To Stay With The Same Provider? Or To Try Something New? Your Question Answered And Tips On How To Handle Multiple Domain Web Hosting.

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Thanks to the low cost of domain names and hosting fees these days, it is possible to own several websites of your own. Now what you need to know is that there are several ways to manage multiple domain web hosting. So it is important to know what your options are and the advantages and disadvantages of each method.

Firstly, the most basic choice when administering multiple domain web hosting is whether or not to do so with the same host. Most hosts offer packages which can be set up to allow several sites on one account. You also have the choice of allowing individual sites to be operated under separate accounts.

If you have an existing website and you're happy with the services your host provides, you can of course choose to start a new domain under the same web hosting provider. You would do this for a few reasons. The most obvious would be the reassurance of dealing with a company you are familiar with and that you trust. Apart from that you may also get a discount for each additional account you open with the same host. On the other hand, using a new host for a second website can allow you to compare the quality of hosting offered by different companies. In addition, separate hosts will provide each of your web sites with a different IP address.

Having different IP addresses can be an important factor if you plan to link the sites together to aid in search engine optimization. Incoming links are an important indicator of the importance of a website, so a site with a lot of incoming links can get a higher position in search engines like Google. If all the links are coming from the same IP address their value may be discounted. Domain web hosting with different service providers guarantees that each site has a different IP address.

But if you decide to continue domain web hosting with the same web hosting provider, that's fine as well. There are three basic ways to go about doing this:

• Each domain could have its own account
• You could sign up for a re-seller account
• You could get a dedicated server account.

As a re-seller you are acting as an agent for the hosting company. You are allocated a certain amount of disk space and bandwidth and you are free to use them as you please. There may be a limit to the number of websites you can host with your re-seller account, but if there is space left over after using this account for your own sites you could earn some extra income by selling accounts to other people. The advantage of a re-seller account is that all the technical details are taken care of by the hosting company. Some will even provide gateways for billing your customers.

A dedicated server account gives you control of all the resources of an entire server. You are free to setup as many websites as you wish and allocate disk space and bandwidth as you see fit. The downside to this type of account is that you are responsible for maintaining the server. This can require a significant level of technical know-how so if you don't have that knowledge or don't feel like learning about it, dedicated servers are not for you. You can, of course, go with a managed dedicated server. The downside of this is the higher cost involved.

And lastly, we feel the need to inform you, that while multiple web hosting on one major web hosting provider has it's advantages, the biggest disadvantage to doing that is when their server goes down, all your domains will go down at the same time. And on certain occasions this could be disastrous. Just something you need to consider when you're delving into multiple domain web hosting.

 

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