Whether you work for yourself, a company, or you are part of an organization, using the internet is a great platform for exposure. Putting your business or the company you are part of will benefit from the attention a website brings. It is a great form of promoting your business the way you want while you give readers information about what you can offer. One of the challenges is finding the right hosting company to put your website on.

With so many web hosting companies to pick from, how do you decide which one will work the best for you? Some of that choice depends on your budget. Are you working for a smaller company? Does the program you’re working with have a lot of budget restrictions making it so you need to be more frugal with the hosting site you choose?

Bear in mind the time constraints web hosting services have. Maybe one option let’s you pay the same fee for 12 months while another one makes you pay more after 6 months. You could find that one has a lot more freedom in what you can do on your website than another. One will have a lot more space for photos than another hosting site. You need to compare and contrast what is included with the web hosting service according to what you want to do with the website you’re going to design.

If you plan on uploading a lot of photos and informational newsletters on your website, you want a service that will give you a deal involving a lot of photo/document download space. This could be for photos and videos of people impacted in a good way through your company or products that you are trying to get out to viewers. Maybe it is a service you are trying to introduce. You need to know what you are looking for in terms of the web hosting service so you know the best bargain that will work for your needs.

Some web services may give you a 30-day FREE trial. You could try that out and see if it works for you. See what you think. Pay attention to how difficult or how less stressful it is to set up your web page from there. There are some services that will help you out a bit more than others getting the script on your page. This is for those who are building their page from scratch and have some idea of what they want and how to work on setting it up to look great. You have to look around for this service.

When you are looking up web hosting services, see if there are different packages offered. They might offer a basic package with a certain amount of space and options to add details and visuals to your website. They may charge more as you have access to more editing tools. Look at all the tools, widgets and special options hosting services have to get a small idea on whether it is what you are looking for or not. If you don’t need as many fancy decorative details, go for a smaller package. But if you do need those tools, compare and contrast prices you see for one hosting company versus another hosting company.

Many hosting companies will give customers a basic selection of tools to make their web page look the way they want. Usually it is when you start needing extra space for growing visitors, photo uploads, or uploads of any kind, really, that tends to be where the cost goes up. You may need that.

If you’re an artist or a company that renovates houses, you definitely want any customer who lands on your page to see previous work. Pictures with a story behind them will bring business to your company. Many if not most hosting companies let you add a contact button so that customers can ask for more information. This is such a useful tool. Include other contact information as well. If you are selling a product you need to select the package that comes with enough downloading space that you can post photos of your products. When you are selling something you make, same thing. You need enough uploading space for your creations.

So make sure you are comfortable with the price that comes with the extra uploading space. Are you adding videos? Videos are really helpful to viewers. That is more web space. Make a list of the hosting services and their extras when it comes down to all of this. Does any of this cost extra? For some hosting companies it might, for others, maybe not. You want to find out before you get a package. And if you are just not sure, find out about their cancellation policy.

Checking the Cancellation Policy

So, you found a web hosting company and you’re ready to try it out. Before you lock yourself into it, check the cancellation policy. Some of these could be automatic. Meaning you’ll get billed for it automatically at the same time each month. If that is not for you, look elsewhere. When it really gets down to it compare and contrast what you like and dislike from each hosting company you have looked up.

Try to get as much of the same things you want from a web hosting service in one company. See which company has the options you are the most happy with, that you know will benefit what you need. Many times people and companies unexpectedly have so much success with their websites that they have to move everything to another server due to growth. That is a great goal, but it’s difficult to know if that will happen or not. It’s much better to start with what seems reasonable. You can move to another server with more room as your site proves to need more space.

With all the endless recent search engine algorithm changes wiping out nearly one third of all webmaster’s SEO efforts almost overnight, many have turned to simply buying traffic to their sites to make a profit.

While it does take some trial and error to get it just right (ie. you need a well optimized landing page with a specific “call to action” to work with paid traffic sources), it can be “golden” when you get the formula just right.

