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Web hosting: points to remember - By David Sanders, WebsiteDevelopingTricks.com

There are simply millions of companies that claim that they are providing the best service at affordable prices that you simply cannot beat it. The choices are mind-boggling and one needs to have a practiced eye to see through their word games and find out whether the company is really providing you with the facilities that you require.

What do you need to do?

You need to carefully see and analyze your specific needs; the type of features that you would like to have, the Internet programming language that you would like to use. You have to carefully see the any feedback form features, database connectivity or any other characteristic that is more advanced for pure HTML. Would you like to have e-mail addresses and how much traffic will be directed to your site?

What do you come across?

Service providers offer "unlimited bandwidth". This term means the amount of information that is communicated between the end user and the hosting service provider. Nearly all companies are connected Sprint, UUNET and AT&T. They charge the hosting company according to the monthly bandwidth from the customers. If the advertisement runs with the words ‘free’ or ‘unlimited’ you have to go through it more carefully. This is absolutely not possible.

Keep in mind

There are some points that you should remember before subscribing to any web-hosting provider. They are:

• Extensive research about the company. Read through the testimonials of the company. You will be benefited if you get to know about the customers, their comments and their experiences with the company.
• It adds on to a company’s credibility if they have been online for quite a long time.

The fundamentals

• Is the service providing you with all that you want?
• Keep a little space for your site to grow. The site with an average size consisting of mostly html pages would suffice with 15 to 20Mbs and 1 or 2 Gbs with the payment amounting to not more than $15 per month.
• If you have bought your own domain make sure that it is supported by the hosting company. 1 email address should be provided by the company. Many companies give 10 or more custom pop e- mail accounts along with unlimited forwarding address at very little cost.

The key features

These are the few key features that you will find with Linux and Windows based hosting services. The prices for Linux based services are low when compared to the Windows based ones. The Linux based operating system and its languages do not have any installation charges. For any formmail scripts Perl should be supported with sendmail. SSI is a nice combination with .htaccess. Linux has been the choice of web designers with a small budget. It is also much more secure than Windows. Windows are more expensive than Linux. Cold Fusion is also quite costly. While Access comes almost free, the SQL server is also quite expensive. Extra features will cost extra through a Windows host.

If you are a newcomer in this design sector you might prefer to have a low cost Linux based hosting service. If you use the Microsoft Access databases for the web, the Window based application would be the best choice. Invest some more time to research, find out more about the company and its credibility and give yourself room to expand.