| Any product or service that requires storage or | | | | other files required to be stored there (photos and |
| access on the internet will use the services of a web | | | | MP3 tracks, for example) and this can be anything |
| hosting company to do this. Anything that is stored | | | | from 500Mb or more, depending on the host and |
| or accessible on the Internet will take some form of | | | | package you are paying for. |
| storage; sometimes this is even supplied free of | | | | The advantage about having your own web hosting |
| charge but is normally part of an overall package. | | | | package and domain means that all your email |
| What happens is a hosting company allows another | | | | addresses will bear your domain name in them and |
| person or company to have (either paid or for free) | | | | not that of the free service provider you may have |
| a certain amount of space on a device called a | | | | been using earlier. 100megswebhosting offers free |
| server where other people can then view whatever | | | | domain name with every hosting plan. Owned domain |
| you want them to, including a website. | | | | name email addresses are an crucial indicator that a |
| A large number of providers even supply free hosting | | | | person or company is serious about their internet |
| to individuals, not usually business, where they are | | | | presence and provides a sense of credibility which |
| able to have websites and blogs without any charge. | | | | cannot be achieved with the many free service |
| There are several restrictions to non-paid web | | | | providers that you find on the web. Then you have |
| hosting services and they are not usually considered | | | | bandwidth, which refers to how much data is being |
| as an alternative for serious web users as the total | | | | transferred over the internet, this is something that |
| storage is limited along with many other features a | | | | many people overlook simply because they're |
| web user may require. You can look on the Internet | | | | enamored with the low prices of hosting packages |
| for many of the paid hosting services but not all the | | | | and don't consider how quickly bandwidth is used up. |
| packages have the same prices. | | | | Insufficient bandwidth will cause problems as visitors |
| In the early days you may be quite pleased to have | | | | will be unable to see your site if it has been used up |
| your files on a server which is shared by many | | | | and you have a few more days before it is re-set |
| others while you try their hosting services. This will | | | | for the following month, so you may need to use |
| enable you to see if you have selected a very good | | | | another web host. Of course this won't matter if you |
| company such as A2Hosting; then change to a | | | | only have a basic website but as soon as you start |
| dedicated server with your company when you're | | | | adding large images, audio tracks, video footage and |
| comfortable with their services. However, all this is | | | | other big files, your bandwidth will be used up very |
| worthless if you haven't registered a domain name | | | | quickly. Although it is possible for a person to use |
| that you can use in conjunction with the web hosting | | | | their own PC as a host, there are many security |
| and to send your files to. All companies will allocate a | | | | dangers associated with this so using a dedicated |
| certain amount of space for your website and any | | | | web hosting company is preferable. |