Small Business web Hosting
Disc Space - what do I need?
. A web site needs Disc Space on a server that is permanently connected
to the Internet.
. Disc Space handles your web design documents, images
and email passing through you web site.
. Most SMEs in Ireland will need an SME web design
with fewer than 20 pages of about 50KB/page.
. For most SEM sites, 50MB of Disc Space would easily cope
with a good-sized SME Website.
. 50MB can be easily increased to include e-commerce
hosting, databases, message boards etc.
Website Traffic?
. Visitors to your site will cause data to pass through
the Disc Space. This is called "Data Transfer"or"Traffic"
. Traffic includes email and a large volume of email
can deplete your Traffic Allowance (TA).
. Traffic Allowance is measured monthly in megabytes
(MB) or gigabytes (GB).
. 50MB Disc Space with 500MB (0.5GB) of TA would be
sufficient for 95% of web sites.
Should I choose a .com or a .ie domaina name?
. .com names are best for international
business as many people do not recognised a .ie name.
. .com and .net names are easily recognised and most
frequently displayed in search engine results.
. If you
only want Irish customers then enquiries coming form outside Ireland will erode your TA
. .ie
names are most useful to identify you as an Irish company
and you will get mostly Irish visitors.
. For both Irish and International business you should
have both .com and .ie names pointing to your site.
. Free or low priced Irish sub-domain names like yourname.pro.ie
are available as an option.
The Bottom Line:
. Don't pay for large web space you might never use.
. Don't be fooled by the "Plenty of space to grow into"
approach.
. Find a hosting company that puts your interests first
and not their own interests.
. Remember, the main cost usually comes from lots of
visitors and high email traffic not from Disc Space.
. As your business visitors increase, your hosting costs will grow
- and it should be this way round.
. Choose a 50MB with an flexible traffic
allowance so that the hosting plan can grow with the business.
. Look for inclusive Domain Name and hosting:- look
for yourname.com at about €50 and yourname.ie €100
. Search out the best deal. We recommend HostingIreland.ie for an excellent €30
50MB hosting package.
Web Site Marketing and SEO - Search Engine Optimisation:
. Web site marketing is a way of promoting a web site to be found by Google and other search engines.
. Successful web site marketing can lift your web site to the Google top-10 where people will find it.
. Protocol provide a atart-up optimisation in the web design that will get you results in Google quite quickly.
. Without SEO optimisation, your new site will not be shown in Google result. Protocol make it possible.
. Call 1890 886 007 to discuss what web site marketing options are best for your site or email us now.
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