Why Web Hosting? What is Web Hosting?

"Why Do I Need Web Hosting?"

     Well, you don't, unless you would like to have a website A website or web site is a resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web (www) and can be accessed through a web browser. This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format and may provide navigation links to other websites on the internet. on the internet. The internet is a worldwide series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data. It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller networks which together carry information and services such as email, online chat, video services, ftp capabilities, online gaming, banking and much more. Everyone that has a website needs web hosting. A web hosting company makes it possible for your site to be accessed by everyone else. You can make the best website ever sitting at your own computer but unless you upload to upload, is to send data from a local system like your computer to a remote system like the web hosting company. The difference between uploading and downloading is downloading means to receive and uploading means to send. that website to a hosting server A server is simply a computer that provides services or resources to other computers. There are millions of servers connected to the internet running continuously throughout the world directing traffic on the internet. Every action by a regular internet user requires one or more interactions with one or more web servers. it will never be accessible to everyone else.

"Why Paid Web Hosting vs. Free Web Hosting?"

     Free Hosting: You know the old saying "nothing is for free", holds true here as well. The main differences between free vs. paid hosting is it may be free cost wise, but you pay for it with banner ads A banner ad is an advertisements placed on the website at all times and may be in several locations (top, bottom, ect.) These may be ads for the hosting company themselves or partners but more commonly that ad space is basically sold to the highest bidder. on the top and/or bottom of your website at all times that you have no control over the content of those ads along with totally annoying pop-up ads A Popup Ad is an ad that literly pop-ups seperately from the actuall website and may be very deceiving as to even how to close them. The email address for the web hosting account is spammed and the email address is usually sold countless times to other spammers as well. On top of that, usually sever limitations to the amount of disc space Disk Space or storage is simply the amount of space available on a web servers hard drive to hold your files. Everything that is uploaded to your site takes up a certain amount of space such as text, images and photos. and bandwidth Bandwidth is simply how much data the web server has to provide when your website loads. All the text and pictures and such are a certain size and every time someone accesses your website, that amount of bandwidth is used. The more people that accesses your website the more bandwidth or data is used. and such with definitely no ecommerce capabilities. Oh, and for the most part old, outdated, slow crappy servers. I guess it's obvious where I stand on both services.

     Paid Hosting: Paid web hosting is just that. You usually pay anywhere from month-to-month to a 2 year year plan. The bigger plan you purchase the better deal you get as with pretty much everything. Being that you're paying for the space there are no banners, no popup ads and no email spam. Our recommended hosts are only $3.95 per/month for unlimited domains Unlimited Domains: First of all, a Domain Name (or URL) is a specific website address such as www.whywebhosting.com, anything .com, .org, .biz, .net, .gov and so on. Web hosting companies that offer Unlimited Domains simply means you can have as many Domain Names or websites as you'd like and pay for only 1 web hosting account. My top recommendations for paid hosting offer the 1st Domain Name or main domain for the account free for life as long as the hosting account is active. The average price of purchasing a Domain Name is about $10.00 per/yr, Domains can be purchased through the hosting company. The cost of a Domain Name is separate from hosting, don't confuse the two.  and sub domains A Sub Domain is a prefix to the main domain like www.SOMETHING.whywebhosting.com. Another great bonus with paid hosting is the option for 1 Click installations for dozens and dozens of useful scripts you may be interested in such as web blogs The most common Web Blogs are b2evolution and Wordpress. Both very advanced yet very easy to use blogging tools. Installed with an easy one click installation. With b2evolution and WordPress it is very easy to write a post for your blog, push a button and publish it online immediately! You can upload pictures or files and display them in your articles. They both have tons of free templates and free tools all over the internet for free download., picture and photo galleries Image and Photo Galleries are designed to organize all your photos. Coppermine is an easy 1 click installation as well. It is a fully-featured web picture gallery and is free. and tools to help you get started like free site builders A Site Builder is a program designed to assist you in making a webpage. Hostmonster offers a nice Drag-n-Drop site builder and a 1 click instalation of such thinks like template express with lots of pre-designed free templates to choose from. and free templates for your website . On the business side there are several ecommerce The term Ecommerce is simply doing business on the internet. Some important factors are shopping cart options, payment features like credit card or pay-pal, and security. options and safety features such as ssh and ssl along with free generated cirtificate.

Most Common Paid Web Hosting Service and Recommendations.

     Shared Web Hosting: Shared web hosting is the most common type of hosting. With shared hosting, multiple website A website or web site is a resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web (www) and can be accessed through a web browser. This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format and may provide navigation links to other websites on the internet. are shared on one server. The shared host splits up server resources among many customers in order to defer the cost. Typically, all domains may share a common pool of server resources, such as RAM and the CPU or processor. This means that the shared host accounts are more affordable. In other words, it provides a customer with a limited amount of server space to create their web site. Bandwidth and storage space is distributed among many clients, who all "share" the same physical server A server is simply a computer that provides services or resources to other computers. There are millions of servers connected to the internet running continuously throughout the world directing traffic on the internet. Among the many services provided by Internet servers are the World Wide Web, e-mail, instant messaging, streaming audio and video, online gaming, FTP file transfer and much more. Every action required by an internet user requires one or more interactions with one or more web servers.

Other Common Types of Web Hosting and Recommendations.

     #1 Shared Web Hosting: Shared web hosting is the most common type of hosting. With shared hosting, multiple websites are shared on one server. The shared host splits up server resources among many customers in order to defer the cost. Typically, all domains may share a common pool of server resources, such as RAM and the CPU or processor. This means that the shared host accounts are more affordable. In other words, it provides a customer with a limited amount of server space to create their web site. Bandwidth and storage space is distributed among many clients, who all "share" the same physical server.

     #1 Virtual Private Server or VPS Web Hosting: A virtual private server (VPS) is a method of partitioning a physical server computer into multiple servers that each has the capabilities of running on its own dedicated machine. Dividing a server into virtual servers, where each user feels like they're on their own dedicated server, but they're actually sharing a server with many other users. The users may have root access to their own virtual space. This is also known as a virtual private server or VPS. Virtual private servers bridge the gap between shared usa hosting services and dedicated hosting, giving independence from other customers of the VPS service in software terms but at less cost than a dedicated server. As a VPS runs its own operating system, customers have super user-level access to that operating system instance, and can install almost any software for that system.

     #1 Dedicated Web Hosting: Dedicated hosting allows a website to have its very own server. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as webmasters have full control over the back end of the server, including choice of operating System. the user gets his or her own Web server and gains full control over it (root access for Linux/administrator access for Windows); however, the user typically does not own the server. Another type of Dedicated hosting is Self-Managed or Unmanaged. This is usually the best hosting services that is least expensive for dedicated plans. The user has full administrative access to the box, which means the client is responsible for the security and maintenance of his own dedicated box.  Dedicated Hosting is a service that web hosting companies provide to their customers whose websites generate a lot of traffic. An entire website server is used for a single customer, ensuring that all of the server’s resources are used only for that specific customer’s needs.

     #1 Reseller Web Hosting: Reseller web hosting allows clients to become web hosts themselves. Reseller accounts may vary tremendously in size: they may have their own virtual dedicated server to a colocated server. Resellers operate components of a hosting operation using services, infrastructure and equipment provided by another web hosting service. Some resellers operate businesses using the hardware, software, network and logistical support of another Web hosting firm, while they simply operate as sales agents for other web hosting companies, offering discounts and providing low-level technical support. Reseller accounts are also for people who host multiple sites or want to start a hosting company.