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Due to advancement of Internet a new option, Internet fax, is available for you. An online service that provides facility to send or receive faxes without fax machine is known as Internet fax. Basic requirements of internet fax are PC with an Internet connection and an email account. It is also known as online fax, email to fax and e faxing. You’ve to just signing up with an Internet service provider that performs decoding/encoding of fax. You can easily send and receive multiple faxes simultaneously without using fax hardware.

Internet fax enables you to send or receive faxes in a short while. You don’t have to wait for a long time. It can be send from wherever you are to anywhere you want. Without facing the problem of paper jams, faxes can be sent instantly. Due to its transparency factor, your business partners can regularly send faxes to a fax number. You can even use a local or toll free number as virtual fax number. You can easily manage your time with Internet fax.

Subscribers have to pay small monthly fee to use an Internet fax service. Whenever a fax is sent to your virtual number, the service provider accepts it and turns it to a file that can be easily forwarded to your accessible email address. Internet fax services are costly due to extensive collection of programs. You should always choose the best suited to your requirements. You can also start e faxing with a free trial.

You’ve to pursue following steps to get started with Internet fax:

* Create an email account (if you don’t have any) * Create an account on any one of Internet fax services. (For that purpose you just have to go to website of the service provider and log in. Use their free trial offer) * Download or install Internet fax software on your system. * After opening new email message, start writing contents of fax in the body section of mail. You can also attach text files with the content. * Fill all the requirements of e-fax like destination number, recipient’s name and then choose ’send and receive’ option to send the fax. * After doing all these process the fax will reach the recipient instantly.

Internet faxing is an inexpensive and convenient way to send fax to someone. You can get fax at any time because your fax number is active 24 hours a day. Subscribers don’t have to be familiar with faxing software or fax machines but email knowledge is required. Several service providers offer toll-free fax numbers for United States and Canada. Subscribers don’t have to pay phone charges for internet fax but they have to pay small Internet charges.

Monthly charges for Internet faxing service are from $0 to $19.95 that totally depends on the package, which you choose. Fax to IP is another type of Internet faxing. Subscribers may send or receive faxes in PDF format, Microsoft documents format, CAD drawing format and graphical formats etc.

Being on the road has its advantages; the freedom is the biggest one. One draw back was the Internet Service, but having done much study on the mobile Internet Satellite Systems and future technologies; I was able to become a beta tester of the MotoSat system in 1999. I have used the system ever sense.

My company, the Car Wash Guys had joined forces with a Strategic Alliance of GM Hughes Satellite Division to beta test the First Fully Self contained, fully Networked Mobile Corporate Office, taking advantage of the newest in WiFi technology. We were the first in the world to have this powerful capabilities which at the time nearly blew away the Pentagon’s Performance with their 77 million dollar investment and Iridium Bailout.

Mobile Corporate Offices are the Wave of the future, where Network Centric Warfare (Net-Centric) in the marketplace combined with strategic mobile command centers used to create a network of networks, which will eventually dominate all of their market sectors. Corporate Giants are slowly learning the game is changing. And we are the ones teaching them. We are the leaders in technology and they will have to learn the hard way. Car Wash Guys are leading everyone’s industry this time. As far as the car wash industry is concerned we left them in the dust a decade ago. Today we use 20 times less water, a third of the labor and spend less than a tenth of the capital to do it. We now have much bigger fish to fry as we go for the gold. To work with this technology you must move your business at the speed of thought.

We at our Bravo research team of WashGuys, had been studying the newest in satellite technologies. Most of our recent studies have been on satellite data transmissions and as many of you know we have become very knowledgeable over the years with satellite communications, I happened to live next door in Malibu from a physicist who worked at the Rockwell Research Center in Thousand Oaks CA. First we would like to talk about actually data transmission speeds and problems associated with relays and problems of security of data when data jumps from satellite to satellite or from satellite to ground. Also with the problems of relay where any and all data can be recorded. As everyone knows the Pentagon bailed out the Iridium project, which is good since we have learned so much from this. The 75 million dollar contract helped pay the bills of 7 million a month including the 40 million per year to Boeing who flies the satellites. Iridium was nice in that it covered the whole Earth, all oceans and remote areas, with spare satellites ready just in case. Iridium had 66 satellites in orbit in use at about 485,000 up. Very close and helps with data lag associated with satellites which is normally a half second or more. The data can be transmitted at 1Mbs, which is slow considering the Wash Guys data transmission capabilities of 10-12.265 Mps up load and the 1Mbs download, faster than that of the US Department of Defense. The other problem we see with their system is the relay in Tempe, AZ home of Motorola, which is unsafe due to the newest wave of possible terrorist devices such as the brief case electronic impulse devises which work from building tops and could easily destroy its relay station. This is why other systems, which are not voice systems and generally web based and data use satellites are much better such as the Globalstar System.

