How to Move Your Website

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Many people regularly pop up the question of moving to another web host or IP address without having any kind of hiccups in Google. I completed a successful test of moving mattcutts.com from one IP to another by changing the host, which I will share with you. if you have a static website or you can spare a day when your website can oscillate between 2 IP addresses, it would be easier, but if your website is a dynamic one, things will be a bit difficult for you, though the concept remains the same. Let’s go through the steps involved in this.

Step 1: Sign up with a good web host provider

You can do some research work or follow some references to find a good web host for yourself. I preferred by present web host (csoft.net), which I selected after research, and I also found that the readership of the site was growing beyond my expectation. A non-SEO friend of mine used pair.com. Let me refer to the example using IP addresses. If we move from csoft.com to pair.com, the IP would change from 63.x.x.x to 65.x.x.x. DNS is a system used for mapping websites to the IP address which a machine uses, like, say, 61.115.6.132.

Step 2: The aspect of Creating a backup of your website on the new web host

You are just in need of copying the whole file to the new web host with a static website. On the contrary, a blog engages MySQL for the purpose of storage of posts and it makes the process a bit difficult. It is quite possible to find some e-commerce sites where the database is always synced and if it happens, you are probably in need of setting up a copy of the database between the old and new location at the time of transition.

Well, here, an instance is given of a WordPress blog that makes use of MySQL database and can come up with a bit of problem for some hours. Just imagine that you have made use of FTP in order to copy the static files from one web host to other. A new MySQL database has to be created now. The same username and database name might work but if it doesn’t, you are in need of putting the WordPress wp-config.php on the new location with a view to update the username, database name, and other relevant things.

You now have a new SQL database so that you can get away with the old one, copy it to the new one, and then load the database there.

One has to bear in mind that it’s not only about a username and a password for both the web hosts but it’s about having dissimilar usernames and passwords for the database at every single location. I exhibited the host option while database reinstatement because you can be endowed with MySQL database stored on a distinctive location. In fact, WordPress can’t get into the database if notwithstanding the new host having a unique option for the database, you don’t edit wp-config.php file.

You have similar copies of your website at two different locations. If your blog is just updated with a few comments daily, it is not a big deal if a comment is posted or if someone changes your database during a time when the transition is taking place. However, if your site is huge and based on e-commerce, you will need to work hard to keep both databases synchronized.

Step 3: Changing the DNS to point to the new web host

One needs to have an acquaintance with the term DNS because it’s of paramount significance. Your IP address is indispensable for any agent striving to get to your site-be it Googlebot or anybody else. Rechecking the IP address after 500 fetches in order to determine the authenticity or making sure if some hours have gone are common factors. TTL (Time to Live), calculated in seconds, does have an impact if you have DNS-enabled browsers. It states that your fetched IP address is going to be safe for ‘x’ seconds and for this much time, the address can be stored. The browser is expected to proceed very slowly simply because the IP address is meant for everything on each webpage of your site.

For DNS, TTL assumes a significant role. A couple of websites like Google, Yahoo!, MSN, etc. have pretty short DNS TTL setting of about 300-900 seconds. This is because if you have many data centers, you would like to take one of them down to enable the data center mechanics to provide good data to the machines. If you have a short TTL, you would be able to pull the IP address of a data center out of the rotation in merely a couple of minutes.

It elucidates the days of ‘Google Dance’. Staying nearly for a week and based on the data center that the user strikes, it served both the old and new results. Actually, it took many days to move the data to all the centers and having filled it with new data, each data center was overthrown and reinstated. The webmasters used to verify www2.google.com or www3.google.com in this course of time because they directed them to the latest data centers. Now, you can accomplish this entire process at the drop of a hat because of a perfect production system.

Step 4: Wait while the DNS change is propagated through the internet

Being mainly a TTL function, it banks upon the fact if you are really getting to the name servers present in the DNS at this time. Remember that DNS is hierarchical and the process of DNS caches getting into flushes is time-consuming as the TTL is exceeded. This switch gets faster with a smart registrar and a recognized set of the new name servers and it slabs place at the root of DNS. In order to be sure if the new name server is there on the root server, one can employ ‘dig+trace domain’ in UNIX and Linux.

Step 5: The old website can be shut down when you know that Googlebot is fetching from the new web host and the IP address.

You can check your IP address by pinging your domain. By doing this, you can see your progress. The old visitors, from their own DNS cache, may be using the old IP address, but be sure that the new visitors get the new one. It is considered good to allow a couple of days as a few people might have a long TTL set, even though most of them are for about a day or even less. So after a day has elapsed, it would actually be safe to de-activate hosting on the old location. You can check your logs for foolproof confirmation on this. If your log mentions no visitor visiting from the old location, then you are fully done with it!

Choosing a Web Host: About Web Hosting and More

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The importance of computer is surely on increase and as a result of which, each and every aspect related to computer is of paramount significance at this point of time. It is often found that people are in need of some information regarding this, especially when it is about a website or the world of Internet. This is a common need and goes without saying that having created a website, one is supposed to go to the world of Internet. Once you are in the realm of Internet, it endows you with three alternative options to choose from. The first two options are simple and well known. In fact, if they are placed in an order, they stand like- either hosting the site on your own computer or hosting the site on a server. These are the first two options and the third option is that of employing anyone else to live up to the job of hosting the site for you. To put it in a straightforward manner, the first two options that are talked about are very useful and practical. But, the issue is that these options are perfect if either you have fast connections or if this is all about business related sites. This is not something easy because such options can’t be devoid of your vigilant eye to supervise. Moreover, this can only be done successfully if you do have a fast connection facility.

