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History Of Web Hosting

November 29th, 2011

It will be not wrong to say that web hosting technique took a powerful entry in the scene of the World Wide Web and internet. Internet and the World Wide Web are the greatest inventions in the technology till today and will remain. It is for obvious that when in 1991 internet came into existence, it was not advanced as it is today, many changes have been made and still everyday new inventions and updations are being done in the vast world of internet. The electronic mail or in short email as well as World Wide Web came in existence at the same time. It was also in 1991 that revolution came in field of internet. With the birth of internet, website came. Due to this, opportunity was created for everyone to create web pages. With this revolution there were lots of business restrictions that were removed from this region.

Internet became popular in very few days and there were some reasons responsible for this to make it happen, and with this the hosting services started.

Slowly and slowly when companies realized that the future is of internet and they have the potential of web hosting, they started offering services to the companies who wanted to host their web sites on the internet to make people all over the world aware about the products or the services they offer. But in past internet or anything related to this fields was limited to the computer experts, or the universities, gradually it grew for others.

When the internet reached to the common man it became possible for the people to access the websites or the web pages. Later the formats were little typical which were then made easier for the people. The work of the web sites and web pages was a tough job, so the companies which had professional experts and had mastery over the work ruled the market and succeeded and cashed the opportunities.

When the web hosting came into market, not everyone was able to use the service as they were complex and expensive too.

As the time passed the things became easier than before. But the web hosting companies were still needed to the job of web site making and all related things. It is now very cheap to hire a web host. In fact today some companies in the market are offering free services, though there are some drawbacks in the services they provide. In past, there were big computer business industries which rented out the space from their own servers. But today the web hosting companies have captured the market and are self sufficient in providing space or servers. The companies provide the facilities such as setting up the servers and bandwidth. Free companies offer less bandwidth in comparison to that of the paid companies which provide a good rate of bandwidth.

So the concept of the hosting came into being since 1991 when the internet and World Wide Web were invented.

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Web Hosting Guide

November 26th, 2011

A service or technique that provides you the facility of getting your own space on the internet and getting your web site or web page published there is known as web hosting. Once you get the space on the net after that you can upload any file like music file, video or an image that too in any format, but keeping in mind the space you have got on the internet.

As we all are aware of the fact that internet is becoming major source of the economy today, every company and big business tycoons are entering to the world of internet. Many of the transactions are now done online, by this both the time and money is saved. Person sitting in India can send or receive money from anywhere in the world and all this has become possible only because of web hosting.

People or companies that are in need of a web host should be careful before hiring the website company. It is not an easy decision to make to choose good website host as there are many options available in the market. User is required to do some task before getting to any conclusion. To get a hold over the market companies provide many attractive offers to the users to trap them.

There are mainly two types of companies, free web hosts and one that is paid. Obviously a new comer will first consider the free web hosting companies, after all he will get a free service, but it is not such. It is always recommended to hire a paid web host if you are seriously in a mood of making a web site that will be profitable for your business.

First we will talk about free web companies so that you may come to know why it can be a wrong decision for you to hire a free web host. A web host that is providing you a free service might not charge you as the service is for free but what he will do is display the advertisement on your website which becomes the source of earning for the service provider. You remain in a false impression that the company is providing you free service and making your web site for free, also posting it on internet by providing you space. Beside this company befools you in many other ways, they provide you less bandwidth, because of which the traffic on your site is very less. No customer support is given by the free web hosts.

Now let’s come on to the paid web hosting companies. Paid web companies will of course charge you but will provide you the quality service. They will provide you a good bandwidth rate which will of 50 MB for personal and 500 MB for the small companies as there is no sense for paying more than what you use. The paid service provider will provide you the best service by customer support which is most important for the customer, as in the case of emergency lots time gets saved if the problem is solved online.

So it is always good to use a paid web host than to hire a free one if you are in a serious business.

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Web Hosting Comments

November 23rd, 2011

Whilst writing reviews of website hosts I have seen a lot of web hosting comments. Users who do post web hosting comments are a small minority of hosting customers and many of these are positive. However there are still many negative comments about website hosts. Whilst some hosts deserve this, many complaints about the large hosting companies result from unrealistic expectations and a failure to read their Terms of Service.

You cannot expect a top quality service for free so I would always recommend going for one of the top companies like Bluehost, HostGator etc. However, even with these companies you have to realistic about what you get for per month. You should expect:

* your pages to load fast
* to see very little downtime
* to be able to access support 24/7 including by telephone.

