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MOVING TO A NEW WEB HOST (2)

2005-08-06T16:12:00.000+04:00

Ok, you have switched your host - what next?

When your new solution is activated, upload your archived Web pages, database and scripts to the new host. You will be allocated an IP number from the new hosting company. Take time to debug and test the new site from the individual IP number. After your site is entirely debugged and you verify that all site functionality is operative, transfer your domain name service (DNS) servers over from your old host to your new host. During this DNS transition period, which is referred to as the "propagation period," your Web site will be resolved by both your new and old host, as new DNS information about your Web site filters through the Internet worldwide.

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It typically takes about 1-2 weeks for the transfer to fully propagate around the Internet; so keep your old site running in case you get visitors whose ISP's name servers haven't updated fully. It is imperative that you retain both your old and new hosting services during your hosting solution transition. You will need to check your e-mail from both hosting providers, since some regions of the Internet will direct e-mail to your original host, while other regions will start sending mail to your new server during the transition. This same situation will occur with your site?s Web server during the period of propagation.

For this reason, you must ensure that both hosting services are operating simultaneously during your solution transition. Once a week or two have elapsed, cancel the account with your previous hosting company. Make sure to only pull the plug on your old account when e-mail stops arriving from your old server. To ease the transition, you may want to select a hosting service that approximates the features of your previous hosting company.

With a wide range of hosting control panel and automation software packages available, it is now easier to transition Web sites. Transitioning from one new host to another can be a simpler task if you select the same operating system platform and control panel. Some hosting companies make transition from one control panel to another easier by employing a tool that actually automates the transition from a competitor.

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MOVING TO A NEW WEB HOST

2005-08-02T07:40:00.000+04:00

So, you've decided that your current host doesn't suit your needs and you need to choose a new one. Well, don't worry - it happens all the time. Many webmasters upgrade their hosting services once their Web sites become popular, usually because their current hosting firm cannot provide an effective level of scalability or technical support.

Before you move, it's extremely important to make sure you have copies of everything related to your site. Double-check that all content, including Web pages, databases and scripts, are properly archived. But don't archive your Web sites just in case you switch hosts - always back up your data at regular intervals in case you experience unexpected data loss or hardware failure. This will also ensure that all your data is archived and compressed in its original directories, which is very important if you want to retain the full-working integrity of your Web site when you move. Once you have archived your site, make arrangements to purchase your new hosting services.

Make sure that any new solution you select includes basic services that approximate and surpass the service you where obtaining with your previous provider. Perform a search with our advanced search utility to make sure the companies you are considering offer exactly what you're looking for. It makes no sense to replace your present hosting service with another Web hosting solution that equally cannot fulfill your technical requirements.
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Ensuring Your Host Offers Decent Technical Support

2005-07-20T15:58:00.000+04:00

In this issue, I will look at an important but sometime overlooked element in your search for a good hosting account.

It's the role of any reliable hosting firm to take full responsibility for its hardware, software and operating environment so that webmasters can focus solely upon running their business.

If a hosting company is truly committed to this objective, their technical support must be stellar. Customer care therefore is always a major consideration before you chose a Web host. Since it is a major loss leader, many hosting firms don't invest in the labor and equipment required to maintain their operation. It is thus the task of wise webmasters to size up the expertise of a hosting company's support staff before making the fateful decision concerning where to host their Web sites.

Determining whether technical support is dependable is important, because if anything goes wrong with your site, who are you going to call? In an ideal world, it would be your knowledgeable customer care representative. However, in the real world, we know that knowledgeable customer care is hard to find.

Hosting companies claim that they have technicians working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year in their operation centers maintaining mission-critical systems. While this in fact may be true, the most unqualified people in the hosting industry sometimes work in support call centers. Due to the unprecedented demand for IT professionals, many Web hosts can't find employees that are formally trained in Operating System and network technology. Other firms allot so much money to advertising and marketing that technical support becomes a secondary priority. In both instances, customers suffer because they cannot access immediate or useful assistance. So before you select a host, make sure that you put their support to the test.

Choosing a good shared web host (cont)

2005-07-19T17:12:00.000+04:00

Okay, this piece is somewhat shorter but completes the section on your
choice of shared web host. Ready?

Do extensive background research

Find out whether a host is real or whether it resells hosting solutions. Also check what payment processor the host uses to run credit card transactions. Determine who owns the hosting company and whether they possess the technical expertise required to run it effectively. All of these factors impact upon the credibility and reliability of the host and the services you provide your customers.

