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We often see advertising promoting the best hosting service, but what does it mean? It's very easy to be blinded by the terminology, like unlimited 'services', but what are we really looking for? Naturally, this depends on what we want to do with our website, and what our site will be used for. For example, if we are going to host a video site at one extreme, then we'll have to get large amounts of storage and a good bandwidth capacity to cope with the traffic. On the other hand, if we have one static site, or a blog, then we need very little in the way of bandwidth and disk space. In this case we could subscribe to a really cheap service costing several dollars a month. Let's take a look at the basic requirements for a webmaster wanting to created many sites. First of all, the host package needs to be very easy to navigate, with an fool proof interface, like the one with C-Panel. Having used both C-Panel and Plesk, it's obvious to me that there is no comparison between the two. Current C-Panel user interfaces feature one click installation of familiar systems, like Wordpress, which means you can create your site really fast. Your hosting service needs to be configured for html and php, naturally, and should give you a guaranteed up-time. The majority of host services advertise over 99%, which is pretty good. This brings us on to the topic of communication, which is extremely important. One time I happened to find one of my main sites was down for about 30 minutes, so I was not too pleased. When I called customer service, the host rep gave me very little information about why it was off line. I changed immediately to a service with great communication - and it was cheaper as well! I did use Godaddy for awhile, as they often have deals on domain names from time to time, but their ftp-like interface and overall user controls is over complex and slow. However, great for purchasing domain names - just buy the name, change the server names and a couple of hours later your site will be running from your preferred host provider. I frequently by .info names and use these for making niche websites. For two dollars a shot, it makes great sense. In my experience, as far as Google is concerned, the use of .com, .info, .net, or .org makes precisely no difference at all to the search position for your keywords. My advice is, buy from Godaddy but use another host provider. If you happen to be making lots of sites, then you need a host provider that allows unlimited add on domains. When you have created your primary domain name, you just make separate folders for new domains, set the servers for your newly purchased domain names, and you can have hundreds of static websites or blogs on one server for a few dollars a month. Nonetheless, maybe it's a good idea to separate the sites. I currently 60 sites with one provider, another 70 with a second, and some others elsewhere - you can't be too careful. Graham Bailey Back Links Web Advisor
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