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Basics about Web Page Redirect

On a website, redirect is a technique for moving visitor from one web address to another different web address. There are many different reasons that a website may need redirect.

a)The website is at a similar but distinctly different domain name
b)Two websites are merging into one page
c)There is a completely new address for the website

For example, if a company has just changed its named then they would like to turn their visitors as well as customers to their new web page with the new name included.

These days, with the popularity of online affiliate marketing, web users often encounter redirection when they visit a selling link. This is because an affiliate link that looks long and scary is not friendly for online promoting. It is a common practice that the affiliate redirects an affiliate link to another friendly looking URL with the purpose of hiding the fact that they are sending a user to an affiliate offer.

If you have the necessity to redirect your webpage for whatever reason, this article is written for you. In this article, we will introduce the most efficient method for webpage redirect, 301 redirect, to help you out.

What is 301 redirect?

When redirecting a web page to another, one critical issue is to make sure the high search engine rankings with that page will not lose after the redirection. A 301 redirect is just this type of redirection, which allows you to preserve your current search engine rankings when redirecting web pages. 301 redirect is different from 302 redirect and it is a method to move your web pages permanently and there will no longer be any connection between the old address and the new URL address. You implement the 301 redirect by creating an .htaccess file (check with your hosting provider if they provide).

What is an .htaccess file?

In web servers (usually Apache), .htaccess is the default name of a directory-level configuration file that allows decentralized management of web server configuration. An .htaccess file is a simple ASCII file, such as you would create through a text editor like NotePad or SimpleText. The .htaccess file contains specific instructions for certain requests, including security, redirection issues and how to handle certain errors. When a visitor or a spider make a request to your web page via any method, your web server need to check an .htaccess file firstly. Any changes made in .htaccess files will take immediate effect.

How to Implement a 301 redirect for static pages?

First of all, you need to check whether there is an .htaccess file in the root director of your server or not. If you have not found the .htaccess file, open notepad or similar application to can create a file, then name and save it as .htaccess.

If you already have an .htaccess file with some lines of code there, you simply need to download it to your desktop for editing. You should not make any changes to the existing codes unless you are familiar with the functions of the file.

Scroll down past all the existing code, leave a line space, and then create a new line to place the following code:

redirect 301 /old/old.htm http://www.you.com/new.htm
Save the file and then upload it to the root folder of your server. Turn on your browser and enter the old address of your web page you will find out that it is redirected to your new address. Congratulations to you!
Notes: Be sure that the old path of your webpage here start from the top level of your website to the old page, you should not add “http://www” at the beginning of your old address. In addition, you should keep a single space between the following three elements:
redirect 301
/old/old.htm

http://www.you.com/new.htm

How to Implement a 301 redirect for dynamic pages?

Different from the normal static web page, a dynamic page can change every time it is loaded (without you having to make those changes) and they can change their content based on what users does, such as clicking on an image or something else. Dynamic web pages usually generated by a database driven application, such as blog or forum software. That means that the web page will grab information from a database and inserts that information into the web page every time it is loaded. When looking for the URL address of a dynamic web page, you will see that there is a file name appended by a query string, similar to the following:

http://www.example.com/page.php?id=13

If there is a query string in your old URL address, we can say that your web old web page is a dynamic one. If this is the case, then the above 301 redirect solution for static web pages will not fit your purpose. Instead, you are required to use a rewrite solution. Take the above address page.php?id=13 for an example, you will need to all following codes in your htaccess file:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=13$
RewriteRule ^/page.php$ http://www.example.com/newname.htm? [L,R=301]
Please remember to replace the above the id=13 with the query string of the page you wish to redirect and also replace the page.php with the name of your file prior to the query string.

How to Implement 301 redirect for file names with spaces?

Once I had take over a website that built by someone who really not good at his job. I found out that most of the web pages had file name with space, such as “Ticket Order Form.htm”. I would like to redirect these old pages to the new, properly named pages, then I got into trouble with a standard redirect 301 codes. Fortunately, I finally got it function perfectly when someone telling me to use quotes around the original file path. Well, it should look like:
redirect 301 “/old page.htm” http://www.example.com/newpage.htm
How to Implement 301 redirect for the entire website?
If you have found an ideal new domain name for your company and expect to make advantage of the new domain name because it is so wonderful, then you can simply redirect the entire website by adding the following code to .htaccess file.
redirect 301 / http://www.you.com/
The first slash “/” implies that everything from the top level of the site down will be redirected. If you are going to use the same paths and filename as the old one, it is fairly easily to achieve your purpose with this method.

