Bandwidth (sometimes loosely referred to as "traffic") is the amount of bytes that are transferred from your site to visitors when they browse your site per day.The first thing that you need to know is that there is no such thing as unlimited bandwidth. Don't believe any commercial web host that advertises itself as offering "unlimited bandwidth". The host has to pay for the use of the bandwidth, and if you consume a lot of it, most will simply just charge you for the extra amount that you use. Many startup sites that require high bandwidth have found this out the hard way when they suddenly receive a lot of hits and end up with deductions on their credit.
The idea is to find a website that will not charge you outrageous usage fees if you do end up using more bandwidth then they initially thought. As most websites fail as moneymakers most web hosts are not counting on you becoming so successful that you hog their entire cyberspace. However if you do, watch out as exorbitant fees are often hidden in the fine print of the contracts that they have with you.
To give you a rough idea of the typical traffic requirements of a website, most new sites that are not software archives use less than 3GB of bandwidth per month. If you plan to use more space, then buy more space.If you are performing SEO techniques on your website it is almost guaranteed that your traffic requirements will grow over time. This is a natural side effect of your site becoming better known. CHECK THE FINE PRINT of the web hosts Term of Agreement policy to see if they will charge you any extra if your site uses too much bandwidth
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