I do not need any more guest posts, thanks to all that have put them forward. Along with this, I have enough of them - if you’ve sent one in already, it will go up or I will reply to you with necessary changes; do not send in any more please. I will hopefully be back soon, my Internet is still playing up and I have uni starting in 3-4 days, so just making sure everything’s good.

Post written by Ryan from Ryan Lineker Dot Com.

To get a website onto the Internet you need hosting, this is really space on a server where your domain points to. When you are looking to purchase hosting there are things that you need to look for to make sure you are going to be satisfied and not ripped off.

Firstly you need to see what their support is like. You need to get good support from your host because if something goes wrong you need to be able to speak to them and get your website up quickly so you don’t lose traffic and potential earnings.

Secondly you want to find out what current clients think about the host. Are they happy with the host? if not why aren’t they happy, what’s the problem with the host. You can do this by searching the host’s name on Google or by posting a message on Webmaster Forums. There is no point purchasing from a host where their current clients aren’t happy.

Thirdly you need to look what the site’s up time is. They can offer you all the space and bandwidth in the world but if their server is down most of the time your not going to get any visitor’s and not make any money.

Fourthly you would want to see if the host oversells. If you say for example you have purchased a hosting plan with 100gb’s of space would you have all of the space to use or would other people be using it. If the company oversells the likely chance is that when you reach half of what they have said you will get they
will suspend or terminate your account.

Lastly only purchase what you need! When you are looking for hosting only purchase what you need, if you have a small site do go buying a plan with loads of space and bandwidth. By a small plan and when you are running out of space and bandwidth you can upgrade. Doing this means that you make the most out of your money and not wasting it on stuff you don’t need.

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