forward. In marriage you must look for new ways to keep relationship fresh and interesting. 7) Hard Work - Both marriage and business require long hours, constant attention, and dedication. To be a success, and to sustain success, you must work at it all of time. If you factor these characteristics into your online business, you'll go a long way to having a successful and profitable online business.
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