Obtain assurances

You should obtain assurances concerning service quality before you sign up for hosting services. A quality Web host should assure some form of service quality and compensation if you experience an interruption in service.

Understand your obligations

Before you sign up with a Web host, you must understand what your obligations are concerning payment for service and permissible behavior. Certain hosting companies will not permit high traffic content, such as adult material. Other hosting companies will permit such content, but only if a special hosting service package is selected.

Establish an exit strategy

Always have a backup plan in case your host goes belly-up or experiences an unrecoverable failure. Redundancy should always be a priority if you are running an Internet-based business. Remember that any service outage can completely compromise your source of income.

That's it for today.In the next article I will look at the adequacy and quality of technical support.

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Choosing a good shared web host

2005-07-18T10:13:00.000+04:00

Welcome back.

In today's issue I will look at some of the characteristics of a good
shared web host.

A good, shared Web host must provide reliable and reasonable quality
of service. Many times, a consumer will sign up with the least expensive
provider only to experience many technical difficulties and the inevitable
and frustrating experience of changing Web hosts.

To avoid this experience, it is best if the consumer chooses the right
hosting company. Ensuring that a shared Web hosting firm has the following characteristics will increase the probability of consumer satisfaction.

Quality Server Technology

The use of quality server technology is important.Since shared hosting services utilize multiplexed equipment, consumers must ensure that the server and server technology used can accommodate the number of users on your particular server.
You would also want to make sure that knowledgeable system administrators are operating your hosting companyâ€™s technology.

Network Redundancy.

Your shared hosting package must have multiple connections to the Internet.
Network redundancy ensures that if one Internet connection goes down, traffic
can be re-routed through another connection. It is important to find the fastest internet connection possible. Since you are competing with other users for resources in a shared hosting environment, you should ensure that you have at least T3 connection that is using less than 50 per cent of available bandwidth.

You should also consider the following factors before selecting any type
of shared hosting solution for your Web site. By considering these factors,
you will save money in the long run by selecting a solution that grows with
your business. Purchase only what you need. Select a Web hosting solution that corresponds with your business needs. Only purchase services that your site will require to provide your specific content. Don't sign up for an all-inclusive account with a hosting firm if you won't use most of their services. This will unnecessarily increase your costs.

Select a scalable solution

Make sure that your hosting solution can grow as your site grows in complexity. Ensure that you can upgrade your site to accommodate increased bandwidth and other demanding resource requirements such as server-side scripting, database support and multimedia streaming.

Find prompt tech support

Only use a host that provides prompt and knowledgeable customer care. A dependable host should offer 24x7 toll-free technical support rendered by experienced and professionally trained technicians.

Check references

Before you commit to a particular hosting firm, ask for
references. Make sure to canvass other webmasters running sites with similar specifications. Browse their Web sites and measure response times at both
peak and non-peak periods.

Watch your billing and keep your receipt

Many hosting firms are notorious for their horrid billing practices. Check your credit card statements to ensure that you are not being overcharged or billed at an incorrect frequency. Most purchases occur online, so make sure to print out your receipt. Most companies will require you to remit that receipt by fax in order to cancel.

Back up all your data

Do not depend on your host to recover any data you publish on the Web. Most hosting firms are only equipped to recover files in the event of a system failure. Ensure that you have a copy of any data that you post to the Web on your own hard drive.

Own your own domain

Make sure that your Web host will not hold you hostage to their service by exercising administrative control over your domain name. Your host should only be listed as a technical contact. You should exercise administrative control over the domain from the point of purchase.

In the next posting we will look at some further good characteristics of good
shared web hosting.

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Introduction to hosting (Part Three)

2005-07-17T17:26:00.000+04:00

Web hosting can be obtained free of cost from content portal sites such
as Yahoo! GeoCities. Such content sites invite individual users to
establish Web sites on their domain in order to create a critical mass
of core content on their online property. The user does not pay for
service because it is subsidized by banner advertising. Because such
sites do not charge, they offer limited service depth and quality of
service. For example, free services will not provide customized hosting
services where domain names are personalized (i.e., www.yourdomain.com).
The "paid" class of Web hosting services however does provide such services.

