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01.17.13
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REGISTER DOMAIN


A domain name is the name which you need to have before launching your website to the World Wide Web (www). It’s same like you have to register your company before doing business. While choosing and registering your domain name there are lots of points which you need to know like what name will suits your business and will this name which you’re going to take is beneficial for you? Generally people are not aware that there are lots of free features which you will get while registering your domains from the reputed domain name registrar. Also please take care that in the domain name registration process the Domain Registrant Administrative contact has to be your not of your vendor.

A domain name registry is a database of all domain names registered in a top-level domain. A registry operator, also called a network information center (NIC), is the part of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet that keeps the database of domain names, and generates the zone files which convert domain names to IP addresses. Each NIC is an organization that manages the registration of Domain names within the top-level domains for which it is responsible, controls the policies of domain name allocation, and technically operates its top-level domain. It is potentially distinct from a domain name registrar.

You will get lots of free things with while registering domains. The free services with the new domain name registration are as:

  • FREE AUTO RENEW PROTECTION
  • Free Web Hosting, free blog, and free email.
  • Status alert
  • Domain Forwarding & Masking

The most popular and commonly used domains are ‘.com’, ‘.net’ and ‘.org’. You also have choice of registering your country specific domains like yourcompany.in / yourcompany.co.in for India; yourcompany.co.uk for U.K. and others.

A domain name registrar is an organization or commercial entity, accredited by both ICANN and generic top-level domain registry (gTLD) to sell gTLDs and/or by a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registry to sell ccTLDs; to manage the reservation of Internet domain names in accordance with the guidelines of the designated domain name registries and to offer such services to the public.

The first step to register a domain name is, to search if your desired domain name is available.  If the domain name is not already registered by somebody else, it is considered to be available for registration. Once name is chosen, the next step to register domain would be to give your name and contact information to us. Also, a depending upon term for which we have to domain for you, there will be a registration fee.  The complete process can be completed in less than 5 minutes. You can register domain for your personal or business website. These days with ever increasing Internet users, it is certainly important and necessary to have a website which will display your products or reach out to more number of users in different parts of the Globe.

A domain name is like an identification name which is there to indicate the ownership to that name on the web. It is a unique address through which your customers and friends find all the information about your services or about you. Once a domain registration is done under your name it can not be used by any other user. This becomes your permanent address and users can have access to all the information no matter where you are located. Domain names are also known as hostnames and each domain has a suffix attached to it.

01.17.13
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IIX WEB HOSTING


IIX stands for Indonesia internet exchange. The Internet in Indonesia, like most countries, was started at university campuses, but unlike the US, without the involvement of the Military. In the beginning ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung –- Bandung Institute of Technology) and UI (Universitas Indonesia) were the pioneering institutions. The University of Indonesia was especially active in the development of the Indonesian internet, with IANA appointing the University of Indonesia’s Mr. Rahmat M. Samik Ibrahim as the Top Level Domain for Indonesia with the country code .id

The basic internet service that was first introduced in Indonesia was UUCP (UNIX to Unix Copy Protocol), for exchanging e-mail with others in Indonesia as well as the global internet. Without military or other government aid, the high cost of international dedicated transmission was not an option for the connection, and therefore International Direct Dialing (IDD) was used for the UUCP link.

IIX HOSTING web hosting servers are located in IIX (Indonesia Internet Exchange). IIX Web hosting is suitable for a website that has a customer / visitor in the country (Indonesia).

Every IIX Hosting package contained the following features:

  • Control Panel (Cpanel 11.x).
  • Web Based Email (Horde, Squirellmail).
  • Email Accounts POP3, SMTP, Fowarders.
  • Auto Responders, Mail Blocking, Email Aliases.
  • PhpMyAdmin Support.
  • MySQL Databases.
  • Sub-Domains.
  • FTP Accounts.
  • CGI, Perl, PHP, GD, Curl.
  • Secure Server Includes (SSI).
  • File manager.
  • Zend Optimizer.
  • MS Frontpage Extensions.
  • WAP / WML / Wireless.
  • Cron Jobs.
  • Web Based Statistics.
  • Password Protected Files.
  • SMTP Mail Server.
  • Real Audio / Video.
  • MX Record Changes.
  • Shopping Cart.
  • Custom Error Pages.
  • Fantastico.

