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Reliable Web Hosting for small business

Need a reliable web hosting?

Web hosting comes in all size and shapes. Basically, they can be grouped into three categories based on business need.

• Web hosting for Webmaster
  Majority of the web hosting company is technical oriented. They expect you to know technical skill like HTML, cgi, perl, FTP, database, graphics, php ...etc. Most of them now offer frontpage extension. That means you can use frontpage, an easy web authoring software from Microsoft, to build your site. If you have webmaster skills, then there are many more web hosting company you can choose from.

• Web hosting for Marketer
  These are Web hosting services that are designed with marketers in mind. They provide many features based on the need of the Internet Marketers. You will still need to know the basic HTML skill, FTP, and graphics. Of course, you can always hire a webmaster if you need one.

• Web hosting for Non Technical people
  These web hosting services come with software that is part of the hosting service. The software is very simple to use, intuitive, and you can just simply type in your content and they will appear on your web pages. This group of web hosting is most suitable for businesses that do not want to learn the technical part of building a web site, yet want to retain complete control over web site building and updating their content.

There are many criteria to evaluate a web hosting company. You can compare them on prices verse their features such as transfer rate per month, web space available, script language supported, database included… and on and on.

But for a small business, where your job is more important on building your business than to worry about the technical part of the web hosting, then the main criteria should be how reliable the web hosting service is. Does the server break down often? How many users do they put on one server, which will determine how congested your web site will get.

However, the most important point to consider for web hosting companies is how good their customer service is. Are they friendly and helpful? How soon do they reply your email inquiries? Can you reach them by phone if there is an emergency.