Web Hosting Woes for Beginners

Every individual when it starts surfing the net for choosing its hosting partner get confused by variety of offers. Most of the beginners usually fall into trap of free hosting, cheaper hosting and other stuff that lead them to land in no man's land later on. All there efforts and time goes in vein and he has a nightmare to restart working on things again. There is no doubt that every one out there on internet look for cheap or free hosting, it is very much important to make decisions thinking of long term prospects. Here are some reasons why:

1. Free sites or free hosting does not have any guarantee; there is a chance to be removed tomorrow. The most important reason I like to highlight that, it leads your site permanently removed from search engines too. There are billions of sites are coming up day by day. The popularity of site is much depend up the maturity of it and it place in search engines natural ways, once you get your site deleted from there it is very hard to bring back the new things again as the vacuum was immediately filled by others.

2. Free hosting or free sites are usually supported by advertisements and other stuffs. You have created a free site in sub domain and also find good free hosting. You have done offline and online promotions to your customer's friends and other people who are known to you. Here you are falling in a trap, by promoting the ads and other stuffs of free hosting provider. Also the persons who have book marked your site will not find it again once it is removed by the host.

3. There are hell and heaven difference between a top level domain and a free sub domain. Domains are unique and represent the status of you. No other competitor of yours can steal your name and in matter of time your clients will memories the name. Where as any one can have any amount of free sub-domains, imagine your fate when your competitor starts doing that.

4. Imagine a good client found you on web and become interested it your product and services. Before hiring your services he definitely like know more about you or he will do a research first whether he should consider to contact you. If you hold a free hosting site the first impact of your will go in his mind that you are not a serious seller. To prevent this you should consider a personalized top level domain and consistent hosting services.

5. When you find a hosting company offers services extremely low price, consider twice before choosing. Do a small research to find out why it is so cheap, even below the industry standards. I always follow the principle that "Quality Never Comes Low." When it comes to provide support or services it involve some cost in manpower and other stuffs which a company need to meet day today. Don't fall in trap of fly by night operators, always begin with established and trusted providers in industry.

6. Other mistake usually most of the beginners do is, not keeping there backups at there own, but rely on hosting service providers. Imagine the host's server went down or free host removed the site, you are all stuck and have no option to start again from scratch, which is extremely painful.

7. The most common mistake comes to my knowledge is, beginners are not clear about there requirements. It is obvious that no one knows what is required in future, but if your requirements are clearly documented it will be easier to analyze choosing the hosting services that suites your needs. Always consider that there may be a possibility of shifting from static site to a dynamic one or you may require using certain scripts. It is an ongoing process and if documented properly can help you a lot in near future.

Oops! Seems enough negative thoughts? Don't get the wrong idea ? consider following points also before taking the decisions:

1. Not all free hosts are bad or decisive, there may be an excellent host which is up-coming and can provide wonderful services. They may offer free hosting to promote there services so that they can have customers in there portfolio. But remember those are limited time offers and will be closed soon when they get there desired portfolio filled.

2. Cheap and affordable web hosting may turn to be a great deal, if you carefully compare some of the affordable type plans with some of the more expensive ones, you may discover that there are lots in common between them in reality. Here you always try select which host can have better server; updated software's and provide you quality support in practical terms.

3. Not all the free websites are going to be removed without notice or provide a bad reputation for your company. There are services from giants like Google's Blogger or Yahoo's Geocities will help you to increase your link popularity if used effectively.

4. Also consider reading my previous article (a novice one) "choosing the right hosting solution" here at http://www.arun.info/choosing-hosting-services and also do a net search i.e. example search term "how to choose the right hosting" which will give you an opportunity to read other articles written by experts in the industry.

Finally, when you choose a host ? always think that it is the best friend of your site. When you make a friend in real life you always consider lot of things before choosing and also overlook minor mistakes to keep a long term relation. A web host is a real friend for you as it provides your business keep running online 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.

Cheers !!

Arun Tibrewal is an online marketing promotions specialist since 1998 and owner of http://www.i-wayhost.net and its network sites.

Permission is granted to reprint this article as long as the resource box should keep intact.

Web Hosting, Online Marketing Guide

---

Best Web Hosting Company - Find The Most Affordable Host

If you're creating a community web site or a business... Read More

How to Start Your Own Hosting Services

If your like many another webmasters you might be thinking... Read More

In Search of Webhosting: First Understand the Industry

In search of a webhosting company for personal or small... Read More

Linux Web Hosting: The All You Need to Know

Linux web hosting is so named, based on the operating... Read More

Back To School Web Hosting

Every year as school starts web hosts see an up... Read More

Windows Hosting versus Linux Hosting

The matter of choosing between the operating system (OS) running... Read More

Effectiveness of Web Hosting Directories (WHDs)

John is very happy today, for the first time in... Read More

4 Critical Things To Look Out For In A Web Hosting Service

1. The reputation of the web hosting company.Most web hosting... Read More

The Problem With Web Hosting Today

When it comes to web hosting, the quality of the... Read More

Personal Web Hosting ? Free Or Cheap?

After you have spent some time and creativity on designing... Read More

Top 6 Ways to Promote Your Web Hosting Business Part 2

Here are the following three methods that can help you... Read More

Choosing Your Web Hosting Package

General rule of thumb is not to sign up for... Read More

4 Tips to Find the Web Host That?s Right For You

Choosing to make a web site is a very big... Read More

Choosing a Right Hosting Solution

You must have done all the hard works for developing... Read More

Free Web Hosting - Why Might It Be A Bad Idea

When talking about free anything the legitimate question that first... Read More

Free or Paid Web Hosting?

Just finished your first website? So it's the time to... Read More

Web Hosting Services Absolutely Necessary for Your Websites Success

Web hosting services play a vital part in your website's... Read More

Cheap Web Hosting ? Choose The Right Company

You have carried out the hard part and that's creating... Read More

Web Hosting in 2005 --- Finding the Niche and Cashing in!

Web Hosting in 2005 --- Finding the Niche and Cashing... Read More

UNIX vs. Windows- What Server Operating System Should You Use for Your Web Hosting?

So you've decided to create a website? The most obvious... Read More

Transferring Your Existing Website to a New Hosting Provider

You've already got a website, but your current hosting provider... Read More

How To Host Several Websites Under One Account

If you operate several websites, each with its own domain... Read More

Choose A Host That Matches Your Home Business Needs

With plethora of hosting companies offering services, choosing a good... Read More

How to Choose a Web Hosting Company

Web Hosting AdviceChoosing a web hosting company to host your... Read More

Five Quick Ways to Determine One Hosting Company From Another

These days, web hosting companies are popping up faster than... Read More

The Big Secret of Fabulous and Mediocre Web Site Hosting Companies

Most web site hosting services like the one you're probably... Read More

Web Hosting Help ? What?s Bandwidth

Bandwidth can make all the difference when choosing where to... Read More

The Domain Name Gold Rush

All the good ones are taken. The really good ones,... Read More

The Web Hosting Industry 2005

For the "big things" to be build it was certainly... Read More

How to Move Your Domain Without Any Downtime

With a little advanced planning, moving your domain to a... Read More

Tips About Low Cost Web Hosting Services

Here are some things you should know before finding a... Read More

Avoiding Bad Web Hosts

The Internet represents the most powerful communication revolution since the... Read More

Cheap Web Hosting is No Bargain

Ever heard the saying "Penny-wise and Dollar-foolish"?Well bargain priced website... Read More