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Let’s talk about finding the right hosting company today. This is a critical step in web designing, if you don’t have the right hosting then your site will suffer for it in the long run.

Too many people think about now and not about the future with hosting, it’s important to find the right hosting company that will grow with your website/business. And let me tell you, not all hosting companies are the same!

There are a few things you Must consider in your hosting company, here are just a few to look out for -

1. They Must have enough space available for your website to grow. Make sure they will upgrade your space when you need to add more to your website. Some hosting companies will either let you purchase more space on your current package, or they will let you upgrade your package to a more robust one.

2. They Must provide you with c-panel (Control Panel) access. You must be able to access your admin area of your website via a c-panel. This will give you more control and flexibility to manage your website. You can add a word press blog, forums, content manager system and much more through a c-panel, you will also be able to track your website stats and see how things are going for you.

3. They Must provide good quality support! This is a Must with any hosting company, especially if you are new to all this stuff. Support is the first thing you must look for! To see how well a company’s support is, find their support link, submit a question, and see how long it takes to get an answer, and see just how well they answer the question for you. Most hosting companies should answer your question within 48 hours max! Do they have a forum you can post a question? Go ahead and post one to see what kind of response you get. Check out their FAQs how well do they explain the answers, can you understand the answer?

4. What kind of features are you getting? This is probably another important thing to look for in a hosting company, just what are you getting for your money. You want to make sure they provide enough space for your traffic and your website, to get started you should be fine with no more than 300GB and 360GB bandwidth. It’s not too important you understand this, but it is within reason to have at least this amount. Can you add more domains later on? You want to make sure the package you choose, will let you add another domain name later as you grow. So see that this is available in the package you decide.

5. The Price? Make sure your budget can handle the monthly cost of your hosting. For what I’ve described about it should not cost you any more than $5 to $10 a month. Just make sure you can upgrade later easily and most hosting companies will help you with the upgrade so you won’t have to do anything.

A good rule of thumb here is to choose at least 3 hosting companies and do a comparision on them, write down the pros and cons of all of them, then choose the one that best fits your needs and your budget!

Again, you can do a search for hosting companies on your favorite search engine, but I highly recommend Hostgator.com they meet all the above and more.

Until next time Take Action and get yourself Hosting today!

Dr Smiley

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Let me start with defining what a domain name actually is.

A domain name is the name of your website. Once upon a time, when the Internet started out, web addresses were actually numbers and not actual names. Since computers talk in hexadecimal coding everything was numbers. So for your website address could be something like 22.333.444.22

Well this was just to hard for the ordinary person to remember or figure out, so it was decided to assign actual names to these numbers. Hence we have Domain Names!

When it comes to picking a domain name for your business, there are a few things you need to keep in mind before you get a domain name.

1. Keep your domain name down to 3 or 4 words

2. Use your first and last name if possible

3. Use your main keywords within your domain name

4. Try to register your domain name as .com or .net they are most popular

5. Make it easy to remember

Choosing a good Domain Name can be difficult for some, take your time with this, as this will be your website address for many years to come. If you aren’t sure what your name should be try places like http://www.godaddy.com and http://www.nameboy.com here you will be able to type in different names and see what is available. Both places will give you suggestions as well.

It’s also a good idea to use words such as easy, fast, quick, and so forth in front of your actual domain name, just remember to make it memorable and fun.

Avoid names that can be hard to spell for the average person. Such names as Michael or is it Micheal, you never know for sure. Keep in mind that something that easy for you to spell correctly may not be that easy for someone else. Your audience is a wide variety of people and not everyone speaks or spells things the same.

This should get you off to a good start on picking your Domain Name, keep it short and easy to spell, have your keywords within the name if possible. Make sure it makes sense and relates to what your audience is looking for.

I hope the above has helped you better understand what Domain Names are and how to go about picking the right Domain Name for your business!

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