To get picture of the strength of a website, you should think of it
as a large filing cabinet that is easily accessible by a lot of people.
The cabinet should be placed in such a way that it should allow all
the visitors to get equal opportunity for access no matter how big
the crowd gets.
Your website is exactly like this type of filing cabinet. The website
site should be hosted with a company that offers you the most services
at a competitive price. Some of the services that a website hosting
company offers include the following:
Shared SSL secure server
128 Bit encryption
CGI directory & script library
Web-based account
Control panel
In-house data center
ASP, PHP, Perl, Python
PayPal eCommerce Integrated
Server Side Includes (SSI)
Access to raw log files
FTP account access
Virtual FTP server
Password protected directories
Most of the companies also offer you the facility of doing your web
design. There are many hosting services, each one offering similar
services. You may want to ask someone to help you find or refer you
to a reliable web hosting company. Each company offers different packages
and the space that will be allotted to you would depend on what is
being offered in your package.
The normal rate of web hosting companies lies between $24 and $100,
depending on the package chosen. If you are having your site website
developed, they will also upload your site or will help you to do
so.
When you decide which web hosting company you want, you will have
to choose a name that suits your business and also presents you
uniquely on the internet. No website can have the same name as another.
Once you have decided on the name, the web hosting company will
then register the name with the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN). Once you have registered the name, no
one will be able to take it unless you decide to sell it.
Most hosting companies also offer you software that will develop
your site if you want to do so yourself.
You should host your site with a reputable company that can deal
with all unforeseen chances of errors. They should give you no less
than a 99% uptime guarantee. Most ISP’s also act as web hosts.
Having your web hosted by them will also give you the assurance
that they will support your site 24 hours, seven days a week.
