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Characteristics of Web Hosting Companies
Free Web Site Hosting Companies
Even 'free' web hosting businesses are in business to make money. First, they reduce their costs by providing lower quality services. Secondly, they place popup ads on your site, and you have no control over those ads—from silly to sleezy to your competitors' sites, they will grab your visitors' attention every time they visit your site!
- Often unrelated companies' popups pay for your site's hosting thus detracting from your site making you look unprofesional (or unsuccessful)
- Provide little or no support
- May not allow your own domain name (important for search engine rank)
- Thin to no security protection for you and your visitors
- Hundreds to thousands of sites per server (pages load slower than their phone service)
Low Cost or Discount Web Hosting Companies
Again, these businesses clear a profit by cutting corners much like the 'free' services. Most typically they overload their servers with too many sites and your loading speed drags along or gets caught in the mob trying to get to a crowded server. Just as slow, is waiting on hold to get through the bank of phones or 'instant' message support service. Usually you get free setup and low monthly cost in trade for these annoyances.
- High number of sites per server
- Limited or slow technical service
- No annoying popus ads, usually
- Limited space for your site and surprise charges for exceeding transfer allowances
- Site back-up, sometimes
Full Service Professional/Business Hosting Companies like SketchPad
These companies are geared toward businesses and organizations who require highest reliablity and responsive hosting along with fast, dependable technical support and security. This level of hosting will cost more than the free/discount companies, but it doesn't mean you need your own server and IT staff to maintain it. For the small increase in fees (from as little as $25 per month) SketchPad offers you better overall infrastructure, server equipment and software, technical support (just call Larry or Norma) and a top track record proven by our satisfied clients. Click here to read client testimonials.
- Full-time telephone and e-mail support (24/7 for emergencies)
- Servers monitored 24/7 for security & reliability
- Experienced technical support specialists
- Off-server redundant backups of your entire site
- Your own unique domain name
- Multiple domain name email addresses directed to your staff
- Best quality equipment and server software
For CMS and Blog website hosting we highly recommend BLUEHOST.