Web Hosting For Your Business
The first thing to be done when creating your online business persona is to register your domain name. This is also known as the uniform resource locater (URL) of your website. As soon as you've got the name you want you next need to host your website on a server that is connected to the Internet. People worldwide can log on to your website once you've established your web hosting plan. You have the choice of hosting the website yourself or you can have another company take care of the web hosting duties.
If the information contained in your web pages is sensitive and needs safe transmission over the Internet then you can think about hosting the website within your own company. The downside of doing this is that you will need to hire staff for the sole purpose of maintaining the website and guaranteeing that your site has an uptime percentage of 99.9.
On the other hand if you outsource the web hosting to another company, you can free your resources by letting the outsourcer company take care of the routine website management tasks. Some of the common tasks include checking each and ever link in your website to spot broken links, monitoring website accessibility and removal of out of date content.
There are web hosting companies who will agree to manage your websites responses. The company will have you publish a generic e-mail address on your site and the web hosting company will then sort through all the messages for you. In this way, you only have to check your private e-mail account for the mail that they have forwarded to you for your response.
Here are some tips for choosing a hosting company. Choose a company that has a solid financial background. Get more background details on the outsourcer company specifically in the areas of service and support. Prepare a comprehensive contract and get it approved by the outsourcer company.
A detailed service level agreement should also be a part of the contract. Daily website upkeep along with detailed operational metrics instructions should be contained in the contract, as well. In order to prevent any unauthorized access to your business information, make sure the data center has a high level of security.
Registering a domain name is the first step in creating a web presence. After you have named your website you will need a Web Host. You'll need to agree to the hosting company agreements. When it comes to hosting your website you can either outsource it to a web hosting company or host it yourself. Many hosting companies will agree to manage your website responses. The company will have you publish a generic e-mail address on your site and will sort through all the messages for you. Looks for a hosting company with a solid financial background and that will give you the support you need.
Published May 24th, 2008
Filed in Web Hosting