Please not forget to have the trailing “/” on the destination URL, or it may not function correctly. Also, when redirecting a domain name with 301 redirect, you are recommended to leave the old domain name and files in place for a few weeks to give the search engines time to index your changes.

Do you need to make any redirection for your web pages? It is not that hard as you imagine, isn’t it? You can finish the whole process of redirects within a few seconds if your hosting provider offers you with cPanel hosting and .htacess file.

Tags: .htaccess file, 301 redirect

A slow Internet connection can be caused by a number of reasons. And now we will list some of the most common reasons for slow Internet connection.

1. The traffic of targeted website
The issue would be easily at their end if you are visiting a particular site or service. Once the bandwidth or the website you are visiting is insufficient or the load is too high, the web pages on that website will load slowly. When people are at home (off work or school) or during weekends, your Internet will be even slower if you try visiting these web sites.

In this case, it is best to visit the site after a while, or, visit another site that provides similar information.

2. The location of targeted website
The location of the web site you are visiting can also determine the speed of your Internet connection. Accessing a web site that is in a different part of the world will be slower than accessing a web site that is hosted closer to you.

3. ISP Network maintenance
The maintenance on network or equipment of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will also slow down your Internet. Sometimes you even cannot access the web pages you want during the maintenance.

4. The quality of the phone line you are using
Most of the connections made between networks are done over phone lines, therefore the stability of your phone line can also determine your Internet speed. The better the phone lines are, the better your Internet connection will be.

The above are cases that out of your control, while the following are some issues possibly at your end and you can try to boost the Internet speed with corresponding operation.

5. Too many programs starting up at boot up time
When you boot up your PC, not only necessary driver software but also a lot of applications will be enabled. Too many unnecessary startup programs will lead to sluggish machine startup. Besides, the computer resource and memories will also be consumed faster.

You can go to the start menu and disable some unnecessary startup programs.

6. Performing lots of things on the Internet
You probably find that the Internet turns slow when you are doing more than two or three things on the Internet. The situation will be even worse if one of the operations is video, game or other type of files downloading.

Do not run so many applications at a time, the heavy load will make your Internet slow, slow and slow.

7. Computer worms
Virus including computer worms will result in slow Internet connection and software infection.
Remember to keep your antivirus and security software up to dat to avoid virus infection. And be wary of opening attachments or clicking on links in e-mails from people you don’t know.

8. Insufficient system resource
One of the reasons for slow Internet is that you’ve run too many applications or plug-ins in the backend. Install only necessary applications and remove those unused ones, reduce the server load and improve Internet speed.

9. High CPU usage
High CPU usage will lead to slow Internet loading too.

10. Problems with your own network configuration or equipment
Sometimes slow Internet connection may be caused by improper network configuration (such as cache setting, virtual dialup setting of EnterNet 300 on Windows System and so on) or your computer equipment (Maybe your PC is too old to run fast).

As far as the former is concerned, you can modify the settings and it is OK. While when it comes to the later situation, well, you will probably have to buy a new one to instead of your old PC.

11. Computer running nonstop
Sometimes the Internet suddenly becomes slow during your usage, while there seems nothing wrong with the targeted website, the ISP or your network. In fact, everything is OK except that your computer has run for such a long time that he wants a break. Try rebooting it and see whether that is OK.

If you have any other reason for the slow Internet, please share it with us in the comment. We’d love to hear what you think.

Tags: Computer worms, High CPU usage, Insufficient system resource, Internet connection, ISP Network maintenance, phone line, traffic

“Oops. Something went wrong.”

No matter how hard you work to make sure every link on your website goes to a specific web page, there’s always a chance that a link clicked will be unavailable and become the famous 404 Error: Page Not Found page.

The 404 Not Found page can be one of the most hated screens on the Internet. Visitors type a URL in the address bar or click a link on your website, wait with the hope that they can find what they need on your website. Disappointingly, what appears on the screen says “404 ERROR NOT FOUND”.

Visitors could not find the information they need, feel disappointed and hover their cursors on the “x” button on the upper right corner of the browser. They are ready to leave your site. If that comes true, you’ll lose them.

But wait! Why don’t you prevent the visitors’ leave with a message more useful than “Not Found”? Unless you have already written custom error messages, the standard message will be in plain text which leaves visitors feeling a bit lost.

So as not to lose those visitors, you should at least custom the error message and provide useful information for visitors.