Opting for a web hosting company would be a great option to fall back on. The web hosts host your website on their server and you are given access to it via FTP for the purpose of uploading files on your website. Web hosting services are available for free, for a fee, and also a dedicated web hosting.

You need a huge cost to go for a dedicated web hosting and is mainly suitable for websites which is expected to have a good number of hits. The web host company hosts your website on their server, while using their connection.

The actual scenario is that paid web-hosting has certain advantages.

Some free hosts do not place their banner on your website, yet in most cases the services are not good enough. Some free web hosts have brilliant features but the tech-support is unreliable! For a small site, or if you are just venturing into this field go for a free web-host in the initial stages.

As far as the free web-hosting is concerned, they lack in the aspect of reliability notwithstanding having some brilliant features. Honestly speaking, their service is not up to the mark, although, there are some free hosts who do not put their banner on your website. You can consider these options if you have a small site or you are a beginner in this field. The web-hosts provide you with certain features and a list of such features is given below. This is not certainly an extensive list. Let me put it in this manner that in order to get your site hosted, you are expected to know about certain terms.

URL/ Address- If you have a domain name, it’s all right. Otherwise, you are in need of having a URL address. This is very important.

Space- As far as the aspect of space is concerned, it needs to be said that usually a space of 5MB is enough for a small site and this much space is perfect for over a hundred pages. Normally, what happens is that the graphics occupy a space of about 35KB. Having said this, one must know that it requires a space of 15-20MB in case of a graphics intensive site or one featuring downloads.

Bandwidth/Transfer: This is calculated monthly, and is based on the total number of files which are transferred from your site in the month. This is where unlimited bandwidth kind of helps, since you need at least 1GB space per month for a normal website.

CGI-BIN- This is of paramount significance as far as your dealing with interactive scripts like guest-books, counters is concerned. It provides you with the facility of remote hosting also bearing the banners from the site that live up to the task of presenting them.

SSI: This is a special function which channelizes the server for inclusion of a given thing on your webpage. It could be text, or any other thing.

My SQL/PHP/ASP Support- if you desire to maintain a database on your site you need database formats like these. ASP generates key sites often.

Technical Support: Free hosts do not provide such a good technical support as paid hosts do. As you might know, monitoring the websites is constantly required, and upon encountering any problem, you might need technical support from the host, so this bit is an important aspect of a web host.

E- mail- It is always wise to have a POP3 mail service as it lets you receive any message from your web-host before they send it to you. Actually, it is very common to have such mails provided you have a domain name.

FrontPage Extensions- If you have Microsoft Frontpage for modifying your website, you need such extensions. Front page items are also possible to be had in your site.

SSL/Secure Server: This is needed for ensuring safe facilities for ordering from your website.

The Aspect of Statistics/ Log Files- This is responsible to let you view the usages i.e. the downloaded files and the visited pages.

FTP Accounts- The users are able to download files from an area of your site with the aid of an anonymous FTP. As far as the FTP accounts are concerned, they let you upload files on your website.

About Paid-hosting: most free web-hosting can be upgraded to ad-free hosting for a minimal monthly fee and usually with better technical support. So you can search out a better web-host and dump those unwanted advertisements. It usually costs $5 to $75 per month, as compared to the dedicated servers which cost around $150 per month.

However, if you are opting for paid web host services, then you must ask them about a list of all the websites which they host. By doing this, you can contact webmasters of those sites and get first-hand information about the web host. Also, enquire about the technical support, since this is a very important factor as far as paid web hosts go.

Lastly, always read the fine print. Go over the terms and conditions, since it has been seen that some free web-hosts claim ownership of the copyright of YOUR page and bar you from advertising on your own website! Keep in mind the restrictions and stipulations before venturing to put up you website on the internet.

Free Web Hosting: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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Small businesses that wish to feature their services in internet often seek free and low priced web hosting services. This statement is generally true for companies who want to feature new websites. Free web hosting services offered by several hosting companies match the requirements of such businesses. The concept of free web hosting is based on a simple idea: a web host would provide free server space for hosting a small or medium business website. In return of this service the hosting companies would display advertisements on the client’s site and consequently earn from it. The free web hosting service is completely supported by advertisements but has its own limitations.

Clients of these services are easily lured by the no-cost features. Many of the hosts of free web space offer wonderful software and management capabilities for a free site. They then display pop up, pop under, or banner ads on the client’s website. Some also place these ads inside the client’s work space such as on their control panel with the provision they must click on them, or at least in the hopes they will. They may display these ads in other areas of the work space as well like on the file manager, etc.

The search for free hosting services has lessened over time with the development of many companies providing low cost web hosting with greater flexibility and no ads. Since these services offer great savings over most high cost web hosting plans with much more options and capabilities than free space business are now choosing these over free plans. The newest marketing and social crazy, blogging began to give free services a boon. As those blogs became easier to set up and use, however, that too is taking a backseat to the ability to blog on a cheap site without the additional technical help that used to be required.

