Today I wanted to give you something different in our blog and talk a bit about Bandwidth. Sounds like a scary techy word, but I assure you, it is not as scary as you might think.
OK, let’s break it down…
What is Bandwidth?
Bandwidth is a representation of the amount of things (photos, videos, etc) that your site can serve up to your visitors. In other words, bandwidth is the rate at which data from your website transfers to your site visitors.
For example, if a visitor views a picture that is 100KB in size, that will use 100kb of your monthly bandwidth.
Why Should You Care?
It is important to keep an eye on how much bandwidth your website uses because depending on your account status, if you run out of it, you run the risk of getting your website frozen for the remainder of the month.
How to Monitor Usage?
We provide an easy to check-on monitoring gauge on your Site Settings page that shows the amount of bandwidth you have used up this month. It is important to note that your bandwidth meter automatically resets every month. Each user gets a unique reset date, based on the date you registered with Webs.
Need More Bandwidth?
No problem. We provide you with couple of options to gain additional bandwidth.
1. Go Premium – Upgrading to a premium account will give you additional bandwidth space
2. Use Webs Credits – You can earn Webs Credits and use them to get additional bandwidth without paying for full premium package.
Hope this helps you understand bandwidth better. Would love to know what you think of this post!
Until Next time – Happy Site Building!
Irina
About the Author: Irina Kabigting is Webs’ Social Media Marketing Manager. Get more from Irina on Webs’ Blog and Google+.
May 19, 2010 - 01:39 PM
I am a newcomer to websites. I have mine up but definately not done yet. I havent learned all that i need to, to run a successful business. Thank you for posting this. It is a help.
May 19, 2010 - 02:52 PM
Thank you webs the information provided above was very Informative and useful
May 20, 2010 - 06:45 AM
How to make my website more proffessional?
May 20, 2010 - 04:57 PM
Allow us to purchase individual services!
May 20, 2010 - 05:01 PM
@Luis: You can get some premium services now through the Webs Credit store.
May 22, 2010 - 07:32 AM
Nice explanation. Thanks for providing this. Webs is best.
May 22, 2010 - 07:35 AM
cool i new that but i thought you hade to be premium service
May 22, 2010 - 09:53 AM
Hi Irina,
My members short list by category does not work properly, perhaps there’s a bug. Can you please look into this…
Thanks,
mcP
May 22, 2010 - 09:29 PM
@hotelier: This is a known issue. You can track the progress of this bug through the following page: http://support.webs.com/webs/topics/sort_by_in_members_page_not_working_fwb_10215
May 22, 2010 - 06:03 PM
We can expand this in the credit store can we?
May 22, 2010 - 09:27 PM
@Daniel: That’s correct, you can purchase additional bandwidth in the credit store.
May 23, 2010 - 07:35 AM
Thanks for the info! And Irina, my account won’t let me edit my website. Is there any way to fix that?
May 24, 2010 - 09:15 AM
@Sami: If you need assistance editing your website, please submit to our support team the error that you are seeing. It is always helpful to include a picture of exactly what you are seeing.
~ Irina
May 23, 2010 - 03:55 PM
you’ve done nice work by adding a lots of stuff to Webs, can i suggest that you add text scrolling like scrollbar.. hope to see these new adds soon.
thanks
May 24, 2010 - 09:12 AM
@Dusan: Thanks for the suggestion. Did you know that you can add your own scroll bar code directly to your website using the HTML button?
May 23, 2010 - 06:54 PM
@everyone: lol, new blog screen! No more profile pics? Wow, I have been gone a long time…
@webs: Also, My domain went past the expiration. How long must I wait before it goes back on the market and I don’t have to pay the big fee?
May 24, 2010 - 09:08 AM
@G-L: Welcome back. The wait period I believe is 30 days. However, please keep in mind that once it goes on the market, anyone can purchase it. During the remission period, only you can purchase it back.
~ Irina
May 25, 2010 - 10:22 AM
Thank you it is very useful. First I didn’t know or notice about bandwith but I still curious and now I have found the answer. Now I should be more careful to put pictures and media into my website.
May 25, 2010 - 01:04 PM
@GL-Network – Buy your domain back now!! Otherwise i can almost guarantee that you will lose it. DO NOT wait the 30 days.
May 25, 2010 - 04:03 PM
Thanks it is very hepful. At first i did not understand but now i do.
May 26, 2010 - 04:19 AM
Hi,
Webs is getting better & better.
I queried bandwidth using support who were very helpful.
Thanks for posting
May 26, 2010 - 11:22 AM
When you say bugs what do you mean because i think i found some.
May 26, 2010 - 12:37 PM
@Will: you can always report your issue (bug) to our support team at http://support.webs.com
May 27, 2010 - 01:06 AM
how do i get my site to be on Google searches for free. Submitting my site aint workin
May 28, 2010 - 09:09 AM
I very much like that you are giving us tips like these, and i have found them very usefull. However, i have been trying to earn credits for things like these and they have not been posting onto my account. i very much think you should look into this for all of your members.
May 28, 2010 - 09:25 AM
@David: If you notice a bug, please don’t hesitate to report it to our support team.
May 29, 2010 - 01:44 AM
Dear Sirs,
I would like to know how i can write greek characters on my web pages that i create with webs.com. It seems impossible. I write my greek characters on the menu and automatically turn to be something like this @#!>??? instead of ΕΛΛΗÎΙΚΑ.
May 30, 2010 - 09:18 AM
@Alexander: We permit international characters. If you are coming across an error please report to our support team. Don’t forget to include your site address and also the page where this is happening.
May 31, 2010 - 04:01 PM
I have pemium, but blue line is full
Jun 01, 2010 - 08:33 AM
@Selidbe: I Just checked your account and your bandwidth has been reset for the month. You have a lot of space to be used.
Aug 28, 2010 - 05:59 PM
i forgot to take some stuff off my site when the meter reset and now i took off a lot of stuff but it wont reset for the next month and i might get deactivated cuz i forgot about the reset and im sure my bandwith is not over its limit anymore.
Jun 19, 2011 - 06:22 PM
How do I lower my bandwith? Nothing seems to work! Does anyone have any advice or help?
Aug 19, 2011 - 04:41 PM
my Bandwith was supposed to rest 2 days ago & it hasnt……….& im almost out of room, why didnt it reset?
Aug 22, 2011 - 11:14 AM
@Brock: Your brandwidth has been reset
Jan 29, 2012 - 10:30 PM
I’ve heard rumors that emoticons in shoutboxes take up bandwidth space. Is this true?
Apr 29, 2012 - 10:51 PM
My site’s bandwidth didn’t reset at the day which suppose to be which is the 28th, can you please tell me why it didn’t reset?
Apr 30, 2012 - 11:02 AM
Nick check your settings today, it should be reset now.
Aug 05, 2015 - 01:37 AM
My site’s bandwidth didn’t reset the day it was supposed to which was the 4th,can you please tell me why it didn’t reset?
Mar 04, 2016 - 05:31 AM
Dear Sirs
my websites are frozen as im reading frozen account
Can you explain please what’s going on with my websites
Thank you