Web Hosting

Web hosting is a necessity for any website — it is the physical location of your website on the Internet, an online storage center that houses the information, images, video, and other content that comprises your website. Web hosting service providers maintain the server where the data associated with your website resides, and also manage the technology that makes your website connect to the Internet.

Website hosting is typically measured in the amount of disk space you’re allotted on the server and the amount of data transfer or “bandwidth” you need for accessing the server. For example, if you have a lot of customer interaction at your website, such as files to download, you will access the server frequently and you’ll need more Web hosting transfer space than someone who simply puts readable text on their website. The more “items” or “content” you have on your site (i.e., photos, maps, PDF files, etc.), the more disk space you’ll need for website hosting.

Many Web hosting service providers include FrontPage® extensions, which allow you to create your website in FrontPage®, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP), which allows you to easily upload files from your computer to the Web hosting service.

Web hosting makes it possible for visitors to view your site’s content when they type in your domain name. But a Web hosting service accomplishes much more than that. It can help keep your site up — and running smoothly — 24/7. This is especially important in the competitive ecommerce marketplace, where interrupted availability may cause you to lose not only sales but also customers who will leave your site after a negative experience and potentially never come back.

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