How reliable are free web hosts?

Since the free hosts make money from the banner advertisements or resources related to it, they have more possibility of staying in the business. But it often happens that someone or some other company complains against their web hosting server declaring it as spam, hacker, etc, Complaints also crawl up if any free web hosting company utilizes an automated instant activation to offer other features like that of PHP or CGI. This is because free server consumes lot of downtime or the performance reduces considerably. This however, happens with the new web hosts but those who are professional generally don’t go for such offers.

The upside of free web hosts:

1. The free web hosting environments are great for students practicing web design, and their own hosting along with development. It allows them to store their projects, test them, and create them for free with no stress. They can expand their knowledge bank, and even share the information between each other. It is a valuable testing tool so they can see if their concepts are applicable and functional. It is a wonderful environment for creativity. Some web hosts cater specifically to that crowd such as boinc.ch who allows free accounts on their server for developers and students. People interested in creating a personal homepage can make great use of the features from these sites as well as it gives them the ability and freedom to share their personal life for free.

2. Another valuable use for free web hosting services is to volunteer organizations, and those companies that are not-for-profit. These institutions need to share their messages with the world but often have a very limited budget. The internet is the best way to reach masses of people quickly and free web hosting allows these organizations to do that, and also get donations and other important business on a large scale from many people at once. The same services that are beneficial to students, and personal web site builders are perfect for the volunteer and service organizations as it allows them to get online quickly at no cost. Larger web hosts may provide free service to these organizations for emotional reasons, but the most likely way to obtain free space is with a free host.

3. There are a large number of groups or communities who are eager to share their ideas and feeling on various big and small issues. Free websites can be helpful for such groups who don’t have enough money to invest on a shared or dedicated server. They can utilize the free service by posting useful information and also providing mutual links to their respective websites. This increases their search engine visibility and improves their rankings. Therefore both from SEO and financial perspective they are enjoying the benefit of free web hosting services.

4. Family websites can make great use of the free web hosting services too. They allow families to share information between each other and also with the world. Pictures, and other vital data can be shared in an almost diary form online where others can read and enjoy the experiences. Be sure to check for a web hosts authenticity before embarking on any program that shares your information online.

Cons of free web hosting

Even though the above organizations and individuals can save a great deal of money on free web hosting there are some things to consider before opting for those services.

1. Regardless of what they claim free hosts offer subdomain services not second-level domain.

2. Bandwidth to share pictures and data is very low on a free service provider. You will get much more with a paid service.

3. Since the free space provided is generally low, any file size cannot be uploaded freely in the website.

4. Your site will have many banners, pop ups, pop unders, and other distractions to visitors placed on it. This can look very unprofessional for an organization and diminish the value of the website. It also creates a negative impression to the visitor when they see all the ads and the subdomain name.

5. There is usually no guarantee of uptime.

6. Media and other big files types are not allowed as a rule. Most free sites restrict such files as MP3, MPEG, and ZIP to cut down on space used.

7. There is little to no support. Your ability to operate the site is a low priority to them. If it is offered it is usually short-term just to get you up online so they can make money.

How to Choose a VPS Host ?

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VPS, or Virtual Private Server, means hosting of different entities for various customers, but all in one server. It enables the service provider to make a partition of a single server into many virtual servers. The customers would then share the server as a whole, which includes both the connection and the hardware. They would actually enjoy the same benefits as they would get in case of dedicated hosting like a file system and a private operating system, which gives them the freedom of safe access. So this kind of a configuration means a combination of a dedicated and a shared hosting. In all, an enhanced performance with privacy will accrue to the company at a much lower cost than it would have to pay for dedicated hosting.

Not only the above-mentioned aspects, some other relevant features are also delivered to the customers- be it the installation of software or rebooting the server or altering the configuration of the server. Well, this is simply stated that if you want to shift from a shared hosting to a dedicated hosting keeping the cost same and if safety and accessibility are the salient features needed for you, this is ideal. It goes almost without saying that for the online business owners, this might prove to be a helpful idea to invest in a VPS hosting because the cost is even as cheap as $10/month with some service providers. This is well known that the operating system and the file system of all customers are utterly different and it is possible for the customers to avail a healthy portion of the server if it is all about the CPU, network and the disk input and output.

Another plus point of the hosting service is that even if you plan to sell the service off then too you are in advantage since the added services that your hosting will be able to offer to the customers gives you an edge over other hosting services. If you now reconsider selling and want to use the service to develop any social networking group or site then too VPS is your best shot. All of you out there who feel more at home using a shared hosting rather than a dedicated one but at the same time want privacy for their identity, for them too VPS is the best. You could install applications and even change applications of the server at will, whenever you want to. Further security is guaranteed since VPS environment software is unique for every single user and moreover this system has features which reduce interception possibilities significantly.

An initial and the entry level web hosting plan endows you with things like PHP/MySQL, etc., having limited disk space on a shared server. Whereas, co-location puts the hardware in your grip and you simply have to rent an Internet connection and a rack space from data center. VPS hosting stands between these two like a connector. VPS option is inexpensive and perfect if you can’t afford a co-location web hosting plan but want to avail a shared hosting.

