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What you should know before choosing a web host |
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The absolute first thing you should do, before
you even start looking for a
web hosting
provider, is listing what your website(s) need
in order to stay online. What you have to decide
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How much storage space do you need? |
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What this question implies is the amount of
space you need on the hosting server. Is your
website big, with heavy data such as large
images or files? Will you be adding more content
regularly in the future? If you are only setting
up say an informative business website with
mostly static content, you do not to worry about
space. Less than 1Gb should be enough. However,
if you are planning to build a website with a
lot of content and pages, make sure to get at
least 10Gb of storage space. |
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How much bandwidth do you need? |
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This you can decide based on how much traffic
you predict will visit your website every month
and how much heavy data you have on your site.
The bandwidth regulates how much data that
passes between the hosting server and the
visitor’s web browsers. Exceed the set maximum
bandwidth limit and your website will crash. A
tip is to always get as much bandwidth as
possible. |
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How much are you willing to pay? |
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Shared hosting, also called cheap hosting is a
common pick by beginner webmasters, foremost
because it’s the cheapest hosting deal. But
focusing only on price will get you a mediocre
hosting set up that in the end will increase the
risk of website down time. You get what you pay
for! Dedicated hosting
collocation hosting,
windows web hosting or VPS require more
knowledge but are worth looking in to. |
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