Web Hosting for Beginners
If you are new to the internet, then this series of articles titled, Web Hosting for Beginners, will provide you with an easy to understand overview of what web hosting is really all about.It's no secret that the internet and web hosting has become the single greatest advancement for our civilization since the invention of the telephone. Never before has the ability to share information and communicate around the World been so readily available and accessible. In order for this to occur, the information shared must reside somewhere. This somewhere is actually a rack mounted computer, better known as a Server, which resides at a Data Center, which is managed by a Web Hosting company, which is responsible for making sure the servers are operating at their maximum ability. So you may sometimes see a reference to "up time 99.8%" or some similar benchmark that companies will use to boast about their performance. Up time is important because it means that the servers are operating correctly and that anyone who comes to visit the website hosted on that particular server will be able to see it, instead of getting a "page cannot be found" error message. Web Hosting companies also provide numerous server related services such as email and database management, issuing security certificates, traffic statistics, new domain purchasing and transferring, host headers, and more. This website has been designed and written to provide an easy to understand introduction for anyone who wants the have their own website. Whether it's for a family website with pictures, a small business that needs a website to provide information to customers, or a full scale e-commerce store with thousands of products shipping from multiple warehouses, you'll learn what you need to know to make the right choices the first time.
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