How Can I Get The Web Host Services And Support I Need, Hassle-free?

Written by Kevin Taylor


Choosing a host or switching hosts can be an agonizing experience. There are so many choices and price structures.

You seerepparttar service level guarantees you want, but there is no way to ensurerepparttar 137723 Host's promised service level will be kept. Sadly, past experience tells you all too oftenrepparttar 137724 service promises are unfulfilled.

Experience tells you to steer clear of so called "cheap" hosts, just to save $4 a month but risk huge headaches when your site goes down and no one answersrepparttar 137725 phone (or you get a "wrong number" response!).

(more tips at http://web-hosting.maxsvr.com)

Choose a host that has a starter package inrepparttar 137726 $6-$8 per month range and at least 1 GB of storage. Any Bandwidth over 30 GB per month is usually more than enough, if it isn't you should look atrepparttar 137727 next level of packagesrepparttar 137728 hosts offer. Check how long they have been in business and make sure it is at least more than one year.

Check web host reviews on several such sites and look at detailed comments. (more tips at http://web-hosting.maxsvr.com)

To get real independent feedback on host providers, email several webmasters of smaller but popular sites and ask which host they prefer and why.

Linux vs. Windows web Hosting, does it make a difference?

Written by Daniel Punch


One ofrepparttar most confusing decisions someone new to web hosting will have to make is which platform their server should be on. There are a number of different choices out there butrepparttar 137597 main two are Linux and Windows web servers. There are also a lot of sources of information about hosting, butrepparttar 137598 majority of them are tainted byrepparttar 137599 author's biased personal opinion unfortunately confusingrepparttar 137600 issue. Having just put in some solid hours researchingrepparttar 137601 topic I have come torepparttar 137602 conclusion that in general it quite probably does not matter which server you use. Forrepparttar 137603 majority of people it will be far more important to choose a really good web host than to worry aboutrepparttar 137604 server-type that they implement.

Microsoft developed and ownsrepparttar 137605 Windows operating system. Linux is open source and generally free. This means it can often be more expensive to set up and run a Windows server. However, this fact doesn't really affect you unless you are actually setting up a server for yourself and if you're reading this article then I'm guessing that it's safe to assume you're not. This article is going to offer information for those trying to decide which hosting company to go with. The cost involved in running a server does not affectrepparttar 137606 cost of a web-hosting package as much as you may think. Despiterepparttar 137607 general opinion that Windows servers are more expensive to run, buying a Windows hosting package can often turn out to be just as cheap or even cheaper than an equivalent Linux hosting package.

Some people naturally assume that because their PC runs Windows they need to buy a Windows hosting package. This isn't true. Access to your web account will most likely be through FTP or a control panel and both servers support these methods. The main difference is that some ofrepparttar 137608 FTP commands are slightly different between Linux and Windows and some FTP programs will be designed with one orrepparttar 137609 other in mind. This means you may occasionally find that when you try and get your FTP program to do something it returns an error message, but it won't happen very often.

Your choice of server platforms should be dictated byrepparttar 137610 use to which you intend to put it. The majority of web features run fine on both platforms including PHP, mySQL, POP3 etc. If you intend to create your site using ASP, FrontPage,repparttar 137611 .NET environment, Windows Streaming Media, Access, MSSQL, or any ofrepparttar 137612 other Microsoft proprietary technologies then you probably need to use a Windows host. There is limited support for a number of these technologies in Linux, but they can be expensive and are usually lacking in features. It is probably worth consideringrepparttar 137613 fact that if you use server specific technologies and then change hosts you'll have a much harder time of it than if you use technologies that can be run on any system. Having it run generic technologies removesrepparttar 137614 need to focus on specifics and allows you to focus onrepparttar 137615 quality of service itself.

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