Web Hosting: Your Website’s Server Space
Although the internet seems intangible, all the data that goes into displaying a single webpage needs to live somewhere. A web server is a combination of hardware and software that stores and serves all the content needed to display web pages — such as HTML5, JavaScript, and more.
When a customer’s device requests information by typing in a URL or clicking on a link, the server fulfills the request by displaying the appropriate web page. These days, most servers are housed in data centers, where people can purchase space to host their websites — that’s your web hosting service.
You can think of it as a kind of storage unit for your business’s website. The kind of web hosting you will need depends on how much space, traffic, and speed you need to accommodate.
Our experienced Chicago website hosting team can help you identify your hosting needs and choose the best service provider for you.
We Can Manage Your Hosting
If you already have an existing website but aren’t happy with your current hosting provider, we can take over with quality hosting services.
Poor-quality hosting results in slow load speeds. We know that these chase away your customers — Google reports that when the page load time goes from 1 second to 3 seconds, 32% of people get tired of waiting and click away from the page.
Not only this but if your hosting vendor isn’t performing regular updates and maintenance, your entire website can be inaccessible for long periods of time. This causes you to lose customers and revenue.
Our team provides ongoing maintenance services to maintain a 99% uptime rate. Don’t overpay for web hosting services that aren’t even keeping your site live — schedule a consultation with our experts to see how we can improve your web presence.
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2 Hours a Month – 6 Month Minimum Commitment
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- 2 hours/month of website work
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Need Web Design, Too?
One of the benefits of working with a full-service digital marketing agency like SEO Design Chicago is that our US-based team can handle a wide variety of projects.
Once we’ve helped you identify the best website hosting option for you, get in touch with our web design team for a custom quote to redesign your website.
WordPress Hosting
We can manage your WordPress site. WordPress is a popular option for many businesses, thanks to its quick load speeds and high-quality content management system. In fact, over 800 million websites run on WordPress!
Our team can handle everything from complete setup and management to plugin updates and ongoing technical support as part of your custom hosting package.
Wix, Shopify, Amazon, and More
While WordPress is quite popular, many others prefer a dedicated e-commerce host. By targeting small businesses that specifically want their website to function like an online catalog, these web hosts can offer the custom solutions you need.
That said, since these sites combine web hosting and the content management system (CMS), they can sometimes be priced far too high for the core business services you actually receive.
Our team can review all your hosting options with you and then migrate your site to the best combination of hosting service and CMS, which will save you money in the long term, improve your site’s speed, and still allow you to easily update your product catalog.
Affordable, Fully Managed Web Hosting
When you trust SEO Design Chicago with your web hosting needs, you receive a support team fully equipped to keep your site up and running at full efficiency. This improves the customer experience and increases revenue for your business.
What’s Included?
Many web designers and hosts provide you with an initial setup that looks great at the start but doesn’t include ongoing website maintenance. Your site will quickly slow down or even crash completely.
Our solutions include the following:
- Monthly WordPress core updates (as needed)
- Monthly plugin updates
- Monthly theme updates (as needed)
- Daily full site backups with restore capability
- Database optimization
- Defender security implementation
- Continuous security monitoring
- Monthly security scans
- Uptime monitoring
- 25GB bandwidth*
- 5GB disk space*
*additional costs if bandwidth or disk space are exceeded
Comprehensive Startup Packages
If you need to start from scratch, our all-inclusive setup package includes a new hosting setup with an SSL certificate. This guarantees customer safety and peace of mind when browsing the internet. We also include ongoing plugin updates and monthly website updates.
The “Quick Update” Policy
When you choose SEO Design Chicago for your hosting services, you can count on reliable updates to your site. Our policy is that updates that take fewer than 10 minutes are free.
These quick updates usually include:
- Image updates
- Phone number changes
- Biography additions
- Small text changes
- Contact form modifications
If we recognize that your website needs a more time-consuming update or a major change to the infrastructure, we will custom-quote that work for you and make sure you agree to any changes. You won’t be surprised by unannounced bills for work you didn’t request.
How Much Does It Cost?
Our hosting and plugin management services are billed annually, which ensures that you will have continuous service to keep your website running as smoothly as possible.
Our web hosting package starts at $899 per year for the comprehensive service outlined above.
Businesses who need additional services can request a custom quote for larger bandwidth or disc space needs.
Is Dedicated Hosting or Shared Hosting Right for You?
The hosting environment you choose depends on your particular business needs. A service-based business, like legal services, might have relatively low monthly traffic, but each individual customer represents a lot of revenue. This business’s website probably won’t need the same kind of space or speed that an e-commerce site with tons of visitors every month will need.
Collocated Hosting
Colocation means that you purchase a dedicated server that is stored at a data center. Think of it as a storage container that you are housing inside of a rented storage unit. Unlike with managed hosting, you have sole responsibility for your own server. You are responsible for updates and maintenance.
This can be a good option for people with extensive data management experience. Most people choose a managed solution, however, so they can spend the majority of their time running their own business rather than managing their server.
Dedicated Hosting
Dedicated hosting is a preferred option for enterprise clients or for complex websites handling a high volume of traffic or large amounts of data. This is a managed hosting arrangement where your hosting manager handles server updates and maintenance, but the entire server is dedicated to your use.
This offers higher load speeds and often has advanced security options. On the other hand, it can be more expensive than shared options.
Shared Hosting
As the name suggests, you will share a server with other site owners under this arrangement. This has the benefit of being much less expensive because multiple users are splitting the cost of a server — just like having roommates in an apartment.
It often works just fine for smaller websites. That said, if there are times when the sites on your shared server are experiencing higher volumes of traffic, your site might slow.
Cloud-Based Hosting
With this method, data is handled across a network of servers. This means that you don’t need to depend on one center alone to house the entire system. This also has some security benefits in case a large weather event takes out a particular server housing. Of course, regular data backups are a crucial component of any hosting arrangement.
This form is popular because the results are scalable, meaning that you can purchase only the amount that you need for your particular site. You can add more if the amount of data or traffic you need to handle increases. GoDaddy is a popular cloud-based solution.
What About Free Hosting?
Many website builders lure in small businesses or first-time web owners with the promise of free hosting. The appeal is understandable — when you’re first starting out, you want to keep your budget as low as possible.
Free hosting can have hidden pitfalls, though. These services often have surprise price increases or pay-to-add features. These tactics often trap website owners because once you’ve gone through all the work of designing your website, you are far more likely to pay the surprise charge than you are to start over from scratch with a different host.
Other hidden costs of free hosting include:
- Minimal or nonexistent customer support
- No or infrequent updates
- Slow load speeds (which turns away customers)
Your best solution is to choose a managed hosting plan. At SEO Design Chicago, we specialize in creating custom-quoted web service packages that keep your small business running smoothly.
Schedule a free call today to learn how our top web hosting company can work with your business needs and budget!
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