by blog: Cheap web hosting service from: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:38:03 +0000
If you open up Google and do a search on the `cheap web service`, more than many million web pages come out as a result. With that much competition, is it really easy to get lost while searching for a cheap web hosting service provider and reviewing which are the most meaningful factors to weigh up. The most meaningful factors are: 1. The cheap web hosting service company must control their servers. The main part of the cheap web hosting service industry is based on reselling server space to someone else. If the company you choose don`t own the space, it could happen that when you wish to move to a new company for any reason, you depend on their willingness to help you. This actually happened to me a few years ago when the cheap web hosting service provider with which I was cooperating was very helpful, but was sold and after that, when I wanted to move a client to another cheap web hosting service, the provider don`t even replied my emails. It is very problematic to move a complex web-site without having root access, but I had to do it. Although I lost several days and it was very painful, the migration even wasn`t perfect. At the moment I get a VPS (and root access to it) and my life is much better. If you are really on a budget and can`t afford a VPS, go for a shared cheap web hosting service like HostGator, which is a reputable company. 2. Don`t let your cheap web hosting service company own your domain. Your domain is your brand on the net. Moreover, when you acquire links to your site you get traffic from them to your domain, not to your cheap web hosting service. If you lose your domain, all the traffic that you have from those hard earned links are lost immediately. If the cheap web hosting service provider gives you a domain name for free, make sure that the email of the administrative contact is an email that you control and you have a control panel where you can see the ownership of your domain. 3. Avoid Free cheap web hosting service Of Any Kind. Free cheap web hosting service is good for your resume or to tell the history of your dog, but when you are commencing a business, even a little one, it is very essential to have your own domain because if your page is hosted at someone`s else domain, when you acquire links to your page, you become dependant on your cheap web hosting service company because if in future you choose to have your own domain, all the links you got will still be pointing to the cheap web hosting service company which will force all the traffic that should have been yours. 4. Seek a cheap web hosting service With Good Support. It takes many YEARS to entirely comprehend all the issues of the cheap web hosting service platforms. Even many global net business professionals with 10 years in business don`t entirely comprehend all the options they have in their control panel. So, if you are a newbie, you could be in big trouble just about all the time if your cheap web hosting service doesn`t give you manuals, advice or help you to complete technical tasks. Do not forget that you got a cheap web hosting service to make money, not to waste your time with technical things.
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