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.
=============================================================
Introduction to hosting (Part Two)
This is the second part to the article on web hosting.
To have a Web site on the Internet you first need to have a Web server. Unfortunately, owning and operating a Web server can be very costly and
requires technical expertise that most businesses do not possess. This
is where "Web hosts" come in. Web hosts provide the equipment and other
technical resources that are required to provide a consumer with their
own customized Web site.
Hosting companies charge a rental fee for the service of storing your
Web site and allowing Web site visitor traffic flow to through their
computers to get to the information on your site. Web hosting services
are more advantageous because they are outsourced, meaning that the
physical location of the Web server does not reside at
the consumer's premises.
Outsourcing your Web presence effectively transfers the responsibility
for maintaining your Web site infrastructure from yourself to an
organization that is more competent to do so. Many individuals and small
businesses take advantage of Web hosts in order to free themselves from
pre-occupying their scarce human and financial resources on Web host issues.
Individuals and companies who outsource their Web presence do so in order
to achieve the following objectives: reduce and control operating costs;
improve their own company focus; gain access to in-depth expertise; free
internal resources for core competencies; and obtain access to world-class capabilities to control IT functions which are difficult to manage.
The best Web hosting services will provide relatively seamless access to
IT functions that will allow you to self-publish your Web site. It is
important to note that "Web hosting" strictly refers to providing the
consumer with the capacity to upload content to a server for immediate
transmission for those that request it. Web hosting does not include
the authoring of a Web site or the development of database-driven
components or code. It is incumbent upon the consumer of Web hosting
services to develop this material or have it developed on his or her
behalf.
Web hosting is offered to the consumer in multiple formats based upon
the user's requirements. These requirements are incumbent upon cost and infrastructure provided.
In the next article, I will discuss free versus paid hosting.
For all you hosting needs including your own domain name and
web site building package, it is hard to beat this offer.
To have a Web site on the Internet you first need to have a Web server. Unfortunately, owning and operating a Web server can be very costly and
requires technical expertise that most businesses do not possess. This
is where "Web hosts" come in. Web hosts provide the equipment and other
technical resources that are required to provide a consumer with their
own customized Web site.
Hosting companies charge a rental fee for the service of storing your
Web site and allowing Web site visitor traffic flow to through their
computers to get to the information on your site. Web hosting services
are more advantageous because they are outsourced, meaning that the
physical location of the Web server does not reside at
the consumer's premises.
Outsourcing your Web presence effectively transfers the responsibility
for maintaining your Web site infrastructure from yourself to an
organization that is more competent to do so. Many individuals and small
businesses take advantage of Web hosts in order to free themselves from
pre-occupying their scarce human and financial resources on Web host issues.
Individuals and companies who outsource their Web presence do so in order
to achieve the following objectives: reduce and control operating costs;
improve their own company focus; gain access to in-depth expertise; free
internal resources for core competencies; and obtain access to world-class capabilities to control IT functions which are difficult to manage.
The best Web hosting services will provide relatively seamless access to
IT functions that will allow you to self-publish your Web site. It is
important to note that "Web hosting" strictly refers to providing the
consumer with the capacity to upload content to a server for immediate
transmission for those that request it. Web hosting does not include
the authoring of a Web site or the development of database-driven
components or code. It is incumbent upon the consumer of Web hosting
services to develop this material or have it developed on his or her
behalf.
Web hosting is offered to the consumer in multiple formats based upon
the user's requirements. These requirements are incumbent upon cost and infrastructure provided.
In the next article, I will discuss free versus paid hosting.
For all you hosting needs including your own domain name and
web site building package, it is hard to beat this offer.
