A Novice's Guide To Web Hosting
A NOVICE'S GUIDE TO WEB HOSTING Anyone, these days, can build some sort of web site. You can even build one using a simple word processing program. However, once you have built a site you need to somehow get it on the world wide web where others can find it. For this you need a web-hosting company.
Put simply, a web hosting service rents disk space to you and provides a variety of other features that make it possible for others to see your site on the internet 24/7.
Choosing a web host can be difficult because there are thousands to choose from. With so many hosting options, choosing an appropriate company can be very difficult. You can choose from free services to ones that charge hundreds of dollars per month. Hosting services offer a multitude of services that can be confusing , especially for a newcomer.
You can find plenty of free hosting companies, so why pay? The old saying "You get what you pay for" is just as applicable in the information age as it was in the last century. When you pay nothing you sometimes end up with nothing. All your work will be for nothing.
Most free services offer very limited features. Even though they are not charging you they still need to make money. Sometimes they do this by placing ads on your site. You probably won't have any say in the kind of advertising that appears . If you want the free hosting you don't have a choice.
Also, free hosts may restrict the content on your site. You may not be allowed to sell things or to have music or videos. Most importantly, your web site could disappear overnight. New companies offering free hosting pop up almost every day and vanish with the same regularity. When your web host vanishes so does your site.
For these reasons, you should ensure that you find a reliable host. There is a wide range of prices- some companies charge only a couple of dollars per month while others will charge $60.00 or more. Don't depend on price as the only determinant though. High rates don't necessarily mean high service. Some medium priced alternatives offer reliable, dependable and stable environments that allow your website to be accessed day in and day out for many years to come.
Make sure that you do business with a web hosting company that offers lots of disk space for storage, more bandwidth to handle internet traffic and more services such as databases, email accounts, mass mailers, and the ability to add custom scripts. You should also confirm that the service you choose has a good helpdesk so that you don't waste time on technical issues.
Whatever company you choose you should understand that each host has dedicated servers or computers that connect to the internet and "serve" pages from your site when they are requested. That is, whenever someone wants to to see a particular web page by clicking on a link the request will be sent to your web host's server where the page is stored. The server will then send HTML data across the internet. It is important that the server has high speed connections and reliable back up power supplies in case of power outages.
You should be able to find a hosting service that delivers these kinds of features in the $20.00 per month range.
Good Hunting:
John Stacy http://www.a1-webhosting-4-u.com
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John Stacy outlines for the novice what features to look for in a web host and what you can reasonably expect to pay for reliable web hosting service. Check out more details at http://www.a1-webhosting-4-u.com
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