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A Basic Web Hosting Walkthrough
By Adam Sullivan
If you are relatively new to the concept of having your very own place on the web this article may help fill you in on some of the basics.
There are two main categories of web that I am going to cover in this article. The first is dedicated and the second is shared hosting. The second type ,shared hosting, I usually break down into paid and free. Normally, unless you are a very special person, you can't get dedicated for free.
Before I break down the types, however, let's clear up some terminology...
Bandwidth is the amount of data your site can transer in a given period of time. This is sometimes referred to as transfer. When people view your site on the internet they are downloading it from the server and this uses up your bandwidth.
Storage is basically the measure of hard drive space your web site is allowed to take up on a server.
OK, now on to the rest of it...
Dedicated , or more like dedicated server, is where your web site gets one entire server to itself. You are pretty much entitled to all of the resources this server has to offer. The entire bandwith and hard drive capacity is yours including memory for processing and whatever else. With larger, traffic intensive web sites dedicated is pretty much a must but shared is usually more than sufficient for individuals and small to smallish medium businesses.
Shared
is basically when a company puts your web site on a server with web sites from other customers. Your provider will usually give you monthly limits for bandwidth, storage, email accounts and such. Depending on what server you were put on and how good your provider is sometimes things can get a little crowded on a server and cause your site to be slow and unresponsive.
Free is shared you get from a free service like geocities or another. It is usually incredibly limited. Sometimes you can "earn" a decent free account by posting in forums and such but in my opinion paid and a real domain name are much better.
Paid is actually inexpensive these days. You can get good solid that will support a small business for under $100 per year. Usually providers include a free domain name and free setup as well as a money back garantee.
I hope you found this article helpful. If you decide to buy make sure to be incredibly picky. The last thing you want is to end up with the wrong web host. Read some articles on picking the right domain name and hunt down reviews of web companies.
I wouldn't go with companies that aren't huge and well established. I've known many people who have lost web sites when unstable companies went under.
Be vigilant and have fun. Getting a web site is the cheapest way to start a business.
Adam Sullivan is a full time web designer/programmer and work at home guy.
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