Web hosting comments I have read tend to show the following as areas which cause complaints about hosting companies:

Backups

It is normal for hosting companies’ Terms to make users responsible for their own backups. Hosting companies do usually backup their shared servers periodically (unlikely to be daily) but they do not accept any responsibility if data is lost.

We have to accept that hardware failures can affect anyone and in rare cases you might find your site restored to an older version. The answer is to backup yourself as writing comments will not help, even if it does make you feel better.

Domain Names

Some hosting packages include a domain name. What is often not clear to users is that there is a charge for the domain name if you cancel. So even if there is a money back guarantee there will be a deduction for the domain name (but you do get to keep the domain name). I have seen web hosting comments where users have got very angry about this calling their host “crooks”.

Promotional Offers

Another issue that generates web hosting comments is the low promotional offers that get people to sign up but are not repeated on renewal. This is a perfectly acceptable way for companies to recruit customers but I have seen websites that don’t make it clear that the offer relates to the first payment only. The result is negative web hosting comments about the company.

Site Builder Software Most hosts provide site building software as part of their packages but this is another cause of negative web hosting comments. What is often not understood by users is that if they use this facility it can be difficult to move the site to another host (i.e. it locks you into the host providing the software).

If you understand the above points you will avoid these problems and hopefully be in a position to make positive comments about your website hosting company.

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Reseller Web Hosting – Introduction

November 20th, 2011

Most people know that the term “resell” refers to the act of selling again. It is a term also referred to as the act of an authorized individual selling a service or product to an end user, or the public. Within the confines of web hosting, a web host client can host or resell a portion of their particular allotted bandwidth and hard drive space to third parties. With this in mind, an individual can purchase services from the host company, and then sell to other customers for a profit. Every web site needs a host, which means that one of the biggest businesses online is hosting.

There are many different types of individuals and companies that could choose to engage in reseller web hosting. Some of these could provide web site design, system integration or development of web sites. The ability to also offer hosting can then be an additional source of revenue for those specific specialists.

Of course there are also entrepreneurs that want to get into web hosting that choose to start with reseller hosting as a simpler way to get started in the market. This is due to the fact that there is not a requirement for a lot of knowledge of web hosting technical aspects. The new entrepreneur can then take their time to gain this knowledge along the way.

Those who choose the route of becoming a reseller host in most cases can devise their own service plans and structure for pricing. The reseller host leaves the server configuration, security, and updates, as well as the maintenance of the hardware and network infrastructure to the operator of the actual data center. Problems in any of these areas are the responsibility of the server provider that sold the original plan, while the reseller takes care of the interface and customer base.

In a majority of the cases of reseller web hosting it is an additional service offered to smaller customer bases.

Advantages of this entrepreneur means include a revenue that is recurring, a very large market in need of web hosting services, little competition in your niche, the capability of the smaller hosting companies being able to compete with the larger ones. The reseller web host purchases a sizable web hosting plan or possibly a dedicated server, and then splits it into smaller plans that are sold to other clients. This can be a preexisting client base in another avenue of the World Wide Web, or new clients after much advertising is projected to the public.

Reseller web hosts are sometimes referred to as the retailers of web hosting services. Typically an individual rents a bulk of space from a large entity like a data center type web host. As the reseller or retailer of the services, a profit is made by renting a portion of the space they purchased to another individual or company. In most cases of reseller web hosting the purchaser is an individual or smaller business in need of web host services.

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Web Hosting and Shared Hosting

November 17th, 2011

Video hosting plans allow web users to download and upload video clips on your website. The web host stores the clips in its servers and gives the web users codes to be able to access the video clips. Once installed with this suite, the website will be able to accommodate video sharing and photo galleries. The unlimited photo bucket allows you to save as many video clips and photo albums as possible. The platform is designed with lovely artistic tools to allow you to manipulate the site to have all the features you wish for.

The hosting plan also allows a user to customize their profiles and continue making more add-ons as he wishes. The platform comes with unlimited storage space and mostly uploads are done free. Music artists and film makers are allowed to share their music and video files for free and this helps them market their work. In other words, video hosting can be used for business purposes. The videos can be compressed to be able to be accommodated on the websites and allows for any type of resolution and volume or size.

The video hosting plan allows for transfer of clips from one user to another through emails. The platforms come with their own emails that will help the web users or site users to share and send the clips online.

Shared hosting allows website owners to have as many websites as possible running on the same host server. This application has reliable and efficient services that mean the sites cannot hang or go down due to poor service provision. The bandwidth provided helps you save on purchasing of more bandwidth for all your sites. This helps you to save on costs and creates for you, a common control management system. The uploading and downloading of documents and files is easy as the servers are advanced and programmed to allow any user to access the services without any training.

