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Hosting refers to renting space on someone else’s computer (known as the "host computer" or "server") so that people can view your website. You need a host server that runs quickly, is not overloaded (too many websites) and has very little down time, 24 hour tech support, plus plenty of back up systems in case of power outages, storms, etc. All of these factors affect the rankings of your website. In fact, we believe that local website companies (including ourselves) cannot do an acceptable job of hosting websites because of lightning strikes, power outages, occasional slowages of Internet service and occasional collapses of Internet service from the local cable companies. On top of this no local website company (to our knowledge) keeps technicians on staff 24 hours a day, including the weekends and holidays, and so we and our competition are unable to provide the same level of quality service (which affects your websites rankings in Google) that some of the giant hosting companies can. Therefore, we recommend that you get your purchase your own hosting, in your name, not your website companies, from one of the best companies in the business, which helps your rankings and saves you money (See below) | ||
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An IP address is a series of numbers that identifies a computer/server on the Internet (example 192.01.123.01) and acts similar to a website address. There are two types of IP Addresses when it comes to websites. "Shared" and "Unique". We have found that if you "share" an IP Address with other people on a host server that you get blamed (by association) if they send out spam. Their actions can also cause your website rankings to fall. Since their can be over a thousand other people sharing the server (IP Address) we recommend that you purchase a Unique IP address (opposite of shared) so that your email account and website do not get blamed for the actions of other people. Your email will work better and your website may rank higher as a result. Typical cost is $5 a month | ||
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We recommend Webmasters.com (14.95 a month) for hosting because they are very low cost and at the same time they offer much better service than most companies. Webmasters.com has tech support people available by phone and email 24 hours a day, huge backup systems for software and power, etc... Their interfaces and control panels that are easy to use which allows us to do our job much faster (saves you money) than those of most hosting companies. We do not host your websites ourselves because we feel that Webmasters.com can do a better job for you, at a lower cost, then we our competition can. Webmasters.com also offers you lots of free email addresses and free statistics programs that you can use at anytime 24 hours a day to see how many people are in your website and how they got there. They charge $9.95 a month, plus $5 a month for a Unique IP Address, and require that you pay the year in advance ($179 total). We do not receive or accept any kick backs. This recommendation is based on what is best for you. | ||
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1) Webmasters.com <-- Go to this site
THE FOLLOWING ARE STEPS THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED ONLY IF YOU ARE A CLIENT 7) Unique IP Address <--- It is very important that you select this option 8) COMMENTS It is very important you cut and paste the following comments into the comment section. Doing so will speed up the process of getting your website online by 3 days. Not putting these comments in will delay your website by three days while we call and get them to do all of the following. Again, you are signing our name because "they will do this for an exstablished customer, such as our company, but they may refuse to do it for someone they have never met. Paste from here ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Please verify that there is a Unique IP actually available on this server 2) Please test the passwords to make sure they actually work 3) Please add this site to the Special Spam Free SMTP Server so that we will not have problems with email. This site does not send spam. Thank You Steve Nunnally ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------End Paste What you did in the comment section about is ask them to verify that all their very best options are set up in advance. Many of these options are only available to preferred customers (which is why you used our name) or to people who have already had problems. Our goal here is to help you prevent problems and make things run smoother. Please send us the domain name of your website, plus the user name and passwords when you are done so we can put your website online | ||
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<-- Please use our email address (instead of yours) because we are on their pre-approved list of companies that can buy hosting without any hassles. You are welcome to use your email address instead. However, they will send you an email when you are completed stating that you must fax them the front and back of your credit card and then re-enter your information again. (A real hassle). If you use our email address as soon as the transaction is complete you can go into your hosting account and change the email address back to your email addres.