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WEB HOSTING: WHAT IS IT?
You can possibly make the best website ever done but it won’t be accessible in the internet without uploading it to a web hosting server.

Web hosting is a computer service that provides space for customer who wants to bring out and display their website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to computers that are connected to the internet. These enormously powerful computers with extremely large hard drives and memory are called “servers” with unique “Internet Protocol Address” or “IP Address”. Spaces or units in your server where you can store your files, may it be HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc. will then be leased to different customers who want to publish their site on the World-Wide-Web. Renting a space on a server is like renting your own apartment unit; each apartment building (server) has its own address, then each apartment unit (space) has also its own unique address or number based on the building you belong.

What usually happens is when you type an address or link into the address bar then hit the enter key, your browser will then send out request and travel fast across the world to locate the server and the webpage as well. If the webpage is found and is available, it will then be loaded into your browser immediately.

Basically, there are two major types of web hosting:
FREE WEB HOSTING
Websites that doesn’t necessitate much tools and traffic-views are extremely low such as personal websites can avail free web hosting deals. This type is much convenient, personal and FREE but it also has its own disadvantages as well. It usually requires you to allow pop-up ads and advertisements be displayed in your website. Every now and then, your account will be spammed and will also be sold to other spammers. Since you didn’t pay for the rights and privileges of having an own website, more often than not, your website address would become an extension to the main website like, www.mainsite.com/yourname.

PAID WEB HOSTING
This has turned out to be one of the very aggressive businesses in the entire world and in order to invite more customers, companies would by and large offer great deals of savings and packages. Web hosting companies would usually charge you either monthly or yearly for the set up, design and maintenance of your website. The rental fee or price would depend much on your needs; it may vary from $10 to $100 a year but it’s worth the pay. Your website won’t experience pop-ads, banner advertisement, spammers and you will have your own unique address like www.yourname.com. What is more important is that the rights of the space you rented will all be given to you.

CHOOSING A GOOD HOST
It is vital that you would have a good web host; this doesn’t mean an expensive host but rather it should be RELIABLE and with GOOD TECHNICAL SUPPORT. Those are the two most important qualities of choosing a host. Most customers encounter problems like unanswered emails and phone calls, and unavailability of the site. Keep in mind that a number of host promote 24/7 support or customer service but would actually answer your concerns during Monday to Friday only. If their phone number is displayed on their website, it doesn’t mean that they would pick up the telephone and answer your concerns right away. You can be free from these kind of stresses and hassles if you were able to choose the right host from the start. ALWALS REMEMBER THAT YOU’RE PAYING RIGHT, SO YOU KEEP THE CONTROL!

Ashok Arora is CEO of eWebGuru which is providing windows reseller hosting and linux reseller hosting