Web Hosting
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A Web host is a service company which stores, or hosts, your Web site pages on its servers (computers) so others on the Web can access your material 24/7.
Choosing a web host service might be the most confusing thing you
have to do with regard to setting up your affiliate marketing
business. Let’s hope so, because it reall isn’t all that hard when
you know what to look for in terms of key features, support and
value.
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Month after month for the last year Ipowerweb has sold more web hosting accounts than any other hosting company in the World. Their Membership package is incredible:
- 50 Gigs of Space
- 750 Gigs of traffic
- 2500 Email accounts
- Host 6 domains in 1
- Free Set Up
- Free Domain
- Free Easy to use Web Builder
- Free Google and Yahoo Advertising Credits
Key Features:
- Storage: How many megabytes (MB's) of storage space are offered to house your Web site and pages?
- POP3 email accounts: How many do you get?
- Transfer: How many gigabytes (GB’s) of data transfer are allowed?
- FrontPage extensions: If you use FrontPage to design your site, you'll need these.
- WebStats: Can you access your Web site's log files and server statistics?
- CGI-Bin: Needed if you plan to run CGI scripts. Also helpful if the host includes a library of scripts, e.g. guestbook and statistics counters.
- PHP Support: Another programming language that requires host support if you plan to run it.
- Server Side Includes: allow you to dynamically include data in your Web pages
- MySQL: Needed if you run the SQL database program on your site.
- Stated ‘Uptime’: The percentage of time their server is up and running. This shouldn’t be less than 99.7%.
- Browser Based Email: Allows access to your email accounts through your Web browser from anywhere, as long as you have Internet access.
- Interface or Control Panel: Is the account managed through an easy-touse administrative interface?
- Scalability: Can the account be upgraded with the growth of your business? Whether you need to add email accounts, more space or more traffic, it should be as easy as sending an email or making a phone call.
Support:
- Helpful technical support: You want a technical support team that always tries to solve your problems and answer your web hosting questions quickly and in a friendly manner.
- Technical support contact: Is support available by phone or only by an email ‘ticket system’?
- Quick response to e-mails: Technical support via ‘ticket systems’ works very well when response time is lightning fast.
- 24/7 Monitoring: Do real people monitor the company’s servers and network 24 hours a day, 365 days a year?
- Online Community: Is there a community forum set up for discussion among other users of the service?
- Best value for your money: Compare prices on 3 to 4 services to make sure you are getting the best value for your money.
- Volume discount: Do you get a discount if you sign up for a full year?
- Upgrade charges: Does the company charge setup fees for upgrades? (Note:If they do, continue your search for a hosting service that doesn't charge for upgrades. Any company that already has your business shouldn’t penalize you for wanting to spend more money on their service!)
- Bonus Software and Webmaster Resource Center: Do they offer free shopping cart software? Are additional tools such as guestbooks, form mail and other cgi scripts provided for free?
- Satisfaction Guarantee: Is there an unconditional money back guarantee? If so, how long is it good for?
You don't have to look far for excellent Web hosts that provide great service and won't break your budget. I highly recommend the hosting services listed below:
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