Most web hosting companies are now offering unlimited hosting services. This unlimited hosting allows you to run as many sites without worry of being closed down. The service also allows you to have numerous domains on the same platform. The unlimited hosting services gives you unlimited band width, unlimited emails, unlimited data transfer, unlimited web storage and a chance to run unlimited domains.

This means that with the advancement we have in web technology you can run multiple social media platforms on a single platform. Your web users will be able to share information and clips both video and audio without hitch. Web hosting providers encrypt their software with easy PHP and run them on My SQL database, thus your site will run smoothly without any worries of needing to train your staff.

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Shared Web Hosting Defined

November 12th, 2011

Many people just starting out in internet marketing have a lot of questions. One in particular that might be asked is: What is Shared Web Hosting? A shared web hosting company is one that provides many websites service on one server. Each individual site has its own place on the server that is different from all the other sites.

Need an Example?

Just for a moment, think of carpooling. A group of people share one car and split the cost of gas. This helps each person cut their costs for travel. Instead of one person paying for all of the gas, the cost is divided equally by the number of people involved. Shared web hosting is the same principle. It is the most popular form of hosting because it provides cheaper hosting costs to each person.

A Sound Small Business Idea

A shared service is a good idea for small businesses and those people who are just starting out on the web.

This is one way that will help keep your costs down while you are learning what is needed to continue growing your business. Who isn’t ready and willing to find anything nowadays that will assist in saving some money for other needed projects? It just makes good sound business sense to use a shared web hosting company.

Features Shared Web Hosting should include

There are a number of features to look for when choosing a web hosting site. Make sure the choice you make includes the following:

• Multiple Domain Hosting

• 24/7 Live Support

• Affordable Plans

• Plenty of Bandwidth and Disk Space to allow for growth as your business needs increase

• 99% uptime of service

There are literally thousands of hosting sites to choose from on the web.

Research companies thoroughly before making your selection. Choose the shared web host that is best suited for your site’s needs. Make sure the web host has a good track record and is reliable.

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Web Hosting Vs. Windows Hosting

November 7th, 2011

Web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own website accessible through the World Wide Web. The requirements of the application are used to decide which type of hosting is to be employed. The factors which are considered include database server software, scripting software, and operating systems. The use of Linux-based web hosting offers a wide range of different softwares. A typical configuration for a Linux server is the LAMP platform: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python.

The webhosting clients can also have other services, such as an email for their business domain, databases or multi-media services. There is also the option available to choose Windows as a hosting platform. The clients can choose from PHP, Perl, and Python and may also use ASP .net or Classic ASP.

The web hosting services include personal control panel for easy administration and dedicated IP address. It extends support to PHP, MySQL, SSH Access and CGI-Bin. There is POP, SMTP, IMAP and Webmail Email service availability. Anonymous FTP connections are provided for the web hosting. There are Front Page Extensions as well as Protected Directories to create as many password protected areas as required without the need for any programming.

 Windows Hosting provides complete reliability, scalability and back-end support required for today’s demanding web sites. Windows hosting supports all the popular windows-specific web development technologies, empowering an individual to create a website or web application in the language of ones preference. In windows hosting using the control panel one can make up to hundred DSNs (Database Source Names) for connecting to Microsoft Access, Excel, SQL Server or MySQL.

There can be deployed unlimited number of Microsoft Access Databases within a windows hosting. The support is offered for all the .net technologies. The data can be uploaded and files can be transferred to and from the server using FTP Based Clients, Drumbeat and Macromedia DreamWeaver.

Windows Hosting

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Dedicated Web Hosting Vs Colocation Web Hosting

November 4th, 2011

Should you upgrade to a dedicated server services, colocate a server one more data center, or buy a personal server and house it within your own premises? There are a number of factors that will play a part in your final decision, but the most important will usually be the financial implications. Buying and continuing your own server is a serious financial undertaking, mainly if you plan to keep it on your own premises. However, it does offer advantages in the right conditions.

A dedicated server hosting plan is almost same in some features to a shared hosting plan. For a monthly fee you take full control over a whole server. As an alternative of sharing a single server with many other companies or websites you keep the benefit of the full machine. With the full disk space, high compression bandwidth, and processor speed are yours for the taking but this is also true with owning your own server.

