Web Hosting

A web hosting service provides individuals or organizations with the chance to make their own website accessible by the public via the World Wide Web. Web host companies provide space on a server in which they own for use by their customers. They also provide connectivity to the Internet and data centre space. There are many many different types of web hosting, there are many free web hosting providers, there are also many web hosting providers that will charge you to host your site. Whether you are looking to for a personnel or a business website to be hosted you are sure to find what is right for by searching online.
 There are many things to take into consideration when looking for web hosting. First of all you need to determine your budget, how much are you willing to spend on getting your website hosted? Another thing you will need to take into account is traffic volume, how many people you think will be using the your website. Storage space needed for your website is another factor when trying to find the right kind of web hosting for you, will you need a lot of space or not so much space, this is sometimes linked to whether or not your website will be for business use or for personal use.
 Many web hosting service providers will offer security and protection for your website, so you will need to decide whether that is something you want to to take care of yourself, or if you would rather the web hosting provider took care of it. Finally, you will need to know which software and what kind of applications, if any, you will need on your website.

Types of Hosting:

• Free web hosting service: This is a free hosting service, the majority of the time because it is advertisement-supported web hosting, and is probably limited when compared to paid hosting.
• Shared web hosting service: Clients website is hosted on the same server as many other clients, could be 100’s to 1000’s on the same server.
• Reseller web hosting: Allows clients to become web hosts themselves. Can Resell there hard-drive space to other clients.
• Virtual Dedicated Server: Divides a server into virtual servers, making each user feel like they are on there own individual server when in fact they are all sharing the same server.
• Dedicated hosting service: This services means the user gets his or her own Web server and has full control over it.