IIX web hosting service offers three basic plans which are named as expert hosting, business plus hosting and unlimited pro hosting. All of these plans offer unlimited free space and also unlimited bandwidth which is perhaps the most attractive feature being offered.

The basic plan, expert hosting, is being offered at a very low cost. The package includes all basic features and 1 free domain name registration. The two other plans i.e. the business plus and unlimited pro both offer similar features and are available at the same price of about $8 per month.

The companies with iix hosting offers a complete and unconditional 30 day money back guarantee to all the customers.

All package plans in IIX hosting include essential features such as setup utility and website builder and are offered free of charge. These hosting plans have support for most popular developmental tools such as Joomla, WordPress, osCommerce, Yahoo and Google search and MIVA advertisement system.

These companies provide Support & UP Time of 24 hours. These companies also provide technical support via email so that customers can file a detailed description of their problem without any rush. The response time against any complaint is very impressive and they also offer free credit for any downtime that might occur due to any uncontrollable factor. There is a guarantee of 99.9% uptime which can be easily observed during the initial trial period also. If customers have any problem, the company’s technical officers are always available to provide complete technical assistance.

01.17.13
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AFFORDABLE WEB PAGE HOSTING


Affordable web page hosting is a hosting plan with minimum pricing and maximum features. There pricing are so low that it won’t hurt the pocket of the customers.

Affordable web hosting plans are designed for all types of hosting needs, ranging from a basic web site to a sophisticated ecommerce storefront. In case of affordable web page hosting Linux web hosting solutions include php web hosting, domain hosting, FrontPage web hosting, ecommerce hosting, reseller web hosting, virtual private server (VPS) and dedicated server hosting. Most of affordable web page hosting provides inexpensive Web hosting solutions, including a free domain with the purchase of Web hosting.
Affordable web page hosting comes with comprehensive selection of Cpanel, FrontPage and FTP file transfer Movie Tutorials to ensure your web hosting experience is positive, efficient and user-friendly.

The hosting companies providing affordable web page hosting gives

  • 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
  • 30-Day Money Back Guarantee

Affordable web page hosting plans include the Control Panel. cPanel is the industry leader in website control panels. With cPanel, it is very easy to manage email accounts, setup spam filtering, view website statistics, install databases, install software, backup/restore files, and much more.

Non-Oversold Web Hosting
Overselling is when a hosting company oversells the capacity of the server by offering “unlimited” disk space. A hard drive with unlimited storage is nonexistent. Hosting companies that offer unlimited disk space are counting on you using a small amount of space. This is an unknown variable. If the server reaches its space capacity, not only will you be unable to update your website, but all services will stop working — database, email, and your website! Every gigabyte of disk space that these companies sell is assigned to the customer that purchased it. You are able to use 100% of what you buy.

Security and Privacy
The hosting company is committed to protecting and securing all subscriber provided information, through the use of firewalls, SSL encryption, and additional security measures in place at the physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of such information. Their data centers incorporate the latest technologies in IDS (Intrusion Detection System) to monitor and protect against malicious attacks. Access to the server racks is limited with the use of key cards. In addition, the servers are protected behind internal firewalls and monitoring software.

Freedom to Register your Domain Name Anywhere
Some web hosts give free domain names with their accounts. The problem is, many of these hosts retain ownership of the domain. This means that if you don’t like their service and want to change hosts, you cannot because you would be leaving your domain behind. Or, if they let you take the domain, they will charge you to transfer the domain, at a rate higher than it would have cost to register the domain yourself. They are, in effect, holding your domain hostage. But some companies purposely keep web hosting and domain registration separate. You can register your domain name anywhere and use services elsewhere this would help you to cut your expenses on hosting plans to a great deal.

01.17.13
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HOSTING BLOG


A blog is a discussion or information site published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first. Until 2009 blogs were usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often were themed on a single subject. More recently “multi-author blogs” (MABs) have developed, with posts written by large numbers of authors and professionally edited.

The emergence and growth of blogs in the late 1990s coincided with the advent of web publishing tools that facilitated the posting of content by non-technical users.

