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Web Hosting Plans for businesses
Deciding on a business web hosting provider can be one of the most important decisions you have to make regarding your company website. Choose the wrong one and you could end up with an unreliable, frustrating and ineffective site that has the potential to cost the company thousands of dollars and acquire an unfavorable reputation.
However, a good web hosting site can offer increased sales, a better company image and a boost in the loyalty of your customers.
What companies offer business web hosting?
There are a multitude of companies which offer business website hosting plans, including Verio, Interland and Yahoo! Web Hosting. Deciding which company is the best fit for your business requires thorough research and a clear understanding of your unique business needs. If you decide on a plan that doesn't match your needs, you can end up paying for more service than you actually need, or worse, choose a plan that's too small you can have customers turned away or be charged outlandish fees for going over your plan's allowance. This article will explore a few of the top business web hosting providers.
Yahoo! Web Hosting
Yahoo! may be one of the best known names when it comes to internet related services. They offer 3 different hosting plans and provide a detailed amount of information related to web site construction and hosting. Every plan comes with the Yahoo! site building tool, supports 3rd party design tools, like FrontPage, consistently delivered 99.99% uptime guarantee, automatic site snapshot every 4 hours, 24/7/365 toll free support along with an online help center, tutorials and guides, and local and remote backup of your site. They also offer PHP, Perl and MySQL scripting tools, multi-user FTP accounts, multimedia tools and Secured Socket Layer, SSL, technology. Additionally, email features including spam guard and Norton antivirus, site statistics, including keywords, web addresses from which you customers came, website enhancements like calendars and surveys, search engine submissions and special advertising credits and list server software
Yahoo's starter plan includes 5 GB of storage, enough for 5 to 25,000 web pages depending on content, 200 GB of transfer which can accommodate anywhere from 10,000 to 500,000 visitors per month and 200 business email addresses for only
$8.96 per month without a setup charge.
Their professional, high end plan, offers 20 GB of storage space, accommodating 5 to 100,000+ pages, 500 GB of transfer, which will allow between 10,000 to over 1 million visitors per month and 1,000 business email addresses for just $29.96/ month with no set up fee.
Verio
Verio offers a host of plans that are sure to meet the needs of even the most unique business. All of their plans come with free set up, a 30 day money back guarantee and live 24/7/365 technical support. As their plans are specifically designed to work in conjunction with certain software, it is important to know which platform you will be using. They offer both plans that are Unix or Windows based.
Unix Plans All Verio Unix plans include the following:
FreeBSD/ Apache Web Server
FrontPage support
Limited search engine submissions
Search engine tools like Optimization Wizard, Keyword Analysis and Check Position
Email services and tools
Podcasting capabilities
PHP, Perl, Python
SSL services
Blogs, multimedia support and photo galleries
Website additions like message boards
Their Unix plans start at $11.95 per month for 5 GB of storage and 200 GB transfer to $49.95 per month for 40 GB storage and 1,000 GB transfer plus an array of other upgraded features.
Windows Plans The Windows plans include nearly all of the compatible features of the UNIX plans plus offer features like the ability to have independent sites, email defense solutions like autoresponder email service and white listing, .NET framework, bring your own compatible shopping cart and Verisign Payflow Pro. The plans progress in price similarly to the Unix plans with the basic plans starting at $12.95 per month for 5 GB web disk space and 20 GB transfer to $59.95 for 20 GB web disk space plus 200 MB MS SQL space and 1,000 GB transfer.
Hosting.com Hosting.com offers
hosting programs in a structure very similar to that of Verio. They offer either Linux or Windows solutions and offer several plans in each category. All their plans offer satisfaction and 99.99% uptime guarantees, 24/7/365 email support, limited toll free phone support and 24/7 emergency phone support. The basic plans are outlined below, however, their high end plans do include added storage and bandwidth as well upgraded features.
Their basic Linux plan includes 500 MB of disk space, 25 GB transfer, shared SSL, password protected directories, 50 email boxes, is WAP enabled, provides free web site statistics, supports FrontPage, Java, Perl and PHP and costs $19.95 with a $49 account set up fee.
Hosting.com's Windows based plans start at $19.95 per month and include a $49 set up fee. Included in their basic Windows plan are 500 MB disk space and 25GB transfer, Access database support, shared SSL, a password protected directory, email solutions including 50 mailboxes, and it
supports FrontPage extensions, MS Index server, PHP, CGI, Perl, JavaScript and ColdFusion.
Webhosting.com Webhosting.com which is run in conjunction with AT&T, offers a variety of plans designed for either Windows or Linux based users. Plans begin at $12.95 per month for Linux and $14.95 per month for Windows plus a one time account set up fee of $25. The basic plans include 750 MB of storage space, 30 GB of transfer, MS FrontPage extensions, web based control panels, 100 email accounts, Real Audio/ Video support and an Easy Site Web Design tool.
Interland Interland, which has recently been renamed Web.com, began web site hosting services in 1995. They offer both do it yourself and professional developer options. Web.com also employs a system based pricing structure, with the Linux platform being less expense than that of Windows. While the basic Linux plan is just $7.95 per month, you receive 1 GB web storage, 25 GB bandwidth transfer, 25 email addresses,
24/7 website support and web site backups. It also includes a host of features including email solutions, development and e commerce tools, and marketing, database and media features. The Windows introductory plan contains many of the same features, is $15.95 per month and comes with 2.5 GB storage, 100 GB bandwidth, 150 email addresses, XML web services support, ASP.net and ASP.net developer's kit, VeriSign PayFlow, and additional database features.
Before signing a contract with any web hosting service, ensure that the needs of your business will be adequately met. Yahoo!, Verio, Web.com, Webhosting.com and Hosting.com are some of the best options when searching for a business web hosting provider.
