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| consultant or an affiliate marketer, it has become | | | | more than 5GB. You should carefully choose the |
| compulsory for everybody to own a professional | | | | package for your website as you may find |
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| Generally a web hosting package consists of the | | | | should consider package with space between 5MB |
| web space, e-mail accounts, database, scripting, | | | | to 50 MB. |
| shopping carts etc. | | | | 3. Don't ignore the platform |
| If you search through Google for a web hosting | | | | Platform decides your programming language and |
| service, you will find too many companies | | | | database support. it is always important to |
| providing this service with attractive packages and | | | | choose the correct platform depending on the |
| facilities. It becomes difficult to choose any one as | | | | language and database you know. You can either |
| each company claims as their web hosting | | | | choose Windows or Linux. If you are skilled in |
| package as the best and economical. | | | | ASP and SQL Server, you should go for windows |
| In this article, we shall discuss key points which will | | | | platform. Linux platform will support PHP and |
| help you choosing the correct web hosting | | | | MYSQL better than windows from the |
| service. | | | | performance point of view. |
| 1. Stay away from free web hosting | | | | 4. Additional software, support and control panel |
| Few companies like Google, yahoo and netfirms | | | | Every web hosting package has additional |
| offer free web pages on their server. This is a | | | | software and features like e-mail accounts, |
| good service for beginners and hobbyist to | | | | database support (SQL, Access) and |
| establish their website (webpage) without | | | | programming support (PHP, ASP). With this a user |
| spending a single penny. This service has a big | | | | friendly control panel, support for Blog, forums |
| disadvantage. The company shows advertise on | | | | and CMS (content management system) will be a |
| the hosted pages and keeps limited bandwidth. | | | | plus point. |
| This may distract and limit visitors to your | | | | You should carefully choose the package |
| website. Don't go for this kind of service if you | | | | considering these features and support. I hope |
| are serious about your business and service. | | | | above points will be helpful in selecting the correct |
| 2. Choose the right web space | | | | web hosting package. |