To custom a friendly 404 Error Page, you should include the following information on your custom 404 Error page:

1. Error message which is shorter but sweeter.
Design your own error message and make them appear on your 404 page. Words such as “Sorry File Not Found” or “You searched something that doesn’t exist” would be much better than “404 Error Page Not Found”.

Also tell the visitors that you’ve been notified of the error and it will be rectified shortly.

2. Links or information that may be helpful for the visitors
Create a link list with some text. List some related articles on your website based on the visitors’ previous browsing. Visitors can click any of the links as they wish and reach another web page of your site.

3. A search box
If you have a site search, add it to your 404 page and let the visitors search what they were looking for.

4. Your contact information
You can display an email address or a comment form on the error page so that visitors can contact you.

5. A link to the sitemap (if you have one)

6. Make your website logo appear on the error page is also a good idea.

Some open source systems do not offer Error Page customization, which is harmful to search engine optimization. If the content management system you are using provide Error Page customization feature, you can have a try and create a custom error page of your own.

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You will be surprised at the number of web hosting companies you come across on the web. Then how to pick the right hosting provider among them? Will you be tricked into buying a poor web host?

We’ve introduced some basic concepts of web hosting and the difference between hosting provider and reseller, today we’ll

Give some tips on how to find a web hosting provider that best fits you.

1. Write down the products or services you want to receive from the hosting provider
In fact you don’t have to write them down on a piece of paper, but you’d better make sure what you really need and don’t need, and the most important factor for you in looking for a web hosting provider.

For example, business websites hope that their websites can always be accessed at any time so that they’ll not lose any potential customer. As a result, the reliability of the hosting provider will be their focus when purchasing a hosting plan. And personal bloggers usually pay more attention on the availability of free tools.

The approximate number of web space you need, the bandwidth, the uptime, the customer support service…should also be put into consideration.

2. Targeting one or more hosting provider
This can be down through several channels.
First, and usually the most common one, you can get information from your friends, relations and co-workers who once used or are using a web host. They’ll be happy to share you some suggestion based on their experience.

If you’re alone in this field, don’t worry, there’s also numerous resource on the Internet. Do a search on the search engines, or visit the websites or forums on the topic of web hosting. Read the articles and reviews of other users, and learn from the advantages and disadvantages of each hosting providers.

After comparing the services offered by the hosting providers with you needs, you may find several providers that meet your needs if you are lucky enough.

3. Make a test for the web hosting provider you target
It is suggested that you test on the responsiveness and flexibility of the hosting provider you’ve targeted.

First, check to see if the hosting provider publishes their physical address and phone number on their site. Companies unwilling to reveal their location may have good reasons for hiding.

And don’t be fooled by the phone number on the site. A phone number on the website doesn’t mean your call will be answered by someone, especially on weekends.

So if there’s a phone number, call it on weekends and see if someone answers. If there’s someone answering, ask him/her some questions to know more about the service they provide; if it goes to voice mail, leave a message and see how long it takes them to call you back.

After the test, it’s the final time to decide a hosting provider to host your website.

Tags: web hosting company, Website

I’ve tried many kinds of virtual host, and I had also been a hosting reseller, now I want to share you with some tips on choosing a web host. Today we’ll focus on the role of hosting service providers and resellers in the field of web hosting.

1. The definition of hosting provider and hosting reseller
Beginners usually cannot tell a hosting provider from a hosting reseller. For these beginners, both of providers and resellers are hosting service providers and they see no difference between them.

Frankly speaking, web hosting providers are those who rent or host servers, custom hosting plans and market the hosting products independently; while hosting resellers are those who register an account and get allotted disk space and bandwidth from hosting provider, what reseller sells are the hosting plans designed by the provider. The most obvious difference lies in that, providers has the control permissions of the servers, while resellers act as the salesmen and after-sales men of the provider, they promote the products for the providers and have no access permission of the servers.

2. Why should we realize the difference between hosting providers and resellers?
The quality of the web host depends on the hosting provider, and a reseller can seldom control the quality of the web host it promotes. So it is necessary for you to make out the real provider if you want to purchase hosting plans from the reseller.

The advantages of identifying hosting providers and resellers: 1) you can decide whether to purchase a web host through reseller or not

2) Once you are going to buy a web host from the reseller, it is recommended to make sure the following questions: whose hosting plan is the reseller selling? How about the quality of its products? Can the reseller offer you the service you need? What will happen to you if the reseller terminates its business?