A dedicated web hosting plan is another alternative which you can consider, and it is pretty less costly than co-locating. It is also becoming very competitively priced as compared to other web hosting plans. Though it certainly costs more than a VPS web hosting plan, a dedicated plan can be reasonably affordable to you as well. As the name implies, a dedicated host gives a dedicated server to you. It actually means renting the server from the host company, and not renting the rack space for the server, as is the case in co-location.

Now let us move to the various advantageous features of the VPS hosting. They are as follows:

It endows you with a root access and with the aid of this; you can accomplish the installation and configuration of any program.

Provides features which enables hosting of multiple sites by using virtual hosts that are provided by Apache.

You get many other services as well, like an FTP server, a mail server, and any server that you may need

These are immensely helpful in order to store files or as backup or for something else.

Certain disadvantages accrue to the VPS web hosting plans as well, which are mentioned below:

In this format, you live up to the task of controlling the server and it means that you are solely responsible for your deeds-be it installation or security factor or anything else. So, this is positively suggested that being devoid of any experience about a Linux Server, you can’t proceed swiftly.

In this format, you have the operating system in your grip but on the other hand, you are in extreme need of sharing RAM, CPU, etc. (i.e. hardware resources) with other users of the VPS on the same host. This is quite a problematic issue. So, for top quality requirements and using resources like RAM at random, a co-location or a dedicated server is perhaps the best option to look for.

How does it work?

This is truly a complicated process. Actually, an incorporation of technologies like Virtual PC by Microsoft, the User Mode Linux by Open Source, XEN and some others do make the process of VPS possible. The combination of XEN (receiving rave reviews from the media) with the approaching Linux distribution seems to be possible. This is going to be of paramount significance for the web developers endowing them with more freedom at lower cost.

Using your VPS account you will get to access core areas of the server provided to you. Working with a Linux server you will get to use it to your full advantage and control everything using this core access advantage. But remember that along with full control you also become liable for anything you do so if Linux is not the thing for you then forget about VPS.

However, this does not mean that you will have to build the whole operating system from the beginning. Almost all the VPS plans have many disk images to make a selection from, and they have various distributions in the default configurations. You just need to specify the disk image that you need, and the configuration will be done on the VPS in a couple of minutes. On setting up an account, you will be assigned the root access via SSH, where you can perform any activity that you want to.

VPS prices start from a monthly amount of $20 on the lower side, to up to $100 on the higher side. However, don’t take price as an indication of quality. If you are not fully aware of how the VPS web host functions, you can start off with the lower end which gives you 64MB RAM and a 2GB disk space. You can expand your base from there on. You can go for the higher price band if you have great ideas but little budget to commence with your business.

Upgrading to a Dedicated Server

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If you want more resources than what a shared hosting account offers or you want to run an inoperable application, then a dedicated server is a must. If you require a good and powerful solution for hosting numerous websites, then a dedicated server can also be upgraded to.

Almost all the webmasters intending to start conducting business online are not fully aware of the various web hosting packages offered by the providers. The costs directly relate to an individual’s requirement, but most people aren’t willing to pay anything above $100 a year. For starters, it may e a good option as they would learn about new services without buying any of the packages hastily. Also, prior to buying one, they get a full knowledge of how things work.

Reputed web host companies are better than ordinary ones.

Due to the lower cost, the small hosts are inefficient, and you are prone to make mistakes while working o it. Keep in mind that irrespective of which company’s web server you choose, a good customer care department is a must. A new webmaster might have a lot of questions that need to be answered, and not all of them might be related only to the server. He might want to know the process of building a website, or even the amount of bandwidth available to him with the service he bought, etc. However, an important question which is generally ignored by new webmasters is asking how he can register his website URL in his own name, so that no one else can claim that using that URL is illegal. When you choose a web host, make sure that you read the terms and conditions in full, even the minutest detail. Give special emphasis on the part of registration of the domain since if you have a unique domain name, it will impart professionalism to your online business, and will help you build reputation in the market. Be extra alert about the web hosts that provide incredible services at a dirt cheap price since they may lock your domain illegally, without you knowing about it. Most often, their terms of service are so vague that it becomes extremely difficult to comprehend what they are intending to say. What’s more, for unlocking the domain, you may have to take recourse of the law, so be cautious on this front.

Go for committed servers from reputed companies to avoid these complexities. Don’t forget that every small business service provider is expensively selling his business services. Your cost may even be less than $1,000 annually if you choose the recommended solution for your business. What benefits will you get with this amount? Firstly, you will not have to upgrade the host every time the traffic to your site rises. For handling the increased traffic, and the customers from PPC as campaigns, most of the dedicated servers are pre-configured with sufficient bandwidth. They also have backup database options, multiple email accounts for the webmaster and the opening for having multiple IP addresses.

