The Importance of Quality Website Hosting

Danny: My dearest readers, here’s a guest article from Joanna. She contacted me to share her experience and knowledge in website hosting. This article made the cut because it was short and sweet. So, here’s your chance learn up on the importance of quality website hosting.

Ok, so you are going to start up a website that you expect a lot from, visitor-wise, but are not really sure about what type of web hosting you need supporting it. This is understandable as the hosting market constantly is expanding with new forms of web hosting. It can of course get confusing at times. Although it might be tempting to start with a cheaper form of hosting, such as shared, it is not always the wisest thing to do. Once you start to notice an increase in the number of visitors it can prove to be quite difficult, unfortunately, upgrading your hosting account. If this happens chances are that your site will crash at times.

It is with this in mind we thought that it could be a good idea looking into Virtual Private Servers, Dedicated Servers and the new trendy Cloud Computing. These are all types of web hosting that can handle a lot of traffic.

Virtual Private Servers

This form of web hosting is somewhat more expensive than shared web hosting but it will still not set you back as much as dedicated hosting will do. VPS Hosting can be good if you are expecting to be somewhere in the middle regarding the number of visits to your site. The hosting is highly customizable and it splits a single server into several virtual servers. This is for example good when you are updating your site as it can be done in the second VPS, without your visitors noticing anything. Doing so will minimize the possibility of experiencing bugs on your site while it is live.

Dedicated Servers

Dedicated Server Hosting is one of the most expensive forms of web hosting but it is also one of the strongest and most reliable types of hosting on the market today. And to be honest – it does not cost a fortune, only about $80 to $200 per month. This is the perfect form of hosting if you expect a steady, and substantial, amount of traffic to your site. Dedicated Servers comes as both managed and unmanaged. Unmanaged is for those with a lot of technical knowledge and managed is good for those that just want the basics and want the rest to be handled by the hosting provider.

Cloud Computing

There is a new shining star on the hosting heaven and it goes by the name of cloud computing. The big difference between cloud computing and classic hosting is that it is elastic which means that you only use and pay for the amount of hosting you are using. This is good for websites that will have peaks and lows in number of visitors. The downside of cloud computing is that is still pretty expensive and hence dedicated servers might be a better alternative. However, cloud computing can also be a good complement to your dedicated hosting.

This piece has been penned down by Joanna, who has been part of web hosting search and been in the industry from quite some time now.

Malaysia Website Hosting versus International Website Hosting

It doesn’t take a genius at this moment to realize our Internet has slowed to a crawl – especially Streamyx users. Some of your favourite websites or blogs even, take more than 3-5 minutes to load on a single connection. I can’t even bear to mention the number of times I’ve refreshed and reset my connection, just to get a better IP address. For those who don’t know, selected IP connections do give a faster browsing speed. Don’t ask me why. *points to TMNet*

You may have noticed selected local websites still loading at the normal speeds. Well, it’s because the local connections aren’t fully affected by the international cables – which are down now. Yes, apparently there’s an underwater cable disruption on TMNet’s website which they always assume for its customers to refer instead of informing us via email. Well, the next common question some clients ask me is; what’s the difference between hosting in Malaysia and outside of it?

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Web Hosting: Cheap Isn't Good

Hi everyone,

I guess this will be my very first blog that is related to Web Hosting, which I hope will be useful as a guide to readers who are new to web hosting and would like to shop for their first paid web hosting service.

When it comes to shopping for your paid web hosting service, I’m sure you will be confused by glancing through advertisements in newspapers, online forums, search engines…etc as you will realise that there are simply too many companies and hosting packages to choose from; Which company is the best? Which hosting package is suitable for me?

Most of the time, we will automatically filter the choices available according to their prices. We tend to filter out companies who offer the most expensive packages and pick the cheapest (hopefully free if possible) provider and subscribe to their services. This is definitely the first step taken by any wise consumers and companies to reduce their expenditures.

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Michael Foo Breaks The Ice!

Michael Foo reporting in… yes, I am the well-known notorious figure online, who is quite active in doxob, Low Yat forums, MYWHT, SEMC Forum, WM… etc. Due to the fact that my ancestor is somehow related to the great grandparent of the blog owner, Mr.Danny, therefore he has invited me to contaminate his blog… and I hope he will not regret when he sees this post, hehe…

Anyways, let’s get serious. I’m the owner of KKHost.Net, a web hosting company that all of you might not heard of it before because it lacks public advertisement, therefore I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr.Danny for allowing me to mention my company name here

My objective of holding a blog account here is of course not solely about advertising my company. I wish I can share my views as well as my experiences as a web hosting provider since 2002. I will start blogging as soon as I get the inspiration. Feel free to suggest me anything you wish me to blog in the comments later as I’m a dull person who fails to inspire myself.

Thank you very much for your time

Danny Foo says:

Michael is a great addition to the simple bloggers here because he’s open with his knowledge, his passion for website hosting overflows and he too has an obsession with keeping things simple. I’ve decided to let him head the new category, Hosting Lessons that I hope he’ll help tackle any hosting related questions you might have trouble finding answers. Last thing to be said to Michael, “I’m not that old to be addresed Mr. just yet. Besides, Dr. has a better ring to it. Hahaha.”

Welcome aboard and have fun, Michael.