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Guide to Choosing the Best Web Hosting Company for Your Philippine Business

For the past 3 years, I have used only one Web hosting company for all 12 business Web sites that I manage.

My reasons for choosing and staying with this Web hosting company:

1. Easy to use - graphical tools to make uploading of files easy. No need to learn ftp.

2. Speed - fast connections that allow my Web pages to load quickly on a Web browser. Some of my Web sites are in the top 20 percentile fastest Web sites on the Internet based on Alexa.

3. Reliability - my Web site must be up, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, 31 days in a month. I rarely encounter situations wherein my Web host service was down.

4. Tracking - ability to analyze and data mine log files to provide performance statistics. I am now able to look at my historical data to create Web sites that attract traffic and have a high conversion rate.

5. Value - price to performance ratio. At less than $40 per year for each of my websites, I find my Web hosting company to be a good deal.

And for the past 3 years, the Web hosting company that I personally use has managed to meet all my expectations at a very reasonable price.

Actually, I find the money I spend on this Web hosting company to be a good investment. 

The Web hosting company that I use to host all my Web sites and those of Philippine corporations is called Catalog.

Sidebar: Although I am living in the Philippines, and manage the Web sites of several Philippine corporations, I host all these Web sites in a Web hosting company based in the USA. 

This is because they are faster and cheaper compared to Web hosting services in the Philippines. This setup is not a problem, I simply pay via my BPI MasterCard.

(Note that some advertised Philippine Web hosting services are actually just reselling the Web hosting services based in the USA).

Domain Names

These are some domain names and Web sites I have registered, managed, and hosted with Catalog:

• www.webphil.com - This is the domain name registered for the Philippines Web Tutorial site.
• www.NonLifeInsurance.com - Registered this domain name to provide information on how to get car insurance in California.
• www.rccartips.com - Domain name registered for a website promoting the hobby of remote control cars and trucks. Learn how to choose rc cars and the best online hobby shops to buy rc cars for sale.
• www.rc-airplanes.com - Domain name registered for a website promoting remote control (R/C) airplanes, blimps, and other flying vehicles. Learn the best rc airplanes for beginners and links to popular online hobby shops where you can buy rc airplanes for sale.
• www.rc-monster-trucks.com - Domain name registration for a site promoting the hobby of rc trucks. Guide to choosing electric and nitro powered rc trucks and where you can buy rc trucks for sale.
• www.rc-helicopters.net - Domain name registration for a site promoting the hobby of rc helicopters. Introduction to cheap rc helicopters and where you can buy rc helicopters for sale online.
• www.rcboatshop.com - Internet marketing of rc boats, sail boats, jet skis, hovercrafts, and more. Where you can choose from electric and nitro powered remote controlled boats and links to where you can buy rc boats for sale online.
• www.minirchelicopter.com - Guide to getting a mini rc helicopter.
• www.rcplanetips.com - Tips for choosing electric rc planes and guide to buying rc planes for sale online.
• www.ictstandards.com - Guide to Supply Chain Management Software, Business Process, CRM, Document Management, Web Site Hosting and more.
• www.ict-review.com  - Website resource on the best document management software, systems and solutions for a paperless office.
• www.spssph.com - Internet marketing of SPSS products in the Philippines. About data mining and statistical software.
• www.acreinc.net - Marketing and research company using the Internet.
• www.gesela.com - Simple tips to online marketing.

Tip: When choosing a domain name for your business, I recommend finding one that has a .com extension. People by default assume business domain names end with a .com extension.

Wishing you and your business continued success.

Joel Mangilit

P.S. I discovered Catalog (the Web hosting and domain registrar company I am using) when I read it was ranked as the best web hosting company a few years back by CNET.com, one of the most reputable IT websites on the Internet.

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