You should have a dedicated server for your online business as search engines like Google, Microsoft, etc. have billions of hits everyday. Your task would be to build a good website, while it ensures proper handling of the traffic to your website. Server side scripts, backup solutions, pythons, RSS feeds, PHP scripting and others can be installed too. You can completely control your whole business and all its functions if you have a dedicated server. Before caring for the manual maintenance, you have to fully set up your website and ensure the okay performance of the various programs. The maintenance includes having creative content for attracting search engines and advance payment of your server bill to avoid bottlenecks. As most companies offer attractive discount for upfront payment, it is suggested that you pay the advance bill for about 2-3 years. For such payers, they have other schemes and offers, like giving you free PPC credits for running ads free on paid networks like Microsoft AdCenter or Google AdWords. It is worth getting unimagined rewards and benefits in those 2-3years by paying the web host service provider and run the business online efficiently.

Upgrading the server - responsibility of the company.

Many people think little about the available options for the purpose of upgrading their server, while buying the dedicated server. Don’t forget that the server will have to be surely upgraded sometime in the future. You have the right to do the upgrade from the host company as you are basically leasing the server. You may fight yourself fighting with the host company if you didn’t consider the upgrade before committing to the host company. So before buying the dedicate server form any company, remember to carefully go through the upgrade policies of the host. Besides being maintained properly, many parts of the server need to be upgraded over time. It is important to clarify whether the host company can provide you with regular upgrades as and when required. Mostly, the RAM and the hard drives have to be upgraded. Some of the host companies unnecessarily create harassment, though most of tem unhesitatingly provide this upgrade to the clients.

The responsibility of providing the necessary upgrades and other things to the clients, which they need for conducting their online businesses is a task known by companies. For example, the web host company is obliged to check and suggest you the best time when the business could be shut down for the upgrade if you need an upgrade in your server. Keep in mind that this issue is pre-determined, and not arbitrarily done you’re your site has visitors. The web host companies are not worth dealing with if they do not extend their full cooperation when you are trying to the rising expectations and demands of people. Proper communication is absolutely essential. Basing your opinions on predetermined plans, you must take out sufficient time to decide on what will work for you and what won’t. You will have unsatisfied customers if you fail to do this. As a consequence, you will lose out on customers and revenues. So before taking the plunge, carefully analyze these things.

Web Hosting for Your New Website

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Many individuals are venturing onto the Internet and accessing the World Wide Web to build a presence online. In the exciting world of technology we are in users can become online gurus sharing knowledge, or entrepreneurs of business. Web hosting allows people of all types to use the internet like never before. Space is purchased by the potential website owner and is accessible to viewers online. Web hosting companies offer these services at a monthly fee. They provide the processing and storage of data, disc space and connection to their services via internet. There can be large upfront investments required for such services. However, there are many high-quality low cost services available for those who seek them out. These services are perfect for the individual with limited financial resources.

People starting a new website should always be aware about the goal of the website. What the website wants to archive? This has to be asked before any step is taken to host it on the web. Search engine factors and typical SEO guidelines can complement the web hosting services to make a website popular and worthy enough. Self targeted questions like, why will people read a website? What are the benefits they carry and how can that be marketed over the web, would enable a website owner to structure the website in the desired format.

Some tips for deciding on a web host for your website are:

Selecting a web hosting company:

This is the first and the foremost, function that a potential website owner, has to perform. There are several parameters based on which you can make your selection of the websites.

* Tech support: Be sure the web host offers technical support. Find a server that has 24/7 support so that they will be there when you need them. It’s preferable that they have this available in several ways such as via email, phone, or live chat. Check out their performance in this area by reporting an issue and gauging the time of response.

* Discounts and package availability: For beginning owners discounts can offer great benefits in startup fees. Packages can allow for a greater variety of services at reduced fees and add to the function on your website.

* All in one Hosting: Web hosts that offer bundles of services make it easier for individuals without IT knowledge to use their service. These bundles make it unnecessary to buy a variety of different tools to get one website online.

* MySQ Provisions: This is the most popular database systems. It should be in the basic hosting plan of any web host you consider. Whenever you have a need to build a database MySQL is the database you need to use. Many programs available to add to your website also use MySQL to function.

* Website need security socket layer: Websites owners often want to launch websites with the purpose of business e.g. eCommerce sites. Such websites include payments through Credit Cards. In such cases the entire hosting package has to be different. The hosting package would include Secure Socket Layer in it. The hosting plan has to be such that it includes this hosting package. People tend to concentrate more on features like bandwidth and storage, rather than SSL. But this is equally important as that of the other features for a website to become successful.

Calculate Disc space

Disc space requirements vary depending on the desired site applications. Stores with big socket needs for shopping carts, etc, or individual sites wanting chat rooms, forums, or multiple email accounts will require a large amount of available disc space to operate. The average 10-15 page website without the above extras will be able to operate much lighter and cost much less. The web host will charge for each degree of extra disc space so be sure to value this accordingly. Start small is always available and will allow you to grow as your needs expand.

Using a dedicated server:

While it seems expensive and even a little scary there are many reasons a dedicated server is a good idea. Shared servers are often unstable and can collapse from overuse by too many clients. Your own website may not even be responsible for the traffic volume but you cannot control what other sites on the same server are doing. Dedicated servers reduce this risk to a very great extent. There is also a reduced risk of violating search engine guidelines with a dedicated server.

Deciding on bandwidth requirements:

New websites usually do not require large bandwidths. Bandwidth regulates the level of traffic allowed, and transfer rates on pictures and files. The more your website is viewed or items downloaded from it, the more bandwidth will be required. Upgrades are available so start small.

