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However, consider the following for your own peace of
mind:
1. technical support
Can the hosting company you have decided upon offer your
site adequate support?
Take into consideration the length of time a server can
be dawn for. Hosting companies’ abilities will impact
upon your business. You obviously want this impact to be
of the positive rather than the negative variety.
2. contention
It is imperative for you to know at least roughly what a
web hosting company’s contention is, so find out how
many other sites share your server. The more people the
connect to that hosting company the slower it is. The
slower it is, the bigger risk of irate and impatient
users moving on to someone else’s site.
3. bandwidth
Hosting company you have selected needs to be able to
handle a great number of hits and still ensure you get a
reasonable user connection. This is a concern if the
other sites on the server are flooded with visitors and
those hoping to visit your website may not be able to
get through. Check the policy. If your site increases in
popularity there may be an extortionate fee.
4. Site administration
Check your chosen hosting company’s ‘user friendliness.’
How secure and user-friendly is the software you’ll be
using? Remember those tedious housekeeping duties.
And additionally, remember to updates pages, manage
files, collect orders and retrieve forms, should you
decide against a professional and want to do it
yourself!
5. Security and privacy
What security features do the web hosting company offer
or support? Can they protect your data form the cyber
criminals? They certainly should if they have the gall
to take your money for the privilege! Furthermore, how
well would they do this? Any idea? Here’s a tip: Ensure
that you don’t connect to the internet service providers
(ISPs) and most ISPs are web-hosting companies.
Do not host your site with your ISP. Keep the two
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