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April 11, 2016

Netcetera at #1 for Performance and Reliability

We are pleased to say as we continue with our 20th year in business celebrations that we haven’t sat back on our laurels and our hard work and continued investment in new technology and environment friendly hosting has yet again been recognised by external monitoring.

Webperf has been the UK’s only independent performance benchmark since 1998, undertaking testing on any willing ISP provider for reliability and performance.

Unlike some ISP’s, Netcetera is open to independent auditing, it is something that we are very proud of, as it allows our existing and potential clients the opportunity to make informed choices when it comes to meeting their hosting requirements. Not only are we a super fast reliable ISP but we are also super energy efficient and green.

With an ever increasing amount of businesses now looking at ways to improve their online image we feel there is no better place to start than with reliable fast hosting that doesn’t harm the planet.

Don’t just take our word for it. Try it out for yourself right now with one of our FREE hosting trials. We’re sure you’ll love being with the UK’s #1 for performance and reliability.

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To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please call 0800 808 5450.

April 7, 2016

Netcetera Takes 2nd Spot For Most Reliable Hosting Companies On The Planet

In a very close second place, Netcetera also responded to every Netcraft request, but with a slightly longer average connection time. Netcetera owns and operates a carbon neutral data centre on the Isle of Man, and recently celebrated its 20th birthday, having been in the hosting business since 1996.

Netcetera has done it again in March. We are still right up at the top of the list, a remarkable achievement for a business that has been operating for over 20 years. The results over the last few months clearly show that Netcetera is a company that still continues to provide some of the most reliable hosting on the planet. Not just fast reliable hosting but hosting that doesn’t destroy the environment.

Most reliable hosting company sites in March 2016

Netcraft has now been monitoring Netcetera for over 11 years and we’re pleased to say that during that 11 year period we have maintained an uptime record of 99.96 %. Staggering when you consider that this is over a decade of Internet Service Provision to a client base in over 75 countries around the world.

Not all ISP’s are as open about independent monitoring as we are.Not only are we happy to be monitored by Netcraft but we have also opened our doors to Webperf too.

Don’t just take our word for how fast and reliable our hosting is, take a test drive now with one of our birthday promo deals to celebrate 20 years in business.

Try one of our Zero Carbon Hosting Packages with a FREE 7 day trial. After that, it’s up to you, but we’re quite confident that once you’ve experienced what Netcetera can do for your business you’ll never want to host anywhere else.

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Questions?

To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please call 0800 808 5450.

April 4, 2016June 6, 2016

7 Questions to ask yourself before you choose your new Host – Tools and Applications

Part 7: How easy it is it to create your website?

Following on from the Introduction, Longevity and History, Support, Hardware thoughts on Network and the insight into backups we covered last week. It’s now time to turn our attention to the software and systems that are available to allow your creativity to flow and make your dream site a reality.

Just like when you are choosing a new mobile phone or desktop, there are different platforms your web host can use to help you manage your website. Like iOS for iPhones, and Android on other phones, all of the control panels help you do things like adding account users, email addresses, FTP accounts, databases just like you do when setting up a new phone.

So why does this matter? There are many free, unsupported control panels out there, and some are easier to use than others. Play around with your proposed web host. Try out their control panel. See how it works and what questions you have.

At Netcetera you can access 1000’s of one click installations to give you the applications and tools you need to make building your new website as easy as possible with stunning results.

The one-click installations include WordPress, Drupal, or Magento in literally less than a few seconds and most of them are free.

As you know we are offering a free trial of our hosting service, if you haven’t signed up yet and want to discover what truly service is like, now is the perfect time!

7 Day Free Trial

Hosting Highlight: Don’t just take our word for it

We’re so confident that you’ll love what we can offer, that we’re prepared to give you a 7 day free trial so you can see for yourself just how good it is.

You can do a lot in 7 days on one of our shared hosting packages so why not start your risk free trial today and start building your presence on the web with hosting from Netcetera.

As an added incentive our hosting is 100% Green

Questions?

To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please call 0800 808 5450 or Chat Live with one of the team

March 29, 2016May 27, 2016

7 Questions to ask yourself before you choose your new Host – Backups and Beyond

Part 6: Other Offerings

Following on from the previous post links of which can be found here Introduction. We now turn to what the other services they can offer

You will want to make sure you are protected in the event of an emergency!

Thousands of websites get hacked each day, but fortunately most of the problems people have with losing information is due to user error. For example, perhaps you are working on your new blog, install a new plugin, and uh-oh, your site doesn’t load any more! You’ll want to get a backup of your data and restore your site, right?

But, if you look at the terms of service of many web hosts, there is no backup service, and no liability for a loss of data. The server could delete every account and you would have nothing to restore!

Regardless of where you choose to host your website, remember to make your own backups of your data including website files, images, databases, and emails!