With Globalstar, which is in debt and filed bankruptcy, due to small amount of debt to Qualcomm who is also in trouble and Loral, it may cease to exist. EuroCom has a neat system, which is used in the shipping industry and there is an interesting article in Professional Mariner this month about them and a few others. It is similar to Imersat and supports PBX and PABX systems on ships. Of course the bent pipe approach by GlobalStar is worth considering its 48 operational satellites and the four spares. Only real problem is the range of 70 degrees north to 60 degrees south. And also the gaps if you let’s say in the middle of the ocean at sea level in the South Atlantic and or middle of the Pacific. Several satellites can transmit the coded signal but unlike the Iridium system the Satellites do not talk to themselves. But all in all Global Star data transmissions are still about 9.6 KBPS and actually slightly less than the Iridium system, which does not have the lapse in service.

The Iridium of course is the Arthur C. Clark theory in practice and is worthy of note; the big problem right now with data transmission is the problems with direct sight to satellite, which we have encountered. Hard for submarines, and below decks on vessels or in buildings. Good for catching bad guys who have to go out in the open to use the phone, they do not work in caves either. Iridium like all of Microsoft software has triple redundancy, and uses CDMA technologies to gateway the data from transmission point into the terrestrial system. Inmarsat Systems include the I-4 system, which can transmit data at 432 MBPS turns out to be excellent for things like video conferencing. The newest satellites by Inmarsat are said to be able to 10 times more communications than the current ones. Since the Inmarsat satellites are at 22,300 miles up three satellites cover the Earth with 3 back-ups. But remember with that altitude there is a time delay. You will notice this when you see video feed from the Middle East Wars on live broadcasts on TV, CNN.
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Everyone talks about algorithms, and like the weather, no one gets it right and nobody can do anything about it. An algorithm is a recursive computational procedure for solving a problem in a finite number of steps. Highly sophisticated, complex algorithms are the heart of all search engine technology. Google’s algorithm is reputedly only 100 steps. No one outside (and few inside) Google know exactly what those steps are, how they are implemented or any of the thousand and one little details that goes into their execution. The possibilities are infinite. It is a closely guarded secret and the secret of Google’s success. Google is not about to reveal itself but they do provide brief glimpses; hints and guidelines but no hard and fast rules. Everyone tries to discern the whole from the sum of the few meager parts.

I recently heard someone describe Google’s deep, dark secret as an ‘elegant algorithm’. Misunderstanding what I heard, it called to mind an ancient eastern religious fable (and latter day poem by John Godfrey Saxe:The Blind Men and the Elephant). Six blind men are presented with an elephant and asked to describe it. In their vain attempts to describe what they see, each blind man compares the elephant to something else (a wall, a spear, a snake, a tree, a fan, a rope) because each one assumes the whole elephant is like the part he experienced. Not seeing the whole, the individual parts bear little resemblance to the actual elephant. Though each blind man has it partly right, all are completely wrong!

A few of the many morals of the thousand year old story:

* It is easy to jump to conclusions based on limited experience and personal impressions.

* Each perspective has part of, but not the whole truth.

* Do not to assume you have the whole truth just because you know one part of it.

It is all a matter of perspective. The next time you hear about Google’s elephant, I mean, elegant algorithm, remember the blind men. Keep your eyes open though you may not know what you are seeing. If each of us sees some small part of the truth and we share our perspectives, we may come closer to seeing the truth, though we will never know the whole truth.

There Are 19 Different Ways Of Generating Lots Of Money On The Internet As Practised By Top Internet Entrepreneurs From Around The World.

Don’t be fooled! Are you considering making money with your own Internet business? If so, read very carefully…You Must Have a Website.

There are tons of marketers trying to convince would-be entrepreneurs that you will be able to make money online without a website by purchasing their product. All can be done by just one person.

All are low-cost, high-profit methods.

All are very different from each other.

Some can be totally automated. You don’t lift a finger after it’s been set up!

