| To choose the best web site hosting companies, | | | | hosting, dedicated hosting, collocation and virtual |
| you will have to compare the features or | | | | dedicated hosting which is also known as virtual |
| services being offered by a number of | | | | private servers. |
| companies. Each company will offer you a | | | | The simplest of them all and probably the most |
| different package with different services and | | | | economical is shared hosting. This type is best |
| therefore, the one that's best for you will be | | | | for those persons who are interested in hosting a |
| dependent upon your needs as it relates to the | | | | single domain and do not have requirements for a |
| website you want to create. Below are some of | | | | large bandwidth or disk space. Also in this case, |
| the factors to be considered. | | | | your website will be sharing resources and server |
| Operating System - Linx and Window are two of | | | | space with other websites. |
| the most widely used operating systems | | | | In the case of a reseller hosting type, you can |
| available. It is also common to use MySQL for | | | | have a lot of domains with the option of reselling |
| databases, but you could also use the Microsoft | | | | the hosting account. It is therefore similar to the |
| MSL server or ASP pages. The important thing | | | | shared hosting, but gives you more resources |
| to do is to ensure that you are being provided | | | | along with another control panel so that you can |
| with a server that is Windows-based. PHP and | | | | organize all your domains easily. |
| Perl are also common as programming languages. | | | | The dedicated server type is best for those |
| Control Panels - In most cases, you will be given a | | | | persons who require a large bandwidth along with |
| control panel by the web hosting site that you | | | | other resources to manage their server. This |
| can use to control you website hosting account | | | | option allows you to have the server and its |
| easily. These control panels will give you the | | | | resources all to yourself, with only your domains |
| ability to administer databases, manage email | | | | being hosted on that particular server. As a |
| accounts, updates and access to your website, | | | | result, you may be given root or administrator |
| check the status of your server and view the | | | | access. |
| statistics as it relates to your website. If you | | | | In the case of the virtual dedicated server, you |
| are new, then cPanel is a good control panel to | | | | will be sharing the server with other persons, but |
| use, however if you have worked with another, | | | | you are given a specific proportion of the server |
| then go with what's comfortable for you. | | | | and its resources. As a result, sharing with an |
| Majority of the best web site hosting companies | | | | individual that has a busy site, will not affect you. |
| will give you cPanel as an option. | | | | There is also the colocation option, which is for |
| Hosting Types - There are many different types | | | | those who want to own their server. In this |
| of hosting, and in some cases, all the various | | | | case, you web site host would just be there to |
| types will be offered to you, and therefore you | | | | give you bandwidth, rack space network |
| need to know which will work best for you. The | | | | connectivity and support for the server. |
| different types include: reseller hosting, shared | | | | |