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Web Hosting Need to Know Guide
Overview
My overall ranking will be a 1 to 5 scale, 1 being the total worst and 5 being top dog. The ranking takes into account features, performance, uptime, price and customer service or support. The results are based on first-hand experience acquired developing and deploying web solutions for myself and several clients over the past decade and then some. Anyone can avoid costly mistakes by learning from my experience and the experience of my clients. I have certainly been on the Internet awhile and having worked and managed several HelpDesks as well as being a certified professional webmaster, can tell you what is what in an unbiased manner.
Each of the top web hosting companies you’ll see me cover and have banners for are definitely among the best out there. I’ll do my utmost to update this blog often, not only with reviews, but with free tips and expert advice from colleagues and associates in the filed.
My initial advice would be to find the parameters of your application or website and then select the features of the hosting company that fits or slightly exceeds your needs. There are certainly several available and competition is high, which is fantastic for the consumer!
Price/Month
The price you pay per month for your web hosting service. This price generally requires that you pay for your service in one or two year increments. The price per month decreases as you select longer billing cycles. Generally there is no setup fee if you choose to pay for at least one year at a time.
Uptime Guarantee
Uptime is the promise by the hosting company that their services will serve up your pages to the Internet visitor every time. Generally, if the uptime guarantee is 99.9% then you can expect your website to be down an average of 1 minute and 26.4 seconds per day. While an uptime of 100% is what we all would like in a perfect world, it is simply not attainable in the reality.
Website uptime should be very high on your list of priorities. I know this doesn’t come to mind, first, but believe me when you have 30 or 40 sites on a dedicated server and it goes down, you WILL panic! And, if the customer service is weak, you will pay for it – emotionally and financially.
Disk Storage
Disk storage is the amount of hard drive storage for your website. Yes, this is very similar to your home or business PC, but usually setup in a failsafe method called RAID – a redundant disk array (bunch of hard drives with a failsafe method if one dies, it will continue to function.) This includes your website files and even more importantly all your databases where perhaps inventory is stored.
Today, most web hosting providers either give you unlimited disk space or an extremely high limit. You can estimate the space you will require for your site by checking the total size of all the files included in your site. Although, the size of your databases will be more difficult to calculate, because of their nature – they are built to grow. I recommend choosing a plan with unlimited disk space and this, theoretically, will never be an issue.
Why do I mention “theoretically”? Stay tuned for more on that in another article I will provide or visit my site regularly – again, this is real-world experience!
Bandwidth
Bandwidth? No, it’s not the size of the high school marching band from left to right. In layman’s terms, I always use the industry term “pipe”. Because, I think it helps folks understand it when I use the analogy of a water pipe. That is essentially what bandwidth usage is all about. The bigger your bandwidth pipe, the more Internet visitors can get to your site and the faster your pages are served up to them – and the more money you can make!
Bandwidth is generally given in a monthly “allowance.” Each of your pages may average about 300KB. A few pages visited by one Internet user or consumer would then triple or quadruple this number to say about 1200KB or 1.2 MB. If you had a few thousand visitors in a single month, this number would hit about 1.5 GB. Bottom line, if your site becomes very popular then you could end up using a lot of bandwidth capacity per month.
Therefore, if you are thinking long-term, this can be a serious consideration. This determination might also be looked at by your target audience. A website for your church, for example, won’t need much bandwidth. But, let’s take a online store, for example. You could possible get visits from all over the world, provided your advertising budget allows it or you know some great inexpensive marketing techniques – that I may just reveal in an upcoming article!
Live Phone Support
All over the world, we have been sucked into the technology age and love to sent text messages and electronic mail. We are literally trained to do it! I hardly ever pickup the phone and ask someone to do something.
BUT…, if I’m stuck due to a server limitation and I’m in the “zone”, I want a body on the other end of that phone line ASAP. And, if the server is having issued as notified to me by a client or customer, the same holds true. You’ll want LIVE phone support!
Coupons and Specials
I thought I would throw this one in there. Competition is fierce when it comes to . Why, you may ask? It may seem clear to some, but not so for newbies. Let me give it to you from an experience perspective, once again.
When you hookup with a good hosting provider, you tend to stick with them for years. Web hosting companies realize this. The last thing anyone wants to do is move a website – all the files, databases, images, etc. – from one host to another. Not only is there a concern for downtime (money potentially lost,) but, there is a high probability of something else going extremely wrong during the transition – thereby, MORE downtime.
Okay, I digress….back to coupons and specials. Because of the genral loyalty to a good hosting provider, many hosting companies will give up 10-20% on the initial sale. So, get on your favorite search engine and look for a valid un-expired coupon. Heck, if you find one and are not sure about expiration, try it anyway. They’ll let you know if it isn’t current.
