Web Hosting Services In Focus
Web hosting services are many and varied, we hope to give you a short cut to finding the one that is right for you at the right price.
Common Questions and answers about web hosting services are:
- Do you need a host in a specific country? No can be any country unless your site is targeted at only one part of the world, it is the World Wide Web after all. Which means you can take advantage of lower cost web hosting services in other countries.
- How much diskspace and bandwith are required? Probably a lot less than you think, unless you are going to be hosting large video files or pictures. In any case you can always upgrade to a larger account should you need to.
- What uptime requirements do you have? You should be looking for providers that offer guaranteed uptimes of at least 99%.
- What level and response time do you require from the support service? Is it a show stopper if your site is temporarily unavailable or can you afford to wait?
- How many email accounts are required? Unless you are a large organisation 10 accounts with 10mb each is more than sufficient.
- Will you be making use of ASP or PHP? Usually one or the other is provided, you need to know if you are likely to want to make use of these technologies.
- Will you be hosting more than one site? Many web hosting services offer the ability to host more than one domain if required.
- Do you require bundled web site building software or do you already have your own? Some providers include bundled software but be careful as these may tie you to the host and make it awkward to move to another provider later on.
Here are our top 5 web hosting services providers:
