: Download images and other documents from external websites We're running a website which enables users to download documents about our company, such as: -wallpapers with the company logo. -company

@Voss4911412

Use Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

That's basically what S3 is specialized for. You create a 'bucket' for your site that holds all of the the large, high-traffic files you want to share on your site. To give you an idea of the scale, S3 is the back-end that drives DropBox.

Also, be on the lookout for the supposed 'Google Drive' service

If the rumors are true, it's supposed to be released this month. If it works anything like Docs, sharing a file is as simple as changing the 'Share Settings' and copying the public link. Plus, it's supposed to include a dropbox-like desktop syncing solution.

You you don't want to wait on rumors, you can use Google Docs now for file hosting. What most people don't know is, you can upload any file-type to Google Docs for sharing.

The cost of hosting data on Google is cheaper than S3 weighing in at .25/GB. A free account provides 1GB of storage and the file size limit is 10GB.

Update: Edited the summary about Google hosting to clarify that the price/limitations apply to both Google Drive and docs.

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@Radia820

If this is a problem for you I would suggest you look for a new host, bandwidth is very cheap these days - you can get 75Tb a month for - 0 per year.

If you can't change host then buy a cheap hosting account with lots of bandwidth and use a sub-domain like download.yourdomain.com or buy a related domain like download-companyname.com and host the files there instead.

This won't help your SEO though, so I really would suggest finding a host with cheaper bandwidth.

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