It’s common for people to have the belief that family comes first, and although your neighbors and others in the same city aren’t family you are living with each other in a sense. Maybe not the same quarters, but we’re talking about the proximity and especially how big cities in Canada are becoming very densely populated. It’s best to be supportive of the local community and economy in a similar way and this will apply for local web hosting in Ottawa too. But the benefits for those with a website for a local business there extend beyond just buying locally. Local web hosting is better for small businesses for a number of reasons, but the primary one is going to be that you will have a faster loading website because the web host’s servers are going to be nearby. A part of the reason we have new signups all the time here at 4GoodHosting is that we have large data centres on either side of the country in Vancouver and Toronto, and the Ontario one is going to be suitably close for Ottawa and even as far east as Cornwall. Faster page load speeds contribute to better search engine optimization, and no one needs to be told of the value of that if you are in any type of business. That’s just the first of a few advantages that can determine the best web hosting for business if you’re in a major metro city in Canada. Website security is something everyone is needing to put more of a focus on these days, and that’s doubly true if you are in ecommerce with your website and customers will have accounts with sensitive information contained in them. We will cover everything with this blog entry and lay out the speed, security, and additional SEO benefits that come with local web hosting for Ottawa businesses. And keep in mind as well that the rates you’ll need to pay will probably not be any more than you’d pay with a bigger provider that’s not local here for Canada web hosting and may not offer you the same level of control over your website or...
