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Web hosting services for medium to large scale organizations

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Part – 2

Types of Web Hosting Services

Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting- A single physical server is partitioned into multiple servers, each independent of each other in terms of resources and operating system. This ensures that each user is not affected by how much resources the other users are consuming, giving him complete and independent control over his server environment as in a dedicated hosting. However, most of the web hosts provide a lot less in terms of actual allocated resources than what is offered in their advertisements, in the hopes that the user will never utilize the virtual server at peak capacity. This can lead to the same problems as in a shared hosting environment when the system is (more…)

Types of web hosting services

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Part – 1

Types of Web Hosting Services

‘Web hosting’ is the service by which web related content (such as web pages, files, videos, etc.) is made available to the internet through space provided on servers that are either owned or leased out by the host to an individual or organization uploading the content. Web hosting services can be of myriad types, depending on the kind of service that is required by a person or organization.

Some hosting services, for example, are free- they allow you to upload your web page content free of charge, but severely restrict the (more…)

Why should I keep my domain name registered?

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Part – V

Web hosting services – domain names

To lose a domain name means losing the online identity of your business or your own online identity if the domain name was registered in your name.

A domain name can be registered and re-registered only for the length of one year, it is advised that you get it renewed every year instead of getting it done in lump sum for a few years at once. If you own a lot of domains and order all for years together you may totally forget one of them or be in confusion. But, if you register it on a yearly basis you must remember to get it renewed as yearly as two weeks before the expiry date. If are unable to register your domain name in time your domain name registrar will be the owner of the domain name and will be able to sell it to (more…)

How do I acquire a domain name?

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Part – IV

Web Hosting Services – More on Domain Names

Once you have decided the domain name for your business, the next step is to acquire it in your name or the name of your business. If you are a small business owner, a freelancer or a single proprietor you can go ahead with registering the domain name under your name and provide the same details for official as well as technical contact details. However, if you are a medium to large scale business or offer your services to the corporate sector and other businesses it is best if you have your domain name registered under the name of your business. Your online business will look more professional if (more…)

What should I use for a domain name?

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Part – III

Web hosting services –domain names

As we have discussed in the previous articles on web hosting services and domain names, the domain name can be one of the most critical selling aspects for a small business. Domain names are very powerful, your business could hit it off on the highway to success really well or become just another online business depending on how good or bad your domain name (more…)

Web Hosting Services – Domain Name

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Part – II

How does a domain name work?

Many people are not aware of the importance of a domain name for their business and therefore end up with fancy but useless domain names which they have to change sooner or later when they realize the mistake they’ve made. Changing a domain name for a business is not a simple process and can be quite a task as most of the visitors from the previous domain name would have associated you and your business with that domain name. It is a process that is equivalent to rebranding a product, remember the pain FedEx took to ensure that (more…)

The necessity of a domain name

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Part – I

Web Hosting Services – Domain names

Whether you own a small or a large business enterprise on the World Wide Web your unique identity can be symbolized only by a domain name. You can also use a domain name to represent yourself as an individual over the internet. No two persons or businesses can have a similar domain name, though it is possible by having a different extension, e.g., www.domain.com or www.domain.org or www.domain.biz etc. Even though this proposition is possible US govt. and other international laws impose many restrictions on using a domain name that is a trademark registered to (more…)

Web Hosting Services offered by web hosts

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Part – III

The sea of web hosting services, gimmick or reality

Web hosting services are the medium that bring a website online. A web hosting services provider offers the bare basic services that are required to get a website online and help maintain them. Small business and personal websites need a bare basic infrastructure and most free software like fantastic and WordPress help them remain online. Large corporate and commercial websites on the other hand require a state of the art infrastructure, professional service, databases and sometimes features like Windows Server and ASP as the acceptable margin for error is non – existent. There are several types of web hosting services but the two most basic types of web hosting services provided by a web host are (more…)

The Types of Web Hosting Services

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

A Basic Overview of Web Hosting Services

Part – 2

Continuing the series of articles on web hosting services, this three – part article will provide our readers with a basic overview of the types of web hosting services in brief and the next articles in this series will pick up each service in detail.

Web hosting services are all the services that are offered to bring a website online and help keep it online too. Usually it means web hosting and the ancillary services such as web design and development but some companies also include search engine optimization, marketing, etc., to their gambit. Web hosting services related to web hosting are made available as a packaged deal and most hosting companies offer all the bare basics required to manage a website with the packaged deal at an industry standard monthly price. Paying more does not always mean you get better quality, it could mean you are being charged more by (more…)

The Rise and Progression of the Web Hosting Industry

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Web Hosting Services

Part – I

To have a website is no longer considered to be a gimmick. It has become more of a requirement. Businesses of all sizes from across the globe have a website these days, it is not just limited to the developed nations like the US and England but also developing nations like India and Brazil and third world countries like Pakistan and Vietnam.  A website was more or less a way to share information over the internet before the eCommerce boom in the late nineties, when many web masters and businessmen made fortunes by exploring an untapped treasury. With all the news and publicity these men made, it didn’t take long for the common man to notice the opportunities in eCommerce and jump in the internet bandwagon with their own ideas. Home businesses saw a new rise with housewives and (more…)