| Internet presence by way of websites can be done | | | | Varying Hosting Services companies offer different |
| only when the website is hosted. Thus, website | | | | rates. The rates should be a criterion only when large |
| hosting as a term can be described as a service that | | | | websites are to be launched. Small homepages or |
| allocates space to customers on large servers that | | | | small family sites can be hosted freely with limited |
| are connected to the internet round the clock. | | | | space and bandwidth. However, a commercial |
| Website hosting companies have powerful computers | | | | website should not consider rates as space and |
| that have either extremely large hard drives or an | | | | bandwidth are important factors. |
| array of hard drives. Thus, space from these hard | | | | Speed and reliability |
| drives is rented to those who want to make their | | | | A reliable web hosting services should be able to |
| presence on the internet. | | | | provide an uptime of 99% so that the website can |
| The Hosting Services of a website is synonymous to | | | | be accessed quickly. |
| renting an apartment in a building, where each | | | | Disk space and bandwidth |
| apartment can be reached via a unique address. Once | | | | These important factors need to be considered |
| the website is hosted it can be reached by an | | | | when choosing a web hosting services. If the |
| address which is unique as the servers that host the | | | | website being hosted is a commercial one, it would |
| website have unique Internet Protocol (IP) address. | | | | need good amount of space and its data transfer or |
| Web Hosting Services is of two types; dedicated and | | | | bandwidth requirements would grow as the business |
| shared. Another distinction of web Hosting Services is | | | | increases. Therefore, one should choose a web host |
| that of free and paid web host services. There are a | | | | that provides ample bandwidth and space at |
| number of web hosting services and choosing one | | | | reasonable rates. |
| depends on many factors. These are as follows: | | | | Support |
| Type of website | | | | The web Hosting Services company must be |
| Firstly, it is essential to ascertain the type of website | | | | accessible in times of need to prove its dependability. |
| being launched. A large company website's needs are | | | | This factor is important as one might experience |
| greater than that of a small homepage. Therefore, it | | | | problems at any time of the day. Therefore, this |
| is necessary to consider the type of website planned | | | | should be checked by sending random emails to see |
| to be hosted. | | | | if help is available round the clock. |
| Rates | | | | |