The websites of Web Hosting companies can be a minefield of jargon. Here are some of the things to look out for
Disk Space
This is how much space you get on the hosting company’s server. Obviously, the more the merrier, here. But it’s highly unlikely that you’ll need a Gigabyte of disk space, unless your web site contains lots of large images or videos. But the average site won’t even be 50 megabyte in size never mind 500 megabytes. So don’t just base your decision on Disk Space.
Data Transfer
This refers to how much download activity occurs on your site each month. (Data Transfer is also known as Bandwidth.) Say, for example, that each page on your site is 10 kilobytes in size (pretty small, these days). If 1000 visitors come to your site each day they will be downloading 10, 000 kilobytes of data, or 10 megabytes. Multiply that by the number of days in a month and the data transfer will be about 300 megabytes a month. If the Web Hosting company you sign up for only allows 100 megabytes of traffic each month then they will cut you off when that limit is reached. Your site will then be down until next month.
This is how much space you get on the hosting company’s server. Obviously, the more the merrier, here. But it’s highly unlikely that you’ll need a Gigabyte of disk space, unless your web site contains lots of large images or videos. But the average site won’t even be 50 megabyte in size never mind 500 megabytes. So don’t just base your decision on Disk Space.
Data Transfer
This refers to how much download activity occurs on your site each month. (Data Transfer is also known as Bandwidth.) Say, for example, that each page on your site is 10 kilobytes in size (pretty small, these days). If 1000 visitors come to your site each day they will be downloading 10, 000 kilobytes of data, or 10 megabytes. Multiply that by the number of days in a month and the data transfer will be about 300 megabytes a month. If the Web Hosting company you sign up for only allows 100 megabytes of traffic each month then they will cut you off when that limit is reached. Your site will then be down until next month.
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