Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Hosting Your Web

OK, listen up! For those of you who had bought a domain name... now get your credit card ready again to BUY your hosting! Remember, no sacrifices, no gain!!

Now, a hosting
account is basically like renting for your apartment. You don't own the house but the whole content, your furniture, TV, etc. are yours. Since you don’t have a server to host a website, so you have to rent that server space from a company. There are lots of different hosting companies on the web, some are free, some are cheap (about $9.95 per month) but have very limited features, and there are very expensive ones, right up to dedicated servers where you have a whole machine dedicated to running your site. These cost up to $200 a month or more.

If you are starting out, you definitely don’t need a dedicated server, but you shouldn’t go for the cheapest one either (since most of the time, the cheapest goes to the most basic package). One of the best host recommended for beginners is HostGator. More than just regular hosting, they actually give you an incredible number of tools for you to use, as well as a dedicated and easy to use control panel. With just their “Baby” hosting package, you can host an unlimited number of domains for only $9.95 per month. My advice would be to sign up with them straight
away. The great thing about them is that they don’t have a minimum contract so
you only pay monthly.

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