subject: Why Choosing A Website Hosting Company? [print this page] "HOSTING" A website means storing the digital field of your website's design and information on a computer that allow internet user to view it. Although any Internet-connected PC can theoretically do the job, hosting companies use computers called "servers" that are specially designed to host website and "serve" their files quickly and consistently to web surfers visiting the site.
In the 1990s, Web hosting was a big deal. It was a new files for which the internet explosion had suddenly created hug demand, Multibillion-dollar corporations such as Cisco System grew by providing expensive, specialized computers and equipment to build vast hosting facilities worldwide to help serve and manage the surfing demand for internet content.
Today, however, the importance of hosting has declined. Like all other computers, server prices have dropper drastically. Concurrently, hundreds of companies compete for customers to fill ever-cheaper hosting capacity.
As you may recognize, this trend is your friend. Basic website hosting services can now be had less for a month. In many cases, hosting is now even "bundles" in with other related e-business services in package deals that makes it even cheaper or essentially free.
None less, engaging a reliable hosting company for your website is critical to the success of your e-business. Since it is the hosting company that actually delivers your website to customers interested in your products, you need too be sure that the company will reliably store (i.e., host) and deliver (i.e., serve) your website 24hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days every year, with minimal downtime.
Web Hosting Recommendation
Because website hosting is so expensiveness these days, I don't have a specific vendor recommendation in this space any longer. The capacity of most hosting companies that survived the dot-com crash is so large that the server need of a start up e-business are unlikely to stress their resources at all.
In most cases today you will be well served (pun intended!) by simply purchasing your hosting along with your domain name or website design templates in package deals from one reputable provider.
