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Website Hosting:
the placement of your website onto
the Internet through a server.
 Once
your site is on a server, anyone with Internet access can look
at your website - from anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day. In
order to have your site hosted on the web, you need to have the
following three things:
- A website - a
page or set of pages that is located under the same domain
name. HostSearch.com is a website (but you knew that already!)
A web page is a computer document written in a publishing
language called HTML, as well as other languages. When an Internet user types in your web
address, your web server sends the content of your web page to
that user.
- A domain name -
a unique text-based address used to locate a specific set of
web pages. A domain name is made up of words and/or numbers
plus a TLD (top level domain). The TLD for most businesses is
".com", such as www.hostsearch.com; non-profit organizations
use ".org"; universities and educational sites use ".edu"; and
sites involved with the U.S. government use ".gov". More TLDs
are on the way, such as .biz, .pro, .name, .info, etc.
- An account with
a web hosting company, or a server of your own to host your
website
A server is a
computer that stores information that can be accessed through
the network. Servers can also be used to store website
information that can be accessed by any computer with a
connection to the Internet - and a browser such as Internet
Explorer or Netscape Navigator, the two most popular web
browsers.
Once your website is complete, it's time to put it on the
Internet.
We
can arrange to "host" your website either on our server or with
an other reliable website hosting company. We'll help you choose
from a variety of website hosting plans covering the full range
of services, from low volume websites through high-traffic
e-commerce sites. |
