First of all let's distinguish between two ways of web site hosting, a free server or a payment server. The servers tend to have higher pay and benefits that the free resources available. In this report we will try to guide people who have to hire a paid service, best for business and pages that pretend to be popular.
If we do not want to pay for our accommodation we can consult the article how to choose a free webhosting.
Define resources
To find an accommodation to our page first we have to ask that we meet the objectives and the resources they need. Depending on the project we need to publish more or less personality or accessing certain resources such as databases, statistics, etc..
The first step could be to decide whether we will need your own domain for our project. Own domain gives you more personality to the site, it will associate better with the name of the company, while it becomes more accessible page. With the low price they have now indicated the domains would be to buy one for our site. In many cases hiring a Web space for hosting will offer us our own domain directly, if not, we can order specifically.
The most common is that the provider hosting the page where also handle domain registration, with virtually no additional cost other than the rates of NIC, approximately $ 30. To learn more about domains and registration is available in a report also published in some articles.
Apart from the domain there are other resources we need, such as:
* Specific Programming Languages
* Access to databases
* Administration of DNS
* etc
We define the resources to use and find a provider that will accept them all. If you're planning a simple page, you probably will not worry the number of advanced having your server, but it is always interesting to evaluate other more basic resources such as:
* The number of email addresses that you are going to provide
* CGIs you have installed, such as counters, form submission by email, etc..
* Statistics ...
Speed
It is a pity that there is no truly reliable method to control one aspect of most concern to all who seek accommodation. For quality service you will offer the provider should ask them about their lines and the transfer ability of the Internet. But not only that but also ask for the saturation with their lines. They can be very powerful but be super-used. As providers are not going to reveal these details as we would like, it's likely that we have only the possibility to test the speed in practice. Please navigate the site we are evaluating the company and confirm the amount of information (Kb) per second can we get to know how fast the page.
Another factor that determines the speed is the proximity of the server. Note that if you are in Indonesia, a server located in your country will be faster for you, in the same condition of lines, one that is in the United States. The further information has to travel, takes longer. But one detail, if a user visits a page of Colombia that is on a Spanish server to your server it will be slower than one of his country.
Download
Another aspect we have to assess when hiring a space for our website is the number of megabytes of monthly transfer allows the provider from our domain out. That is, websites that the server sends weigh in Kbytes and the supplier's is counting, when we pass the limit domain assigned to charge us too much as a price.
Thus, the recruitment of a domain is worth hearing on this aspect and also evaluate the conditions we offer. If we find a server that offers unlimited transfer we have to say not much of it, the transfer control allows them to adjust their service to higher quality levels. Moreover, in most cases we do not have to worry about overcoming transfer rates as the megas that transfers a normal web will never exceed the levels proposed, unless it is a portal or a frequently visited page.
Price
The last factor to consider, and the easiest to compare is the price. The important thing is to compare the quality of service and its price. Sure you can make this comparison knowing the details you have to evaluate.
Accommodation Finder
In some web hosting providers, we can offer a range of accommodation of the highest performance. From domain registration or accommodation in Unix and NT with the most advanced resources, to private servers to manage your page and all your customers.
