There are a number of hosting options, from free to dedicated
servers. Let’s spend a few moments and look over the options.

Free Hosting The first and not recommended is free hosting.
Remember what they say, there is nothing free. Well it’s the
truth about this also. Your webpage on a free hosting server may
have banner ads from companies that may not compliment your
business or page theme. Another common problem is the third
level domain (http://yourpagename/theirdomain.com) Now that
doesn’t look professional as a business. Would you share your
business name with some other company on a business card? I’m
sure that would be out of the question.

Shared Hosting Shared hosting for the small business is the best
way to go. Shared hosting has the server divided up with other
websites allowing a lower cost for hosting. In most cases you
are allowed more than enough disk space (Usually Between 100-500
Meg) and data transfer per month. The rule of thumb for small
business is a minimum of 100 Meg of disk space and 1 gig of
transfer.

Dedicated Servers The big boy on the block and the most
expensive! Dedicated servers are used usually by medium and
large size companies. The advantage to this form of hosting is
complete control with the most disk space and the largest amount
of transfer (Most companies selling dedicated servers allow a
minimum of 500 gigs of transfer a month). Keep in mind that this
requires a lot of technical ability; most companies hire a
network administrator to oversee this form of hosting.

As you can see there are many options based on size and needs of
your business. Hopefully you are a little more aware of choices
out there now and will make the right choice on one that best
suits your companies’ needs.

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