What is Web Hosting?
Web hosting is the act of renting space and bandwidth through a company so that
you may publish your web site online.
Free hosting that is usually supported with banners and pop-ups, but paid web
hosting gives you a domain name and complete control over your site contents.
What is Virtual Hosting?
Virtual Hosting aka shared hosting, is web hosting that should suffice for most
everyone.
It refers to the fact that your site is on a server that hosts multiple sites.
Very few sites need the power of a dedicated server (single server per site), so
this option is reliable and cheap.
What is a Domain Name?
A domain name is a combination of letters or numbers which represent the address
of your site. Our domain name is "review-hosting.com." You need to register a
domain name before your web site becomes accessible at this address. Registering
a domain name is easy.
First find out if the domain you want is available - using something called a
WHOIS lookup at sites like Register.com to check if the domain you want is
available for registration.
Then, simply register the domain name at your web hosts provider.
How do I track how many hits/visitors my website gets?
Hits - is number of 'elements' loaded on your site. If one page has 10 images in
it, viewing that page gives 10 hits (one page + 10 images).
Impressions - the number of times all the pages on your site are seen.
Impressions are sometimes called 'hits' which causes confusion
Uniques - the number of unique visitors that looked at your site
Tracking your site’s visitors can be done server-side or remotely. With
server-side statistics, log files are used to store visitor information. This is
usually much more accurate than remote tracking. In such cases, you may have to
add javascript to your site that is used to track visitor data.
What are PHP, ASP, Perl, MySQL, MS SQL?
PHP - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, server side language
ASP - Active Server Pages, server side language
Perl - server side language
Each programming language has its own benefits and uses.
MySQL and MS SQL are database systems that you can use a database to organize
your data.
Do I have to change my domain if I get a new host?
No. If the domain is registered in your name, you can simply update to that of
your new host.
What is Domain Parking?
Domain parking means buying a domain and putting a 'coming soon' page on it or
not having anything at all on it – inaccessible to users.
How do I upload my site online?
The most popular way of uploading your site is using FTP.
When you sign up for a package, your host will provide you with an FTP account.
Using software such as CuteFTP or WS_FTP, you can log into your host. Then you
can just drag and drop files onto your web server.
What is uptime?
Uptime is the amount of time your site is online throughout any given time
period, usually a month. Most hosts offer 99.9% uptime guarantees. So if your
site is not accessible for more than 40 minutes in a single month, they should
reimburse you, depending on their terms.
What is the difference between Linux hosting and Windows hosting?
If you need to support Microsoft products such as ASP, ASP.NET, MS SQL, or
VBScript or IIS, then Windows hosting fits your needs.
Linux is much more common with web hosts because of its stability and because
it’s free. Therefore, Linux hosting is usually cheaper than Windows.
Why don't I just go with the cheapest hosting?
A host has to have revenue to continue operating. Some hosts may be pricing
themselves too cheap and count on their users not to use up all the available
resources.
Can I get a DSL or a cable line and host on my own computer?
Yes, but it's not a good idea for many reasons. Majority of ISPs won't allow you
to legally use a residential package cable modem or a DSL line for hosting. You
may have to get a more expensive business package. DSL and cable lines have
lower upload bandwidth than download bandwidth, so your site will be slow under
heavy traffic. Also, DSL and cable lines have a much lower reliability than
dedicated T1 or better lines. You may not have the benefit of data backup and
security, computing power, or technical support that a paid host can provide.