But, at Netcetera, we want to make your hosting experience as painless as possible. Our Home, Designer, Business and Reseller customers get backups, included for free, although its always a great idea to keep a copy of your own site.

Managed Hosting is for those who prefer to have their web host provider maintain and monitor their website, operating system and all supported applications. Our Managed Web Hosting packages work well for small businesses in particular, since it eliminates the necessity and expense of buying, operating and maintaining a server.

Netcetera handles the daily operations of servers including all maintenance, backups and updates. Our experienced system administrators handle tasks such as applying software patches and the constant security monitoring of the server. Because customers may effectively rely upon the expertise of technical professionals to perform essential mission critical tasks, Managed Hosting is often one of the more viable hosting options for businesses to consider.

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Hosting Highlight: Managed Hosting

Netcetera offers a full range of hosting options, depending on your organization’s needs. Whether you’re launching the next hit blog or creating an online shopping empire, Netcetera’s range of managed hosting options cater to your needs. Our hosting packages can help create a professional backbone for your online business.

Questions?

To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please call 0800 808 5450 or Chat Live with one of the team

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016

7 Questions to ask yourself before you choose your new Host – Network

Part 5: Network and Connectivity

Following on from the Introduction, Longevity and History, Support and last weeks thoughts on Hardware, now it’s time to look at the Network that your website is running over.

Similar to the type of hardware your website is sitting on, the network it’s connected to is probably even more critical to the performance of your site!

Take a close look at their network, make sure they have an infrastructure that is very stable and offers consistently good speed, check on line independent test sites like Webperf and Netcraft . You need to find out what kind of SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and network up-time guarantees they offer, and what will happen in case of a mishap, and do they have a status page so you can see the uptime?

Think about it; If you have the world’s fastest web server, but the network the server is connected to is very slow, your website is going to appear slow to your visitors and potential clients, since they have to go through the datacentre’s network in order to access the servers your site is on.

In addition to a fast network, your web host should have active security measures in place to be able to handle attacks such as DDOS, and have multiple routes to the internet in the event one goes down. This will ensure your site doesn’t go down with it.

Netcetera Operates N+1 across our business this covers our connectivity, cooling and our power. This means that we have primary and backup to all essential systems including our power generators that run the datacentre in the event of a long term power cut.

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Hosting Highlight: Dedicated Server

Our premium dedicated servers are priced like VPS at other companies. Standard config includes twin 1TB drives and generous RAM and a Quad-Core processor prices start from only £65.00 per month.

Questions?

To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please call 0800 808 5450 or Chat Live with one of the team

March 14, 2016December 21, 2016

7 Questions to ask yourself before you choose your new Host – Equipment

Part 4: Quality Server Hardware = Uptime

Following on from the introduction, longevity and history and last weeks thoughts on Support, a good Managed Hosting Provider will be using the latest most efficient equipment available so you can enjoy the best server uptime possible.

The type of servers your web host uses makes a difference!

Many budget hosts use older hardware and technology to keep costs as low as possible. Others lease servers from a datacentre provider, so if something goes wrong they will be the middleman between you and a quick fix. Their relationship and how they are managed is a problem you don’t want to ever have.

Quality hardware matters too. While a web host could be using a desktop that was on sale for £299.99 at a well known out of town superstore and set it up to act as a web server, a true web host buys and uses ONLY enterprise level equipment. This is the expensive stuff that’s built and designed to be running 24/7 with redundancy built in in terms of Power Supply and Hard Disks.

So you should find out what kind of servers they use? Are they offering shared Cloud Hosting or dedicated Cloud Hosting? Do they allow flexible cloud resizing if your business expands.

Here at Netcetera, we only buy and use enterprise rated hardware. We also only use SSD’s, and are one of the leaders in the industry to do so and not charge extra for it. SSD’s are SUPER FAST (about 15X) compared to traditional hard drives that most traditional web hosts use. They are more expensive, but because of the increase in reliability and significant increases in speed, we know it’s worth it. This type of Equipment has the added bonus that it’s kinder to the environment helping to make Netcetera a Greener host too.

PEEK BEHIND THE CLOUD

Hosting Highlight: Cloudlets

Our ‘SSD Cloudlets’ are a natural progression from shared hosting you can choose a server and memory size and pay for what you use. Prices start from just £5pm and we have a great range of options, these plans are perfect for the control freak residing in most of us.

Questions?

To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please call 0800 808 5450 or Chat Live with one of the team

March 7, 2016

7 Questions to ask yourself before you choose your new Host – Support

Part 3: The support you get is important, make the right choice for you.

Following on from the introduction, and last weeks discussion on longevity and history a good Managed Hosting Provider will have a strong team of experts available to help you every step of the way, along with a stable online presence

You need a company that is always there for you. Regardless of the time or day whether your tinkering with your website at 2 am on a Saturday night or on a holiday weekend, what happens if something breaks your website? You’ll want want to get hold of someone immediately to help you out!