3) With the answers of the above questions, you may get a more preferential price from the reseller. The resellers often offer the same products with lower price than the provider does.

3. Which one should I prefer, hosting provider or reseller?
The favorable price is a great advantage of resellers. Resellers can also make web design for your website. But every advantage has its disadvantage, the service quality and stability of resellers troubles lots of their customers.

Based on these advantages and disadvantages, you can make the decision according to your preference.

4. The first thing you should do at the sight of a hosting service provider/reseller
Before going with a new hosting company, always take some time to check them out. 1) Do a quick search in Google for your host, and read up on any articles and reviews that come up about them. By reading about other people’s experiences, you can learn from their advantages and mistakes. While all the reviews are only for reference. 2) Make a call to the hosting company on weekends, see if someone answers. If there’s someone answering, ask him/her some questions to make a test; if it goes to voice mail, leave a message and see how long it takes them to call you back.

Conclusion
As far as I am concerned, I’ll never choose a hosting reseller unless I’m quite lack of money and want to spend as few as possible or I’m not serious about my site. Otherwise I’ll always prefer a hosting provider, even if it will cost more than a reseller does. Usually stability is the first element that we should consider.

Tags: hosting providers, hosting resellers, Service

Before getting a web host, you should be familiar with some basic concepts of web hosting. Here I’ll give a brief introduction of some fundamental concepts to make the beginners understand easily.

1. Server, Virtual host, VPS, web disk space
A server is a computer which is equipped with a set of necessary applications that provide web service. Generally speaking, there is no essential difference between a server and a computer, in some circumstances there are even servers that run not as smoothly as computers we use.

Virtual hosting is a method that host more than one domain names (websites) on the same server. Websites on the same server are independent from each other in a certain sense. Both virtual hosting and dedicated server can meet the needs of web masters, while the low price of virtual hosting gives it a big advantage over dedicated servers.

VPS, Virtual Private Server (also referred to as Virtual Dedicated Server or VDS), is a method of partitioning a physical server computer into multiple servers such that each has the appearance and capabilities of running on its own dedicated machine. Each virtual server can run its own full-fledged operating system, and each server can be independently rebooted. This is a hosting solution with performance higher than virtual hosting and price lower than dedicated server.

Web space, also known as disk space, is the holding space for your digital data, which may include server, virtual hosting and VPS mentioned above. Beginners usually pay a lot of attention on the volume of web space, while in face there are many other important factors they should take into consideration.

2. Dedicated IP address, Shared IP address (IP sharing)
Dedicated IP address and Shared IP address is a pair of corresponding concepts. In dedicated IP hosting, each virtual host has a different IP address. And in shared IP address hosting, all virtual hosts on the same server share a same IP address. The primary reason for a site to use a dedicated IP is to be able to use its own SSL certificate rather than a shared certificate.

3. Windows, Linux, Unix
When you come across the terms such as Windows hosting and Linux hosting, you should realize that these terms are used to describe the operating system of the server, which has nothing to do with the operating system used by your own computer.

The choice of the operating system on the web host depends on the requirement of your website application. Generally, PHP websites prefer Linux hosting, and Windows hosting are more suitable for websites designed with ASP, ASP.net.

4. IIS, Apache, MySQL, MSSQL, ACCESS
IIS and Apache are both popular web servers. MySQL, MSSQL and ACCESS refer to three kinds of database.

5. Concurrent Connection
This is a most concerned factor, which can also confuse lots of users.

The configuration of a web host can affect the max concurrent connection; however it can’t limit the online users within an exact number. The max concurrent connection is affected by several factors, such as the server, the web application you use, and the property of the visitors.

IIS connections can limit the max concurrent connection, while concurrent connection is more likely to be affected by the CPU limitation.

Page View (PV) and hits reflect the server load more precisely, and are more informative than concurrent connections. PV and hits are related to web applications.

With these basic concepts, you can start looking for a web host now.

Tags: IP, linux, Server, unix, Virtual host, VPS, web disk space, webhosting, windows

HostEase is a trustworthy hosting provider. We are willing to solve your problem at any time. Sometimes, we receive problems such as why I can’t open my website and the like… Here I’d like to share some experience with you guys. The common reasons can be as follows:

1. Network setting problem. This is frequently seen in the situation that you need to manually specify the IP, gateway, DNS server, network mode, and proxy server. Check your computer’s network setting carefully.

2. DNS server problem. When you can’t visit the website in IE, you can use IP address instead to access it. If you can get access to the website through IP address, it should be a DNS issue. Then check the DNS setting in the Property of network.