Others require some work – but you will enjoy it! (Otherwise you wouldn’t start.)

You will discover what they all are.

Whether you have a product to sell or not.

Whether you can write well or not.

Whether you’re technically skilled or not.

Some don’t use Search Engines or Affiliate Programs AT ALL as their primary marketing methods.

Some use ingenious traffic generation methods you have never noticed before.

All are being operated by very happy, ordinary Internet Entrepreneurs, some of whom have discovered their good fortune by accident.

Sure, you can make a few dollars here and a few dollars there, but I’m talking about serious money – the big leagues.

Even successful eBay sellers use their own websites as a companion to their eBay business.

One reason that marketers tell you that you don’t need a website is to make it sound as though running an Internet business is easy. They want you to believe it takes very little effort to run an Internet business to convince you to buy their product. If you want to make serious money with an Internet business, it will take more effort than these marketers are telling you.

If you know nothing about developing your own website, do not let what I’m telling you scare you. You can always hire someone to develop your website for you. But, learning to develop your own website is not that difficult. There are literally thousands of resources on the Internet that will guide you through the process. There are also many software packages that make developing your own website as easy as creating a Microsoft Word document.

Having your own website requires basically three things: your own domain name (www.yourcompany.com), content (what you have on your website), and hosting space (where your website physically resides so Internet users can find it). Not having your own website requires that you find another source of income.

Starting and running your own Internet business can be a daunting task that requires great effort. Don’t be fooled into believing you can do it without a website. If you’re serious about making money online, you must have a website.

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Robert Kiyosaki used to say that if everybody is talking about getting the same stock, then its already too late to make a killing. The same can be said about people and their place in life. If people talked and acted just like everybody else, then they are not taken seriously by those who matter.

Why, you say? Because he is not unique. And he does not have what is needed, or valued. It may be a skill, a personality, a way of life, a possession. If a person does not make the effort to make himself significantly more valuable from the rest of the madding crowd, then he is flying beneathe the radar. He is left unnoticed, forgotten and ignored.

Nature has made sure of this even in the animal kingdom. Darwin observed that male animals that strongly and aggressively asserted themselves, competed and overwhelmed their adversaries, gets to mate with the females in the pack or herd. These males that won are called alphas. The rest of the males are either driven from the pack or relegated to beta (secondary) status males. Winner takes all.

Though we homo sapiens do not have to worry about getting physically killed off by our competition, we might as well have been annihilated. We get virtually killed all the time. In work, in the family, with our friends, getting a date, at the grocery line, at the fastfood counters. If you feel that getting cut off by another car gets you really angry, its because you felt defeated by another for real estate you want, namely that parking space.

This is a bit of an exaggeration, but it makes a simple point: If you are not making yourself special, nobody else will want to do it for you.

Now focus on where modern man makes his presence felt: the workplace. Yes sir. The new battlefield is inside corporate, government, and office buildings. You can see the blood flowing from those cubicles.

The dawn of the Industrial Revolution steamrollered over the skills of most craftsmen and made everybody with two hands work to the tune of the same drummer. Living standards went up, people had more money, more food, more wonderful gadgets. And for what price? Everybody had to conform.

Now things have turned full circle. The Information Age requires people who are specialized at something. A talent, a skill, contacts, or possessions. Gone are the days when conforming isa good survival tactic. More and more menial jobs are being relegated to software and machines. Many ordinary peoples livelihoods are in danger. The only way out is to now be unique.

Alvin Toffler mentioned that the problem isnt that there arent any jobs to fill, but there are not enough people to fill the jobs with. Take a million job openings and advertise, but if the applicants have little to no skills to qualify, then the exercise is moot and academic. Conversely, it is even more difficult to replace a specialist than before because the skillsets being utilized more or less isnt the only thing required to be successful.

The Age of Information also shows that skills become obsolete at an even faster pace due to the introduction of even newer and better technology and skills. Realizing this, more and more executives and staff in corporations have made an effort to take higher or vocational education to move up the corporate ladder or out of it. Some have taken to entrepreneurship, engaging in commerce, manufacturing, and services. Others have shifted to another field altogether.

Other strategies include migrating to countries with a shortage of some labor skillsets, taking opportunities offered by countries with incentives, or entering zones of danger in the hopes of being one of the few willing to brave the dangers for a higher sum of money.

