Articles by Dan Lemnaru
Most people stop here forgetting about one small but very important detail. If you are really serious about your website, or if your website is serious in nature (it's a business website), you should keep an eye on your host at all times. It's not enough to verify daily if your website is up. To be really certain that your website is up most of the time, you should monitor server uptime in a serious manner. That way you can not only claim compensation if the host does not meet the guaranteed uptime (in case the hosting company had such a guarantee in place) but you'll know when the website is down.
Friday, 19th May 2006
How to test the speed of a web hosting company
Testing speed is not complicated, but it's not very simple either. I will talk about speed in the extended sense of the word. Basically speed is a measure on how fast can the data be transmitted between the visitor and the host's server.
Friday, 19th May 2006
Windows or Linux Hosting
I will not even pretend on attempting to give a definitive answer to such a question. I don't think there is one, or at least not in the "this one is better" formula. Like with most things, each side will have its strengths and weaknesses, its advantages and disadvantages.
Friday, 5th May 2006
Server load - just a number?
Well, yes, basically the server load is a number. This number is usually under the x.xx format and can have values starting from 0.00. It expresses how may processes are waiting in the queue to access the processor(s). Of course, this is calculated for a certain period of time and of course, the smaller the number, the better. A high number is often associated with a decrease in the performance of the server.
Thursday, 20th April 2006
Registering domain names
A domain name makes your website unique. It gives it a name of it's own. A domain name looks good on your business card. A good domain name spells out "I'm a serious website" and "I'm a serious business
Thursday, 20th April 2006
Presales questions and purchasing hosting
As you might know by now, when making buying decisions I value very much the information coming from people outside of the hosting company (namely customers), my main reasoning being that, in order to close the sale, a company's sales representative might conceal things or even lie.
Thursday, 20th April 2006
Testing web hosting companies
In the final stages of your search for a good web hosting company, a very important step is to test "the finalists". Because most web hosting companies have client support email(s) listed openly on their website, testing the quality and speed of their support is quite easy. All you have to do is send an email with one or more questions.
Wednesday, 12th April 2006
Web Hosting Directories explained - the good and the bad
Web hosting directories list web hosting companies. The purpose for creating such lists is different, depending on which side of the fence you are. In 99% of the cases, from the owner's point of view, the directory's purpose is to generate revenue. Sure, that's not what the owner would to tell you if you'd ask directly, but that's the truth anyway.
Wednesday, 12th April 2006
Evaluating hosts' trustworthiness
Hosts' trustworthiness, first and foremost can be established by finding out what their clients say about them. As I already explained in another article, credible customer opinions can be found at web hosting forums and a few, but just a few, hosting directories. While reviews made by customers are certainly the most important source of information, there are a few other things that can help in creating a more complete image about a host.
Saturday, 8th April 2006
Hosts search strategy
The search for web hosting reviews is a very important (if not the most important) part of your whole web hosting shopping strategy. Shopping for hosting is not exactly easy because today's hosting offer is very-very vast. It is huge! There are thousands of bigger and smaller web hosting companies. And there are cheap, not-so-cheap and expensive web hosting services.
Saturday, 8th April 2006
