Sometimes it can be rather funny when the real world meets up with the tech world in a way that points out the importance of a proper IT or web hosting infrastructure.

What event am I referring to? When Sen. McCain announced Gov. Palin as his VP candidate, it lit up the Republican base and so many others so much that his website was flooded with visitors. It was so flooded with visitors that the server crashed. I have heard of this happening a few other times before but never in politics.

Such an event does beg a few questions from a technical geek’s point of view? What web hosting medium did he use? I would hate to hear a Federal server crashed so I will go with one of the other companies that are out there as a guess.

According to chart on web hosting ratings, many of the options provided guarantee unlimited space and unlimited traffic capabilities. As a blogger, we wish we had the traffic to crash the server of our web host. So my curiosity is still on which company or government entity had their server crash? Obviously, it is straining the claims of unlimited space and traffic.

However for the rest of us mere mortals with blogs and normal websites, we need to read up on our web hosting tutorials. Another helpful guide are web hosting awards given out for the best companies out there for the needs of a consumer.

It is always a good thing to do your research and unbiased review websites are a useful tool in our bag of information gathering tricks. Perhaps someday I will get all of the Filipinos of the world visiting my blog every day. I know I am wishing but one needs to set their goals high.

But we all have to start at the beginning of the process of growing a website. An argument for cheap hosting can be made but as in all things it is a buyer beware. It can definitely be done and especially in the beginning when the dollars are tight. Just hope you don’t make it big too fast or you may test the ability of their servers.

Anah

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