The old anecdote of death and taxes being only the sure things in the world need to be updated. Death, taxes, and an ever-increasing cycle of Change. Like Darwins theory, man as a survivor and as a competitor for scarce resources must adapt. He must use all his wits and resources at his command to win, or perish.

So a word of advice. It doesnt have to be new, it doesnt even have to be spectacular. But it has to be uniquely yours and you better try hard to find a way to make your skill valued in the city you live in. Or perish into obscurity.

So you’ve created that great blog you wanted and now you have visitors and may even be making some money. Now you find out that not only do your visitors enjoy your blog, but so do the thieves. There is something called “splog”, meaning spam blog and they have taken it to a whole new level. For instance take a look at what happened to Malik over at gigaom.com.

Now they no longer steal a story or a few snippets from your blog, they steal the entire thing. A few weeks ago a free blog hosting website was steaming mad as a new hosting site started up, but looking at both sites they were not just similar, they were virtually the same.

Why would people do this? The same old, same old. Money. Not surprising there. With contextual ads and affiliate programs it’s never been easier to start up a website or blog and start getting clicks. They are stealing quality content and that’s the point. They can’t or won’t take the time to create good, quality content that will bring in visitors, so they steal from sites that are popular with visitors and rich in content.

I do have to shake my head at these idiots. Yes it’s easier than ever to make money even with stolen content, but it’s just as easy for the original owner of said content to find out, either surfing or having a loyal visitor point out the less than honorable blog.

If such a thing ever happens to you, don’t dispare. First things first, if they are using contextual ads such as google adsense, run don’t walk to their website and report this fraud. Report them to every ad service on their blog and try to find who is their host and report them their as well. If this idiot is determined they might start again, but that’s why they are a loser and thief in the first place.

With so many online poker sites vying for your business, the promotions are virtually endless. Every poker room offers you an initial deposit bonus to reward you for making your first deposit, and freeroll tournaments are starting to really take off. Freerolls are tournaments hosted by the poker room that don’t cost anything to enter, but allow you to win real money if you finish in one of the top places. A lot of freerolls give you very little money for your efforts. These are usually the tourneys that don’t have any sort of requirement to enter. Anyone with an account can play in them. I recently saw a $50 total prize pool freeroll at a popular online poker room. Almost 2000 people played in it, and they paid out the top 18 players. The top 18 players?! Out of 2000?! That’s less than 1% of the total number of entrants. Typical online tournaments pay out at least 10% of the field. Plus, everyone up until 3rd place made $1. The tourney was down to 3 players, and I was shocked to see that it had gone on for over 5 hours! Now, if I’ve just beaten 1996 players and spent 5 hours on a tournament, I better at least get $1 and a giant chocolate chip cookie.

The real freerolls to look for are the ones that limit the amount of entrants by imposing some sort of requirement. A lot of Prima rooms have tourneys that are open to anyone who’s played 100 raked hands in the past 24 hours. Many online poker rooms have freerolls that cost a certain number of player points to enter. These tournaments are preferable because they’re not open to everyone under the sun, which means that you’re not going to have to play as long or beat such a massive amount of players to get to the money. The poker rooms usually offer a higher prize pool for these tournaments.

I recently played in a freeroll that was only open to player’s who had registered their new poker account within the last week. I was eligible for this, even though I hadn’t deposited any money in the site yet. The poker room only advertised for this via e-mail, so only about 300 players showed up. The prize pool was a very generous $5,000. A few lucky beats later, and I finished in 10th place for a $100 prize. This funded my poker account without me ever having to make a deposit. The site has since become one of my favorites and I’ve been able to play some pretty juicy games with my $100 bankroll.

Remember, when you do play freerolls you should probably employ a few extra strategies to ensure that you finish in the money. Firstly, you have to realize that players will be willing to gamble much more, as they don’t have a buy-in to risk. Thus, freerolls usually start out pretty wild. Unless you really have a premium hand, I would stay out of the way. Even if you do have a premium hand, your chances of winning got way down if 3 or 4 players are willing to play with you. Just play your strong cards and try to get a couple of double-ups in. Also, be aware many players who register for a freeroll don’t actually show up. They still have a spot at the table, but they fold every hand automatically. Just call and you’ll get their money if they’re on the blind. Freerolls also tend to play fairly quick, and half the field is usually gone within an hour.

Spotting some great freerolls and playing them right can allow you to build your bankroll from nothing. Even if you already have a bankroll, they can be a great way to earn some extra free money or just as a side game if your table is slow.