Blog hosting is all about the features that allow you to install and/or use a blog-software such as WordPress, Typepad, b2evolution, Nucleus, etc. These features will include:

  1. Scripting support (i.e. PHP)
  2. Database support (i.e. MySQL)
  3. Large amounts of storage space and bandwidth
  4. Easy one-click install (i.e. Fantastico)

There are many Open Source CMS which has been evolved over the past 10 years. The websites developed in CMS has been on top edge because of their less expensive, fast and easier to manage features. Besides, it is more flexible so you can move to other resources .Among all CMS WordPress, Joomla, Drupal have been the primary choice. According to builtwith.com WordPress is reported to be used in 48% of websites and the rest part is shared between other technologies. If we look at Google trends then WordPress searches has continually risen, while Joomla has declined. Expert recommends WordPress, if you want your website to use parallax scrolling and mobile device responsive.

Informative WordPress Statistics

48% of Technorati’s top 100 blogs are managed with WordPress :

When there are large quantities of content management systems available, this will increase volumes of WordPress popularity. If anyone decides to go with WordPress, then he will surely be with good company. The New York Times, Mashable, CNN and eBay all these organizations run their blogs on most popular CMS in the world which named WordPress.

WordPress related keywords score 37 million searches per month :

The keyword “WordPress” alone has received several searches every month. When anyone counts the searches of all keywords with WordPress, the monthly figure will be around 37 million searches. WordPress search is five times as much as Joomla as and nine times more than Drupal.

6 New WordPress.com Posts Every second :

On WordPress.com blogs 6 new posts are published every second. The average posts are 342 per minute, 20,000 per day and 7.49 million annually. WordPress.org is not only the world’s most popular self-hosted CMS solution but the free version is also famous on the list of free blogging platforms.

46 Million Downloads of WordPress.org :

The free WordPress.org platform supports self-hosted websites which has been downloaded 46 million times in the previous year. User cannot have downloaded WordPress and have to upload FTP manager himself, but when installed using Fantastico then it was counted as a download.

WordPress is Most Popular with Business websites :

The top 10, 00,000 number of business sites are powered by WordPress is five times the number of WordPress-managed news sites. WordPress got high rank as one of the most blogged topics in the online marketing.

98 Versions of WordPress to Date :

Even with the less number of employees they are rolling out new updates once every few weeks. In addition, WordPress.com source code is updated 60-80 times per day. Therefore, there is continuously change o this platform daily.

Some reasons, why WordPress is most favored option:-

  1. Ease of installation: – Although ‘Fantastico’ has made all CMS very easy to install, but without this service WordPress is easiest among all three top CMS.
  2. Better marketing communication:- WordPress is developed as blogging platform to communicate. So it is customizable and open source for other systems to connect with its two feature RSS and XML-RPC.
  3. Managing and Maintenance:- WordPress is simple enough to be managed with non-technical staff except core technical works related to maintaining the database, Ecommerce activities, and integrating with CRM.Wordpress.org ensures the core infrastructure of CMS is always up to date with current technology.
  4. Customization with plug-ins:- With WordPress covering a huge share of market, there are more programmers who develop various utility plug-in and available free in market which are able to add a special functionality.
  5. Ease of publish:- With WordPress you do not have any need to follow cumbersome steps of publishing an article unlike Joomla ,rather you can publish your blog or webpage by just clicking ‘publish ’ button.

Some of top WordPress hosting provider companies are:-

  • Ipage
  • Arvixe
  • Network Solutions
  • Webhosting Pad
  • Inmotions

The major disadvantage of WordPress is that it is easier to hack and penetrable. But with following ways you might be able to improve the security:-

  1. Username and Password Strength: With the use of good password, we can prevent many of the sneakers from peeking into your website. A password should be alphanumeric with the use of capital and small case alphabets. The compromise of password may be the biggest harm for your website. The most common username in WordPress is ‘admin’, keep yourself from choosing this username as if hacker gets your username then he will just have to guess you password.
  2. Secure hosting: You should also check if your hosting provider is using enough security measures. Your website may be vulnerable to attacks if there is any security breach in hosting.
  3. Backups and timely updates: You should back up your website on timely basis. There are many tools available but it is recommended to back up with hosting control panel. Along with backups, timely updates are also necessary as newer versions are often released to fix security issues with previous version.
  4. Security plug-in and monitoring: More often when a website is hacked it is completely hidden from public view. So you should use tools to monitor when your website goes down. Moreover there are many security plug-in available which prevents illicit login attempts.