With webmasters scrambling to make up for lost search engine visitors, the traffic selling business has been booming lately, and my sales have increased almost tenfold since the “Panda” update. With that in mind, I am inviting webmasters who already get good traffic to their sites to join my network and sell their traffic to other site owners. It’s a straightforward, easy way to make some extra money that doesn’t interfere with your current website monetization, and you are helping others in need of visitors to their websites.

Click here to signup as a publisher to sell website traffic for cash!

I wish you much prosperity in the new year!

I was reminded last week about the importance of having a good keylogger detector program in place when I noticed some odd behavior on my computer. Turns out someone had installed a key logger on my comp in an attempt to steal my information.

Luckily, I found a good detection prog to eliminate it, but it brings home the message that you always have to be careful online to prevent malicious software from stealing your passwords and sensitive info…be safe!!

Watch this video explaining keyloggers to get a better understanding of just how important it is to detect and remove this menace!

Hostgator is having their biggest sale EVER on Friday, Nov. 26 with incredible deals on hosting all day long!! Check out these promotions (quoted directly from their sales copy):

“We’re offering 50% OFF EVERYTHING From 12:00AM CST – 5AM CST

We’re offering 80% OFF EVERYTHING From 5AM – 9AM CST WHILE SUPPLIES LAST (first come, first receive; so definitely don’t miss out!)

From 9AM – 11:59PM CST OR after 80% OFF accounts have sold out, we will continue to offer 50% OFF EVERYTHING

This applies to ALL Accounts and ALL Term Lengths. So you.. will have the opportunity to receive up to 80% off of up to 3 years worth of Hosting! That would come out to $35.64 for 3 FULL YEARS!

That includes Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting AND even Dedicated Servers!

Shared Hosting – $4.95/month AS LOW AS $0.99/month

Reseller Hosting – $24.95/month AS LOW AS $4.99/month

VPS Hosting – $19.95/month AS LOW AS $3.99 First Month

Dedicated Servers – $174/month AS LOW AS $34.80 First Month”

WOW!!! Is that crazy, or what??? It’s never been a better time to sign up for Hostgator hosting!

Simply visit the Hostgator page to choose a package now! (and if you are reading this AFTER the offer has ended, you can still enter the special promo code “WEBMASTERTECHS” at checkout to get $9.94 off your first month!).

Namecheap has just announced their coupon codes for Sept. 2010 and there are 3 this month.

– Use “back2reality” to get $10.16 domains for only $9.29 or $9.69 ones for only $8.81

– For hosting, using the coupon code “schooldays” will get you 10% off shared and reseller plans and “hotvps” is good for 10% off VPS.

Simple go to Namecheap.com to place your order and then enter the discount code you need at the checkout!

If you’re going to start an internet business or enter the “make money online” niche, then at some point you’re going to need paid hosting. Yes, there are free ones too, but I know from experience when I started out that search engines, like Google, do not really like those sorts of freebie hosted sites because they are viewed as unprofessional and not taken as seriously. So, I switched my sites to Hostgator and my websites literally started moving up in ranking overnight!

Besides that obvious benefit, it is also affordable and expandable, which is important for building your online “empire”. Earning a living on the net involves scaling and building your efforts so that you have several revenue streams. With Hostgator hosting you can choose the low cost “baby plan” and host unlimited domains to build as many sites as you want! Same with the bandwidth and space!

 I earn a full time living online and have never had the need to change hosts because they keep everything running smoothly for me. Whenever I have a question the support team always responds quickly within the hour and usually in only a few minutes. Awesome! 

I’ve worked out a deal where you can get your first month for only 0.01 (1 cent!) by using the Hostgator discount code coupon “WEBMASTERTECHS” at checkout.

Simply click the banner, choose your plan and apply the discount code when checking out. Your increased profits will thank you!