THE ROBOTS.TXT FILE

You know that search engines have been created to help people find information quickly on the Internet, and the search engines acquire much of their information through robots (also known as spiders or crawlers), that look for web pages for them.

The spiders or crawlers robots explore the web looking for and recording all kinds of information. They usually start with URL submitted by users, or from links they find on the web sites, the sitemap files or the top level of a site.

Once the robot accesses the home page then recursively accesses all pages linked from that page. But the robot can also check out all the pages that can find on a particular server.

After the robot finds a web page it works indexing the title, the keywords, the text, etc. But sometimes you might want to prevent search engines from indexing some of your web pages like news postings, and specially marked web pages (in example: affiliate’s pages), but whether individual robots comply to these conventions is pure voluntary.

ROBOTS EXCLUSION PROTOCOL

So if you want robots to keep out from some of your web pages, you can ask robots to ignore the web pages that you don’t want indexed, and to do that you can place a robots.txt file on the local root server of your web site.

In example if you have a directory called e-books and you want to ask robots to keep out of it, your robots.txt file should read:

User-agent: * Disallow: e-books/

When you don’t have enough control over your server to set up a robots.txt file, you can try adding a META tag to the head section of any HTML document.

In example, a tag like the following tells robots not to index and not to follow links on a particular page:

meta name=”ROBOTS” content=”NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW”

Support for the META tag among robots is not so frequent as the Robots Exclusion Protocol, but most of major web indexes currently support it.

NEWS POSTINGS

If you want to keep the search engines out of your news postings, you can create an an “X-no-archive” line in of your postings’ headers:

X-no-archive: yes

But although common news clients allow you to add an X-no-archive line to the headers of your news postings, some of them don’t permit you to do so.

The problem is that most search engines assume that all information they find is public unless marked otherwise.

So be careful because though the robot and archive exclusion standards may help keep your material out of major search engines there are some others that respect no such rules.

If you’re highly concerned about the privacy of your e-mail and Usenet postings, you must use some anonymous remailers and PGP. You can read about it here:

http://www.well.com/user/abacard/remail.html
http://www.io.com/~combs/htmls/crypto.html
http://world.std.com/~franl/pgp/

Even if you are not particularly concerned about privacy, remember that anything you write will be indexed and archived somewhere for eternity, so use the robots.txt file as much as you need it.

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If you have a more complex website, or an ecommerce website that has database functions and serves up dynamic pages, then the server type will depend on what technologies your website will be using, such as ASP, .NET, PHP, Perl, and what type of database it will use.

Differences between Linux and Windows hosting.

Price
Linux holds an edge due to the fact that most of the software we use is open source and that it’s less cost to maintain Linux servers than Windows servers for the same level of service.

Your computer
One of the biggest misconceptions is that you have to run Linux on your local computer in order for you to host your website on a Linux platform. Which operating system you run on your computer is irrelevant to what you need for your website. This means, if you are running Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows® 2000 or using an Apple Macintosh, you can still choose Linux or Windows as your hosting platform.

Security
Many people argue that Linux servers has less vulnerabilities than Windows servers. But the reality is, out of the box, neither Linux or Windows is very secure for Internet use. HostW3 makes numerous modifications, removes unnecessary components and updates software to ensure that both platforms are secure. We also continue to maintain our servers with the latest security and performance patches.

The Bottom Line
The differences between the operating systems is much less than you might think. We would recommend choosing the plan that has the options you want, rather than worrying about what operating system they are running on.

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You know you need a web host, but you don’t know where to start. So you do a web search to research potential solutions and get a bit overwhelmed with all the jargon: UNIX, dedicated servers, POP3, CoLo… the list goes on.

Step back a bit. You don’t need to learn everything about web sites to choose a host. You do however need to know what a web host is, and the basic types of web hosting. This knowledge will lead you to know what type of hosting you need, and ultimately you can make a sound decision.

To begin, let’s define the term. Web hosting is a service that hosts web pages on servers that can be accessed through the Internet. There are three primary categories of web hosting providers that cater to the requirements of site owners; these include virtual web hosting, dedicated web hosting, and co-located hosting. There are various sources online that offer detailed information and reviews on these services, but there are several details you should pay most attention to. The points to consider before selecting a web hosting provider include the number of clients they service, years in business, customer service reputation, hardware specifications, and backup routines. With that out of the way, let’s jump in and explore the basic types of web hosting.

