An important stage in the creation and development of your own web project is the choice of a domain and hosting for the site. The right decision will help you avoid a lot of hassle down the road.
Why choose carefully?
The choice of the registration name and physical location of the site is usually done only once. Of course, the site can be moved to another hosting or its address changed, but this is associated with many difficulties in the first case and almost completely kills the advertising campaign in the second.
Domain name selection
The name of the site should clearly and fully reveal the essence of its content. In addition, the name should be memorable and easy to read. You should not use consonant Latin letters, thereby provoking the visitor to make an error when entering the address into the browser line.
It should be noted that the name of the site should be very simple and as concise as possible if you plan to promote the project using outdoor advertising methods. If this is an information resource, blog or portfolio, and the advertising campaign will be distributed only on the Internet, it is enough just to avoid incoherent set of symbols or frankly ridiculous phrases in the name.
Selecting a zone for site registration
Choosing a zone for registration is much easier than choosing a name, but there are also some peculiarities here. First, there is no need to register a site in the wrong zone if the desired domain name is taken. The.ru domain zone is suitable for most information projects, it is better to register commercial sites in the.com zone - they are the most popular. In addition, a registration area can have an industry or regional specification. It is better to avoid second and third level domain names if the site is created for the purpose of making money.
What hosting should you host your website on?
Blogs, business card sites, one-page pages and similar resources will feel free to use shared hosting with a standard package of services. If the site is a more serious project that includes a serious archive of articles, a forum, a portfolio, or if it has a direct commercial purpose, you should place the resource on dedicated or virtual dedicated servers. Such hosting is more resistant to loads, has advanced functionality and a good level of security.
What else do you need to consider?
If the site is created on the basis of CMS, the hosting should have PHP and MySQL support, a convenient and intuitive control panel. You should pay attention to the guaranteed recovery time of the site in case of a crash, the level of service quality and the availability of the technical support team at any time of the day. The best indicator of the reliability of hosting will be the list of customers who have used the services, as well as reviews on forums and blogs of web developers.
