Hosting Company's

Now that you have your perfect website you will need somewhere in which to host it, There are many web hosting company's out there, but you should always bear in mind a few key point before you take your custom to them. Now we all know the saying you get what you pay for and in the web hosting business there is no difference, when choosing a Hosting company you have to make sure that hosting company won't let you down. You need your site is live for 99.99% of the time, in saying that you need to know what you hosting company uptime is the higher the better. Just do some background work before you jump in head first and find out you are in deep water try not to miss out on reading the small print, we know that the small print is something that a lot of people just skip past. But in this case make sure you are not one of them people, make sure you read everything. A s many hosting company's won't think twice to take your site down if you don't follow their rules.

Things To Take In To Account:

1. Find out just how long the company has been in business, you should stay clear of new hosting company's as they could be a fly by night company By that we mean here today and gone tomorrow, many of the new hosting company try to get you to by a bulk package e.g if you buy 10 months hosting up-front they will give you an extra 2 months free. This is just a sales pitch to take your money off you.
2. Be aware of new hosting company's that are offering free hosting 9 times out of 10 your site will be offline more than it is online, and most hosting company that do offer free hosting places there adverts all over your website.
3. It is best to pay that little bit extra when you are choosing you web host, many of the top dogs in the hosting business charge between $5 - $10 for their shared hosting plans. But you know that your website is safe with them and will spend more time online than offline.

Now with that in mind how can you find out just how long a web hosting company has be in business. You could email the company, but i don't think this would be a wish move as they could tell you just what they like (and to be honest, if you have a new hosting company and wanted to close sale you would do the same). So what we would advise you to do is check out dnscoop.com this website will tell you just about everything that you will need to know about any website and yes it tell you just how long the website has been in business.

Now not every website can be hosted on a shared hosting account, you will have to read the terms of conditions before you just host your website, as you may find that one day you go to check the site and when you type the domain name in nothing shows up. Just for example if you wish to start a website like facebook, myspace which are known as social networking site then you will need a dedicated sever.

What Hosting Plans Are Available:

With most hosting company's they offer 3 plans which are as follow

1. Shared Hosting
2. Reseller Accounts
3. Dedicated Server 

Shared Hosting: is the cheapest of the three, but you can encounter a lot of limits. But in saying that it is quite good if you are new to the internet world or just wish to host a few small websites.

Reseller Accounts: are account where you can sell hosting to other people that wish to have their websites hosted with you, this type of hosting account can be quite expensive. And you would need to know a little bit about server.

Dedicated Severs: are the most expensive of all accounts, and you will need to know a lot about servers as most company don't set up the server for you, so you will have to install all the programs, codes and security yourself. And let us tell you it is no easy task.