Internet industry, Mobile and digital technology are now heading towards new consideration and concern. These are:-

  • Google has now begun to start considering if a website is secure or not to show on search results. Security depends over server, SSL certificates and HTTPS.
  • If your website is not mobile friendly and effective for mobile visitor then you have to rethink .You can review Google analytics to ascertain how many visitors are using mobile phone to view your site. A new technology name ‘parallax scrolling’ has made navigation easier to mobile visitors. This technology is needed to be incorporated in your current website.
  • Structured data is much important as it assists search engine about content in websites.
  • XML sitemaps are another thing that is not directly accessible by visitor but helps search engine understand the construction of website.

There are two ways of creating a blog

One is you can create a blog for free with free web hosting and the other is investing in a paid blog hosting provider. If you are creating a personal blog to keep in touch with your family and friends, then a free blog hosting service would likely be sufficient for your needs. Free blog hosts, such as Blogger and WordPress.com, offer easy-to-use interfaces that make it simple for people with limited technical skills to start blogging. There is no script installation or database configuration – as the blog software is all setup and ready for you.

Most free blog hosting options also provide a limited selection of templates so you can alter the look of your blog to better suit your personal tastes. You won’t be able to remove ads from the site, however, since this is the primary way free blog hosts generate revenue.

For bloggers who are hoping to turn their blog into a source of supplemental income, it’s best to invest in paid blog hosting. With a paid account, you will have your own domain and greater options for customizing your blog. If you want to run ads on your site, you will be the one who keeps the income generated. You will also be able to accommodate larger amounts of traffic. Many paid blog hosting providers offer easy one-click installation for major blog software’s, so you can get your blog up and running in just a few clicks.

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Rajat SudanYeshaswiDeepali Bansal

01.17.13
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VIRTUAL WEB HOSTING


Virtual hosting is a method for hosting multiple domain names (with separate handling of each name) on a single server (or pool of servers). This allows one server to share its resources, such as memory and processor cycles, without requiring all services provided to use the same host name. The term virtual hosting is usually used in reference to web servers but the principles carry over to other internet services.

There are two main types of virtual web hosting, name based and IP based. Name based virtual hosting uses the host name presented by the client. This saves IP addresses and the associated administrative overhead but the protocol being served must supply the host name at an appropriate point. IP based virtual web hosting uses a separate IP address for each host name and it can be performed with any protocol but requires a dedicated IP address per domain name served. Port based virtual hosting is also possible in principle but is rarely used in practice because it is unfriendly to users.

Name based and IP based virtual hosting can be combined, a server may have multiple IP address and serve multiple names on some or all of those IP addresses.

Virtual web hosting allows many websites to be hosted on the same server(s), leading to competitive pricing for the end user and for simplified management for all parties involved. Without the efficiency of virtual web hosting, it would be impossible for the Internet to scale as the hardware and maintenance costs would be unrealistic for the vast majority of website owners.

For large websites with a significant number of visitors and page views, virtual web hosting may not be the best solution because the resources required by the website can be very significant, often resulting in the need for an entire server, or for very large sites, multiple servers. However, virtual web hosting benefits entry level users with small websites who have a low budget and only require basic server resources that can be shared with other sites.

Basic virtual web hosting plans should incorporate the following features; adequate disk space and bandwidth, email accounts and an administration control panel. The control panel has multiple features simplifying the process of web design and management for regular folks who are not tech savvy. The control panel will allow for easy installation and administration of popular web software like WordPress, Google Analytics, forum software, etc. The operations for each domain name remains independent from other domains hosted on the same virtual web hosting server. Administration of the domain’s resources is conducted on the server side via a web browser interface.

With virtual web hosting, the user only has access to the portion of the server where their website(s) reside. For instance, users can upload photos to their blog or post articles and HTML files. However they are not granted rights to conduct processes like increasing disk space or bandwidth, as those details are controlled by the hosting package that the user has purchased. Most virtual web hosting packages also allow for administration of advanced services such as MySQL databases or PHP.

