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You're Getting Ripped Off By Your Web Host - Ways Web Hosting Companies Cheat Customers
When you think of having your own website you aspire to get something that is really worthy but unfortunately that is not the case always. Most of the times what is seen is that the web hosting service providers give you services that are much below par.
One of the biggest problems faced is dealing with inferior servers. Many of the web hosting services that are free or are offered at a very minimal charge often are partly responsible for your website being shabby and over filled with advertisements. This reduces your free web space and also the website looses out on the credibility. Due to the small amount of web space they offer you and the kind of bandwidth the give most of the applications might take ages to open or run. This is a common way that you end up paying much more than you should and obviously the returns are not that attractive either. A 20Mb web space is a bare minimum a web hosting service should provide.
Another aspect you need to focus on is the technical support offered by the web hosting service. A good and reliable web host will have a 24x7 technical support facility. A genuine host more often than not has the help line number highlighted on the website; this is also a check point for you. Incase a web host is reluctant in providing this information there are reasons for you to be skeptical about the services and the support function. Along with the phone support the good web hosting services also offer email support which again is something you should get after paying a good amount for the services.
Since web hosting is kind of a low margin business many a time the web host might have a shared server. This is highly economical for him but when looked at from a customer's point of view this is a big negative. Generally such shared servers are not highly capable for allowing greater software up gradation by the user. Another issue with shared servers is that your site becomes really slow. Now since the server is not entirely dedicated for your services and there are many others on the same server this can be a huge setback. Also when a lot of traffic is diverted to your website (something that you always wanted) a shared server will not serve the purpose and lead to diversion of the visitors. Such shared web hosting services are a huge threat to the site security as well.
Another trick applied by the web hosting services is up selling, they start with offering you some web space and some features for free or a minimal amount. Now once you are done with all the hard work and want to use a must have feature there is a note that it can be used only by a certain level of membership and hence you upgrade. This chain continues and every now and then a new category is created to ensure that you have your checks being used regularly.
It is always good to have a good website but you cannot pay more than what is acceptable and once you pay you should not take anything that is less than acceptable.