In this day and age, finding a truly reliable web hosting solution takes time, patience, and an appetite for risk. There are simply too many competing offers, making the task of selecting the “right one” more difficult if you don’t know what to look for. Moreover, the term “reliable hosting” itself is overused, with virtually every hosting provider characterizing their services as highly reliable.

Google searches return a dizzying collection of similar offers. Most review sites have a pecuniary interest in recommending one hosting solution over another. The price of the solution is not an indicator of its reliability either; you can’t just throw money at the problem and hope for the best. So, what else can you do to get a reliable web host?

Well, you can always ask an expert. In Reliable Web Hosting: Find Great Hosting the Smart Way, an article published in the Hosting Resource Center, the JaguarPC team offers insight and advice that can really help you make the best choice. From the drawbacks of using Google search to find reliable web hosting companies, to the important things that you should pay attention to when shopping for a new hosting solution, the article gives you the primer you need to make an informed decision.

Over the years, the web hosting plans offered by web hosting providers have become increasingly advanced. The features of modern shared hosting services, virtual private server (VPS) hosting services, dedicated servers, and hybrid server solutions give businesses and individuals the chance to create dynamic, rich web experiences that attract visitors and – ultimately – can generate revenue. It is no surprise that almost every webmaster hopes to take advantage of every powerful feature that their web hosting service makes available to them.

But as hosting becomes more powerful, it also becomes more complex. Today, it can be difficult for even sophisticated web users to understand every feature available to them through their web hosting service. From domain names to creating backups of your mission critical data, and from configuring your website to using your web hosting control panel to monitor usage, learning the skills required to unlock the potential of your web hosting solution or reseller hosting plan can be an incredibly time-consuming task.

At JaguarPC, our goal is to ensure that every single customer has immediate access to the expertise required to use their hosting solution effectively. To help, we have put together an exhaustive web hosting knowledgebase and video tutorial collection, teaching you the essentials of using your chosen website hosting service, as well as how to use the most advanced functionality available. Now, JaguarPC is pleased to announce the addition of clear and simple voice narration to our video tutorials collection.

Learn more about our recent customer support improvement by reading our full press release.

Every day, thousands of people fire up their browsers, go to Google, and type in two words: reliable hosting. The demand for “reliable” web hosting is huge. People actually care about great uptime and the performance of their websites even more than they care about the costs of the service or the prestige of the hosting provider.

But the sad truth is that web searches are not particularly good at finding reliable web hosting services. So how can the average website owner find a truly reliable service? And what defines the reliability of a hosting service? In this article, we explain why you shouldn’t rely exclusively on reviews and Google searches when looking for a reliable hosting company. Also, we explore what reliable hosting really means and what you can do to find a solution that completely meets your reliability needs.

For web hosting customers, reliability is a major issue. People naturally tend to protect their investments and want to be assured that their online properties are hosted in the best possible conditions. But reliable hosting is a general term that leaves room for interpretation. One web master’s idea of reliability may prove completely inadequate to another.

Nevertheless, a few features are essential to any reliable web hosting plan, no matter if we’re talking about a shared host designed for personal use or a beefy dedicated server that handles heavy traffic. In this post, we present you with the must-have features of any reliable web host and show you how JaguarPC, the leader in quality web hosting solutions, works to take the reliability of its services to the next level.

Following the rapid growth of demand for the company’s web hosting services, virtual private server (VPS hosting) plans, and dedicated server solutions, JaguarPC announced today a number of network infrastructure upgrades designed to meet the ever-increasing service needs of its customers. Spanning both the back-end and front-end capabilities of the JaguarPC hosting network, these new changes bring JaguarPC web hosting plans to a higher standard than ever.

“It doesn’t matter if you choose a shared web hosting plan or a reseller hosting service – web hosting that is inaccessible or slow can turn visitors and customers away,” says Greg Landis, CEO at JaguarPC. “We owe it to our customers to make sure that their web presence is always available, and to ensure continuous availability, we must provide the best network for the job. That’s why we review our network setup regularly, and that’s why we’ve chosen a range of upgrades focused on both speed and reliability.”

Broadly speaking, a web hosting service network can be divided into the front-end, which faces users directly, and the back-end, which provides vital support to front-end software and services. JaguarPC has made a number of changes across both sides of its network. First, the hosting company has invested in an all-new GigE back-end. GigE, or Gigabit Ethernet, is capable of lightning-fast data transfer at a rate of 1 gigabit per second, facilitating rapid transmission speeds for even the largest of files. Equipped with this new back-end, JaguarPC has also established additional network backhauls and providers for piping data to the Internet backbone. As a result, data can enter and exit the JaguarPC network quickly and efficiently.

