HOSTING YOUR WEBSITE

After you learn web master research. now, you can try to make a blog. i recommend you to sign up
to blogger or wordpress.
After that, we must now all about blog and blogging,
now, we can learn from hosting. what is the mean of web hosting?

What is a Web Host?
A Web Host is a company that provides you with server space for your website. This includes all of your webpages, graphics, scripts and files.
When your web address is typed into a browser, your web host is being contacted to locate and display the requested page.

Free verses Professional Web Hosts
All Web Hosts are not created equally. There are a number of free hosting services available on the Internet. However, if you're designing a website for business purposes, you should NEVER host your website/ blog with a free host.
In order to establish credibility, you must be willing to invest in your own domain name and professional web hosting. Websites hosted on free servers are not taken seriously and will suffer a serious loss of business.
Your visitors may feel that if you don't have your own domain, you may not be a credible company. They'll simply take their business elsewhere.
Not only is professional credibility a great reason not to host with a free service, but many Search Engines won't even index a site hosted on a free server.
In addition, free hosting services don't need to have a reason to shut your site down. You may get up one morning, try to access your site and instead of your site loading, you may receive an error message. There goes all your hard work, your website, your traffic, your Search Engine positioning, your customers -- all gone.
Free hosting services aren't interested in your business or how hard you've worked to design your website and create a steady stream of traffic. Their main concern is their business. That's why they're doing it. They display banner ads on every site they host.

Selecting a Domain Name
When you’re ready to launch your website and you’re trying to select a good domain name, there are many factors that need to be taken into consideration.
Although there are many new domain extensions available, keep in mind, dot.com is still the best choice.

Guidelines

1. Try to select a domain name that contains your most relevant keyword phrase, as some search engines place relevancy on them.
2. Try to select a domain name that will be easily remembered.
3. Try to avoid using abbreviations or anything that will be difficult for your visitors to remember.
4. Try to avoid using hyphens, as the non-hyphenated version will be much easier for your visitors to remember and receive more traffic.
5. Try to avoid using numbers, or anything you will need to spell out, as it will cause confusion. For example, if you verbally tell someone your domain name is success4u.com, they will immediately try to type in successforyou.com. For this reason, every time you tell someone your web address, you would need to spell it out for them.
6. Try to keep your domain name as short as possible. The shorter the name, the easier it will be to remember.

Selecting a Quality Web Host
When selecting a quality Web Host, your first consideration should be the company. Check out their background. Talk with some of their customers and ask them if they've been satisfied with their service.
In addition, you may want to find the answers to the following:

• Do they offer fast connections?
• Do they have a back-up system in place to protect your data in case there is a power outage?
• Do they require you to make payments in advance?
• Do they require a long-term contract?
• Do they charge set up fees?
• How is their customer support? Test them.
• Do they provide you with an online website manager?
• Do they provide you with an online support manual?

Here are some basic features you should look for when selecting a Web Host:

• 24/7 reliable tech support
• Your own domain name (www.yourname.com)
• At least 10GB of monthly transfer (traffic)
• Depending on the size of your site, a minimum of 50MB of server space with the option to upgrade later if needed
• Unlimited true POP email accounts - name@yourdomain.com
• Unlimited email aliases
• Email forwarding
• Unlimited autoresponders
• Your own unrestricted CGI-Bin
• Access to SSL Encryption for secure transactions
• Access to a shopping cart
• MySQL Database
• Perl
• PHP
• htaccess password protection
• Server Side Includes (SSI) support
• Design (and upload to) your site using HTML editing software
• Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions for those utilizing FrontPage
• Unlimited free access to your server via FTP/Telnet
• Easy access to your log files
• Statistics on visits to your site
• No hidden fees
• Referral program

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