This week on the Web Hosting Show we covered two important situations in the world of Web hosting. The first being the battle between domain name registers. The second topic covered was getting more disk space for your Web hosting account. Why are these two so important? The reason is they are both backbones to your Web hosting experience.

The domain name wars are heating up! On Tuesday of last week, Yahoo was advertising domain name prices of $4.98. However if you went to Yahoo’s small business Web page, it seems like there they were still listed at the $9.95 price rate. Now it is no secret that domain name registers, just like any other business out there want to get attention for having low price specials. The confusion comes in when the prices between the ad and the actual services don’t add up. Right now the domain name wars are one of the most fun things to keep track of Online right now. The reason being is a handful of companies are playing the “I can do better than that” game with the domain name services and prices.

The WHIR has posted a very good article covering this mix up, how it was explained. The moral of the lesson? Pay attention to the small print when your buying anything out there.

The second thing I wanted to discuss with you this week is what to look for in disk space when purchasing a new Web hosting account.

You might have your Web site saved to your local computer and you might know exactly the size of an account you need to get it hosted. What many people don’t keep in mind though his growth. You have to give your Web site room for growth in the future. You might not consider it now, but later on down the road you could find yourself wanting to expand some.

If you are locked in on how much disk space you have, then you won’t be able to grow too far. Yes, you could just upgrade your Web hosting account - but would you have the time to wait for the Web host to get it done? Sometimes growth needs to be fast and easy, and adding just a little more disk space could save you a lot of time down the road.

Need more? Download podcast 19 of the Web Hosting Show and hear what I had to say about these two topics and so much more.