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Guide to Business Website Hosting
Understanding website hosting is the key to selecting the options that are best for you. With that in mind, we've compiled a list of key definitions and hosting concepts to help you make the best decision possible.
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What is a Domain Name?
A domain name is your gateway to the wired world. In simple terms, a domain name is yourcompany.com. For example, globalnetus.com is a domain name. Domain names play an important part in helping people find your website on the internet.
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How do I get a Domain Name?
Domain names need to be registered. Network Solutions is the original domain name registrar on the internet and the company we use to register domain names. Domain name registration costs $35 per year. To get your very own domain name, click on the Register a Domain image on any of our pages. You will be asked to provide your domain name, and If it isn't already taken, you will Then be asked to fill out a couple of forms about yourself and how you will pay for it.
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What If My Domain Name is Already Taken?
Domain names are handed out on a first come, first serve basis. Unless you can prove without a doubt that your domain name is a registered trademark, you will have to find an alternate name for your company website or contact the person that registered your company name and purchase the domain from them. Purchasing domains can be tricky business as many people will ask large amounts of money. Make an offer, many times they will settle for far less than they ask. The other alternative is to find a different name. Suggestions we often times make are aboutmycompany.com, mycompanycentral.com or other similar type names. Also, do not shy away from using .org or .net addresses.
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What is a Website?
A website is a collection of pages on the internet that have a common theme, common design or are housed within a single domain. In laymans terms, websites are the pages you visit, the graphics used on the pages and any other files needed to run the website.
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What is Web Hosting?
Web Hosting is what we do. We provide a server (computer) that you can place your companies website on. We also provide the connection to the internet that the computer hosting your site sits on and presto, people all over the world see your website.
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What is Shared Hosting?
Shared or Virtual Hosting means that many websites share the same computer. This is the least expensive means to host a website because system resources and connections are shared by multiple sites.
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What is Co-Located Hosting
Co-Located hosting allows you to own the server. Simply, you bring us your company owned web-server (computer with special software for websites), we add it to our network and its on the internet. Co-located hosting is more expensive than shared hosting because the general school of thought is that a single site on a single computer uses more resources than shared hosting sites do. Additionally, there are added expenses for security and utilities.
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What is Dedicated Hosting?
Dedicated Hosting is very similar to co-located hosting but differs in one important way - who owns the server. With dedicated hosting, we own the server and build it to your specifications. The resulting computer (server) is Then dedicated to only your website. This is the most expensive means to host a website and is generally only used by websites that will generate large numbers of hits (visitors).
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How Do I Know What Hosting Option is Right For Me?
To know what option is best, you need to estimate the amount of traffic you expect your website to get each month. As a general rule, it is better to over-estimate the traffic (hits or sales) than to under-estimate it. If you expect your website to sell fewer than 100 products a month or you expect fewer than a million visitors to your site each month, shared hosting is the right option for you. If you are familiar with web design and using databases on the internet, our Windows Database plan is the best solution. Our Dedicated and co-located options should only be selected If you plan to build a complex website and need more control or features, or you expect your website to become a high volume website.
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What is the Difference Between Servers?
In Internet Lingo, a server could be two different things. It could be the computer, or it could be the special software the computer uses to manage a website. In this context we are talking about the software. We use two different web server packages. Our Windows packages utilize Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0 while our Linux packages utilize Apache web server. Both are the best available for their particular Operating Systems (Linux is an operating system, Windows is an operating system). Selecting the right server depends on your familiarity with the internet and the preference of the person designing your website.
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What is This E-Commerce Thing I've Heard So Much About?
E-Commerce is selling your product on the internet. You can have e-commerce in many different formats including online auctions (similar to buynsellit.com) or shopping carts (a collection of items that are sold at a fixed price). E-Commerce can also include online credit card transactions, or offline credit card processing.
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4 Easy Steps to Building a Web Presence
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Choose a Domain Name for your site:
The first step to establising an online internet presence is to register your domain name. Click here to begin
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Select a Web hosting plan that's right for you:
After you have your domain name registered, its time to select a hosting firm and more important, select a hosting package. See why you should host with GlobalNetUS.com and Then compare our hosting packages.
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Build and publish your Web site:
Building your website involves a large number of steps. The most important of which is planning. If you plan properly, the rest seems easy. Click here to see how GlobalNetUS.com is able to assist you in developing your website.
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Promote your Web site:
Without promotion, who would ever find your website? There are a number of inexpensive steps you can take to maximize your promotional efforts. The most important is registering your website with search engines. Also, be sure to include your companies web address on all business cards, brochures, flyers and even your letterhead.
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