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| 7 Tips To Look For When Researching Hosting Companies.... |
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- Monthly Bandwidth Allowance - Are you expecting lots of visitors or will you be hosting large files for download. Beware of hosts offering unlimited bandwidth.
- Disk Space - The amount of disk space is dependant upon how many websites you wish to host and how large the files are that you will be hosting.
- iNode count - An iNode is a file on your website. 1 page is 1 iNode. I image is an iNode. Know the limit on iNodes so you know how many files you can host.
- Server Up-Time - You will see hosting companies offering uptime from around 95% t0 100% with many offering 99% uptime. Cheaper hosting will have less reliable uptime and this might not be a problem. However, if your livelyhood depends on your web pages being served, then down time can be more expensive than high quality hosting.
- Quality of Support - Will you need to call support if you don’t know how to ftp your home page. If so, expect to pay for it - Also, you would want to make sure you can call support (i.e. there is a phone number to call!). Try emailing or phoning the hosting companies on your shortlist to see what responses you get (and how timely those responses are).
- Number of Domains Hosted - If you are planning on setting up a lots of web sites then it could pay to look for a Web Host that caters for this. Many offer multi domain hosting and some even offer unlimited domain hosting.
- Look for coupons - You'd be a fool to pay more for hosting that the other customers! Do yourself a favor and llok for hosting coupons for the host you are interested in. Check for our coupons here.
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