Country specific hosting:

It is best if the web host has domains available that are specific to the country of origin for your website. This allows popular search engines such as Google to identify and define the relevance of your site for residents of your country. For example: if an English based software firm hosts a website in the US, Google will show those results to customers looking for that service in the US and may cost you valuable customers, and hurt your ranking due to reduced relevance.

Selecting the proper operating system

Most new sites use services based on Linux, or the UNIX based BSD. These servers allow for applications in Perl/CGI, PHP, FrontPage and such. It is essential that a Windows environment is used if you need ASP, .NET, MySQL, Access, or SBS as these require Windows to operate. This selection can be difficult if you are not aware website technicalities.

There are many varied needs to hosting a website and they will be different for every user. Extremely technical implements can hinder web-hosting services. If that becomes the case it is better to seek the aide of professional website developers to keep you from having problems.

Web Hosting Overseas

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One would hardly argue against the fact that in a business context, the term ‘offshore’ denotes a kind of tax avoidance and sketchy business policy. Offshore Web hosting is, at times, an integral part of business world. North America is an ideal example where it is preferred because of the issue of privacy and security standards, which can be delivered outside of American soil only.

Some of the advantages of these offshore hosting services are features like confidentiality, security, secrecy of work, more profits, taxing benefits, advantageous business activities, lower government constraints etc. Due to just these features today, lots of offshore Web Hosting services have taken birth to cater to its ever increasing demands. These services have mushroomed up mostly in the Caribbean, parts of Asia and Central America as well.

Further the service along with being highly advantageous is also quite inexpensive but this cannot be the only reason why you would like to use it. Remember that if it is of no use to you then this minimum cost can also increase expenses for you. In fact if it is useful to you then only will its low cost be an advantage for you. So think before you take any action and never misuse your hard earned money.

Costing in Offshore Hosting - One can never take an oath and swear that the huge popularity of the offshore hosting service is entirely due to its low cost and money saving property. But it is true that compared to other places offshore web hosting and its likes comes at quite a cheap rate. In fact we even have data to confirm this statement. It has been proven through an intensive research that was done on an hourly basis in US, UK and Ukraine. In the US it is about $35-$75 while in the UK it is $25-$50 for every hour. However in Ukraine the rate is as low as $5-$20. Therefore even if we cannot swear on the reason for its popularity we can easily take an oath on its being your best choice when seen from a money-saver angle.

There are various factors that prompt you to think of a hosting provider outside of your home country. They are-

1. If you publish any material which can raise a storm of controversy around you then you stand the chance of your material or else your site being blocked by powerful companies with the right money and strings. Therefore you may need and offshore hosting service.

2. To protect yourself from blackouts and natural disasters, you have the benefit of guaranteeing yourself multiple mirror locations.

3. You will have full protection from any type of restrictive censorship.

4. Also you can properly deliver content to audiences away from your main hosting source.

5. Against the hackers, it provides you with greater security.

Another thing that is definitely to be mentioned is that offering competitive hosting services from non-traditional regions of the world will soon be a reality. By controlling advantageous labor costs, minimal competition and relative lower costs of entry for beginners, this dream will be real.

One thing that you can be sure about in this matter of offshore hosting is your privacy. Your privacy is the topmost priority of your service provider. In fact to protect your identity they allow you to buy your packages as an unnamed person. While most providers follow this scheme some will ask for minimum information so that receipt of your payment can be properly channeled. This security thus enables you to buy anything or upload anything that will not compromise the service provider’s use policy.

One thing that you have to keep in mind is that different service providers deem different things illegal. No two hosts will think of the same thing as legal and therefore you have to be careful. Always read the AUP properly before you upload any document. Generally in all web hosting services child abuse videos i.e. child pornography, terrorist sites, spam investment sites etc are considered illegal and are severely banned. For your own personal safety keep yourself above all of this as ultimately you would be trapped if you partake in any of these activities. Further keep away from sportsbooks since inspite of it being banned you might find it in certain offshore hosting services.

Perfect conditions for offshore web hosting are faultless Internet access and minimum natural disasters. These conditions, tax friendly policies, and strict confidentiality laws make Panama perfect fro e-commerce as claimed by HostingPanama (hostingpanama.com). When I mention that here, shared hosting packages begin with $9.95 per month and dedicated servers with $149.00 per month, this gets further clarified.

Hong Kong is devoid of any barriers to trade and international institutions like Heritage Foundation and Fraser Institute of Canada add to this statement’s authenticity. Advantages like free entry of foreign capital and repatriation of earnings, easy procedures for starting enterprises and a minimum level of government interference are really favorable. With all these advantages, Hong Kong reminds us of Zentek International (zentek-international.com). With plans beginning with $14 per month for 1GB bandwidth and 50MB of storage, Zentek is there at your service with confidential sign up and private domain registration. It also endows you with offshore Web hosting, dedicated servers and colocation.

You can also go for services like www.securehost.com or www.shinjiru.com which provide facilities in Jamaica, Bahamas and Kingston and Nassaau and is the largest offshore web host provider in Malaysia.

