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The Webhosting Guide. Definitive!!Nov 19 '00 Write an essay on this topic.Nothing is free. So whats the Trade Off, of getting a Free Webhost, or paying for one.. You want to know, and I am here to tell you, from years of experience in this field, I know how people get tricked and end up falling into some trap, paying for more than they wanted. This is my Webhosting Guide. Basically you don't want to get into any trouble, so it depends on what you're doing. Are you just learning the web, beginning on figuring out this cyber space thing? Not even sure what email is, you don't need an email address to end in @yourname.com it doesn't matter to you. it Does to some people, They want, if not Need that specific name, a specific way to direct people. They don't want www.geocities.com/users/group/4056/index.html they want MyDomain.com (or whatever name you choose) so just don't make any mistakes. if you Want or Need that domain name, you will have to pay for it. Here's the rundown. $70.00 for the name. goto www.networksolutions.com its easy, fast, you won't have any problems if you ever need to transfer the domain. This is good for 2 years time, at which time you pay another $35.00 per year. You can search their big list of domain names to make sure the one you want, is Available. do NOT buy another domain name, unless its $50 a year or less. You are getting ripped off, you can Easily come up with some name similar to the one you originally chose. Be Creative. You need a webhost now. Somebody with a Server, and Space on their Hard Drive they will be willing to rent out to you. You need the minimum, and my recommendations are after that. - you need a T-1 connection, Redundant. - Backups of Data. - 99.5% or higher uptime guarantee. - 5 megabytes of space - and 500megs of data transfer per month. (we'll get into this later) my recommendations. What you would like to have, or need if you are a Larger Website, expecting lets say more than 10,000 visitors a month. - a T3, then a DS3, then an OC-3, then OC-12 for large large corporations. T3 will suite most people fine, you don't need Overkill. Backups of data on a daily or weekly basis. - 99.9% uptime. this equates to about 1 day a year, 24 hours spread out over a whole year you will have no access to your website. this is essential. anything less is almost unsuitable. - 10 megs of space, to 200 megs of space. don't get tricked into getting more space than you need, For whatever reason, just get what you need. For most people, 50 megs would be approaching overkill. Unless you are letting people download large ammounts of data, huge programs, a few thousand normal webpages could be loaded into just 20 megs of space. - 1 gig of data transfer per month, and make sure if you go over this limit you aren't getting charged an arm and a leg. Competitively this should be $10-$20 per gig over your limit. or 10 cents per 10 megs. This is Extremely important as some webhosts will charge you 100 bucks per gig, so if you have what you think is a Good month on your website, you get a Huge Bill. you don't want this... trust me. Now there are areas I did not go into, such as Software, FTP access, Email Accounts. you will have to research this, figure out how much of them or which ones you need. This is the Basic, most essential parts of webhosting, all the other stuff usually comes with it or has choices. Get the minimum, or go for my recommendation and you will always get a good deal. -  |
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