Find the Host With the Most

By Jason Shpik
2005-09-20

Read their diary

There's nothing wrong with doing a little snooping to find out what type of people you are committing your property to. Query the Whois database and find the business address of the server. Use a tracing program to view the path to the machine in the Whois database. If another ISP's server pops up, chances are you're dealing with a reseller rather than an actual host. Check out the other sites on their server. If most of them are spam sites, banner click-through pages or porn sites, being associated with them could have a negative impact on your business.

Article Pages:
» Find the Host With the Most
» Look to the future
» Know thyself
» Demand prompt service and performance
» Security! security! security!
» You get what you pay for
» Don't commit right away
» Master your apps
» Don't be OS-tracized
» Don't make leaps of faith with your data
» Be master of your domain
» Dealing with user complaints
» Check references
» Read their diary
» Listen to other Webmasters
» Accolades are meaningless
» Read the fine print