If you are connected to the internet- which basically you need to be if you have a website (sorry if that sounds too obvious!) – then one way or another you will be connected to a server.

If you’re still trying to get your head around web hosting, the easiest analogy is to consider a construction company who decide to build a block of sixty flats (a server). However this company are best at building, but they don’t want to get involved with letting the flats and finding tenants. Instead they give a number of flats to a management company (web host) who guarantee them an annual income, and in return, the management company finds the tenants (website owners).

Like a property management company, as a webhost we spend our time making sure that everything works smoothly and efficiently, taking extra care to ensure your website never crashes. We know that one day without your website being active will likely lose you more than the cost of a year’s webhosting service, so it makes sound financial sense, as well as giving you total peace of mind, that everything in the background is being taken care of, leaving you more time to do what you are best at. The other reason we ensure all runs smoothly with your website is because we don’t want to give you any reason to want to scream and shout at us down the phone!

Now there are two types of web host – ones that do nothing else and who you never get to actually talk to as though you were a real human being, or you get ones like us here at Voxleaf who are more individual, but ‘reachable’ and who you can talk to any time you want and believe it or not, you’ll actually get to talk to one of us, not someone in a call centre who isn’t sure if they are selling you life insurance, a mobile phone or wanting you to pay off your overdraft.

As a web host, and this is really quite useful for you, we’re pretty adapt at protecting your business from cyber-attacks. We’re not going to bore you to death with details of how they happen, but let’s just say that whether you are a one man plumbing business, or a multi-million pound turnover web-based business, having your database corrupted (having all the information stored on your computer trashed beyond retrieval) is equally as catastrophic an event. We know the forms in which these attacks come, and we just build up better and stronger defences before any damage can be done.

Like all our services at Voxleaf, we want to try and take money off you, but always for very good reasons. The smooth running of your website is our responsibility and like all our services, ultimately our web-hosting pays for itself by ensuring your website is up and running all the time. We find that works quite well for us too here at Voxleaf as it helps to keep all our clients happy and at a friendly distance!