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Affordable Web Hosting Services
Whether you are a business or an individual a website is the best way to reach a large amount of people. This is the Internet age, so don't be left out. : ) But you'll need web space to have a website up and running. You'll need a web host of some kind.
| Company |
Price Per Month |
Space |
Transfer Per Month |
Support |
Other |
| iPowerWeb.com |
$7.95 |
2000 MB |
50 GB |
24/7 Support |
CGI-BIN, Perl Support, MySQL, PHP Support Server Sides Includes, Frontpage Extension, Web Site Statistics, Web Site Backup Software, Control Panel, 500 Emails |
| LunarPages |
$7.95 |
3000 MB |
40 GB |
Toll-Free Telephone Support |
MySQL, PHP, PERL, ASP, Python, JSP + More. |
| PowWeb Hosting |
$7.77 |
2000 MB |
150 GB! |
Toll-Free Technical Support (1-877-4-POWWEB) |
PHP4 w/Zend Optimizer, Perl5, Sendmail CGI-BIN, SSI, .htaccess, Cronjobs, MySQL Database, Daily Database Backups |
StartLogic |
$7.50 |
2000 MB |
60 GB |
24/7 Quality Support |
CGI, PHP, Frontpage, e-Commerce enabled, 99.9% Uptime guarantee, Free Setup |
There are a variety of Web Hosting Services out there, but once you understand a bit of the basics, it becomes easier to find the one right for your business.
What to look for in Web Hosting Services...
1) Dependability (Uptime)- What's the point of having a website if there are needless downtimes. A good hosting solution will have (and claim) an uptime percentage of at least 95-96%. Make sure that they mention this somewhere. If they have a good record for uptime, then they will mention it for sure. Also see if they do daily backups to secure your data. The companies below are known to be quite reliable.
2) Space (How much storage space per account)-The thing about most websites is that they constantly evolve and grow. Invest in a business web host that will give you plenty of headroom for growth. And with such affordable web hosting out there offering loads of space, don't go for something cheaper. You should really be aiming for 500mb and up. Some are offering 1gb of space for under $10 a month.
3) Bandwidth Transfer per month -This is also something you really need to look at. This basically means "how many visitors can access your site in a month. The higher the number (measured in GBs), the better. Again, go for some head room and get yourself a plan that offers at least 10GB of transfers per month.
4) Support (Can you reach technical support easily and readily if you have any questions or issues?)Setting up your website is pretty straight forward, but sometimes you just need a little help to get you in the right direction. See what they say about support. Do they have an online forum where you can ask questions? This can be quite helpful as well.
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