Web Hosting Info

Google page creator is a free online website maker from Google. It requires no HTML skills and features a WYSIWYG web based editor. They will also host your site as a sub-domain for example. yourname.googlepages.com.

After logging in to the site, you are presented with a Gmail like design. It lists all your pages and you can edit them, delete them or even tell your friends about them by emailing them from your Gmail account which is a nice feature.

There are 41 design templates and 4 layout templates available for you to choose from so you don’t even have to design anything. You can also switch between a design view and go to HTML.On other free services space is usually limited however Google allows you to have up to 100MB. Bandwidth at this time is unknown.

When creating a site it has a useful auto-save feature that automatically saves your site at regular intervals so if you close your browser by accident, you don’t loose all your work.

Unfortunately though you can not host your own domain name and you are limited to what you can do, you can not run advanced scripts on the service.

http://pages.google.com/

Before you pick a website, make sure that you have everything ready to upload and you have tested your website. You should read our guide on things to do before buying web hosting.

Most people use small hosting packages to host small sites that don’t get many hits. If you expect your site to be small in the beginning, then buy shared hosting package. As your site gets bigger you can increase your hosting needs.

Larger websites use dedicated servers which can handle larger masses of traffic and generally allow for more bandwidth usage. You really don’t need dedicated hosting unless your site is large or you are hosting a lot of domains.

If you are starting out small, you shouldn’t spend anymore than $4-10 a month on hosting. As your site gets bigger, hosting costs will of course increase. Dedicated hosting usually starts at $120+ a month. It’s also important to note that if you are anticipating quick growth for your site, find hosting who offers a 2-6 month contract as opposed to 1-2 years. It will cost a few extra dollars per month, but you won’t be stuck paying $X a month for months you aren’t even using the service.

Shared Hosting is where many web sites are hosted on one server which is shared with other customers.

Shared hosting is useful as it can be purchased cheaply, however sometimes other users on the server may have sites that slow the server down affecting your web sites performance. If another user on the same server sends out unwanted emails, your server’s IP can become blacklisted. With shared hosting, you can not customize what is installed on the server or edit files such as php.ini which allows users to modify the settings of php.If you are starting out small, you shouldn’t’t spend anymore than $4-10 a month on hosting

When purchasing a domain name some companies may include web hosting, you do not have to use this included hosting although it may cut costs.

Recommended for: Personal Web sites, Small Businesses and other low traffic web sites.

Reseller hosting allows you to host domains and "resell" hosting on. Many small web hosts resell hosting.

It is useful as it, like shared hosting, can be purchased cheaply and software and hardware are managed by the parent hosting company. If someone owns a few web sites but does not require a VPS or dedicated server, this is what they will use. The downsides are similar to shared hosting, you don’t have as much control as you do with a dedicated server. On the other hand, with reseller hosting, you can host more than one web site which saves money. Reseller hosting also gives you a lot more web space and bandwidth.

Recommended for: Company with multiple low traffic website, intermediate users.

We do not recommend using a company that resells hosting. Find a host that actually owns the equipment.