One of the first steps, before starting your blog or site, is choosing your WordPress Hosting. Choosing the right web hosting is a very important step. If you’re not familiar with websites and hosting, it can be very hard and time consuming to choose the WordPress hosting that suits you the best. Read the full article on: http://www.wordpressninja.com/2012/01/wordpress-hosting/

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Choose The Right
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By Nico Julius, WordPressNinja.Com
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About me
Hi, I’m Nico!
I’m a php-mysql developer, teacher,
blogger & WordPress lover, living in
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You can contact me at:
Twitter @nicojulius
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Introduction
One of the first steps, before starting your blog or site, is
choosing your WordPress hosting. Choosing the right
web hosting is a very important step.
If you’re not familiar with hosting, it can be very hard
and time consuming to choose the WordPress hosting
that suits you the best. That’s why I’ll give you some tips
to choose the right web hosting for your blog or site.
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Introduction
This presentation contains the following subjects:
1. Web hosting basics
2. Different sorts of web hosting
3. Specialised hosting
4. Tips to choose the right web hosting
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Web Hosting Basics
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1. Web Hosting Basics:
What is web hosting?
o Type of internet hosting service for individuals and organisations to make
their own web site accessible via the World Wid Web (Wikipedia)
o Your web site is on a server that’s always connected with the internet
o Windows / Linux servers
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1. Web Hosting Basics:
Windows vs Linux
Windows hosting
o Server running Windows Server Operating System
o In most cases more expensive due to licences
o Needs a more powerful server then Linux
o Perfect solution for .Net / MS SQL applications
o No problem to run WordPress on Windows
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1. Web Hosting Basics:
Windows vs Linux
Linux hosting
o Server running Linux Operating System
o Open source, so in most cases cheaper then Windows hosting
o Needs a less powerful server then Windows
o Perfect to run WordPress on, WordPress is optimized to run on Linux
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Different Sorts of Web Hosting
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2. Different Sorts of Web Hosting
o Shared web hosting
o Dedicated server
o VPS
o Cloud hosting
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2. Different Sorts of Web Hosting:
Shared web hosting
+ Multiple sites hosted on a physical server
+ Cheapest solution
+ Easy to start with
+ Good choice for beginners
+ Perfect for smaller blogs / sites
- All the sites on that server share the same resources -> if one site gets
tons of traffic, the other sites could slow down
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2. Different Sorts of Web Hosting:
Dedicated server
+ You can host 1 or more sites on your own server
+ Perfect if you need total control
+ Can be very fast (the faster, the more expensive)
+ More secure then shared hosting
- Not scalable (if your site grows, your server can’t grow, or vice versa)
- Expensive
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2. Different Sorts of Web Hosting:
Virtual Private Server (VPS)
+ Multiple virtual servers hosted on a physical server
+ Works just like a dedicated server
+ Easy to add more power / storage if needed
+ Other virtual servers on the same physical server won’t influence
performance of your VPS
+ Reasonable prices...
- But still more expensive then shared hosting
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2. Different Sorts of Web Hosting:
Cloud hosting
There are 2 sorts of cloud hosting:
o Shared hosting “in the cloud”: shared web hosting on multiple physical
servers
o VPS “in the cloud”: VPS on multiple physical servers
Cloud hosting has 2 great advantages:
+ Security: if one server goes down, there is always another server still
running
+ Speed: your site is powered by multiple servers
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Specialised Hosting
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3. Specialised Hosting:
WordPress hosting
o The same as other hosting (Shared hosting, VPS, Cloud...)
o Optimized for WordPress
o With WordPress pre-installed or very easy to install
+ You can be sure that WordPress will run on it!
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3. Specialised Hosting:
Managed hosting
o The same as other hosting (Shared hosting, VPS, Cloud...)
o Managed and maintained by your hosting company
Profits of managed WordPress hosting:
+ The core, your plugins and theme are updated by your hosting company
+ No worries about the latest WordPress version
+ More secure (because you always have the most recent version)
+ You can focus on the content of your blog / site
- Little bit more expensive
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3. Specialised Hosting:
Green hosting
o The same as other hosting (Shared hosting, VPS, Cloud...)
o Powered by “green” power
o Can be a little bit more expensive
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Tips to Choose
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4. Tips to Choose
the Right Hosting
o Compare different web hosting companies
o Compare all the features of a package, some companies charge extra for
options others offer for free
o If you’re not sure which package to choose, ask them!
o Go for a company with a good reputation
o Read reviews, you can find enough reviews on forums about web hosting
companies
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