Web Hosting Packages
Comparing Features
of a
Web Hosting Service
Carefully
review web hosting packages in order
to get the most features for the least amount of money.
You
need to know exactly
what features to looking for in a web hosting service.
Conduct a side-by-side web hosting comparison before you select the
website hosting service for your ebusiness.
I'll list them all right here for you so you can be sure that you get:
More for less!
There are many factors you need to consider when selecting the right web host provider.
You will want
answers for questions like:
- What exactly do I need to look for?
- Why do I need these features?
- What will it cost?
- Will I get the help
and support I need?
So here is what you need to do when you start to
carefully compare web hosting packages. . .
When you start to
seriously market your website you will find that features like a blog,
autoresponder, newsletter and forms are important tools to use that
help grow your traffic, increase your site's visibility on the
internet, develop relationships with your visitors and interact with
your potential customers.
It's all the
great ebusiness strategies
you will
become involved with as you build your profitable
online ecommerce
website.
As your site grows you are going to find that you will need these
webmaster tools in order to implement many of your website marketing
strategies.
There are the features that are considered "must haves" when
assessing
a good website hosting service.
They are. . .
- Domain
Name Registration:
Save on this yearly expense and renewal process by selecting a web host
that includes domain name registration as part of the annual fee.
- Web
Site Hosting Space:
Look for unlimited web page creation
hosting space. As
your website grows you don't want to face the possibility of paying an
additional monthly fee in order to add more web pages, create a store,
or to grow your site in any other way.
- Keyword
Analysis and Keyword Profitability
Assessment Tool:
This is an
essential feature that you will need to use continually when building
your website. (After all, selecting great keywords for each and every
web page is the foundation of a successful website).
A web
host that
includes a keyword analysis tool saves an additional monthly expense
because you won't need to purchase a separate keyword search program or
service like Word Tracker that can cost upwards of $300 a year.
- Point
and Click Site Building System:
Easy
"fill-in-the-blank"
templates and site builder system that streamlines the creation of web
pages without the pain and agony of figuring out how to do it yourself.
- Automatic
Site Map Creation and Search Engine
Submission:
Saves time,
energy, and avoids headaches; especially for the technologically
challenged.
- Customizable
Templates:
Identify a website host
that allows the
flexibility to adapt the standard template options or allows the
flexibility to create your own website template in order to give your
website its own branding and unique identity with your own customized
look and feel.
- Web
Page Analysis for Search Engine
Optimization:
Look for web hosting packages that include
an automated
analysis of each web page for SEO to promote faster listing with the
major search engines and to ensure that the search engine spiders are
happy with the strategic use of keywords and the keyword density in the
content on each web page.
- Link
Checker:
Saves time and guarantees that
all hyper links on your site are active. (Search engines frown upon
broken links and may penalize your site.)
- Blogging
Option:
Increases
site visibility and keeps content fresh and updated; especially when
the blogging function is automated. (An automated blogging feature
initiates posts automatically every time you add a new web page or
update existing web pages). This makes the search engine spiders very,
very happy.
- Traffic
Stats:
Saves time and energy instead of
having to integrate
an outside website statistical analysis tool which can be a major pain
in the kabunzies.
- Auto-Responders:
Saves an additional monthly
fee as well as your time
by not having to subscribe to a separate service which can cost between
$15 to $35 or more a month.
- Form
Builder:
Eliminates the need to integrate
an outside resource
when providing a site contact form, polls, questionnaires, ecourses,
and so forth.
- RSS
Feeds:
RSS automatically updates your
website on a regular basis
with a variety of feed sources which eliminates an extremely tedious
site building chore.
- Web
Mail:
You need an email address that is
directly associated with
your site domain name. Look for web hosting packages that include an
unlimited capacity to send, receive,
save and file messages.
- Newsletter:
An automated newsletter function
from the collection of
email addresses in the sign-up process to the generation of the
newsletter template and mail out function allows for easy list building
and management.
- Support
and Technical Assistance:
Look for
unlimited availability for
help from the web hosting service through all phases of creating and
maintaining your website.
- Money
Back Guarantee:
If you try a website
hosting service and it
doesn't work for you or you don't like it be sure the company offers a
free trial or will give you a refund!
It looks like quite a long list but you will find that you are going to
eventually need all of these features as you website grows and you
implement your marketing strategy.
Now I bet you are wondering why I choose the hosting company I use.
Well, for the exact reasons that I've outline for anyone researching a
web hosting service!
After comparing all the features offered by
the top rated web hosting packages I chose Site
Build It! because they offer more for less. (And
they also happen to specialize in the tools needed to build a successful eCommerce
website!)
My bottom line?
Pay
Less, Get More!
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