Singapore Web Design Company Blog

Clients have been asking about the features that we offer in the hosting plans. Some told us that there are so many technical stuff, so confusing.

We agree with them. Not many people really understand about web hosting. In fact, more than 90% of my clients do not know what is Cpanel prior to purchasing any plan.

There are many things to look for in a hosting plan. And of course, its not possible for us to list one by one here. Let’s discuss about some of the important features that should be included:

• Server Location and Uptime - This is one of the most important, and it directly affects your transfer speed if you are a webmaster frequently updating your site. Uptime means the time when your server is operational. This is important for your site to be functional for most of the time.
• Hosting Space - For normal sites of about 50 pages, 100Mb will be enough. No, we will not ask you to upgrade to higher plans unnecesarily. When your site becomes popular and really need extra space, upgrade will be easy with no hassle.
• Technical Support and Service - This is one area many clients have overlooked. When you have problems with your site, can you contact your web host within 24 hours? For info, we stay in Singapore and we won’t run away. =). Also, will your web host be able to solve your problems within 24 hours? Be assured that we have the expertise and experience.
• Additonal Tools and Features - There are many other features that should be included in a good hosting plan. There are so many and we can’t list everything here. Common ones will be Cpanel, htaccess, web site statistics tools, Email programs and functions, backup tools etc… B4 you purchase any plan, pls make sure they are present.
• Money Back Guarantee - What if some of your features are not present after you have purchased the plan? Well, we offer a “14 days money back guarantee”. You may not be able to find this important feature in some hosting companies. We had some bad experience prior to establishing ourselves as a web host. =)

We hope this blog is useful for novice webmasters. Feel free to take a look at our hosting plans, less than S$7 every month.

Have a strong feeling that Google will update its pagerank very soon, maybe within these 2 weeks. (For info, Google pagerank is Google’s method to determine importance of websites). You can download Google toolbar and check up the pagerank of web sites. New web sites will normally have 0 pagerank. This site has a pagerank of 4 at the moment.

We have used some pagerank prediction tools for SingaporeWebDesigner.com. This site may go to pagerank 6 after the next update. I wonder if those tools are really useful.

Google pagerank update happens once every 3 to 4 months. If your site has a good pagerank, other webmasters may think highly of your site. There are some other obvious benefits:

• Directory editors often use Google toolbar to determine the reputation of web sites. Its often their 1st impression of a web site.
• When the pagerank bar is green color, it means your site is not a spam in Google’s eyes. Google will slash your pagerank to 0 if you intend to cheat for higher pagerank. Or if you have been using some sneaky techniques to boost pagerank, you may be in danger too.

Since Google only updates its pagerank every few months, there are things we need to do to prepare for the update. This will be a good time to generate content and resources, build links.

If you are a webmaster and keen for link exchange, feel free to suggest to us via http://www.singaporewebdesigner.com/resources/add-resource.php

It has not been easy to find a PHP programmer in Singapore. We have posted a few job ads, but applicants are only familiar with ASP or ASP.net.

But actually I am an ASP programmer also. And there is not much difference between ASP and PHP. I wonder why ASP is so much more popular than PHP in Singapore.

Moreover, PHP is open source. And there is a lot of support forum for PHP resources.

Although there is not much difference between ASP and PHP, I prefer using MySQL instead of MS Access.

Sometimes, clients asked me if they can store all that they want in the database when their sites become popular. Well, its not the programming that determines your storage. This is the hosting space available for you. For normal applications, hosting is normally more than enough.

For our web applications services, you may visit http://www.singaporewebdesigner.com/applications/index.php