Domain Hosting News and Questions

OML asked:




GoDaddy.com states that they offer world-class hosting as good as or better than most hosting companies offer, but I think they are referring more to their state-of-the-art, World Class Data Center rather than to their actual web hosting products and customer services they offer. A web host can have all the technological bells and whistles in the world backing them, but if a host service doesn’t have solid customer support and a few key features, that host will fall short of the competition. GoDaddy.com does offer some very attractive and affordable packages. I have personally been using Godaddy.com for around 2 years now. I have not to this day encountered any difficulties using their web hosting and domain name registering services. Some of their features described in more detail below. Before that though, I just want to say that I personally recommend them as they are still somewhere in the top 10 web hosting providers list.

Feature Set:  

GoDaddy is not a bad value, but lacks a lot of features that competitors offer for virtually the same price. GoDaddy offers 5 GB of disk space storage, 500 email accounts, 250 GB monthly data transfer, and limited on languages/platform support. Many other web hosting providers offer more for less. All plans with GoDaddy include these features: World Class Data Center, online set-up and instant account activation, FrontPage Extensions, 24/7 FTP Access, best-of-breed routers, firewalls and servers; Web Site Statistics, free setup, daily backups, 24/7 monitoring, 24×7 email, telephone and web-based tech support, 24/7 physical security and secure SSL Certificates (an optional extra) GoDaddy places their emphasis more on technology than on customer support.

Customer Service:  

Customer Service is what separates great hosts from the mediocre. GoDaddy offers an array of support options, such as Email Support, Telephone Support, an FAQ Section on their Web Site and access to various user guides. Unfortunately, there are a few items that are definite drawbacks with their Customer Service. If you use their Email Support, you will not get a response for 10 to 12 hours. Too long for most customers! GoDaddy even posts this right on their Web Site. I wouldn’t be boasting about a 10 to 12 hour response time. If you don’t want to wait for an email, there phone support is a little better. The average waiting period we experienced was 30 minutes. This is still too long of a wait and much longer than the wait we experienced with other web hosting companies that we reviewed. The tech I finally did speak with was not well-informed about the products or services offered and not eager to help. Unfortunately, Go Daddy does not offer live chat, a valuable customer service tool that allows you to receive instant help online.

Control Panel:

GoDaddy is not too difficult to use, even without a technical background. Most functions within the Account Management tool are similar to other control panels, but GoDaddy.com’s panel lacks certain features that competitors offer. On the plus side, with GoDaddy.com you can perform account management tasks, email management, web security, database setup and management, manage statistic tools and install FrontPage Extensions (without these supported by your host, you can’t take advantage of all the perks FrontPage offers).

Summary:  

Overall, GoDaddy has some catching up to do with the competition. Other than that, they are basically easy to use, reliable, and I definitely recommend them. Read this post for more information on web hosting services.



3D Domain Registration

James Koh asked:




Each of us has his/her very own reasons in looking for and utilizing a web hosting service. A promising movie director may be in need of a web hosting service that specializes on video streaming, either live or not, to be able to upload and share his/her short films. Another person with musical leanings may be looking for a site to store the music he/she produces, to get feedback and constructive critiques from other people. Just another, a watercolor artist or a digital painter maybe, would need a site to host his/her art for easier access of possible employers or contractors. Storing files online becomes easier with the help of web hosting services.

The hosting service for you usually depends on the kind and amount of files you are going to store. Whether your files are small or large, it would be best to look for the most available bandwidth. In storing image files, for example, you can find sites like Imageshack with available unlimited bandwidth for all your pictures. This is especially useful if you blog with high resolution pictures – blogs don’t usually support big images on their directories. Linking them with image hosting sites will greatly improve the effect of your blog for your pictures can be seen in their original high resolution.

In choosing the web hosting site to use, you have two options: first is to directly use your website’s domain with the web hosting service’s servers. This is the easiest way for every website owner, especially for beginners. But because you’re using your own web space, it may run out quite fast especially if the files you upload are more graphic than text heavy. For example, even a small image eats up around 1 MB of your web space while 10 pages of text can only add up to 100 KB, just about 1/10th of the small image. Depending on the requirements of your website, you can choose whether or not to use this kind of webhost.

The other option aside from directly using your website’s domain is to use remote access web hosting sites, like Box.Net. In these remote storage websites, you can upload and hotlink all your image, video, game or music files from their server instead of using up your website’s space. This method of storing files greatly increases the amount of images and other flashy animations you can include in your website, as the bandwidth you’re using up is not your own. On the other hand, a disadvantage of using this method is that you have no control if ever a remote web host goes down – your online files may be deleted. Keeping an extra copy of your files in another server or in your own computer will help you counteract such incidents.

Before deciding which site to finally use, there are a few things you must be clear on first. Make sure to check out what kinds of files you would be storing. Shop around for web hosting services depending on these kinds of files and the benefits you might acquire from them. Most importantly, register with a web hosting service that ensures the protection and security of your files. Choose wisely among the vast number of available services on the Internet.

Web Hosting and Domain Registration

Leon Belenky asked:




For any company, one of the most vital decisions you can make is to build a website.  This site can bring in quite a large amount of business, and can be an easy way to gain extra revenue through online product sales. However, the task of creating a website can be daunting, finding the right web hosting service can be downright painful.

In order to make the best decision for your web hosting needs, you will need to have a little understanding of how the Internet works.  

First of all, everyone has heard of the three w’s that come at the beginning of web addresses, but, do you know what those w’s mean? The three letters are short for World Wide Web, which is in everyday terms, the Internet.

When you create a website, it is stored on a hosting server, which makes it accessible to other Internet users, utilizing a special communication for called http.  This protocol allows for other computers to access your webpage through a unique web address or domain.

There are many, many steps to getting your website to another computer, and the steps can sound convoluted, but they are actually quite simple.  A web server hosts your website, then the site is accessed by another computer using its specific http page address.

In order for another computer to access your web site, then the computer must make use of an Internet browser. This browser translates the special protocol language back into its  original form.

Now, how does a web hosting service figure into this equation? The web hosting service that you choose will actually provide the server space that stores your website.  The host will be responsible for storing and allowing access to your site and all of the web pages involved.

In order to have an effective web site, a dependable web hosting service is a must.  A good hosting service will provide a server that keeps your site up and active at all times.

Many web hosting services also include handy tools to store and separate files, manage and build web pages, and include such items as shopping carts and other sales tools.

When you are deciding on which web hosting service to use, make sure to consider many factors, like the amount of storage space offered, the web builder platform available, the customer support options available, and the number of other options, such as email addresses and ftp that are included.



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