Web Site Hosting Explained & Our Recommendations

Web Hosting explained

The hosting of a Web Site is the physical place the files, folders and data are held, where access to the World Wide Web is achieved. This is commonly a company with many servers offering space on these servers where your site is stored. These servers are connected to the internet and controlled by software specifically designed for this purpose.

Your Domain Name will be registered and pointed to this server allowing anyone who enters that name in their browser to view your web site wherever they are in the world.

There are many companies offering Hosting, some are very good and some are very bad. The most important factors are that the service is reliable, affordable, fast and can easily be upgraded if you need to in the future. If you are not used to programming languages or web site construction, it may be difficult to understand what you need from the hosting company. Larger hosting companies will offer a range of hosting options depending on complexity and the languages used to construct the site.

Our recommendations on Web Hosting

Our opinion on this to go with large recommended companies that have the very best facilities. With the advent of broad band many more companies have sprung up offering Hosting and it is difficult, just from surfing the net, to see whether they are a professional host or an individual with servers set up in a spare bedroom. Its can be difficult to move hosting companies and nearly always means some down time for the web site so we recommend you get it right from the start.

If you think your paying over the odds or the hosting service you use is not performing, please contact us for more information.