{"id":1867,"date":"2013-04-15T09:12:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T09:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dental-media.co.uk\/marketing\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2013-04-15T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T09:12:29","slug":"dentist-hosting-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dental-media.co.uk\/marketing\/website\/dentist-hosting-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosting your dental website"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What are the key features of professional hosting and what does it cost?<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"dental web designers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dental-media.co.uk\/\">Building a great website<\/a> and then publishing it on low quality hosting would be akin to fitting a lawnmower engine in a Ferrari. However, lots of dentists are still confused about what constitutes a robust and appropriate hosting environment for their website. Many fall foul of ridiculous overcharging whilst others find the cheapest solution they can. Of course, neither is appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>So what do you need to ensure that your website is looked after correctly?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Good hosting will have the following features:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>high quality &#8220;branded&#8221; servers with ample power and scalability. As your website attracts more traffic, you need your server to cope and not slow down.<\/li>\n<li>excellent support &#8211; 24\/7\/365. If your host takes more than 10 minutes to respond to a server issue, then look elsewhere.<\/li>\n<li>servers located in a highly regarded UK data-centre. Whilst &#8220;ping&#8221; (connect) times to servers located off-shore continue to improve, you will get better performance from a UK based server.<\/li>\n<li>proactive up-date policy i.e. as the server hardware ages, it is changed out proactively to minimise the risk of failure.<\/li>\n<li>redundant network capacity i.e. if one link to the datacentre fails, then your website won&#8217;t be affected.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;mirrored disks&#8221; in the server i.e. if one disk fails, another takes over so your website doesn&#8217;t go off-line.<\/li>\n<li>daily virus scanning to prevent malware and hacks<\/li>\n<li>daily data back-up, both locally and to an off-site location to ensure that data can never be lost.<\/li>\n<li>support for multiple email accounts.<\/li>\n<li>bespoke, industry-leading anti-spam software.<\/li>\n<li>support for database driven applications e.g. blogs and content management systems.<\/li>\n<li>a hosting control panel that can be accessed to set up new email accounts, view &#8220;hit&#8221; statistics etc<\/li>\n<li>visible up-time statistics &#8211; if your server has an up-time of less than 99.95%, start asking questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What should professional annual dental website hosting cost?<\/h3>\n<p>Dental Media provide excellent, business class hosting for dental clients for <strong>\u00a395 + vat per year<\/strong>. Look out for the monthly packages that offer inclusive hosting but then charge extra for additional email addresses and support etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you are worried that your are paying over the odds for your dental website hosting or the support you get is poor, please call <a title=\"dental web design experts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dental-media.co.uk\/\">Dental Media<\/a> on <strong>01332 672548<\/strong> to see how we can configure a hosting and site maintenance package that will save you hundreds of pounds per year with excellent service levels. We will handle the transfer to our hosting and email set-up free-of-charge and with minimal disruption. Stop wasting money and join the hundreds of dental professionals that trust us to provide first class hosting and website maintenance at sensible prices. Unsure? Please ask us for references from some of the most respected names in dentistry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the key features of professional hosting and what does it cost? Building a great website and then publishing it on low quality hosting would be akin to fitting a lawnmower engine in a Ferrari. 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