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Launching your website is an exciting thing, requiring hours and hours of work in development and design processes.  However, your website design is only part of the process.  website hosting is an important part of the process and choosing a host to launch your site shouldn’t be overlooked.  No matter where you host your website, a few suggestions to simply the launch process should be made. 

First, don’t be afraid to speak with your host’s technical support to make sure everything is in order before going live, or put your web designer in touch with your host.  This will give you an opportunity to avoid some of the common errors in launching a website with that particular host. 

As you pick your host, you can avoid future problems by insuring that your website hosting company doesn’t overbook themselves, or sell more bandwidth than they actually have, which can cause you to have problems with your site.  Spam and security can also be a problem with shared servers, so make sure you know what you are getting before you sign up. 

When planning your website launch, don’t schedule it on a Friday.  Planning during the week ensure that any initial problems can be taken care of either by your website hosting company or by your web designer during regular business hours, and that you won’t be stuck with a problem over the weekend. 

Avoid file loss by choosing a host that provides backups of the files on your website daily, so that in the event of a problem, you don’t lose data.  And, along with that, make sure your chosen host can show good uptime statistics, so you don’t have problems in the first place. 

Following these guidelines can help you choose the correct web host and will help you avoid problems once you’ve chosen a host.