Benefits to be reaped off Hosting Offshore: Why would you in the entire world go for offshore hosting? Well just because it will help you to keep your data to yourself, therefore private, and will at the same time let you access international coverage opening up the doors of eternity for you.

Why is anonymous offshore hosting better than regular offshore hosting?

My confession is that even now offshore hosting companies prefer to have information regarding you intruding in your privacy. By this, you are also forced to use your credit card. The solution to this problem is Anonymous Hosting (Anonymous + Offshore = Total Freedom!).

What about the speed?

The factors influencing the varying speeds are level of Internet congestion and the place you are in. you can decide to add local bandwidth for local audience in addition to International bandwidth for the international audience (normal plan). Thus, you can initiate a sales channel in a particular region in its local language. If the clients are closer to the service, then the speed significantly increases and the vice versa.

Services of Offshore Hosting Outsourcing Companies

Apart from the inexpensive quality of offshore web hosting and offshore dedicated servers, you also need to think about the quality. Normally one does not prefer a part of the services at a lower price, but rather an offshore web hosting company endowing with all the needed services. A definite advantage of such companies is the customer service (24 hours daily), required to deal with clients all over the world. Also being a novice at the world of web hosting, it lets you put forward all your queries.

Conclusions on offshore hosting companies

If we put it in an order, high-quality customer service and lower price are the advantages of offshore hosting companies. Next, start thinking about the demarcating line between cultures. The work ethic and mode of communication are also of paramount significance. Let me assure you that for the future development of your website, the communication has to be good. The success comes only if you are able to convey your needs properly and they can live up to your needs with a proper understanding. Herein lies the importance of proper communication. So, you have to think about the issue of work ethic and communication in an intense manner. It is largely responsible to let your website run swiftly.

Ultimately we can only say that all of the purposes will be served if and only if the service provides you with all you need and it truly serves your purpose. In other case do not take it up and expend uselessly rather you should go for something that fits your need.

Ways to Profit from Web Hosting

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Web hosting is a booming business that is practiced all over the world by a large number of companies. For a desired web hosting service a company requires some specific equipment. The services of web hosts are not just limited to providing server space and hosting the client website. But they can also opt for several other ways in which money can be earned. Since web hosting is a very competitive business today, people want to look for unique opportunities which can be utilized for earning money.

The opportunities are wide-spread for the web host that has the provisions available to create them. These services increase income and create improved relationships with their customers as well.

The list below includes just a few of the ways web hosts can make additional income.

Extra Ways to Earn Money with a Web Hosting Service

Reselling: This is a very popular method of creating extra income that does not require much effort. A web master buys a hosting package at a discount and resells it at a higher price. Sound simple? Both the web master, and the web host makes money on the proposition and everybody is happy. Large amounts of income are created with this method and some web masters make a great deal of money fast with this method. It isn’t quite as easy as it sounds, however. First, there is an initial investment to be made and the only return is if you are successful in reselling the service. Some space is required and that like is provided for a small business isn’t enough. A web master needs to acquire enough space and bandwidth to begin the service. After the acquisition of the space is acquired they can sell it to other users in broken up portions. Each new customer pays them on a monthly basis. The procedure then repeats over and over.

Resellers can make money just like that of the original service provider. The monthly fees of the customers would get into the pocket of the reseller. The reseller won’t have to take the trouble of investing in the equipment or IT staff. They are paid by the customers for setting up the accounts. When a reseller purchases server space from the original service provider, he/ she is offered say ex: 10% discount. Now, the profit of the reseller would be determined by the number of server space in lends and also on the size of the spaces.

This is an advantageous position to be in as the reseller does not have to provide for assistance and support in their packages. With the development of this industry, and the heavy competition developing some resellers are beginning to realize the need to offer these services however, in order to remain competitive. Reselling has a low overhead since it can be operated largely from home. All that is needed is the initial investment of origin host space. Some reseller companies grow so fast, however that they end up needing outside office space to contain the business.

Advertisement: Another way to make extra money is to allow some space for free hosting for clients looking for cheap web hosting. The host then puts ads on the client’s sites to take advantage of their traffic. The downside is most of the clients seeking such sites have low traffic volume making this a difficult way to gain significant income from advertising.

Additional Services for Money Making:

* Optimization: This can be a useful service to provide extra income for a web host. Clients are often unfamiliar with methods used to generate more traffic-but they know they want the traffic. Since they don’t know how to get the traffic a web host can give them information on SEO (search engine optimization). Clients then can be given the top search engines and the host can charge a fee for submitting URLs to the most popular ones. The most often submitted engines are Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc.

* Template creation: Established web hosts can increase their income by providing cheap services to the customer. This income is often more to give the hosting company more exposure. The host offers their customers the ability to purchase one of their special templates in order to create a visually unique and appealing web site, or sells them a membership to one of the big template services and gets a kick-back on that as well.

Providing domain names: Providing domain names to clients can also be a good idea of earning extra. Those who haven’t tried this formula should go for it. Domain names with registration transfer of their domain names, and renewals can definitely earn money for the hosting company. Private name label with companies like e Nom, Domain People etc can also help.

* Site Builder Wizards: If a host has the ability to provide such additional help with site building techniques they are a step ahead in both ways to make extra money, and ways to lure potential clients in. Everyone wants a website today, but the knowledge of how to create one from scratch is still and elusive ability. People congregate to places that offer this type of assistant making it easy for them to create their own sites. Clients have high expectations now though, so it needs to be able to provide a full range of features.