The difference is that you rent a dedicated server and all the equipment remains at the host’s data center. You can’t face the same initial which is a big benefit that a dedicated server holds. You don’t purchase a server and you don’t need to pay for suitable premises. In the long run there is also no need to pay for preservation, security, or for upgrading to a new server when the time close. Mainly you receive the offers of hiring without the cost of a server.

Colocation facilitates you to buy a server hosting, so it becomes an asset to you or your company, and use anybody else’s data center. While most colocation plans contain a fee for maintenance plus Internet connections and protection, the cost is excessive to the majority of websites because of this opening pay out for the server itself.

Also, price reduction plays a big part. At the moment you purchase the server it will decrease in value and when it comes time to promote to a new server you will have to pay full payment for a new server with very little come back on your old product. Colocation hosting needs that you or somebody within your organization administers the server and its software. This is prepared through full remote access so can be done from your own location, but unless you already have someone in place with the proper knowledge it will mean appointing a new employee to take on this position.

Conclusion

Mostly in the cases a dedicated server hosting plan services the greatest benefits. While you get the benefits of having your own server you will not encounter the same financial difficulty that colocation and your own server present. You won’t need to set aside the space or store or present the security, and when the time comes to leave your existing server you won’t need to worry about purchasing a new one from the ground up. For the installation of dedicated server large organizations have a room and other resource set up for server.

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Web Hosting Features & Services

November 1st, 2011

With many different possibilities of web hosting companies on the internet, which one should you choose? The best way to choose is to analyze what type of features and services they offer. Knowing what some of these features and services are will help you narrow down your decision.

Disc Space

Disc Space, the more the better right? Not exactly. Having a lot of disc space is wonderful, but not necessary. A normal website might use 50 MB and a large website could use 2 GB. It really matters on how many pages and what type of multimedia files you are. Images, movies and flash application could take lots of disc space. Website page files don’t take hardly any space. Try to think of what you might need to your website, remember to think down the road. Find a web hosting company that can provide you with a desired space and a reasonable price.

Don’t pay extra for space you don’t need. There are lots of shared hosting companies that offer unlimited disc space. If you are looking into a dedicated server, this can be expensive. On a dedicated server you will pay for different amounts of disc space.

Bandwidth

How much traffic are you going to have a month? Lots, little, not sure? When looking for a web hosting plan watch for how much data you can transfer in a month. This could get very expensive if you go over the quota. A regular website won’t have any problem going over the bandwidth quota. But keep in mind if your website expands. If your website has 20,000 unique visitors a month, you’re going to need a large amount of bandwidth and could be costly. What type of multimedia files are you doing to have? If your website has lots of pictures, movies and/or flash, you could be using lots of bandwidth to stream.

Domain Names

Most web hosting companies will give you a free domain name if you sign up for their service.

The trick here is to see how many domain names you can host on one account. Maybe you have a main webpage, but you want to have smaller branches that will require a unique domain name. Some web hosting companies will limit how many domain names you can host on one account. I think unlimited is a good number. I don’t see why they should limit you to how many websites you can have on your account. If you have the disk space and the bandwidth, then there shouldn’t be a problem. There are a couple of companies that will offer a Free Domain Name for Life. A domain name for life is that the hosting company will pay the renew fee for your domain when you are using their service. Web hosting features to look for in the domain department is add-on domains, parked domains and subdomains. These different domain names will help you keep things organized and could help with usability.

Email Accounts

Your own email account from your website can look very professional. Web hosting companies will have an easy way to create and access them. But how many can you have and how much space will they allow for them? Do a quick look at how many email accounts you can have and how much space they will allow.

MySQL

If you are planning to have databases, ecommerce store or a content management system you will most likely need MySQL. Double check the company will support it and the web language you will be working with. Most companies will put a number of databases you can have on your web hosting account.

Extra Features

Everyone likes extras, right? See what else the hosting company can offer you. Maybe your website wants a photo gallery, blog, discussion board, shopping cart, or connections to third party companies. This could be valuable source. Not only for cost, but also time. These web applications are easy and quick. If you don’t have a strong web development background, this would be something to look into.

Support

Check their support options. See what hours they are available and how you can contact them. They should offer phone service and email service. Usually they will also have a live chat that can get you in and out. Web hosting support can be a headache of a lifesaver. If something goes down on your server or you mess something up. Getting quick and knowledgeable support can be priceless.

Other Stuff

Watch for what coding languages they offer, you never know what you might use or want to try. Give yourself the option to learn something new and expand what you know. If you know what coding language you are going to develop with. Look at what version they are offering. Make sure they are up to date, don’t fall behind.

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