Paid services are normally offered by Internet service providers (ISPs) or
by hosting service providers (HSPs). Paid services provide a reliable set
of offerings that ensure domain name personalization, service depth and high
levels of quality of service. The paid class of Web hosting includes shared, dedicated and managed services. Shared is the most basic level of hosting.
With shared hosting, numerous Web sites are shared on one server. While an
economic solution, they typically cannot handle large amounts of storage or
traffic. If a consumer's needs are more sophisticated, then they might opt
for either dedicated or managed services.

Dedicated hosting allots a Web site its own server. This is more flexible
than shared hosting, as webmasters typically have full control over the
back end of the server, including choice of OS. Managed hosting on the
other hand is a dedicated server that is accompanied by a full suite
of technical support, maintenance and monitoring services. This differs
from dedicated Web hosting, where customers are provided with their own
servers but are still responsible for virtually all administrative and
maintenance duties.

If you're just starting out, my advice is to start of with a free web
hosting account and Yahoo! Geocities is a good place to start, especially
if you would like to experiment a bit with file uploads and building your
website.

In the next update I will look at choosing a good shared webhosting package.

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Introduction to hosting (Part Two)

2005-07-17T12:44:00.000+04:00

This is the second part to the article on web hosting.

To have a Web site on the Internet you first need to have a Web server. Unfortunately, owning and operating a Web server can be very costly and
requires technical expertise that most businesses do not possess. This
is where "Web hosts" come in. Web hosts provide the equipment and other
technical resources that are required to provide a consumer with their
own customized Web site.

Hosting companies charge a rental fee for the service of storing your
Web site and allowing Web site visitor traffic flow to through their
computers to get to the information on your site. Web hosting services
are more advantageous because they are outsourced, meaning that the
physical location of the Web server does not reside at
the consumer's premises.

Outsourcing your Web presence effectively transfers the responsibility
for maintaining your Web site infrastructure from yourself to an
organization that is more competent to do so. Many individuals and small
businesses take advantage of Web hosts in order to free themselves from
pre-occupying their scarce human and financial resources on Web host issues.

Individuals and companies who outsource their Web presence do so in order
to achieve the following objectives: reduce and control operating costs;
improve their own company focus; gain access to in-depth expertise; free
internal resources for core competencies; and obtain access to world-class capabilities to control IT functions which are difficult to manage.

The best Web hosting services will provide relatively seamless access to
IT functions that will allow you to self-publish your Web site. It is
important to note that "Web hosting" strictly refers to providing the
consumer with the capacity to upload content to a server for immediate
transmission for those that request it. Web hosting does not include
the authoring of a Web site or the development of database-driven
components or code. It is incumbent upon the consumer of Web hosting
services to develop this material or have it developed on his or her
behalf.

Web hosting is offered to the consumer in multiple formats based upon
the user's requirements. These requirements are incumbent upon cost and infrastructure provided.

In the next article, I will discuss free versus paid hosting.

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Introduction to web hosting (Part One)

2005-07-16T10:58:00.000+04:00

Web hosting is a service that allows users to post Web pages to the Internet.
A Web host, or hosting service provider (HSP), is a business that provides the technologies and services needed for Web sites to be viewed on the Web.
Web hosting is a primary service that consumers can utilize after obtaining either dial-up or broadband access to the Internet. It allows users to disseminate their own information resources to any Internet user that is interested in accessing them.

Web hosting utilizes the server/client model to distribute content. A Web hosting provider will offer its clients access to a Web server that will push that client's content to recipients on request. Recipients use clients, or Web browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator to request content from the Web over their own Internet connection. Web sites are hosted, or stored, on a special computer called a server. The server, or host computer, allows Internet users connected anywhere to reach your site when they put in your domain address, for example: www.yourcompany.com.

The host computers are set up so that when someone types in your domain name (your Web address), the address will follow a route from computer to computer until it reaches your host computer and your web site. Then the Internet user will be able to browse through your Web site. Hosting companies usually require that you own your own domain name in order to host with them. If you don't have a domain name, most hosting companies will help you purchase one.

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2005-06-20T18:57:00.000+04:00

Greetings

Let me introduce myself.

My name is Egbert Benstrong and reside in beautiful Seychelles.
This is my very first blog and I am enjoying it to the max!

Okay, I love the internet, because I get to meet many different people from a wide variety of culture and I guess this what makes this world a wonderful place - richness in variety.

I am most interested in new business and friendship opportunities and recently, through a couple of joint venture partnerships, I have been building my database of contacts even as I sleep! Never felt better.

I aim through this blog to bring to you much quality content and trust that we can share from each other our experiences and good practices.

Please enjoy!!

Best wishes

Egbert