Note of Caution: Don’t oversell

No matter what method is adopted for web hosting money making, it has to be remembered that there is no overselling. This is such a situation where a web host offers space to large number of clients but ultimately fails to retain the service. Too many clients using limited space can be a dangerous situation where there is a high chance for the entire system to crash along with the business of the web hosts. Too many web hosts cannot simply sustain simultaneously in a single server. The bandwidth and the space of the server have to be judged beforehand. The reputation of a hosting company depends on these factors to a large extent.

Web hosting is a legitimate and lucrative way to make money online. By nature it depends on the abilities of its operator as well as the quality of the equipment and services to which it has access. The most secure way to establish a web host service is to start small and grow with your expanding abilities over time.

How to Get a Free Domain Name

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With more and more costs involved in getting a web presence started, and those costs rising rapidly, clients are looking to saving money in more ways than ever before. There are many types of fees involved in creating a website. With web hosting space, software to create the sites, email costs, and other recurring monthly and annual costs more companies now look for ways to save money on domain names and registration services. This is a small yearly fee but it adds up when considering the other costs involved even for a small company. Large companies are often faced with the need for multiple domain names and that only serves to compound the yearly cost of operating their online site. Free domain names can be found, but it is wise to study the pros and cons of these services and what they imply.

There are several different methods to get a free domain name registration and learning them is not much tricky. In fact, there are a number of strategies with the help of which a business organization can avoid the extra troublesome fees charged just for registration. There are several online as well as local website registration and hosting companies. The various features offered by both of these types of companies are more or less similar.

Here are few useful tips to get a free domain name:

* While finding an online domain name registration and hosting company always do a thorough research in order to get the best deal available, and this must include free domain name registration. The large business organizations generally enjoy this kind of favour from most of the web hosting companies.

* One of the easiest way to get a free domain name from a web hosting company is to use the same organization for domain registration as well as for web hosting, email registration and even web design in required.

* Don’t neglect looking to your local area for web hosting companies. There are many advantages to using a local company. The ability to communicate issues and concerns face-to-face, or deal with problems in person is just some of those advantages. Many small local companies also offer free domain name registration.

* See if the particular web host gives domain names and yearly upkeep with a package plan. This allows you to secure your personal data and information on you or your business without the public being able to access it. People trying to take advantage of public websites happen quite a lot. If that occurs your webhost will contact you and let you know of a breech, or an attempted breech of your privacy.

* Now you can often find free TLD domains. Search for free domain service providers and gain points by signing on to any of their offers. The more points you earn the greater your chances of getting one or even more free TLD domain names.

There are many online domain name providers where you can find free domain names. These types of services offer sub domain names for free when you use their sites to build your website. There are some disadvantages to these programs and they are not top-level domain names. They include:

Freedomain.co.nr

This Free Domain Name Service Provider allows a number of cool features. They provide free Redirection services which are also popularly known as Domain Forwarding service. The other services offered by this online domain name service provider include URL masking services, Path Forwarding as well as Free URL cloaking. Another special feature of this site is that they provide support for Meta Tags and Favicon. This free domain name provider requires a button link back to their main service site.

Dot.tk:

Dot.tk is a commonly used domain name service. It is one of the better free sub domain name providers and gives its clients .tk domains. The drawback to this company is the free service expires if certain conditions are not met by the user. If you obtain one of these names your site must receive at least 25 visitors inside of a 90 day period. It is your responsibility to keep up the traffic to your site or you will lose the use of it.

Uni.cc

It is another popular free domain name service provider offering uni.cc domains. One of the best things about this site is that they provide several free Domain Name Services such as free site builder tools as well as TLD domains. This site also features Domain Name Redirection service. However, currently the Uni.cc site is not proving any web hosting, mail hosting and FTP services.

GeoCities

GeoCities is a Yahoo company that offers free sub domains with advertising on the websites, and they also offer cheap web hosting solutions where you can obtain top-level domain names for free and no ad websites. Both of the fantastic offers from Yahoo come with a great many features including multiple email capability, excellent site builders, and large space even on the free sites. They are bolstered by the public’s perception of stability because of their branding.

Google Page Creator

Google is another free sub domain provider if you use their new page creator to build a website. This is still in Beta but it allows for great flexibility and function in order to put up a free web space. There are some drawback such as limited site pages per account, and some occasional bugs due to the development process but it offers many useful tools for building your site. You can also obtain a number of Google emails for use.

Fadlan.com

This free domain name service provider offers .fadlan.com domains. They provide free URL Redirection service and free Domain Forwarding service. The site also offers several other services such as free DNS that enables a website owner to run their own web server on any sub domain provided they have a static IP address.

Afraid.org

The nice thing about afraid.org is the ability to choose from several sub domain names. After sign up and registration at Afraid.org you get plenty of services including an update your domain tool which allows for redirection to your web space if you have one. They have a restriction of only 50 domain names per account.

C-o.in

This is another cost free as well as very effective online free domain name service provider. Their services include free URL Redirection service and free sub domain forwarding services, which is available in four different formats.

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