Support offerings vary massively from different providers. Some will just make sure that their server works, and make you fend for yourself if a database gets corrupt, basically the bare minimum. Others will take care of everything for you, but be prepared to pay a lot of money.

It’s a personal choice, but we recommend finding a company that works best for you matching your personal skills, knowledge and budget. Perhaps you are a super nerd in which case, you probably don’t need to read this! and only the bare minimum is needed. But for the majority, if something goes wrong you will want a partner that you can count on at any time.

Here at Netcetera, support is what we do. We are always available by live chat and email (tickets) 24×7. Our people are here to make sure you are happy and your problems are resolved as quickly as possible. We also offer free trials for 7 days so you can experience the true value of great support and service.

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Hosting Highlight: Business Package

Our Business Package is perfect for any growing e-commerce website. Featuring fewer customers per server, PCI compliance (to store credit cards), a free SSL Certificate, and enterprise database support, this plan is a truly a gem. Get Started now for only £9.99 per month.

Questions?

To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please call 0800 808 5450 or Chat Live with one of the team

February 29, 2016March 7, 2016

7 Questions to ask yourself before you choose your new Host – History

Part 2 : History and Longevity

Following on from last weeks introduction, a good Managed Hosting Provider will have a strong team of experts available to help you every step of the way, along with a stable online presence.

Do you know how easy it is to set up a web hosting company?
Let’s put it this way – You can start up a web hosting company in less time than it takes to wait for a pizza to be delivered.
To prove the point, we have a Reseller Hosting Package which has been designed for these enterprising individuals and businesses!
But, because it’s so incredibly easy to set yourself up as web hosting company, you should really factor in how long a business has been around. Be sure to look carefully through the “About Us” section of your new potential web host to get a feel for how they operate. Are they hosting in the front and holidays in the rear office ? Do they only work with big business? Are they ready to help you grow as your online presence grows? These are all factors you should take into consideration.

Netcetera for example, has been around since 1996 and currently host clients in over 75 countries, and been financially stable and growing year after year. So, we must be doing something right! In fact, most of our growth has come from customer referrals.

20 Years in Business

Hosting Highlight

The Home Package from Netcetera is a great way to get started with your website. It only costs £2.99 a month and contains all the support and features other brands can only aspire to. Get Started Now and Save 10%

Next Week.

Is your potential host going to look after you? What happens if you have problems in the middle of the night or at the weekend? How in depth will that support be and is it enough for you?

Questions?

To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please call 0800 808 5450 or Chat Live with one of the team

February 22, 2016December 28, 2016

7 Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Choose A New Host

Are you building a new online business and not sure where to start?

Have no fear! We have written this just for you!

Over the following 7 weeks we are going to give you some helpful pointers. No matter what stage your website is at, you will need a high quality web host to serve up your site 24/7 to everyone in the world.

There are many factors that should be considered, and literally thousands of web hosts out there, so we have come up with 7 key tips that we think you should consider, and we will reveal them over the coming weeks. These are the subjects we are going to cover.

Part 2: Assess Their Experience
Part 3: Will They Look After You
Part 4: How Good Is Their Equipment
Part 5: Is Their Network Resilient
Part 6: What Else Do They Offer
Part 7: Do They Make It Easy To Use
Part 8: What Is The Real Cost

So join us for an informative guide to hosting and if you don’t already receive our blog via email why not sign up today?

To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please fill out our Enquiry Form , call 0800 808 5450 or Chat Live with one of the team

January 12, 2016January 22, 2016

The Top 30 WordPress Templates

Going to build a site? Well, it’s an exciting process, however if you know nothing about coding or web design, it may take quite a long time. In this case, designing a site can turn into a real disaster, and eventually you will find yourself with loads of HTML and CSS code that will be just useless. That is where a ready made template becomes handy. It is a great solution for both experienced WordPress users, beginners or even advanced developers. There is no need to design the site from scratch, just make a few adjustments and upload your content.

For this reason, we decided to gather a collection of the top 30 WordPress bestsellers that will help you build any kind of website quickly and easily. Here you will find solutions for business, portfolio CV, online store, educational sites, etc. All the samples are designed by experienced, highly qualified specialists and ensure a top of the line performance. Thanks to a fully responsive design the themes will automatically adapt to all screen resolutions on the fly, making the content display equally well. In this way, you don’t need to design a separate version of website specially for mobile devices and retina displays. All you need to do is to download the theme and install it onto your CMS.

The themes purchased from the collection also come loaded with a variety of visual effects and functions like parallax, selectable galleries, sliders, accordions, etc. In addition to that, they feature a free lifetime support and in case you experience any issues with the theme performance or installation, you can contact the support centre whenever you need. All these features and a bunch of others are available at a reasonable price, so you can choose the most appropriate package right for your project.

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