Choosing a Web Hosting

Choosing a Web Hosting is an important step in creating a website. The entire functionality of your web resource depends on this choice.

All managed service providers fall into two broad categories: free web hosting and shared hosting.

First, let me say that many free web hosting providers are not completely free, that is, in exchange for their services, they may find their ads on your website.

The difference between shared and free virtual hosts

As mentioned above, usually free web hosts insert advertisements in the form of banners or pop-ups. Visitors to your site are not satisfied with this, as it is well known that ads are very exciting, especially pop-up ads. So if your goal is to reach an audience who is willing to visit your site regularly, come back again and again in a day, week, and month, not just within 5 seconds of reaching your first page. , then choose a host without an ad.

More importantly, for free web hosts, you can only expect domain names like your_site.host.com. Such a domain name will hardly affect the reputation of your site in a positive way; it will damage its image more quickly, especially if it is the company's website.

“Why are these photos not loaded?” -SUPPORT SERVICE will provide you with answers to such questions. One is absolutely necessary because good service support does accelerate the process of solving problems. 90% of shared web hosting providers have sufficient service support, and only 10% of free web hosting providers have one.

Not every free hosting can have its own CGI-BIN directory and other services, or support Perl, PHP, MYSQL, Cron, SSH, Telnet and more. Even if your network resources don't need these now, as your website grows, this need may arise in the near future. As time goes by, you still need more and more disk space. A free web host usually provides you with 1-100 Mb, while a shared web host provides 1-5000 Mb for your website.

Therefore, the bottom line is as follows.

If you are just a homepage or a small website about your interests, you can freely access the website without any doubt. But before choosing a particular host, you should:

Determine the amount of disk space you need, taking into account the further growth of resources;

Decide if you need scripting support, whether you need a file manager, or use FTP-access, whether you need a site builder or not

Consider the domain name. It should be short and easy to remember.

Determine your attitude towards the host’s advertising: Do you object

After you have completed all of these operations, delete all hosts that do not meet the requirements. I recommend that you check the loading speed of the website located at the hosting provider to suit your needs. Then you only need to select the host with the fewest channels.

Shared host

However, shared web hosting providers vary depending on the scope and quality of the service. Here are some standards that guide you through the choice of a shared web host:

The moderator should not impose strict restrictions on traffic. If the limit is exceeded, at least it should be possible to pay, but the salary should not be too high.

If you need ASP, FrontPage Server, MSSQL, then you should look for web hosting on the NT-server, and the host itself should provide these services. Otherwise, you'd better choose UNIX hosting.

The host should provide Perl, SSI, PHP, MYSQL...

In addition to disk space, the host should provide mail. Make sure it covers the services of incoming and outgoing mail. Sometimes it happens so that the host gives you an email address instead of an email address. In this case, all your mail will be redirected to the email address you specified, which will hinder your work.

The hosting provider should provide support services - work 24/7 via email and phone (fax). Ask them some questions - a good hosting provider will answer you within 24 hours. If they have been ignoring you or have no support at all, please stay away from such people.