“The back-end is like the foundation of the network, even though our customers only interact with the back-end indirectly,” says Landis. “However fast and dependable the front-end becomes – whatever changes we decide to implement there – everything ultimately depends on the quality of the back-end, which is why we continue to invest in the equipment on that side of our network. But most importantly, with the foundation improved so dramatically, it has become possible for us to introduce even more changes on the front-end of our web hosting solutions.”

As well as increasing the front-end capacity of its network by more than ten times, JaguarPC has also introduced new switching hardware that is able to direct traffic more quickly and efficiently. These changes fulfill the potential speed and power as defined by the backbone alterations. In addition, to give VPS hosting services and dedicated server customers complete control over their chosen solution, JaguarPC has added new KVM over IP systems across their entire network. KVM over IP, or Kernel-based Virtual Machine over IP, empowers customers with secure, BIOS-level access from a remote, off-site location. By introducing KVM over IP, JaguarPC customers can become more self-sufficient and less dependent on the availability of support staff within the physical data center.

“We haven’t simply changed a few customer-facing elements of our service; we’ve invested in the long-term future of JaguarPC,” says Landis. “Even as we grow and as demand for our servers increases, the capabilities of our newly upgraded network will help us to maintain high quality across every shared web hosting service, VPS hosting service, and dedicated server plan. We are more confident than ever to offer every customer, regardless of their hosting type, an unrivalled 100% network uptime service level agreement (SLA). If we ever fall short of our own high standards, we’ll refund customers ten times the proportional cost of their service during downtime. If the network is unavailable for just two-and-a-half hours, we’ll refund customers an entire day’s worth of billing. That’s how strongly we believe that our customers deserve web hosting that is always available, every single day.”

JaguarPC’s generous SLA is a testament to the company’s intelligent and robust network design and its deep understanding of the issues facing the average web hosting user. With the latest overhaul of the JaguarPC network, JaguarPC is prepared to deliver efficient, dependable, and powerful web hosting well into the future.

To find out more about web hosting plans from JaguarPC, visit jaguarpc.com.

About JaguarPC

Established in 1998, JaguarPC is one of the world’s most trusted and experienced web hosting companies. JaguarPC delivers superior service to clients through its cost-effective, high-value services model. JaguarPC provides hosting support to business and personal clients from across the globe, including the world’s leading companies and governments in many countries. JaguarPC has over ten years of experience in the hosting industry and a growth rate of over 95%, year after year. JaguarPC has recently expanded their competitive service range and pledged ongoing commitment to outstanding support with the expansion of its U.S.-based technical support staff, available via phone, email, chat, or ticket, 24/7/365. For immediate support, call (888) 551-3050, or use the convenient support ticket system at http://www.jaguarpc.com/clients.

Looking for a web hosting solution that you can really put to work for your business? Are you sick of being told what you can’t do with your hosting solution? Would you like to learn about website management, hands-on?

If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, then you might want to check out JaguarPC’s latest article: Improving the Bottom Line with cPanel Hosting for Business. Recently published in the Hosting Resources section, the article discusses cPanel hosting, a type of hosting that empowers users (even beginners) by giving them the ability to take control of their hosting solution. cPanel is more than a control panel; it’s a fully-developed administration tool that offers amazing power and flexibility, packaged in an intuitive format that everyone can use. Read the article to see exactly why you should make cPanel web hosting a priority for your business.

As a small business owner, you are expected to make strategic decisions almost every day. And sometimes, seemingly minor decisions can have major consequences.

Your choice of web hosting service is a typical example of a decision that can leave a surprisingly deep footprint on your business. In this article, we discuss cPanel, the Linux-based web hosting control panel used by millions of web masters worldwide. Can cPanel really influence the evolution of a small business? Will opting for a cPanel hosting solution improve your bottom line? What should you know about cPanel as a business owner?

Read on to learn the answers to these questions. Discover how choosing a cPanel host can have a substantial and positive effect on your ability to create revenue and the specific reasons cPanel hosting should be a priority for you.

Fulshear, TX (PRWEB) February 21, 2012 – A market leader in the field of shared web hosting, virtual private server hosting services (VPS hosting), and dedicated server hosting announced today the addition of voice tutorials to its exhaustive customer support range. Now, with full narration available across a large number of tutorials, JaguarPC customers can enjoy immediate access to informative Flash videos that are easier to understand than ever before.

“Although we take pride in the quality of our web hosting and reseller hosting services, a large part of what we do at JaguarPC is provide unrivaled support,” says Greg Landis, CEO of JaguarPC. “One of our core goals is to give our customers high-quality hosting plans, along with the expertise they require to get the most out of their chosen service. Our research has shown that people respond better to information that they hear, so the introduction of voice tutorials was the next logical step in delivering advice and insight effectively.”