01.17.13
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PERSONAL WEB PAGE HOSTING


Web hosting is the solution that makes it realizable for a web page to be available online and accessible from any country on earth. A lot of individuals and establishments today own a website. It permits them to reach millions of individuals at any time of the day, finding brand new acquaintances or finding new clients. Often, the stability and the speed of an online portal are actually as crucial as its appearance or subject matter. No matter how well-made a site may be, if it is regularly down or doesn’t operate correctly, a lot of visitors will plainly forsake it as an unreliable one. For that reason, it is important to select a personal website hosting vendor, which supplies steady and dependable hosting services, and which ensures that the web pages it takes care of are online 24/7/365.

Personal web page hosting refers to hosting personal web pages or small websites/blogs over the internet. More often than not, people who’re fond of establishing their online identity wish to create personal web pages and small portfolios in form of personal websites/blogs.

The main aim of a personal website is to unveil your personal identity and possibly your distinct qualities and business skills to the world, so as to harness the opportunities like freelancing, coaching, taking music classes, and offering writing, designing, or other forms of personal services.

Personal web page hosting charges, for personal website/ web page hosting are as low as $0.99/month and include all the things that are necessary to host a simple website.

A small personal web host offers all the necessary services. As far as the pricing is concerned, you may find the same features at more or less the same price, but selection of personal web hosting service providers is not limited to the features offered in the hosting package and its subscription cost. The track records, expertise in the field, awards and achievements and the uptime guaranteed by the company in past few years will clearly reflect their efficiency and reliability.

At first, you might be misled that personal website hosting may involve lot of technicalities and hours of programming, design and coding work. But, to make the life of website owners easier, web hosting agencies offer professional-looking templates, with the help of which, you can easily set-up your website within few minutes or few hours at the most.

As a matter of fact the best personal web hosting providers offer one-click installation scripts, hundreds of free templates, website builder, cPanel and MySQL database wizard so that the customers don’t need to break their head with complex technical tasks. This helps them in taking care of the set-up and maintenance tasks with just few clicks. All you need to do is to learn how to use the free tools provided by your host, and how to maintain your website with the help of the Admin/Control panel provided.

A small personal web hosting agency may not offer you with everything that you require, so you must look out for better options, rather than simply picking whatever you get right away.

You’ll have to be picky enough to find the best personal web hosting provider and doing some online research can greatly help the cause. Remember, you must not go by the sweet reviews written on the website of your potential vendor, but rather read the unbiased reviews given on third-party review sites.

The choice of picking your personal web page host completely depends upon you, though you should keep the above-mentioned points in mind to ensure that pick a reliable, affordable and trustworthy personal web host that can meet all your requirements and provide the necessary assistance, whenever the need arises.

A stable and reliable personal hosting solution suggests uninterrupted network uptime, more web page visitors, more sales and more satisfied clients. It is an important prerequisite for the prosperity of any personal online portal.

01.17.13
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LINUX WEB HOSTING


Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux system distributions may vary in many details of system operation, configuration, and software package selections.

Linux runs on a wide variety of computer hardware, including mobile phones, tablet computers, network routers, televisions, video game consoles, desktop computers, mainframes and supercomputers. Linux is a leading server operating system, and runs the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world. In addition, more than 90% of today’s supercomputers run some variant of Linux.

Windows hosting is indeed quite popular, but the level of popularity of Linux hosting has been increasing steadily. The biggest reason behind this is of course the pricing, and at the same time Linux web hosting has been discovered to be quite secure and reliable too.

Basically, it all depends upon the functions you wish to incorporate in your website which decides which platform you should opt for whether windows or Linux. If you plan on developing your website and web applications based on ASP and .NET, you can’t dream of Linux web hosting, because there would be no compatibility between the two.

On the other hand, if you’re a developer who needs root level access to the web server and needs to execute Shell scripts, or just an ordinary website owner who wishes to host a traditional website with low-to-moderate level of complexity, there won’t be any problems with Linux hosting. Conversely, if you’re looking to set-up WordPress blogs, phpBB discussion boards and other software that run exclusively on Unix/Linux environment, Windows hosting may not be an ideal choice. Therefore, there’s always a trade-off while selecting the hosting platform and depending upon your needs, you should pick the one that meets all your requirements.

