SELECTING OUR HOST:-

The life of a site depends on its quality. One of the factors that affects the quality of the site is the host. When choosing a host, we need to consider the following.

COST:

If a personal web site is all we are looking for, cost will definitely be a factor we need to consider first. If we are looking for a service based site or if we expect more than ten thousands hits a day, you may want to consider a paid server. Since free servers would be highly trafficked merely because of the volume of sites they host. Otherwise, a free service provider is an ideal choice for all sites.

SPEED:-

Speed is very important in ensuring stickiness our site. Remember that there are hundreds of sites on every topic, if a visitor has a bad experience with our site, he may never came back. Checkup on the kind of speeds available with a server by checking out other sites on the same server.

The web server should have adequate memory and disk space and should be implemented on a high_speed computer. Most web servers run on WindowsNT or Unix computers. Most WindowsNT systems use pentium processors. Although some run on DEC Alpha processors.

If our web site requires additional services such as fill in forms, orderforms databases we will need to look more closely at the type of server and it’s capabilities.

An Important factor affecting the speed is the physical location of the server if we play to build a local site say, about restaurants in our city or in India, We should choose a server in India, otherwise servers in US or Japan are good choices.

FREE SPACE:-

We must consider the amount of free space available on the server before choosing one. Most personal sites will fit under 5MB. Again if we want to host a multimedia intensive site, we will need much more space. Sites depending on the type of traffic. A minimum of 15MB is recommended for discussion based sites. Some sites also provide additional space in standard lots for a small fee.