What is Website Hosting?

I thought I would let some people know exactly what website hosting is.

If your Domain name is your 'address' then Web hosting is the 'house' where your website lives.

I recommend you house your website at Host Monster

The pages that make up your website are stored on a computer with your selected web host.

This allows people on the internet to see your website.

The first step is:

Choosing a suitable Web Hosting Package:

There are many website hosting providers to choose from. You will find that in some smaller countries website hosting companies are 're-sellers' for overseas based web hosting providers. This simply means that the physical location of the servers is overseas and not in the local country.

For basic websites some key features to consider when choosing a web hosting package:

Web Space: amount of pages and images you can keep on the web hosts computer

Bandwidth: how many people can access your website in a given time period. More visitors means more transfer of data occurs.

Uptime: this refers to the amount of time your website will be "online", Host Monster have 99.9% uptime.

WebStats: statistics on your website visitors, good to see where people are coming from and what is working for you.

At the end of the day, you need to go with someone you can trust. I recommend Host Monster as they have been so good for a long time now