Which one is better, domestic or foreign virtual hosting?

Advantages of domestic virtual hosting:

1. Domestic users access the website quickly, because the website is in China, and users access There is no need to go through submarine optical cables, so the speed is usually faster than foreign virtual hosts.

2. Service localization. Domestic virtual host customer service usually has the same working hours as the webmaster. There are many ways to provide support, such as QQ, phone, email, etc. Communication and communication are usually not possible. What a problem.

3. Domain name security. Domestic regulatory authorities usually do not adopt a domain name blacklist strategy for domestic host users, so domain names can ensure security. However, when using foreign virtual hosts, once sensitive content appears on the website, the website The domain name may enter the blacklist, causing the entire website to be inaccessible from within the country. Even if the host and IP are changed, it cannot be restored.

Disadvantages of domestic virtual hosting:

1. Registration is required, and the registration process is cumbersome. It usually takes several weeks to several months to successfully register, and some types of websites The information that needs to be provided is difficult to obtain, resulting in a low success rate for registration. After purchasing a domestic host, many webmasters gave up on the registration and changed to a foreign host.

2. Telecom and Netcom are not interconnected. The Netcom access speed of the telecom line host is very slow. The telecom access speed of the Netcom line host is very slow. The speed is even slower than accessing foreign hosts. As the joke goes, "On the Internet, the farthest distance is not China and the United States, but China Netcom and Telecom?"

3. The services are mixed, because the virtual host threshold is low, so the service Businesses are mixed, and many service providers are over-selling.

Advantages of foreign virtual hosts:

1. Cheap prices, stable servers, mature and standardized foreign host markets, and first-class network technology. Generally speaking, the prices of foreign virtual host services are Less expensive. At this point, the domestic virtual host market cannot be compared with foreign virtual host providers. Therefore, if you want to reduce the cost of website operation, you can consider low-cost and high-quality virtual hosts from abroad.

2. Overcome the problem of mutual access between China Telecom and China Netcom. Regardless of China Telecom users or China Netcom users, the speed of accessing foreign hosts is not very slow.

3. No registration required. Currently, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s management of the Internet is limited to the mandatory control of domestic ISP access providers. Foreign ISPs (including Hong Kong) are not under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, so they can be used without registration. , websites that cannot be registered in China can have unlimited access to foreign virtual hosts.

4. Functional services are good. Most foreign products have technical advantages, and the host service functions they provide are relatively more comprehensive.

Disadvantages of foreign virtual hosts:

1. Easy to be blocked, because the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology cannot directly manage foreign websites, so most Chinese users are prohibited from accessing certain websites through blocking. Common blocking includes IP blocking and domain name blocking. If it is IP blocking, the website can usually be accessed again by changing another IP. However, if the domain name is blocked, it cannot be accessed even if the IP is changed. Once the domain name of a website is blocked, usually the only option is to take If you change the domain name, the traffic loss will be very large. Another situation is being implicated, because in the setting of virtual hosts, an IP is usually assigned to multiple websites of different users. Once one of the websites has its IP blocked, other websites will be implicated and become inaccessible as well. They were also blocked together.

2. The speed is slow. Usually, the speed of Chinese users accessing foreign hosts is slower than the speed of accessing domestic hosts.

3. The service is not localized. Usually foreign hosts do not have dedicated Chinese customer service. Due to the time difference, daytime in the United States happens to be nighttime in China, communication remains unchanged, and the cost of international calls is also very high. Communicating via email requires the webmaster to be proficient in English and communicate with customer service in English. The website services and interfaces of foreign hosts are usually in English. If the domestic webmaster does not speak English well, he may encounter a language barrier.

4. Payment. Payment for foreign hosts usually requires credit cards and Paypal. Most of them do not support Alipay. Therefore, domestic users often encounter trouble when purchasing foreign hosts.

In summary, foreign hosts and domestic hosts still have their own advantages and disadvantages. For websites that mainly serve Chinese users, there are indeed slight advantages to using domestic hosts. Even if it is more troublesome, at least The domain name is safe. If the website content is in English and it mainly serves foreign users, such as a foreign trade website, then it is more appropriate to use a foreign host.