“The flexibility and automation once only available on Unix servers is now available on Windows 2000 servers”

M6.net is a strong and reliable web hosting company who realizes that innovation and development are key aspects to meeting rapid growth of fast paced web hosting industry. To meet high demands of this industry M6.net is releasing a new automated, feature rich and customizable control panel. With click of a mouse, clients themselves are able to administer every aspect of their M6.net web account.

Here are just some of features offered in control panel.

Automated Support Request System – Requesting support from technical support team could not be easier than using new automated support request system. Select your query type; follow our easy to use wizard and you will be amazed at how fast your problem is solved. Our automated support robots will diagnose and try to fix your problem on spot. You will then be presented with relevant documentation and your query will be listed for our technical support people to look into.

File Manager – The File Manager is an easy to use interface much like Windows Explorer allowing you to manage your accounts directory. Now you can have control over permissions on Windows 2000 just like you can on Unix based servers. In file manager you can alter permissions on directories which means you do not have to wait for a technical support person to do it for you. You can also add and remove folders; view, delete, upload, create and edit files within your directory.

Customize Control Panel – Customizing control panel means you can resell accounts knowing that your identity will stand out and people will never know you are using M6.net. You can customize appearance of your control panel to suit your own individual requirements. You can add your own header and footer; customize color of background and font; and, even specify font size and type.

Search Engine Submissions – Just fill in form provided and M6.net will submit your web site to over 400 top ranking search engines.

Choosing right host is an important aspect in lowering your web hosting costs. The web hosting industry, boasting several thousand web hosts, is still young and growing at a remarkable pace; hence finding right host is not only difficult, but very time consuming; fortunately though it is worth time and effort.

There are a few things to keep in mind when exploring; when deciding to form a partnership with host. Below are just a few things to consider, which directly attribute to final cost.

Disk Space - Knowing how much web space your web site needs and compensating for a bit extra, for growth. For example, if your web site needs 200 MB of disk space, look for plan which offers at least 250 to 300 MB of web space; this will prevent a large unexpected bill at end of month when high priced costs, charged by most web hosts for extra disk space usage, are added on to your bill. As a rule of thumb, an average web site should cost you no more than $1 per 10 MB

Bandwidth – Figure out how much bandwidth (data transfer) your web site uses. As above, ensure you get more bandwidth than your site uses. For example, if your website uses 8GB bandwidth per month, then choose a plan, which offers at least 8 or 10GB bandwidth per month. This again will prevent ‘spikes’ of over usage, leading to higher extra costs. As a reference, an average web site should pay no more than $3 per GB for bandwidth usage.

Block buying - Ask web host if they have “block buying” facilities for purchasing projected extra disk space or bandwidth. But, be careful, if your web site needs only 2 GB extra bandwidth, you may have to buy an extra package in blocks of 5GB bandwidth; in this case, look for host which will allow you to purchase extra disk space and bandwidth allowance as per your needs, this is crucial to cost savings.

Note: Ensure that you know over-usage allowance rules; you need to know what happens if your web site uses more disk space or bandwidth than you have been allocated. The web host who informs you of possible over-usage well in advance, allowing you to take measures to reduce or budget for extra usage, is ‘worth their weight in gold’.

Number of web sites – if you have more than one web site, sign up an account with a web host who provides multiple domains hosted on one account; this will work out a lot cheaper than an account per website.