To support the web hosting provider’s large customer base, JaguarPC offers a vast selection of Flash-based, animated tutorials featuring captured images to illustrate processes and procedures. The most popular of JaguarPC’s web hosting tutorials is the “Intro to Web Hosting” series, featuring 28 bite-sized tutorials demonstrating the most common tasks involved in setting up a shared web hosting plan, VPS hosting service, or dedicated server web hosting plan. Each one of the tutorials in this series is now accompanied by full narration that works alongside images and on-screen text to convey information quickly and succinctly. The full range of tutorials available from JaguarPC covers numerous subjects, including transferring domains to JaguarPC, setting up email, working with content management systems, and, for reseller hosting service customers, using WebHostManager (WHM) to deploy and manage accounts.

“If it’s something you can do using your JaguarPC web hosting plan, it’s covered in our tutorials,” says Landis. “We now have 1,055 tutorials and continue to generate new entries on a regular basis. But it’s quality, not quantity that really matters, especially when attempting to teach somebody about the potentially confusing world of web hosting. Adding a friendly voice that can literally tell our customers what they need to know makes things easier to understand, gives customers a more enjoyable, relaxed experience and – most importantly – helps make the information stick with our visitors long-term.”

Distinctively, JaguarPC’s collection of tutorials covers more than just the web hosting and managed hosting services that the company offers. Designed to serve as a single location where JaguarPC customers can arm themselves with the knowledge they need to build their business online, the tutorials also feature information on using Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media outlets to market a website. In addition, customers who visit the JaguarPC tutorials database will find advice on software that they may encounter, from web browsers such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, to offline applications including PhotoShop.

“Building a large collection of web hosting tutorials and making them available to our customers is good,” says Landis. “Making those tutorials narrated is what takes them from good to great. But it is only by combining clear, crisp Flash video with useful text and voice instruction that we have been able to make our tutorials the best in the business. Our customers come to us for quality web hosting services from shared hosting plans to dedicated server solutions – but they stay with us long-term because we are determined to support their goals and give them the detailed help and assistance they require.”

Although every web hosting provider claims to have customer support at the center of its interests, few invest large-scale resources into developing effective support resources. Now, with the addition of voice tutorials, JaguarPC continues to prove its commitment to going further than its competitors with detailed support services.

To explore JaguarPC’s selection of voice tutorials or to find out more about the web hosting services currently available from JaguarPC, visit http://www.jaguarpc.com/support/tutorials/.

About JaguarPC
Established in 1998, JaguarPC is one of the world’s most trusted and experienced web hosting companies. JaguarPC delivers superior service to clients through its cost-effective, high-value services model. JaguarPC provides hosting support to business and personal clients from across the globe, including the world’s leading companies and governments in many countries. JaguarPC has over ten years of experience in the web hosting industry and has a growth rate of over 95%, year after year. JaguarPC has recently expanded their competitive service range and pledged ongoing commitment to outstanding support with the expansion of its U.S.-based technical support staff, available via phone, email, chat, or ticket, 24/7/365. For immediate support, call (888) 551-3050 or use the convenient support ticket system at http://www.jaguarpc.com/clients.

For many people, web hosting is obscure and difficult, a science only the initiated can master.

But is running a website really that complicated? Do you need a lot of experience to install, configure, and maintain a website? Or is this just a common misconception dating back to the nineties, a time when owning a website was much more challenging and expensive?

At JaguarPC, we firmly believe that anyone can run a website, even the folks with zero or little experience in technology. With the help of our cPanel hosting solutions and a little ambition, virtually anyone can accomplish the basic tasks related to web hosting. So, for all of you technology beginners out there, don’t lose hope – choose a cPanel web hosting plan and see how web hosting can be easy, affordable, and even fun.

For many people, especially for those who have a long history with website hosting, cheap hosting is nothing but a source of headaches. At least partially, the bad reputation of cheap hosting (also called budget hosting, low-cost hosting, or discount hosting, depending on the provider) is deserved. Unfortunately, cheap hosting providers often cut resources, features, and reliability in their constant race to offer smaller prices and outdo the competition.

However, not all affordable hosting plans deserve to be labeled as cheap. Some reputable providers, including industry-leader JaguarPC, offer quality hosting services at low-end prices. At JaguarPC, affordable hosting plans start at very low rates for a fully-featured, unlimited hosting plan. With monthly fees that are smaller than the cost of a large coffee, JaguarPC’s hosting plans can certainly be called “cheap.” But JaguarPC’s solutions are far from that.

To show you the difference between a quality, affordable hosting solution and the infamous cheap hosting that causes so many problems for unsuspecting website owners, JaguarPC has recently published an article in the resource section. Titled How to Choose an Affordable Web Hosting Plan, the article deals with the important differences between cheap hosting and affordable hosting and shows what you can do to ensure that you get the service you need at the lowest possible price.