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Web Hosting Service

Wondering what is web hosting? What are the different types of web hosting? Read on to know more… So, you want to have a website of your own?

Nowadays, most business and non-business individuals and companies have an Internet presence. An Internet presence is like giving your self or your business global exposure. Having a website, in this day and age is of primary importance to any business or individual wanting to reach out to the world at large.

To have a website, you primarily need two things: a domain name and a web hosting service.

A domain name is your name or your business name on the Internet. It is the address with which people will find your website. For example, www.buzzle.com is a domain name. This domain name must be purchased from a domain name registrar who is registered with the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).

After that is taken care of, there is the data that is shown on your website like your web pages and images and so on. That needs to be stored somewhere, so that when someone finds their way to your website, they can see the data online. A web hosting company will provide this service for you by providing you with space on their servers. This kind of service is a web hosting service or an Internet hosting service.

Of course, these are the basic concepts of what a web hosting service or an Internet hosting service provides. Most web hosting companies will also incorporate domain registration services within their services profile, and combine both these functions. It has also become customary nowadays to combine this with e-mail hosting services as well, to generate additional functionality for the customers.

However, emerging technologies have given rise to several more services which can be effectively combined with these web hosting services. Let us look at a few of these services.

Dedicated Hosting Services

This is a kind of a web hosting service where the customer can lease an entire server which is not shared by anyone else. Thus, the customer has full control over the server which means he can choose his operating system, install his own software and hardware and so on. Some Internet hosting service providers may also include server administration services as an add-on. But some larger corporations may choose to take care of their administration needs themselves. This is a solution which is quite useful for large corporations who may have a large amount of data on these servers which can be accessed via their website. This also involves taking different security measures such as firewalls to ensure the security of the data.

Virtual Private Server

This is a kind of server space where a technology known as ‘virtualization’ allows many servers to run on the same physical server. What happens is that the server is partitioned into multiple servers. Each of these servers has the capability to run on its own machine and be booted independently. These services are often less costly than other kind of server services such as dedicated hosting services. Another advantage to customers is that they can install several programs on these servers, and run them on their websites.

Shared Hosting Services

A shared hosting service is a web hosting service where several sites can be hosted on the same server. Each site has its own partitioned server space and all the website owners share the costs of hosting between themselves. This solution is very cost effective and quite popular with most people on the Internet who want to host simple and small websites.

Free Web Hosting Services

Who hasn’t heard of this service? Most everyone on the Internet wants to go for anything that is available for free! However, the free web hosting services usually provide you with a sub-domain on their website domain, such as www.subdomain.domainname.com or they may provide a directory on their domain, such as www.domainname.com/yourdirectory.

Colocation Centre

This is a kind of a data center. The data that is stored on one server can be simultaneously stored on one or many different server(s). This service is provided by a Colocation Center. The idea is suitable for websites which run critical services or for websites which need 24 X 7 connectivity for their customers. So in case one server fails, the site is managed via another server. Also in case of data loss on one server, the data back-up is immediately available from the other server.

E-Mail Hosting Service

This is one of the services which are considered de rigueur for many website hosting providers. This means that the website owner gets a certain number of e-mail accounts which have his website address in it, such as xyz@buzzle.com where a person working with Buzzle.Com has his company domain name in his e-mail address. Depending upon the website hosting service plan one purchases, a certain number of e-mail addresses can be configured and used.

Blog Hosting

This is another web hosting service that has come up in the recent years. A blog or a weblog is a software which contains a content management system. These applications are usually available on the Internet to be downloaded and installed on the web servers. However, nowadays, most web hosting services also provide pre-installed hosting plans for blogs. This means, that the software is already installed on the server and you can choose to activate it, should you choose to put up a blog on your website.

ECcommerce Hosting and Business Web Hosting

This is a solution package offered by several web hosting service providers for companies which carry on their business or sales activities via the Internet. An e-commerce hosting plan may, therefore, include different add-ons such as shopping cart software, an online payment gateway solution, and, in some cases, even a merchant account online. The solution is customized for different businesses as well.

Thus, we can see that having a website has now opened up a variety of avenues for companies wanting to expand their business, cut their costs and increase their global presence due to the various web hosting services available on the Internet.

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Really useful sharing very nice post about the website hosting definition and types in brief....I here provide how to choose the provider to host the site and website hosting source..

Now a day, there are many web hosting companies for choice. When you are choosing a web hosting company, there are several things you should keep in mind.A good web hosting company will ensure that they have sufficient resources available to provide its users with stability and reliability. Less reputable web hosting companies will host as many as one thousand websites on a single server, without regard for the additional risk of equipment failure that this causes, as well as the reduced traffic capacity for the sites. A good web hosting company will avoid this issue by hosting two hundred to two hundred and fifty websites per server, and not overloading the bandwidth and storage space.Any good web hosting company will be sure to provide a lot of technical help to their customers. Selecting a good web hosting company is more than just comparison shopping for the lowest monthly rate. The level of service provided by the company will have a huge impact on your satisfaction with your choice. You can get the website Hosting plans at low cost here Thewebpole.com i have considered that points and choose the provider as Thewebpole.com

Really nice information sharing. thanks.

A company that seems perfect to someone might necessary not be suitable for someone else. You really need to be wise with choosing a perfect host for your online venture. Various aspects such as Uptime Guarantee, Moneyback Guarantee, Time since the host has been offering services, Platforms, Add-Ons services, Infrastructure used in terms of Technology, Price, Technical Support etc. are some of the crucial aspects to choose a perfect host.

But it is more important that you are well aware of your requirements, only then can you negotiate well and find an ideal hosting provider for your website.

Web hosting is best suited for small sites with low traffic, like personal sites. It is not recommended for high traffic or for real business. we are providing offers and services for domain name registration and hosting services in India

Nice info for noobs.

It is a good post indeed but also a long one that can be shorter and with the right ideas.