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To enable a person or company to host a website or other web based product, a web hosting company is required. 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.
Free hosting deals are great for those who want to 'dip their toes in the water' for example but the range of services available to them will be limited. There are many limitations to free web hosting services and they are not generally regarded as an option for serious web users as the amount of storage space is limited along with many other functions a web user may require.
Almost everyone starts out with what is termed 'shared hosting' where the server is used by many. This will enable you to see if you have chosen a very good company; then change to a dedicated server with your company when you're comfortable with their services. 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.
When you have a paid web hosting package it will allow you to have an email address using your domain name unlike those that are offered free with the likes of Google, Yahoo or MSN for example where their name is at the end of the email address. If you have a business presence online you cannot afford to have another company's name at the end of your own e.g. www.yourcompanyname.hostingcompany.com when it should really look like this: www.yourcompanyname.com. The next thing to consider with your hosting package is how much information will be stored on the server that can be downloaded from your website as it will use a facility called bandwidth; the greater amount of files stored that can be accessed, the greater amount of bandwidth will be required.
If you only have a small site that does not have much on it then this probably won't concern you but as soon as audio, video and hi-resolution images are incorporated, it becomes more of a concern. Although it is possible for a person to use their own PC as a host, there are many security dangers associated with this so using a dedicated web hosting company is preferable.
Francisco Segura owns http://www.pointofsalesoftwarefacts.com/
Point Of Sale Software
Published by francisco on June 23, 2008 10:24 AM