About the Author
Pj Germain
Pj is a certified webmaster that has been in the field for over two decades. He provides web hosting reviews for consumers and speaks from his experience and that of his clients that have also purchased web hosting. http://bestwebhosting.expertinforeview.com
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The Music Man (Special Edition) $19.97 The Music Man was one of the last great movie musicals from any studio, and it proved to be that rarest of events: a Broadway show that was measurably improved by its transition to the screen. Robert Preston made his musical debut–both live and on film–as “Professor” Harold Hill, the upbeat charlatan who promises to teach a small-town boys band by the “think system.” But it’s the part Preston wa… |
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Jack’s Big Music Show: Let’s Rock $3.99 Jack’s Big Music Show is a Nickelodeon television program that features puppetry, music, and guest performances by popular children’s music artists. Puppets Jack, his friend Mary, and dog Mel have a special clubhouse where they meet to make music together and where visitors often stop in for some musical fun and a little help solving problems. The barbershop-inspired Schwartzman (puppet) Quartet c… |
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Alfred Publishing 0026524 Marching Fundamentals $38.12 Geared for incoming freshmen this DVD explains and demonstrates marching basics and familiarizes the student with all standard marching commands and positions. Can be used as a selfstudy aid.Contributors: By Greg MartinInstrument: Marching BandFormat: DVDCategory: Marching Band DVD |
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Alfred Publishing 0027040 Fundamental Techniques for Marching Percussion $38.12 Instant help for the marching band percussion section. Teaches tuning position of carry plus warmup and technique readiness. Demonstrations given at all levels for all instruments.Contributors: By Thom HannumInstrument: Marching BandFormat: DVDCategory: Marching Band DVD |
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Alfred 0019740 AllStar Marching Band Music Book $19.78 Alfred Music Publishing is the world’s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational reference pop and performance materials for teachers students professionals and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument style and difficulty level. The performers become a brass band and can imagine the sounds of the different instruments as they enjoy marching together through this enjoyable duet that will be a crowd pleaser and a joy to play for beginning students. It is written in C Major 4/4 time with lots of dynamics various touches and some use of accidentals. There will be a good separation of duties between the performers and use of the full keyboard range. |
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Alfred 00902473 Tune Buddieso Here Comes a Marching Band Music Book $25.2 Alfred Music Publishing is the world s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational’ reference’ pop’ and performance materials for teachers’ students’ professionals’ and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument’ style’ and difficulty level. Here Comes a Marching Band is entertaining liveaction fun for everyone In this great addition to the Tune Buddies video series’ kids will experience blaring trumpets’ melodic flutes’ and the big bass drum as Dave’ the Tune Buddies host’ provides a tour of the instruments and introduces children to the musicians that create the sights’ sounds’ and spectacle that is a marching band. Perfect for kids ages 38. Special miniDVD features include interactive kidfriendly menus’ random access scene selection’ and compatibility with all standard settop devices. |
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University Marching Band 12×18 Giclee On Canvas $77.63 Series: TongueinCheekArtist: UnknownPeriod: Source country: Source Year: Robot Drummer12 inch by 18 inch Giclee print on Canvas.All files are stored digitally and are ready for reproduction. The quality is closely monitored to ensure professional results.This item is custom made per order. |
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Buyenlarge 205652P2030 University Marching Band 20×30 poster $31.73 Series: TongueinCheek. Artist: Unknown. Period:. Source country:. Source Year:. Robot Drummer. 20inch by 30 inch poster print on standard paper. All files are stored digitally and are ready for reproduction. The quality is closely monitored to ensure professional results. This item takes 59 businessdays to ship |
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University Marching Band 28×42 Giclee On Canvas $428.79 Series: TongueinCheekArtist: UnknownPeriod: Source country: Source Year: Robot Drummer28 inch by 42 inch Giclee print on Canvas.All files are stored digitally and are ready for reproduction. The quality is closely monitored to ensure professional results.This item is custom made per order. |
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Alfred Publishing 0026795 Marching Marines Music Book $52.97 Marching Marines is an exciting march that employs the famous Marines Hymn From the Halls of Montezuma as its centerpiece. Opening with a traditional drum cadence and an original bugle call the winds all come together for a rousing chorus of the Marines Hymn. Correlates with Accent on Achievement Book 1 page 33. This title is available through SmartMusic.Contributors: By John O ReillySeries: Accent on AchievementLevel: 1 (Very Easy)Instrument: Concert BandFormat: Conductor Score PartsCategory: Concert Band |
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Alfred Publishing 00BDM02027 When the Band Goes Marching In Music Book $46.88 Innovative construction permits every section of the band a onemeasure solo amidst solid ensemble segments. Imagine your students pride when they perform their first solo section in this fresh arrangement of the timehonored band classic. (1:42)Contributors: Traditional / arr. Michael StorySeries: Belwin Very Beginning BandLevel: .5 (Very Easy)Instrument: Concert BandFormat: Conductor Score PartsCategory: Concert Band |
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Highland Mint PHOTO4064K Ohio State University Marching Band Script 75th Anniversary Photo Mint $134.93 The Legendary Ohio Script by the Marching Band Celebrates its 75th Anniversary with this Limited Edition Frame Featured in a 13 x16 Frame with triple matting is an 8×10 photo of the famous Ohio Script as well as two minted 39mm Silver plated Ohio State Commemorative Coins. A numbered Certificate of Authenticity is matted between both Silver Coins. Limited Edition of only 2011 and Officially Licensed. Team: Ohio State Buckeyes. Mintage 2011. Sport: NCAA |
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Alfred Publishing 0026795S Marching Marines Music Book $21.61 Series: Accent on Achievement. Category: Concert Band. Format: Conductor Score. Instrument: Concert Band. Level: 1 (Very Easy). |
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Alfred Publishing 0029462S Fantasy on an Early American Marching Tune Music Book $22.48 Fantasy on an Early American Marching Tune is based on the popular fife and drum melody (The Girl I Left Behind Me. All melodies and countermelodies in the piece are drawn from this wellknown theme as they are altered and reworked to create new melodic material. An excellent piece for festival or contest use and a delightful addition to any concert program (3:10)Contributors: By Robert SheldonSeries: Young SymphonicLevel: 2.5 (Medium Easy)Instrument: Concert BandFormat: Conductor ScoreCategory: Concert Band |