| If you're looking for a matching web host provider | | | | visitors is crucial for your success and so this feature |
| for your small business it can be a very challenging | | | | must be included in a good web hosting plan. |
| task to determine what requirements you really need | | | | 6. Spam- and Virus Blockers for email accounts |
| and what web hosting company you can trust. | | | | Spam and virus blockers are filter programs that run |
| Therefore watch out for this 10 baseline | | | | on the servers of your web hoster. Nowadays this |
| requirements reputable web host providers should | | | | feature became standard and should be included in |
| meet as they are vital for the success of your small | | | | your hosting plan without extra charge. |
| business website. | | | | 7. Web based control panel |
| 1. Upgradeable Business Hosting Plan | | | | A web based control panel like e.g. cPanel is a |
| An upgradeable business hosting plan is a plan that | | | | program that runs in your favorite internet browser. |
| grows with your business. That holds your web | | | | With a control panel program you're able to manage |
| hosting cost as low as possible and provides you with | | | | and adjust all your web hosting tasks like e.g. setting |
| all features needed in the current situation. | | | | up your email and ftp-accounts, performing security |
| 2. 24/7 Live Support By Phone and by Email | | | | settings, organizing your databases, performing |
| 24 hours a day, seven days a week live support by | | | | backups etc. The most popular control panel today is |
| phone and by email is another vital feature you have | | | | cPanel which is included in a good web hosting plan. |
| to watch out for. Sometimes you'll simply need | | | | 8. Web based email |
| support in any way but to wait a month of sundays | | | | Web based email means that you have access to |
| especially in business is not exactly brilliant. | | | | your emails both with your email client and over the |
| 3. 99.99% Uptime Guarantee | | | | internet with your internet browser. That gives you |
| That means that your business website is running | | | | the possibility to access your emails from any |
| without a drop out in 99.99% of the time. This can | | | | computer with an internet connection. |
| only be guaranteed if the web host company relies | | | | 9. Minimum 30 Day Money Back guarantee |
| on high end server infrastructure maintained by well | | | | A solid money back guarantee gives you confidence |
| trained technical staff. | | | | that the company keeps their promises not only on |
| 4. A Free Domain Name | | | | the day that you've signed in. Of not, don't hesitate |
| In simple terms a domain name is the unique web | | | | to cancel your hosting plan and get your your money |
| address of your website like e.g. | | | | back before you invest to much time in your website |
| "yoursmallbusinessname.com" or something like that. | | | | development. |
| It has to be registered to your name before it is | | | | 10. Instant Backup Option |
| accessible over the internet. Usually every good web | | | | An instant Backup Option gives you the possibility to |
| host provider will register you at least one domain | | | | backup your entire hosting account and download it |
| name for free. | | | | to your own computer. This includes everything that |
| 5. Website and Web Statistic tool | | | | is setup with the account. The backup file can be |
| A website and web statistic tool like e.g. AWStats or | | | | used to restore your account on their server if |
| Webalizer is needed to collect detailed information | | | | needed and gives you more control over the security |
| about the visitors of your website. To analyze your | | | | aspects of your web hosting account. |