3. Domain name resolution problem. When a new domain is registered or the resolution record of a domain changes, you can’t access your website until it comes into effect.

4. IE browser problem. When there is something wrong with the IE browser itself, it will surely affect the web browsing. Then you can try another browser to check.

5. Network firewall issue. If the network firewall isn’t set properly, for example, security level is too high or IE is put into block access list accidentally, the websites will not be opening. Then you need to change the setting.

6. The problem of hosts file. Modification of hosts file can also lead to the website’s not opening .The solution is to empty the content of the hosts file.

7. Infected with virus. Sometimes, when opening a website in IE, you may see such notice in the lower left box: Opening web pages, but it does not respond for a long time. View the process in Task Manager to see the CPU occupancy rate. If it is 100%, you should look up which process is taking up CPU resource. Locate and click to end it. If failed, you have to enter the safe mode to delete it. Finally, go to the registry to delete the process.

We would be appreciated if you can also give your precious experiences.

Tags: DNS, Domain Name, Firewall, IE, network, Virus, Website

JJ, a young guy who is very interested in my working field. He often asks me some nice questions.He asked what is “Cloud Computing” last night. And we were really enjoying our topic. Here are some points we’ve disscussed, shraring with the friends who come to visit.

“Cloud computing” was raised by Google. We can imagine it a beautiful network application mode on its name. In the “cloud computing” age, we can put those mobile devices aside such as flash disk. Just head to the page of “Google Docs”, create a document and edit it, then share the URL of the document with your friends or your colleagues so that they can visit the document directly on their browsers through the URL. We will no longer have to worry about information lost due to damaged hard disk.

During the “cloud computing” period, “Cloud computing” will do the work of memory and computing for us. “Cloud computing” is said to be a cluster with computers. Every cluster contains maybe hundreds of thousands or even millions of computers. “Cloud computing” still has a further advantage on keeping the computers it contains up-to-date. Google has a number of this “cloud” and so does Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon. At that time, we only need a computer which can be online. Once needed, we can quickly locate and compute the data wherever we are.

Forms of “Cloud computing”
1.SAAS: The trait of this type of “cloud computing” is: the procedure was sent to thousands upon thousands of users through the browser. In the users’ view, this will save the costs on the authorization of some software. In the suppliers’ view, this will reduce their cost because they only need to maintain a procedure. Salesforce.com is the most famous one on supplying this kind of service by far.

2.Utility computing: This type of “cloud computing” is creating a virtual datacenter which can make memory, I/O device, the ability of memory and computing together to be a virtual resource pool and providing service on the Internet.

3.Network services: It is very close to SAAS. The supplier can provide API for the developers so that they can develop more applications based on the Internet instead of some stand-alone program.

4.Platform for service: It is another type of SAAS. This type of “cloud computing” provides developing environment as a service to the public. You can use a middle-man’s device to develop your procedure and deliver the service to your users through the Internet.

5.MSP (manage service provide): This is the most ancient method of “cloud computing” for people to use. This kind of application was IT industry-oriented, such as Personal payment management system.

6.Commercial service platform: This type of application mixed SAAS and MSP applications. It provides a platform between users and the suppliers.

7.Internet integration: This will integrate those companies which provide similar services on the Internet so that users could compare and choose their own service provider more easily.

The features of “Cloud computing”
1.Large: “Cloud computing” has a large number of computers. Such as Google, whose “cloud computing” has more than 1 million server till now. It can give users an unprecedented computing ability.

2.Virtual: This means that users can stay anywhere, use any kind of terminal to get the service. There is no need for users to know where the process of computing happens. They only need a computer or a mobile phone and they will get everything they need through the Internet.

3.High reliability: “Cloud computing” has made a lot of measures to ensure the service reliability.

4.Being universal: “Cloud computing” is not for a specific application. One “cloud computing” could support different applications running at the same time.

5.Highly extension: “Cloud computing” is highly telescopic. This could satisfy users’ growing demands.

6.Provide services on users’ needs: “Cloud computing” is a large resource pool. And it can be paid on the amount you used.

7.Very cheap: The component of a “cloud computing” is very cheap. The popularity of “Cloud computing” makes the resource’s utilization more efficient. So that you can spend only hundreds of dollars and several days to complete the work which should have spent you tens of thousands of dollars and months of time.

“Cloud computing” can completely change people’s future, but at the same time we need to take environmental issues seriously. So that it will make contribution to human progress, rather than simply upgrade their technology.

