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Choosing a Hosting Service: A Checklist for Business OwnersMaria Marsala For a website to appear on the Internet, you require a “server” that is usually provided by a web hosting company. Hosting companies are paid monthly, quarterly or yearly. Some companies come with guarantees, too. Recommendations from other business owners and web designers are excellent ways to find a good hosting service. One of the primary features I recommend is that the hosting companies can grow with you. If they only offer one package, and you need more, your web site maybe down for up to 2 days and/or you may have to change the code on any forms you use to match the new “server settings”. Don’t be afraid to read a hosting service’s subscriber information, FAQs frequently asked questions, note areas or bulletin boards on their sites. A good hosting company offers as many of these basics as possible:
Special thanks to wise-women.org and HTML-on-the-WEB@yahoogroups.com for some assistance with this list.
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