Monday 2 February 2015

Web Hosting Services. Which type of service suits the best for me ..

by Ziuby

Although we all by now know what a website is, we still don't know what are the basics of it. Since the presence of Internet is growing at a fast pace, one must have some basic knowledge about what actually goes in hosting a website over the world wide web.
 
A web hosting service takes care of actually hosting a website and making it accessible to the audience over the Internet connection.  According to the Wikipedia definition "A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web." Let us take a look at some basic information.

Types of Web Hosting Services

There are various types of web hosting services available to host your website. Before signing up for web hosting services, it is important to understand what kind of service your website needs, the kind of server you or your business needs, your budget, and what type of services the web host offers.


 Hosting options available are:
  • Free Hosting
  • Shared Hosting
  • Dedicated Hosting
  • Collocated Hosting
Free Hosting
Free web hosting can be a good choice when you just want to build a non-critical website for fun. Very often in a free hosting environment, connection speed is slow, website can be down frequently, and advertising banners is automatically added to your website. 

Shared Hosting
Here you share the server space with other website owners. Physical Hardware and the Software applications installed on the server are also shared. These services are affordable because the cost to operate the server is shared between you and these other owners. Although the speed might be a bit low and there is a lot of dependency on the service provider to resolve issues and manage the servers efficiently

Dedicated Hosting 
Here you have the entire web server to yourself. This helps you to get faster performance.You don't have to share the resources with anyone. This also means that you are responsible for managing the activities on the server. This is a good choice for websites that requires a lot of system resources, or need a higher level of security.

Collocated Hosting
 
In this type of hosting, you will purchase your own server and have it housed at a web host’s facilities. You will be responsible for the server itself. An advantage of this type of hosting service is you have full control of the web server. You can install any scripts or applications you need.
Be it any type of hosting one can ensure that with the right plan which is well thought out and that suits your business needs, a owner can create the right kind of impact in the market. A good set of parameters followed during web development coupled with the right hosting plan can really help to create the right kind of market presence. Choose the wrong option and you will end up spending more that you actually require. So choose the right plan and take the right step ahead in the modern business movement. 

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