How to test the speed of a host Testing speed is not complicated, but it's not very simple either. I will talk about speed in the large sense of the word. Basically speed is a measure on how fast can the data be transmitted between the visitor and the ...

Windows or Linux Hosting Which is "better"? Windows or Linux? I will not even pretend on attempting to give a definitive answer to such a question. I don't think there is one, or at least not in the "this one is better" formula. Like with most things,...

How to estimate your hosting needs I write this article especially for people who are new to web hosting. This is why I will only talk about the basic needs (in a shared hosting environment): space, bandwidth. Most of the people looking for advanced fe...

Hosts, website design and trust Website design and buying decisions Business or buying decisions based on the beauty of the website are not unheard of. I've even read statistics indicating that website design is one of the most important reasons for w...

Server load - just a number? Well, yes, basically the server load is a number. The number is usually under the x.xx format and can have values starting from 0.00. The number expresses how may processes are waiting in the queue to access the processor(s...

Overselling - what the buyer (you) should know about it Overselling basically means to sell beyond the means of delivery. However, that's a little bit oversimplified. Maybe an example will help you get a clearer picture. A web hosting company might...

The uptime guarantee - a thing to look for? The uptime guarantee is the second type of guarantee that is used very often by the web hosting companies (the first is the money back guarantee). Initially it sounded to me like a very good concept and I ...

The guarantees in the hosting business There are mainly two types of guarantees used by the web hosting companies: 1. the money back guarantee and 2. the uptime guarantee The reason they offer them is simple. It's a very wise and effective ma...

Why take time to read the Terms of Service? As most services that we subscribe for, hosting services come with a contract. To sign-up for the service, you have to agree to the terms of that contract and sign electronically. An electronic signature is s...

Unmetered bandwidth in the shared hosting environment. A new trend? A new concept? Why this article? A certain rather well known and fairly reputable hosting company that was offering budget hosting switched to offering shared hosting with unmetered b...

The unlimited bandwidth in a world with limited resources What's this bandwidth thing again? First of all, we have to establish one thing here. I'm not necessarily talking about bandwidth in the sense of speed of transmission or data transmission rat...

Presales questions and purchasing hosting Introduction Nice imaginative subtitle huh? Well, imaginative or not, there was a need for an introduction, mainly to express a few of my own thoughts on the matter at hand. As you might know by now, when ...

Testing web hosting companies In the final stages of your search for a good web hosting company, a very important step is to test "the finalists". Because most web hosting companies have client support email(s) listed openly on their website, testing t...

Evaluating hosts' trustworthiness Web hosting reviews Hosts' trustworthiness, first and foremost can be established by finding out what their clients say about them. As I already explained in another article, credible customer opinions can be found at...

Web hosting reviews search strategy The search for web hosting reviews is a very important (if not the most important) part of your whole web hosting shopping strategy. Shopping for hosting is not exactly easy because today's hosting offer is very-very...