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SITE HOSTING
To host a web site requires a server connected to the internet that is managed 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. To do that requires a lot of skills and expensive technology.
Fortunately, we don't need to buy and hardware and we don't need any skills. All we need is less then $10 per month and a domain name.
Options
There are hundreds, if not thousands of hosting choices available to you. And they all have different features and different prices. Plus they all have different contract terms. So how do you choose.
The best way is to ask someone if they know a good hosting company. Well we do. And you can see that we only recommend services we know first hand.
Before we tell you who we use and why, you need to consider if a free site will meet your objectives or if a paid hosting environment is really what you need. And you need to consider what features you will want as you grow your web site or multiple sites.
Free Hosting
Free is good, right? Not all the time.
Nothing in life is free. And this "free" offering my be right for some folks. Free sites don't cost you anything, since the hosting company runs ads on your site. That means ads related to your site contents will run on every page of you site.
If you don't care, then free really is free.
However, if you are trying to build a professional looking web site, then you probably want to be in control of your site and its contents, only run ads that you choose, in the places you want. You may not want any ads at all, like the Stone Mason site. The stone mason is in his own business and does not need competitive ads distracting potential customers.
So let's look at paid hosting alternatives.
Paid Hosting
Paid hosting means you are in control of your site. And, depending on the features a hosting company offers, you can add a lot to your site for no additional cost.
Hosting packages are priced based on capabilities and additional features. You can also get a reduced price if you make a long term commitment. Of course you are then locked in to that hosting company.
Lets take a look at the ways to compare hosting packages.
Hosting Capabilities
There are two major constraints the hosting company has; storage space for web sites, and connecting those sites to the internet, since they pay for the amount of information they send, called bandwidth.
Most hosting packages place a limit on the amount of disk space you can have and the volume of traffic you get on your site. In most cases the amounts you get from the hosting companies far exceeds the average needs of the site owner.
If you are going over your monthly bandwidth allowance, its probably a good thing since you are getting a lot of people to visit your site, and you should be making money. If you want to learn more about making money with your web site, visit Dot Com For Dollars.
Hosting Features
In addition to storage space for your files and monthly bandwidth, you need to consider all the extra features each hosting company provides.
Here are some of the more popular ones you are likely to use.
Blogs to share thoughts and information. FAQ's to answer common questions. Forums to get visitors together. Polls to get visitors to vote. Image gallery to show off your photos or art work. Site builders to help you build a professional looking site without software or HTML skills.
You will find many of the biggest names on the Hosting Comparisons pages where you can compare what they have to offer, side by side.
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