Dedicated hosting

A dedicated web server is basically like the name sounds it’s dedicated to your site only. Typically it is leased to a site owner. The hosting company is responsible for the maintenance, backing up, security, and power management. The site owner manages the software-related issues.

Dedicated hosting is useful for websites that need extra bandwidth and system resources because of the use of technologies such as e-commerce software, customized server applications, and heavy traffic. Such websites are often better served by a dedicated hosting provider rather than developing and running an in-house solution. Dedicated hosting is possible with Windows, Mac, and Linux servers. A dedicated server can cost upward of $100 / month.

Pros and cons: 24/7 tech support is available. Speed, dependability, and customizability of website are often enhanced. The response time of dedicated servers is fast as compared to shared servers where the activity of other sites affects server speeds. Reliability and customizability of websites are improved as dedicated hosting offers greater storage capacity and greater freedom in terms of hardware configurations and software installations; hard drives can be upgraded and bandwidths increased with growth.

Shared servers and CoLo hosting are cheaper alternatives to dedicated hosting. Moreover, as the server is not owned by the site owner, security of sensitive data can be an issue.

Virtual hosting

Virtual hosting, also called shared hosting, is a popular and cost-effective web hosting solution. The hosting provider leases the website hosting server, services, and bandwidth to more than one website. Small and medium-sized websites, which do not have high traffic and have limited bandwidth requirements, benefit from virtual hosting. A virtual hosting offer by a service provider usually includes features such as Internet connection, domain name registration, file storage, email account, and may also include website design assistance. The cost of virtual hosting is in the range of $5-40 per month. It can be more or less depending upon the package selected.

Pros and cons: Virtual hosting enables the establishment of an online presence with no expensive equipment purchases required on part of the site owners and therefore is the perfect solution for SMBs.

One of the limitations of virtual hosting is that sites compete for the provider’s service, this may result in slow server response times in periods of heavy traffic and make browsing inconvenient. Since websites hosted on a server may be grouped under a single IP address, there is a chance that a site owner may have to share an IP address with adult or scam sites. This can lead to debarring from search engine placements which will have an adverse effect on the traffic. As the software components are shared between websites, a site owner may not be able to personalize the website as per his business objectives and target audience.

While purchasing virtual hosting services, it is useful to have an idea of the total anticipated traffic during the day as well as the visits during the peak period. This helps in obtaining a package with sufficient bandwidth for immediate and near term needs. Also, the cost of an upgrade and changes to the package should be understood.

Co-location (Co-lo) hosting

In Co-location hosting, the server is owned by the site owner and it is leased at the co-lo facility, where it is installed along with other servers in the facility. A co-lo service enables site owners to make maximum use of network access points and the freedom to choose between telecom lines provided by the hosting company and other telecom lines. Co-location hosting enables site owners to utilize high bandwidth at a cost that is not significantly higher than that of a normal web hosting package. The site owner maintains the server while the hosting provider ensures smooth running by providing regular power supply and IT support.

Co-location hosting services can be standalone data centers or companies that operate by leasing server space from a co-location web hosting reseller. The cost of the server and the volume of rack space required by the servers of a site owner influence the cost of co-lo hosting. Servers that fit in with the dimensions of the racks can help to save costs; co-locating tower servers usually cost more. Additional services provided by the hosting provider and insurance are other factors that affect cost. The monthly cost of a co-lo service for a half-rack of server space can be up to $1000.

Pros and cons: The benefits of co-location hosting include temperature and humidity controlled environment for the servers; security from hacking, fire, and theft, provision of redundancy and backup. It enables the site owner to control the critical features of web hosting such as bandwidth allocation, routers, VPN, server space, and VLAN.

Site owners may not find it easy to locate a co-lo service that is situated close enough to facilitate easy and safe transfer of servers and at the same time provide the best connection speeds. Co-lo hosting is of greater advantage to those who have hosting experience and consequently are better placed to recover the costs involved.

Ultimately, it is the requirements of the site that dictate the choice of web hosting solution. Online stores and sites with heavy traffic are better off with dedicated hosting, personal blogs and small sites without ecommerce activity that do not have high bandwidth consumption can function with virtual hosting, and websites that require a high degree of customization and deal with sensitive data benefit from a co-lo hosting arrangement.

To determine what type of host you need, ask yourself what type of site you have, and it should all flow naturally from there.

John Hasson writes for Find a Web Host.