Introduction to Web Hosting
Web Hosting is the online service that is used by the online users and organizations to store their websites on the hosting servers. A web host provides you all the services that are required for you to have online presence for your website. Choosing a web hosting company depends on that which kind of website you have i.e. HTML, ASP, JSP or PHP. Today, there are thousands of hosting companies and some of the most popular are mentioned below.
- Blue Host
- Host Gator
- Host Monster
- Lunar Pages
- Go Daddy
- Host Department
- IXWebHosting
- Siteground
- 1&1
- Hostway
- iPowerWeb
You can check more details about these hosting companies by visiting their websites.
Types of Web Hosting
There are different types of the hosting companies like shared, dedicated, free, managed dedicated and virtual hosting.
Shared Hosting
Shared hosting is the most popular type of the hosting. It permits more than one website to be hosted on the same server and you get a portion of the hard disk space and resource from the same server. The common features for all the users in the shared hosting are PHP, MySQL, ASP, share IP address, SSH, SSL, CGI, free domain name, site builder, templates and many free scripts.
Dedicated Hosting
In the dedicated hosting, you can the full control over the dedicated server at the root level and it is the best option for the individuals and the businesses who want more storage, bandwidth and the dedicated IP address. This hosting plan generally offers more than 500 GB space and the same bandwidth per month.
Choosing a good web hosting is very important decision for your online business. You need to do little research before signing up with a hosting company. My recommendations are that not go for a free web hosting company as there is no reliability and security with them. Additionally the following tips are really helpful in picking up a web host.
Web Hosting Tips
You need to check the following things.
- Uptime
- Research Online before picking a host
- Backup Frequency
- Customer Support
- Price
- Warranty
- Help Files
- Don’t go for the cheap solutions
- Check the feedback and comments of the other users.
- Disk Space
- Bandwidth
- Scripts
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