Web Hosting
 Web Hosting is simply a place where your website resides. Just like renting a space in an office building for your business, you rent space on a "server" where your website lives. Servers can contain hundreds of websites and offer you extra features to go with your web hosting. Pricing, discounts and reliability all vary widely across the web. Find out what kind of hosting and features you need by reading the rest of the article.
To list all the features web hosting has to offer is better served by my listing what my web hosting service offers:
Web Hosting Packages
Economy Web Hosting - $8.95/month
10 GB Space | 300 GB Transfer
100 Email Accounts
10 MySQL Databases |
Deluxe Web Hosting - $14.95/month
150 GB Space | 1,500 GB Transfer
500 Email Accounts
25 MySQL Databases |
Unlimited Web Hosting - $19.95/month
Unlimited Space and Transfer!
1000 Email Accounts
Unlimited MySQL Databases |
All Web Hosting plans include:
- Webmail - check your mail from any computer!
- Email Forwarding
- Auto-Responders
- Fraud, Virus & Spam Protection
- Feature Applications - Blogs, eCommerce, Content Management, Forums
- And much much more!
 As you can see, there's lots of extras you can get for your web hosting. Normally a small to medium size website doesn't need more than the Economy Web Hosting package. 10 GB of storage space is alot of room! And 300 GB transfer compensates to lots of visitors! But if you're graphic heavy, maybe you're a photographer and want to upload lots of high quality images, you would want to consider the Deluxe Web Hosting.
The sites I design whether they're static, content management or ecommerce have rarely needed the Deluxe Web Hosting or more.
Another nice extra from my web hosting packages is that they contain the build-your-own site programs. So if you don't want to hire a designer, sign up for a do-it-yourselfer!
Web Hosting Reliability
Rarely have my sites been down, I can remember once or twice and not even a full hour. This is after using the same web hosting servers for close 8 years. I host my own site on these servers and if I do need to contact tech support I have found them to be very helpful and knowledgeable.
Good web hosting support is necessary for your website success. You need your website online 24/7 and if there ever is a problem you need to be able to call and find out the details. Tech support through MonsterWebz is 24/7!
I hope this article helps explain simply what web hosting is. To sign up for your own account, click here. |