In general, UNIX and Linux hosting services are known to be the most stable, reliable, and secure web hosting platforms. However, it all depends upon your host. If a host who’s providing cheap Linux web hosting is hosting spammy websites on the same web server on which, your site is also hosted then there could always be chances of trouble. On the other hand, if your web host ensures that only genuine and informative websites are hosted on the web server, there are very low chances of any security issues arising even in few years time. Depending upon the features that you require, you should pick an appropriate affordable Linux hosting plan that comes with everything that you’re interested in. When you pick a Linux website hosting plan, you must not consider the features that you aren’t really going to use, and rather concentrate only on those things, which are going to be used frequently by you.

The top advantage of Linux web hosting is of course that it is Open Source and hence absolutely FREE.

  • Linux web hosting services are lot reliable and stable
  • Linux based web hosting is cheaper and easier to maintain
  • Linux web hosts have the flexibility to use open source goodies.

Cons of Linux Hosting

Set-up and configuration is difficult in comparison to the Windows hosting. Linux Hosting can’t support Microsoft proprietary coding platforms like ASP .NET and some of the Microsoft FrontPage extensions and latest offerings. The user-interface is not as friendly as Windows.

01.15.13
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UNIX WEB HOSTING


UNIX web hosting refers to the hosting services and system architectures provided on UNIX platform to open source companies.

Hosting means a service offered by company to allocate some disk space to physically place all website related information on a server to enduringly stay in the internet. UNIX web hosting is an operating system which has the capability of providing a user website with security which cannot be penetrated by any means. UNIX hosting is entirely compatible with the latest craze among all the programming languages, PHP. UNIX hosting provides reliability and has very easy usage, with quicker problem solving capabilities.

UNIX is one of the most famous operating systems next to Windows and Apple’s Macintosh. UNIX web hosting has several advantages in comparison to Windows hosting, but at the same time there are certain downsides to it, as well. UNIX was developed during the 1970s, at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories, and has greatly evolved in due course of time.

Free BSD and OpenBSD are the two most popular flavors of UNIX environment. Both these versions are highly stable and secure. OpenBSD boasts of being the most secure open source operating systems throughout the world. Above all, it is free and maintenance cost of the web servers running on UNIX environment is also on the lower side.
UNIX offers support to all the common scripting languages like Shell, C/C++, Python, Perl, PHP and Java. However, these days the latest web servers developed on UNIX environment also offer support to Ruby-on-Rails and all other technological developments.

As far as database support is concerned, the popular UNIX hosting providers usually support MS SQL and MySQL databases. However, the UNIX web hosting service providers may not support all the databases. Therefore, it is important that you enquire about this aspect and pick a web host that support the database you intend to use.

The most important aspects to be kept in mind which selecting UNIX web hosting services and which have enormous impact on by UNIX operating system are:

  1. Performance
  2. Price
  3. Stability
  4. Features

Due to the benefits particularly in these four areas, UNIX web hosting is the mostly opted by many users around the world. However, Windows is trying to bridge the gap between the services provided by both the web hosting service providers.

A good UNIX web hosting provider must ensure that the customers get all the necessary resources and a good control panel to manage their website with great ease. A good UNIX web host will never let you make out that you’re making use of UNIX hosting, while the poor hosts don’t give enough resources, thereby causing discontentment amongst the users.

Ideally a UNIX web hosting plan must include all the features offered by a shared Windows web hosting plan, and there must never be any difference between UNIX website hosting and Windows hosting plan.
One will always get the added advantage in terms of pricing, if you pick UNIX web hosting services, and the reliability and flexibility of the web server hosted on UNIX platform is always higher.

Therefore, if you don’t have any business requirements that can be exclusively accomplished only on UNIX hosting environment, UNIX hosting can be a better bet. Moreover, if you happen to be a developer, UNIX hosting environment will give you the choice of making changes to the codes and also getting complete access to the root level of the web server.

Last but definitely not the least, Windows hosting can’t match the offerings of UNIX hosting environment, while vice-versa doesn’t hold true in majority of the cases. Hence, this gives an unfair advantage to UNIX hosting over Windows hosting environment.

BY:
Harshita Bhambhani

01.15.13
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MANAGED WEB HOSTING


Managed hosting service is a type of Internet hosting in which the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the server(s), including choice of operating system, hardware, etc. Server administration can usually be provided by the hosting company as an add-on service.

