| Good webhosting can be a hard thing to spot with all | | | | sufficient bandwidth, this affects the download speed |
| the offers out there. As the price of running a | | | | of your website, a good way to check this is to see |
| webhosting company has dropped due in part to the | | | | how fast their site loads in your browser, especially |
| falling technology prices, the amount of webhosting | | | | at peak times such as when people are just getting |
| companies offering deals which all sound pretty similar | | | | home from work. A good host will have connection |
| has rocketed. | | | | redundancy i.e. more than one connection, you can |
| So how do you sort the webhosting chaff from the | | | | ask about this when you speak to their customer |
| weeds? | | | | support. |
| Good webhosting can be a hard thing to spot with all | | | | The next factor you need to consider is their |
| the offers out there. As the price of running a | | | | published uptime, if a webhosting provider has a |
| webhosting company has dropped due in part to the | | | | published uptime of 99% it may sound pretty good, |
| falling technology prices, the amount of webhosting | | | | until you realise that over the course of one month |
| companies offering deals which all sound pretty similar | | | | equals 7.2hrs or 3.6 days per year — |
| has rocketed. | | | | that’s 3days 14 ½ hours that you are not |
| So how do you sort the webhosting chaff from the | | | | making money. It is therefore imperative that you |
| weeds? | | | | choose a webhosting company, which has a 99.99% |
| Due to the similarity between most deals on offer, | | | | uptime guarantee. |
| the number 1 must have is good, 24/7 customer | | | | There are many other factors to consider when |
| support - in order to have this a webhost will have to | | | | deciding upon a webhosting company, such as the |
| be well established and be running a well organised | | | | type of hosting required, amount of disk space, data |
| webhosting business. It is preferable for the support | | | | transfer and email aliases that you need, but most |
| staff to be based at the server farm and essential | | | | hosts provide a range of packages to suit all |
| that they are well trained in server management | | | | requirements — the important point to note |
| — it is a good idea to telephone the customer | | | | that is a long as you have good customer support, a |
| support line of any potential webhost to get a feel | | | | fast connection and a reliable webhost you |
| for their level of knowledge, you can also ask them | | | | can’t go too far wrong, the rest is up to you, |
| about their company infrastructure. | | | | further information can be found at WhicDomainHost. |
| The next vital requirement is a good connection, i.e. | | | | |