Sunday, July 17, 2005
Introduction to hosting (Part Three)
Web hosting can be obtained free of cost from content portal sites such
as Yahoo! GeoCities. Such content sites invite individual users to
establish Web sites on their domain in order to create a critical mass
of core content on their online property. The user does not pay for
service because it is subsidized by banner advertising. Because such
sites do not charge, they offer limited service depth and quality of
service. For example, free services will not provide customized hosting
services where domain names are personalized (i.e., www.yourdomain.com).
The "paid" class of Web hosting services however does provide such services.
Paid services are normally offered by Internet service providers (ISPs) or
by hosting service providers (HSPs). Paid services provide a reliable set
of offerings that ensure domain name personalization, service depth and high
levels of quality of service. The paid class of Web hosting includes shared, dedicated and managed services. Shared is the most basic level of hosting.
With shared hosting, numerous Web sites are shared on one server. While an
economic solution, they typically cannot handle large amounts of storage or
traffic. If a consumer's needs are more sophisticated, then they might opt
for either dedicated or managed services.
Dedicated hosting allots a Web site its own server. This is more flexible
than shared hosting, as webmasters typically have full control over the
back end of the server, including choice of OS. Managed hosting on the
other hand is a dedicated server that is accompanied by a full suite
of technical support, maintenance and monitoring services. This differs
from dedicated Web hosting, where customers are provided with their own
servers but are still responsible for virtually all administrative and
maintenance duties.
If you're just starting out, my advice is to start of with a free web
hosting account and Yahoo! Geocities is a good place to start, especially
if you would like to experiment a bit with file uploads and building your
website.
In the next update I will look at choosing a good shared webhosting package.
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For all your hosting needs including your own domain name and
web site building package, it is hard to beat this offer.
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as Yahoo! GeoCities. Such content sites invite individual users to
establish Web sites on their domain in order to create a critical mass
of core content on their online property. The user does not pay for
service because it is subsidized by banner advertising. Because such
sites do not charge, they offer limited service depth and quality of
service. For example, free services will not provide customized hosting
services where domain names are personalized (i.e., www.yourdomain.com).
The "paid" class of Web hosting services however does provide such services.
Paid services are normally offered by Internet service providers (ISPs) or
by hosting service providers (HSPs). Paid services provide a reliable set
of offerings that ensure domain name personalization, service depth and high
levels of quality of service. The paid class of Web hosting includes shared, dedicated and managed services. Shared is the most basic level of hosting.
With shared hosting, numerous Web sites are shared on one server. While an
economic solution, they typically cannot handle large amounts of storage or
traffic. If a consumer's needs are more sophisticated, then they might opt
for either dedicated or managed services.
Dedicated hosting allots a Web site its own server. This is more flexible
than shared hosting, as webmasters typically have full control over the
back end of the server, including choice of OS. Managed hosting on the
other hand is a dedicated server that is accompanied by a full suite
of technical support, maintenance and monitoring services. This differs
from dedicated Web hosting, where customers are provided with their own
servers but are still responsible for virtually all administrative and
maintenance duties.
If you're just starting out, my advice is to start of with a free web
hosting account and Yahoo! Geocities is a good place to start, especially
if you would like to experiment a bit with file uploads and building your
website.
In the next update I will look at choosing a good shared webhosting package.
=============================================================
For all your hosting needs including your own domain name and
web site building package, it is hard to beat this offer.
=============================================================