Operating a Web presence can become very involved once a company’s hosting requirements progress beyond simply needing a dedicated server. Managed services are therefore geared toward organizations that don’t have the time or capital to invest in server administration. Managed services normally provide equipment procurement, provisioning and installation, and network monitoring and management backed by Service Level Agreement. Managed services also provide end-to-end network management and maintenance support for locations around the world. Think of a managed server as a glorified dedicated server armed with extended features and support. A managed server will come equipped with the features one would expect from a dedicated provider, including choice of OS, routing equipment, network connectivity and complete administrative control. However, instead of leaving most of the administrative tasks to the customer, a managed provider will typically handle that as well. Many companies will often assign you a dedicated service representative who will cater only to you and a handful of other accounts. This support also comes in the form of proprietary control panel technology that enables the inexperienced administrator to easily set up and maintain sites on a server. This is achieved through an intuitive and user friendly point and click method rather than by typing complicated commands at a prompt line. Many hosting companies offer a supplementary suite of features and services that related to managed hosting, including application and database management, high-availability services and load balancing. Most reputable Web hosting firms will offer managed Web hosting services, and will back up their services with performance guarantees and Service Level Agreements. If you’re unsure about which service to choose, give serious consideration to choosing a managed server. While taking the managed route is more expensive, it is also much more reassuring for the inexperienced administrator.

Managed hosting is a type of dedicated hosting, in which you are given access to a dedicated server that is maintained and optimized by the web hosting provider at all times. Fully managed web hosting services are ideal in comparison to unmanaged hosting services because they eliminate the need to perform administrative duties within your web hosting control panel.

The services of a managed host are advised to be taken especially when the image and prestige of the company is dependent on their website. Taking up reliable hosting plans reduces the worries of a business owner as all the management issues are professionally and efficiently looked after by the managed host.

01.15.13
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BUSINESS WEB PAGE HOSTING


If you have started your business then this is the time when its presence must be felt online through your website. To have your website you need business web hosting services. Now there are many business hosting firms available on internet. The problem is to choose the right one that suits your needs and fulfil your requirements of business. Actually the success or failure of your business can be very much dependant on your website.

Online web hosting generally serves two kinds of web sites, first are those which are developed for personal use and the 2nd ones are developed for business purposes. Each of these categories further has more sub categories like free or paid personal hosting. Similarly there are different levels of business and hosting services are offered according to the requirements of the business web site. The key difference between two categories is that first one is hosted on same servers or shared servers, and they generally don’t allow you to run business websites through those servers. As there is business web hosting companies which offer you to have your business websites hosted at them.

Business web page hosting services have special servers to run your business websites. The cost of business hosting depends upon the factors like the traffic on your website, the storage capacity you will need for the data on your website. There are many other great features offered by business web page hosting firms like more database table, enhanced CGI packages and sometimes business email hosting too. There can be a facility of customer support depending on your need. Mostly small business website hosting firms are not really good at customer support department, so if you want to have good support in case of any problems, then find out what means of customer support they use.

Before signing up with any web hosting for business first you must check all the packages in detail offered by the firm along with the reviews of people about them. It is very helpful most of the time to read the views of people about different companies and their packages to have the real idea about the deal. As, not all companies provide services according to their claims.

Business web page hosting must have a very good system of customer support. Your business may not require the support 24/7 but still make sure that the support is available in reasonable hours to be availed in case of need.

If you have plans of selling things on line through your website then check for the required facilities with your host. Internet business hosting firm must provide you with the service of shopping cart also check if there are any extra charges for these services or are they included in the basic package.

It is very important to ask your provider of web hosting for business that how much bandwidth will be allocated for your website. Let’s say if they allow you to use bandwidth of 500MB per month and you have website which is 50 KB in size then you can only have ten thousand visitors on your website per month. If you have expectations of visitors more than this then you must ask for more bandwidth, but in that case you will have to bear extra charges. Business web page hosting can play vital role in getting your business a successful future.

Apart from that there are few more things which must be kept in mind like domain name which should be registered and easy for users to remember then there is security which is of utmost importance, then there is disk space with its entire graphics.

Now days it has become very important to use internet as wisely as you can for the spread of your business. As through this medium you can reach millions of people at a time without spending too much money. All you need to do is choose right firm to host your site and make it attractive and easy to browse for people.

BY:
Harshita Bhambhani