Here are some of the things you need to ask your web development company about hosting of your site. First of all, where is the server located? If it is in the UK then that’s a positive tick. Some web development companies offering cheap hosting packages host on servers overseas for cost saving reasons and search engines check the geographical location of a server as part of it’s assessment of your website. If the search engine finds that your website is on a server located in Germany for instance, it may disregard your website for searches in the UK and fail to display it on the UK versions of their search site. This could obviously be disastrous for your web development prospects if your main market is the UK.
Reliability is another key web development issue because you need to ensure that your site is available for visitors to browse and use at all times since you have no idea at what time of the day or night they will come to your site. The same is also true for search engine positioning. If your website happens to be out of action at the time when a search engine comes to visit your site (which they do on a regular basis) then they will obviously have to pass over your site and that means it won’t do as well in the search engine results. Again this can be severely detrimental to the success of your online business.
It’s quite unlikely that any company offering web development in Southend, Essex or trying to sell you it’s hosting package is going to tell you if there are any reliability issues. So you need to decide for yourself and be confident that your web development partners will work in your best interests and only offer robust servers. However, the price quoted for hosting by your web development company should give you a good indication of reliability. If they offer the low cost or free option when choosing where to put your web pages then it is fair to assume that it may not be as reliable as a more expensive solution and when there are problems, you may not get the same level of service in getting it fixed and any downtime can be costly to your business.
Areoff as a professional web development company only host with a leading company who provide excellent technical support and are on hand 24/7 to deal with any problems which are inevitable with any technology. We also keep the number of websites to a low number to ensure fast loading times and less potential for downtime caused by one website leading to a server crash.
There are of course other things that should be addressed when hosting web development in Essex and the complete picture can be highly complex. However at Areoff we pride ourselves on giving the best advice to our clients rather than the cheapest or free option. By providing solid infrastructure for your web development we are enabling your business to succeed on the internet and provide a health return your investment.
For professional web development services and friendly advice contact us today or call us on 01702 460046.