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What server should you pick?

Is your server to big?
I have a client that got a dedicated server from “the planet” at $189 a month and they just had a small little website. The webmaster recommended them this huge server for some strange reason and I told them to scrap it. Maybe the server was excellent but the customer support was very bad and 2 time the girls in the chat support “hang up” on me when they did not want to answer some questions. The server people will tell you it is time to upgrade to a dedicated server because if you have to much traffic on a shared server you will slow everyone else down.

Are you looking for cheap web hosting?

There is plenty of cheap web hosting on the market but you need to find the one that is best for you needs. On Cheap Hosting Directory there is plenty to pick from and you should take time to read there articles about hosting and also check every one of the offers before you decide what hosting you might find attractive.

Test the server before buying

There is nothing wrong with a small test of the customer support and the server before buying. Upload a huge database see if they have any restrictions send loads of opt in email and see what they say. Send a tricky question to the support team and if they can not answer pick another server. The Cheap Webhosting Directory website have there 10 best hosting as well as a small text about all the server telling you exactly what they give you it’s a good way to get a overlook if the server fits your needs.

It’s not really about the money

I can assure you when you have a few domains and you know the hassle it is to move them then you do not care about the extra dollar for the hosting as long as the hosting works. There is nothing more time-consuming then moving around loads of domains and then realize the new server have the same problem.

How do I find out a domains hosting company?

Sometimes you happened to see a fast server that you like to know who is behind this fast site. It can also be the opposite they are spamming you and you have to find out who is the host behind the domain to report an abuse.

To find out the domain hosting company, you can go to any number of whois lookup websites like http://www.internic.net/whois.html and just enter the domain name.

This will show you their nameservers, which will most likely be their host’s, but there’s a possibility they have private nameservers which will hide their host’s name servers in place of their own.

Another way to go around that is http://whois.domaintools.com/xxxxxxx putting the server instead of xxxxx.

I changed hosting company twice in my life. The first hosting company I used told me that the scripts or domains names I had was crashing his shared servers all the time. That was his excuse for telling me to make a upgrade to another package. He also used an Indian call center for his support but gave them no option to change anything. So when ever I contacted them and told them the server was down they said “we are working on it” and then I had to wait to the sun went up in the USA anyway. I figured out that he had to pay for every time I contacted them so I chat with them a lot about nothing.
Finally I moved all my domains to another server and still the old server crash and he still insisted that it was my domains that did it, what a jerk.

My second try that I have now is brilliant they work excellent and the support is brilliant and instant. They answer more questions then they should and I am really happy with them.
The one problem is that they have a few restrictions like can not send emails to all my members in one go and I can not use a script clone on you tube that I bought.
This problem can be solved pretty easy by using Dedicated Hosting and it’s probably the next step I am going to take.

In my hunt for good Dedicated Hosting I found a company that has what I need it is hostedsolutions.com. They also have Managed Services but as I said before my next step will be dedicated hosting programs because of the many advantages there is in that.

Just make sure you check the terms when you pick a dedicated hosting so that some one will take care of your server when its crashes or that they will have a support program for it. For some dedicated hosting solutions the company will just leave the server there and not help you fix it. It is well worth to spend a few extra dollars to get the hosting company to maintain the server for you.