What is Web Hosting?
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There are about 100 million websites on the internet. A website lives on computers referred to as website hosting servers. These servers are located throughout the world. The web server stores your website's information, graphics, photos, and other media ideally in a secure data center maintained by a web hosting company. These types of companies allow website clients to upload their websites to either a shared server or dedicated server. A shared server holds several websites, potentially thousands whereas a dedicated server holds one or a few. A dedicated server is designed for high traffic sites that require fast downloading times and fast processing.
How Website Hosting Works
Once you've registered a domain and ordered a website hosting plan for your website, you can choose from a several options for website design. When your website is ready, it can be uploaded to your web server. At this point, your website visitors can type in your domain name into their browser or find you on a search engine to view your website.
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Published Jan 02, 2011 by Matthew Fleming Inc.