by Terry Detty,
published November 19, 2008
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ith thousands of Web hosting companies in the marketplace, it can be difficult if not impossible to know which Web site hosting companies truly provide an excellent hosting solution at a most excellent price.
When you have an established domain name with a good Web hosting company, you can get reports on your traffic and find out which of the pages your customers are visiting most often, as well as many other statistics that will hurt your brain if you ingest too quickly.
Your Web host could charge you a fee for monthly service that ranges from $10 or $20 to the more expensive $50.00 per month. Plan to pay between $300 and $500 per year to your Web host.
Always avoid free or very inexpensive Web hosting services, because you may experience bouts of server downtimes and you are most likely going to have significant limitations in storage, number of email addresses, FTP upload etc.
Be sure your Web host can accommodate e-commerce and storefronts, wireless capability, blogs, forums, chats, online interactive help and anything else you want to add onto your site.
Estimate what your growth needs are and ensure that this Web host can serve you as you grow. The last thing you want to do is change host mid way unless you absolutely have to do so.
Check your bandwidth capability to be sure that, if your Website traffic grows rapidly, your customers will not have to wait to download or view information. Three things to look for in a Web hosting company are:
1. Excellent Customer Support: Your hosting provider should be there for you 24/7 and give you instant access to the technicians you need to solve your problem. Ask them how long it takes for them to typically respond to your problem. A good test is to call them in the mid night to check if you get to a live, level 3 support.
2. A Sound Infrastructure: Check whether they offer a multi-homed network powered by multiple bandwidth providers to ensure redundancy. Some offer a 100% guarantee on its network availability or network uptime.
3. Financial Stability: If you're running very critical operations, you can't afford to be with a hosting company that may not be in business in a few months.
Choosing an appropriate domain name is very important. First and foremost, when it comes to domain names, try to stay away from the silly, stupid, ridiculous or clever. Keep your domain name simple and make it something your customers can remember if they lose the link to your business Website.
Take note that, while your domain name on Geocities or AOL may seem like the least expensive way to go, it may also get you dropped from certain search engines. Some search engines ignore domain addresses that reside on these ‘free servers’ or on the ‘cheap’ servers.
Even if your site is recognized and considered by search engines, a professional domain name that uses your primary company name or associated words is likely to get more attention and be considered as a stable business by your prospective customers.
Purchasing domain names are not that expensive which cost about $100 and there are many companies that can register the name for you, provided it is available and has not already been used by another company.
Using one of your keywords in your domain name can increase your score on some search engines. For example, solderingirons.com could be more effective as Electric-soldering-irons.com, if that domain name was available.
You might also choose to establish more than one domain name using keywords and then link your ‘doorway’ domain sites to your primary site. But you will have to pay for each of the domain name and also the monthly hosting fees. It all depends on the type and size of your business and your competition.
Keep in mind that some search engines disregard ‘doorway’ sites. So put at least a page of content on the doorway site with some useful information and then link it to your primary site. But don’t design it as an empty page. The other reason being, you can have one, three, five, or even more email addresses that all contain your business name, and give your business a professional feel. When customers get emails from dominicstone@solderingirons.com they feel as if they are dealing with a stable, professional business operation.
No need for customers to understand how you manage all your email boxes on your domain. They just need to feel your business is dependable and reputable.
The best and most honest way to go about building an email list is to gather the email addresses of people that visit your website. The most profitable way to download is to pay for a membership to a website. Once again, you will need to place your w
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Advertising. It’s one of the best things you can do for yourself, your website and your business. The more advertising that you do the better off you, your website and your business will be. It’s a plain and simple fact-advertising works.
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