Re: What to look for in a web host: part 1

Living in the modern age means that having a presence on the web is a given. Businesses and organisations, no matter what their size, industry or geographical location, all benefit from having their own websites. Indeed it would be fair to say that they would be disadvantaged from not having their own websites.

There are so many aspects to creating a website. Not only does a business have to consider the brand and what message to put across, but there is the matter of content and who is going to write it, design and who is going to build it, and finally but most importantly getting it live – which begs the question of who is going to host it. Finding the right web host is the key to getting a website up and running. It will also determine the cost, support and accessibility, so it is a decision that rightly demands consideration and investigation.

As with any service provider from a plumber to a lawyer, reliability is the first thing to look out for. Speed is the second. The speed of a web host will affect visitors to a website – the internet makes people brutally impatient and a slow website will only disadvantage the business or organisation associated with it.
 
Reliability and speed is connected to uptime – this refers to the time when the website is functional – and it should ideally be 100%, but it is rare that a web host will be able to promise those sorts of figures. An acceptable minimum uptime figure is around 99.5%. While some people may argue that 99% is acceptable, it is worth thinking about what this means in reality; no business wants their website down EVER.

UK web hosting by EUKHost offers guarantees to protect clients in instances of websites being down. Guarantees for web hosting by EUKHost are worth pushing for as they keep their servers running and hosted websites available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you are interested in UK web hosting by EUKHost or need help about where to begin, visit www.eukhost.com for more information.

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