what is web hosting: Your Clear Answer

Written By Chouhab on vendredi 5 décembre 2008 | 13:41

By Louis Soul

Anyone that wants to store their website or have a facility to offer products and services on the Internet will require a web hosting company to do this. This allows individuals and organizations to have their own website available on the internet which may be supplied as part of another package, free or through a fully paid service. Anything relating to a website (files, media etc.) can be uploaded onto one of these servers or data centers so people can access them form their computer.

A large number of companies even supply free hosting to individuals, not generally companies, where they are able to have websites and blogs without any charge. However, if you're planning to expand you should shift to a paid service as free web hosting only gives you limited space and sub-domains for your site. There will be a large number of companies offering paid hosting but the prices do vary and this is usually down to how much is actually supplied as part of the package; any confusion is normally quite easy to overcome by using one of the internet comparison sites that are becoming very popular.

Initially, the majority of users decide on paying for a shared server with their hosting company. It is usually possible to upgrade to have a dedicated server for your files once you know the service provider is reliable; there is normally an additional charge for this facility. You need to have a registered domain to have a web hosting package otherwise files, websites and other digital information cannot be stored or accessed. Almost any information that is stored on a web server is called a file which can mean audio tracks, images, video footage and the website itself; as digital storage costs drop then the amount of space you are allocated tends to be increased over time.

The good thing about having your own web hosting package and domain means that all your email addresses will contain your domain name in them and not that for the free service provider you may have been using previously. Having your own email addresses are an important sign that a person or company is serious about their internet presence and provides a sense of credibility which cannot be achieved with the many free service providers available. Then you have bandwidth, which refers to how much data is being transferred over the internet, this is something that many people overlook simply because they're enamored with the low prices of hosting packages and don't consider how quickly bandwidth is used up.

If your company can't offer you better bandwidth, then it will be very hard for your users to view your web page. Sites that contain mp3 audio tracks or video files require more storage and a greater bandwidth allocation (amount of data that can be sent) if they are to be used. In almost every case it is a wise decision to use a web hosting company and not consider using your own computer as a host due to the risks, especially for those unfamiliar with internet security.

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