Hosting your Website

Once you have decided that you want to set up a web site, the very first you need to look at is buying a domain(but most hosting providers give that free with your hosting package) and checking out the hosting options available to you. But the major decision depends on what type of hosting you need and the platform (Windows or Linux), on which you need to host. As we all know that Windows is the most popular option and Linux hosting, the cheapest but not the popular.So opting for the Windows platform will be wiser.

Professional Hosting
You can even host your website if you have a dedicated computer running 24x7. But this is a real headache. The more common and the sensible choice is to choose to host your site on a hosting company's servers, as this is much easier and you don't needto maintain servers. Besides, a hosting company can afford much better hardware and bandwidth than you ever could, and has trained professionals managing their servers.

What hosting provider you eventually choose depends solely on you needs and budget. Here I have compiled a list of 3 outstandingly reliable hosting companies. Check out the features yourself carefully and select the one that matches your requirements.

All the hosting provides you with money back guarantee.

1. Ultrawebsitehosting.net

Flux Ultra Packages from Ultrawebsitehosting.

This is an award winning hosting company. It is suited for both Individuals and business.
There are two hosting plans

UltraUnlimited and UltraUnlimited ASP (more features than the first)

Some of the features are

Unlimited feature includes:
Website hosting
Domain Hosting
Monthly Bandwidth
Sub-Domains & Pointers
Parked Domains
Add-On Websites
FTP Accounts
MySQL Databases
POP3 E-Mail Accounts

Other :

500 GB disk space
Live Online Support
Fast Account Setup
Easy Upgrade

Account Features:
Online control Panel
Script Installer - Fantastico
Site Builder (easy to do web templates)
Automatic Webstat

Language Support:

HTML/SHTML/DHTML
Perl
CGI-BIN
SSI
PHP 4.4.x
PHP 5.x
ASP
JSP Servlets
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
GD
Imagemagick
Zend Optimizer
Ioncube Loader

E-Mail Features:
SPAM Protection
Virus Protection
Web Mail

Spam Assassin
Mail Forwarding
RBL Checking
Email Aliasing

Control Panel Features:
Hotlink Protection
File Manager
Password Protect Directories
Custom Error Pages
Create Redirects
Raw Access Logs
Error Log
Cron Jobs
MIME Type Change
Apache Handlers
IP Deny Manager
Directory Virus Scan

Compatibility:
Frontpage Extensions
Dreamweaver Compatible
HTML Editor with FTP Compatible
Real Media Compatible
Windows Media Compatible
Flash and Shockwave Compatible
Marketing Tools

UltraUnlimited Only.$119.40
Or only $9.95 a month
UltraUnlimited ASP Only $143.40
Or only $11.95 a month
Check the feature of each plan according to your requirements before you purchase.

Free Set-Up
Free Domain Registration
(.com, .net or .org)
$25 Yahoo Credit
$25 Enhance Credit

Also include marketing and content package
Also includes Website templates(under 'Sitebuilder' feature)- They are very easy to do without a web designer

You can choose from hundreds of clean, professional, customizable templates. You can also select from a wide variety of color schemes for each template. Ultrawebsitehosting offers a massive collection of professional templates and its' number is constantly growing. It is great for the beginning web designer as you do not even need to know html. The sitebuilder has many features including guestbook generation and great effects including flash intros. There are two categories for templates, personal and business so you can select the style that best suits your needs

Visit Ultrawebsitehosting.net to know more and choose your hosting plan

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2 IPOWER.com

IPOWER Starter Plan -only $ 3.95 a month

Features
· 5 GB / 1 E-mail
· 250 GB of Bandwidth
· Domains Only $6.85
· One MySQL Database
· Blog and Guestbook Software
· Easy-to-use Tools
· RatePoint Customer Feedback Platform

IPOWER Pro Plan -only $ 7.95 a month

Features

· 1,500 GB / 2,500 E-mails
· 15,000 GB of Bandwidth
· One FREE Domain Name
· SSL / CGI / PHP
· 25 MySQL Databases
· E-Commerce Enabled
· Marketing / Content Package
· $30 ™ Credit*
· $50 Credit
· RatePoint Customer Feedback Platform
· Free Web-site Builder
· Host Unlimited Domains

IPOWER Pro Plus Plan -only $ 12.95 a month

Features

· 2,000 GB / Unlimited E-mails
· Unlimited Bandwidth
· Three FREE Domain Names
· SSL / CGI-BIN
· 25 MySQL Databases
· Easy-to-use Tools
· Marketing / Content Package
· $30 ™ Credit*
· $50 Credit
· RatePoint Customer Feedback Platform
· Free Web-site Builder
· Host Unlimited Domains

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IPOWER is currently hosting over 700,000 websites
and you get lots more including 24 hrs live technical support

visit IPOWER.COM to know more


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3 AN Hosting.com


AN Hosting is one of the leading player in the website hosting industry.
With plenty of disk space, plenty of data transfer and the ability to host 20 sites on 1 account,
The Mega Plan is worth a lot more.

some of the prominent features are

• Free domain transfer
• Free domain name renewal (for life)
• Free file transfer
• Free database transfer

Features of Hosting Plan from AN Hosting:

Only $6.95 / month, with no service charge and 99.9% uptime

500,000 MB Private Disk Storage (BIGGER!)
You can Switch to Mega Plus and get 250,000 MB MORE! >>
5,000,000 MB Data Transfer/Bandwidth (BIGGER!)

Switch to Mega Plan Plus for $3.00/mo. extra (add 1,000,000 MB of Bandwidth) >>
Host 20 Domains on 1 Account (WOW!)
Switch to Mega Plan Plus for $3.00/mo. extra (add 10 more Domains)

You get Free Domain for Life
2,000 FTP Accounts
Switch to Mega Plan Plus for $3.00/mo. extra (add 2,000 More FTP Accounts)
Unlimited MySQL Databases (WOW!)
19 Addon Domains
Unlimited Sub Domains (WOW!)
No Hidden Charges
Reliable Hosting and Support
Unlimited E-mail Accounts
Unlimited Auto Responders
IMAP, POP3, SMTP Support
Webmail Support
Spam Assassin

DEVELOPERS? HERE'S WHAT YOU GET!
PHP
MySQL
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Python
CGI-BIN
CGI Library
Full .htaccess Control
Server Side Includes
Custom CRON Jobs
MIME Types
IP Banning
Making it easier for First Timers
Fantastico (Lots of free scripts!) (BIG SAVINGS!)

Easy to use, point-and-click website builder (NO PROGRAMMING SKILL REQUIRED!)
Blogging Tools (Including WordPress and Mambo)

GuestBook, PHP Nuke, FormMail
Image Gallery, PHP BB and more!
Online Form Builder

E-COMMERCE FEATURES
OS Commerce Shopping Cart
Agora Shopping Cart
Cube Cart Shopping Cart
Zen Cart Shopping Cart
Webalizer, Sub-domain Stats included
Free Self-Signed SSL Certificates
Advertising Credit

$50 Yahoo Ad Credit
$25 Google Ad Credit
$25 Enhance Search Credit
$20 Search 1-2-3 Credit

To choose the hosting package visit ANHosting.com

Now go announce your arrival in cyberspace. Hope to see your website soon on the Internet.Tell me about the website you have hosted.

Wishing you all the very best.


-M.Thomas


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