For a successful web site having a great host is very important. Now supposing one has just made a big new web site and has a remarkable domain name, attractive design and a large amount of content. Now what is the next step is the question that comes in his/her mind. If the site is great but the host is worthless the site will go down and thus will suffer as a result. Before choosing ones first web host some important elements should be considered as many people these days are discontented with their web hosting service. One that fits one’s needs can be the best service. Several elements that any webmaster ought to consider before choosing a web host are:-
�Disc space is the first thing to be considered. Disc space depends on the size of the web site, and also on the amount of money one is willing to spend. To see how much disc space the site takes up on computer one should look in ones web site folder. Always get space more then what is taken up by ones computer (to be on the safer side). For e.g., if the web folder is 300MB, one should probably get 250-300MB of disc space. Sites with flash animation, or complex designs and sites with a variety of videos and pictures will in general take a higher amount of disc space than other sites.
�Try to estimate the amount of bandwidth ones web site will be using. Bandwidth is the amount of data transfer ones web site can use. One should have a high bandwidth if one is planning to have an extraordinarily popular site with a large amount of files. Bandwidth is not as big a factor for casual web sites. Considering the cost aim to have more bandwidth than required, but never less.
�Speed of Web site is rarely taken into consideration. The fact is that there are numerous Internet users still on 56k dial-up connections. If speed of ones web host is very slow for all of its web sites, then one may not want to go with that host. People won’t sit around at a page forever. Having a fast speed is very helpful if one wants many people to visit ones site. Just asking the web host for list of their sites is a very good technique for checking how fast a web host’s hosted sites are. A genuine web host, who wants to have business, will conform in no time at all.
This might take some time and effort but nonetheless these elements are required to be taken into consideration while hosting a web site. Searching through web hosts even if it takes time in finding out everything one can about the host would be worthwhile. It is not necessary that the best web host is the most expensive, or cheapest so one should have a clear-cut view of what one wants to accomplish with ones web site. The host that fits ones needs is the best web host. Cheaper web hosts may be the way to go for the casual webmaster. Conversely if one has planned his site to win users, and inform all their friends about the site, than one might want to consider getting a higher end web host. No the site can not be seen by the users without web hosting. To make the gateway between ones site and the rest of the Internet as successful as possible is very important
