How confident are you in your web host?
One thing a lot of people take for granted, well most of the people that I know, is web hosting. Your average user browses around the web, shopping, reading, all the while never thinking about the server that hosts their favorite web sites.
For those of you who haven’t left the blog yet (maybe you’re one of the few who care), I have an interesting link to a site which provides web hosting reviews.
What can they tell you about web hosting companies?
Well, let me give you a few stats and an anecdote. The site is called WebHostRating.com, and they have gathered all the facts important to site developers on one site. You can find out the amount of down time a particular host may encounter. Or, maybe you’re more concerned about bandwidth? They’ve got you covered. Could you also be interested in price? Or whether or not a Unix server is available? Still covered.
Now for the anecdote:
This week has been a killer week. I’ve been helping my friend set up his web store, and we’ve been burning the midnight oil to get it done on time. I’ve been involved in quite a bit of the process, from the product database to the payment options. And it all would have been much easier had the server not been down for six hours yesterday. I know, six hours isn’t a whole lot of time, except when you have a dead line.
