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What
Yahoo Web Hosting Can
Offer Your Business
By
Evert Du Toit
With Yahoo web hosting
you can get your website
on the Internet quickly
and easily, and have
Yahoo take care of all
the technical details of
hosting and managing the
files that make up your
website. They monitor
the network, take care
of backups and protect
your data, all of which
allows you to spend your
time on promoting and
developing your
business.
There are four important
things you need to
consider when deciding
on a Yahoo web hosting
packing. First is how
much disk space you will
need for your disk. The
disk space you need will
be determined by the
number and sizes of
images, audio and video
files and other content
files you will want to
be able to display on
your website.
The second consideration
is the amount of traffic
you want and expect to
get to your website.
This traffic includes
all the customers and
prospects you want to
check out your website
to see your products.
This amount of traffic
will determine how much
monthly data transfer
you need. In the third
place is the number of
e-mail accounts you
require. With your Yahoo
web hosting account you
can create e-mail
accounts for your
business, such as
you@yourdomain.com or
info@yourdomain.com.
At the time of writing,
the Yahoo web hosting
Starter package includes
5 gigabytes of disk
space, 200 gigabytes of
band width per month and
200 e-mail addresses.
When your needs change
you can upgrade to a
larger hosting package.
As a bonus each Yahoo
web hosting package
includes free
registration for one
domain name. Yahoo will
pay for the initial
registration and the
annual renewal fee for
your choice of domain
name for as long as you
keep using Yahoo web
hosting. This represents
quite a good value. They
also offer other
features such as their
own web site design
software, and support
for applications such as
MS FrontPage. They also
support scripting
languages like PHP and
Perl and MySQL databases
and 24 hour toll-free
phone support.
The process of signing
up for Yahoo web hosting
is pretty simple. First
you have to select the
package you want. At the
time of writing the
packages range from
$11.95 to $39.95 per
month, however they have
regular special offers.
The next step is to
select your domain name.
If you do not have a
Yahoo account yet, you
will be asked to create
an account and finally
you will enter your
payment information. And
it is as simple as that.
You are all set to start
up your website.
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