Web Hosting

Every webmaster who wants publish their website has to put it on a hosting account, which are provided by hosting companies. Hosting a web site put in layman's terms, is making a website available on the internet.
Technically web hosting involves having a server or servers in a datacenter which provides the servers with high speed connectivity, reliable power, ventilation and technical service. Each datacenter ofcourse provides different services and has differing facilities. The web host mainly focuses on keeping the web server in good running order, making sure all software is up to date and protected against intrusion.

What types of hosting are there

There are many types of hosting out there, the hosting package you need will be determined by your site. Most people start off with a smaller hosting package in terms of hard drive space and bandwidth usage. As your site grows then your hosting package will need to accomodate this.

Also if you use a specific type of programming then you will also need to find a host that meets your needs in that respect. Most people go through the stages of starting off in shared hosting (many sites sharing a server), to a reseller hosting package (normally has more disk space, more bandwith and the ability to create several websites), then to a VPS host (where you have a virtual private server, which behaves like a dedicated server but you are still sharing a server, just with less people), and then on to a dedicated server (where you have the whole server to yourself.