The economy is bad. People are counting their dollars and making tough decisions on what to spend their money on. At the same time, the face of the web is rapidly changing. Waaayy back when, web hosting was expensive. And you didn't get much for your buck. I remember the days when domain names were $70 a YEAR! And hosting was $50 or more per month for 100MB of space and maybe 2GB of bandwidth. Then came the "Happy Days". The days when companies started coming out with cheaper … [Read more...]
Bigger is NOT always better. Nowadays, hosting companies are going crazy with the amount they claim to offer in their hosting packages. But it's all smoke and mirrors. Unlimited Bandwidth This is the biggie. Everyone wants something that's unlimited, right? But is it really unlimited? Bandwidth is the amount of data transferred to and from your website. This includes files (pages and images) downloaded to viewers' cache's, FTPed files up and down, and email in and out, as well as … [Read more...]
If we had a dime for every hosting client who called to complain that "we took their site down"! Hosting companies take a site down for two reasons. You didn't pay your bill. Any good hosting company has some type of client area where you can view invoices, see when things are due to renew, manage your account, and most likely put a credit card on file. Make sure your email address is current, and you update any card on file. Invoices will usually be emailed to the address on the … [Read more...]
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