Tags: cloud computing, MSP, SASS

It’s the annual Thanksgiving today, a day that we are called to express our gratitude.

“Thanksgiving is celebrated at the expense of Native Peoples who had to give up their lands and culture for America to become what it is today.”

Though purely religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday. As the name “Thanksgiving” indicates, people gather on this great day, celebrate their harvests and have a Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving is a great day to give our thanks to our family. We should be grateful to the lover who snores every night, at least he/she is not being together with others; we should be grateful to the child watching TV on the sofa, at least he/she stays at home rather than wandering outside.

Thanksgiving is also a great day to celebrate our friendship.

If we don’t have family, we will look for close friends. We get friends here and there, they are not family members but they can warm us at the same time, without charge or prejudice.

Thanksgiving is not only a day to thank your family and friends, but also a day to thank God for the thing of life, for being alive, for the air, for the atmosphere, for everything we enjoy.

And HostEase will, thank you for your visit and your staunch support for HostEase:-)

What are you going to do today?

Who will you give thanks to in this thanksgiving season?

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It may be difficult for you guys who are new to web hosting industry to figure out the exact meaning of the slang and terms. But don’t worry; I’ve collected some common-mentioned terms and their definitions for you. You may find these helpful.

Web hosting service: A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Web hosts can also provide data center space and connectivity to the Internet for servers they do not own to be located in their data center, called colocation.

Shared hosting service: A shared hosting service or virtual hosting service refers to a web hosting service where many websites reside on one web server connected to the Internet. Each site “sits” on its own partition, or section/place on the server to keep it separate from other sites. Shared hosting service is generally the most economical option for hosting as many people share the overall cost of server maintenance.

HostEase has launched three shared webhosting packages: Blog Package, Basic Package and Business Package. They are configured to meet different wants and needs. For more information on HostEase’s shared hosting packages, see Shared Webhosting.

Dedicated Server service: A dedicated hosting service or dedicated server or managed hosting service, is a type of web hosting in which the client leases an entire server not share with anyone. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as the client has full control over the server, including choice of operating system, hardware, etc. Server administration can usually be provided by the hosting company as and add-on service. In some cases a dedicated server can off less overhead and a larger return on investment.

There are three dedicated hosting package that HostEase provides: Dedicated I, Dedicated II and Dedicated III. For more information on HostEase’s dedicated hosting packages, see Dedicated Server.

VPS: Virtual Private Server (also referred to as Virtual Dedicated Server or VDS), is a method of partitioning a physical server computer into multiple servers such that each has the appearance and capabilities of running on its own dedicated machine. Each virtual server can run its own full-fledged operating system, and each server can be independently rebooted. This is a hosting solution with performance higher than shared hosting and price lower than dedicated hosting. Unfortunately, HostEase doesn’t support VPS at the moment.

Reseller hosting service: Reseller hosting is a form of web hosting wherein the account owner has the ability to use his/her alloted hard drive space and bandwidth to host websites on behalf of third parties. The reseller pruchases the host’s servers wholesale and then sells them to customers for a profit. The reseller may rent a dedicated server from a hosting company, or resell shared hosting services.HostEase’s reseller web hosting plan is coming soon.

Bandwidth allocation: In the webhosting industry, bandwidth allocation can be used in scenarios such as allocating bandwidth to a web site running on a server, or allocating bandwidth to a computer on a network. Once the allocated bandwidth has been utilized, allocations are often administered by terminating or temporarily suspending access. A higher bandwidth can increase download speed.

Clients who order Basic Package and Business Package of HostEase can enjoy unlimited bandwidth every month.

storage: As far as hosting is concerned, storage means the volume of the disk space that provide by web hosts for the use of customer uploading photos, videos, documents and more. It is a permanent holding place for customers’ digital data, unless purposely erased.

HostEase provides different levels of storage volume for different packages in consideration of customers’ need.

Coupon: When purchasing a webhosting product, a coupon is a ticket or a document that can be exchanged for a financial discount or rebate. Coupons are issued by web hosts as a part of sales promotion.

HostEase will also put on special offers from time to time. Then our coupons will be distributed through mail and the Internet.

Affiliate Program: In the webhosting industry, a affiliate program is held by the hosting company for the purpose of market development. The affiliate program enables its affiliates (people who participate in the affiliate program) to add certain links and promotional features to their websites. The affiliates will be eligible for compensation once customers make orders through the links on their websites.

To participate in HostEase’s affiliate program, please click here Affiliate Prpgram .

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