Choosing A Domain HostDue to the numerous types of Web Hosting companies that exist today, choosing the right one can sometimes be a daunting task.
In making a decision on what is a 'fair' price, there are so many factors involved that it is difficult to pin-point an exact price range to expect. However, taking this into consideration, following are a few guidelines:
The first thing you need to decide is what type of Web Site you want. For example, will it be personal or business related? Will you need ecommerce services such as a shopping cart and a merchant account? Do you have any special requirements such as the ability to run CGI scripts? How much can you afford to pay? The cost of Web Hosting varies widely, from free to thousands of dollars per month. However, you will find that a typical Hosting account ranges from $10 to $50 per month, depending on the features available. These are just some of the questions that you should evaluate before searching for a Web Host.
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Handling Your Email Addresses
Lester Boey
--Company Email Addresses--Web hosting companies should provide company email accounts for each person in your company. Email addresses should appear like this:
yourname@domain.com
lester@definiteweb.com
myname@companyname.com
--Web Mails--
Most websites work with web mails. Web-based email enable you to access email via a web browser such as Internet Explorer. You log into your email account via the Web to send and retrieve email. You are able to access your emails from anywhere in the world and it makes checking of emails convenient and portable. Web mails for your company will most probably be accessed at www.yourcompanyname.com/webmail
There are other forms of web mail options available such as Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and Gmail.
--Email Forwarding--
Email forwarding allows you to have multiple email personalities. With email forwarding, you can setup aliases for other email accounts like
joe@mycompany.com forwarded to web-designs@definiteweb.com
joe@myothercompany.com forwarded to web-designs@definiteweb.com
joe@personalwebsite.com forwarded to web-designs@definiteweb.com
It makes tracking of emails easy; especially when you have multiple email accounts to check on.
--Mailing Lists--
It will be userful if you can send out emails to a large number of users. Start up with collecting opt-in email addresses from interested parties and send monthly promotions of your business products and services. Before long, your mailing list will be your another marketing channel of your business.
Lester Boey works in an Australian SEO and Web Design company http://www.definiteweb.com/ His life revolves around SEO; providing full-time and freelance seo services to US and Australian businesses. Email: projects@definiteweb.com
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| Did You Know? |
Hosting your e-business for free? Smart thinking Johnny... Yes, there are dozens of websites on the internet that offer free web hosting solutions, but before you place important information on Geocities or Freewebs, there's something you must understand:
Trusting your online name to a free web-host is almost always a bad idea
Why?
Not only do free web hosts often restrict your bandwidth, offer miserable http transfer speeds, place ads on your website, or severly limit functionality, but also they severly limit your potential in less tangible ways.
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