Comparisons of Web hosting companies part 2

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If you are looking to make a professional looking website from scratch, with an easy to use web editor, Network Solutions just might be for you. With a even the basic package, you get a domain name, can post up to 1000 different web pages, get access to search engine tools, a built in stats page (where you can monitor visitors who visit your site) for an additional fee, a search engine submission tool, where you can submit your website to participating search engines through network solutions, and other features. In addition, networks solutions has a whois where you can list your business info and website information for other network solutions users to view and see when checking out your website, as well as access to a few social networks that are hosted by network solutions where you can share your website with other web masters with Network Solutions, exchange links and ideas, etc. One nifty feature about net solutions is that the pages you get come with frames and has a scrollable menu bar where you can post web pages in it and whenever people move their mouse over that bar, the menu bar opens and shows links to your other web pages. In addition, Network Solutions offers a wide variety of services aimed at helping you to get maximum visitors to your site, search engine optimization services, and domain name forwarding and transferring services, additional privacy and security for additional fees.

Pros about network solutions:

• you can make a website from scratch using the web editor tools you are given
• The search engine tools and submission tools can take some of the work out for you when it comes to submitting your site to search engines.
• when coming up with a domain name for your site, network solutions offers a domain name wizard tool to help you find the best possible domain name for your site.
• whenever you refer a friend, you get $50
• The web editor tool you get is Image Cafe, which is a fancy web editor that allows you to post up to 1000 different web pages, has a wide varitey of design templates you can use, prebuilt widgets (such as a premade counter tool), forms you can post (such as submit a comment forms), prebuilt building block you can add to your site, as well as a menu bar you can build and post links on.
• It is quite user friendly and one does not really have to know html to use it (unless if you plan to post banners, scripts, etc).

Cons about networks solutions

• If you use the image cafe tool, you will notice that you do not have access to a header tag, and so it would be impossible to add your own content to the header tag (i.e., scripts, verification codes, etc)
• if you prefer to make a website completely from scratch, using only html, this service is probably not for you.
• 1000 web pages are a lot of web pages, and most people will probably not use them all unless if they have lots of pages to post.
• The company does have an affilite program (besides the tell a friend feature), but you do have to apply for it at commission junction, at www.cj.com and unless if you site has a lot of traffic or a good conversion rate (or the rate of visitors to your site that buy from your sponsors), it can be difficult to join. I tried to join their affiliate program but got declined probably because my site gets low traffic and has a low conversion rate.
• You can only choose 25 keywords for your key word meta tag, and so you will need to choose your key words carefully.
• There are plenty of services you can get to help maximize the performance of your website and get maximum visitors, but they can be pricey and may or may not help you. Also, the company actually tries to encourage you to register multiple domains with them, though you probably only really need one.
  
  Cost of their services: $9 per month (plus a $19 start up fee).