In the present scenario everybody is fond of having their own website. For those people, this article will provide worthy insights into Websites and Web Hosting.
Introduction:
Web Hosting is one of the Internet Service which allows Individuals and Corporate to make their website accessible through World Wide Web. Now a day everyone wants to own a website. Generally a website consist of Web Pages, which are coded using HTML, DHTML, JAVASCRIPT, PHP, ASP.NET etc. The scripting language may vary depending on the requirements. We need some space to store and share our web pages; those spaces are called as web space. Web spaces are provided by web hosting services. The act of storing web pages into the web space is called as Web Hosting. Once web pages are hosted they can be accessed through World Wide Web.
Types of Hosting:
There are various types of Hosting Services are available. Some of them are:
Free Web Hosting: In this type of Web Hosting the user need not pay anything to the Web Hosting Service Provider, instead other company’s ads will be placed on the website. Freewebs.com is an example for free web hosting with ads. Some Web Hosting Services even provide ads free Web Hosting Service. 110mb.com, X10Hosting.com, L4rge.com are examples of free web hosting with no ads. According to users rating X10Hosting.com provides the best ads free Web Hosting Service.
Disadvantages of Free Web Hosting:
Even though free web hosting has a lot of advantages, it also has some problems. Some of the problems with free web hosting are:
Low Uptime:
Uptime refers to the time in which users can able to access the website through World Wide Web. Generally free web hosting services are saying 99% uptime, but in the real case they are not true. Website can not be accessed during the downtime. So the Uptime is a major concern when using Free Web Hosting.
No Email:
Most of the free web hosting services does not offer Email services. Email ids are the one which enhances the features of website. Lack of Email services actually makes website to lose professionalism.
Shared Web Hosting: In this several web sites are hosted in a single server, the resources like CPU, RAM are shared between all websites. In real life it is like bachelors room, which is shared by few bachelors.
Dedicated Web Hosting: In this only one website is hosted in a single server, therefore the user gets full control over the Web Server.
Individual Server: This is one of the Web Hosting technique where typical pc with an internet connection acts as a web server, with website hosted in it.
Obtaining Hosting:
Before hosting the website few things need to be considered, such as, what kind of technology is needed to fulfill the website requirements? What scripting language to use? Whether to select the paid hosting or free hosting? All the above depends on the requirements and time period available to host the website. In case, if the website is a personal one then free hosting can be preferred, on contrast if the website serves for a business then the obvious choice will have to be dedicated web hosting or individual server hosting.
The technology used in the website immensely depends on the data available in the web pages. If web pages have data’s which are frequently changing, then it needs to be coded in ASP.NET, JAVASCRIPT, PHP, PERL, PHYTHON, JSP etc. Vice versa, if the data’s are static then CSS and HTML are sufficient to develop the website.













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December 19th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
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January 6th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
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January 6th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Nice article.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
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