Web Hosting
Web Hosting is the process of hosting a website in an Internet server. Hosting of a websites includes its email, data, dns, databases etc. The Industry is so wide open that, there are plenty of dependent Industries revolving around the same. Some of them are Domain Registration, Website Development and Design, Technical Support Industry, Search Engine Optimization, Content and Resource management, Community Software’s, Affiliates and Advertisement programs etc
When you take a look at the Web Hosting Industry as a whole, it is surprising to see the number of Web Hosts providing different types of Hosting such as:
- Shared Hosting
- Reseller Hosting
- Dedicated Server Hosting
- VPS hosting
- Colocation Hosting
On the basis of technologies and further more classifications depending on pricing, applications etc.
However it is very hard to find abundant resources to walk with you hand in hand, to guide you through the three basic processes of Web Hosting such as Finding a Good Web Host, Choosing type of Web Hosting and Maintaining your Hosting Account.
This online resource attempts to accomplish just that in a very humble manner.
Assuming that you have already chosen your domain, Web Hosting is three step processes.
- Finding a Good Host
- Reputation as a Host
- Reliability of the Servers
- Years of Experience
- Uptime guarantee
- Technical Support
- Choosing the Type of Hosting
- Maintaining your Account
This is like searching a needle from a Hay stack. You have so much of reputed hosts around and it is always hard to pick one out of them. We will attempt to review few good hosts using our website, which we believe would be of great aid to you. There are plenty of pitfalls when you consider a host. However few major points to be considered while picking your Web Host are..
All these points are comprehensively discussed through various articles out here.
Choosing the right type of Hosting is as important as choosing your Web Host. You have the freedom to choose between Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting or a Dedicated Server Hosting.
For example: If you wish to host a simple site with HTML pages, you do not necessarily go for a VPS Hosting or a Dedicated Server Hosting. Similarly, if you are planning to begin a new Web Hosting Company, it is suggested to go with a Reseller Web Hosting or a VPS Hosting, and as and when things improve, you can switch to a Dedicated Server.
In another context, if you wish to run a single website with huge amounts of traffic, it is never suggested to run this in a Shared Web Hosting or Reseller Web Hosting accounts.
A Surprising observation is that people still have complications in setting their priorities while choosing the type of hosting they prefer and ends up with the wrong one.
Maintaining your accounts involves lot of process and differs when you posses a shared account and when your accounts fall in Reseller/VPS/Dedicated Server Hosting.
A Shared Web Hosting holder should be concerned about his website alone. He should be updating his website regularly with latest updates and patches to avoid vulnerabilities creeping in, while he can still get help from his Web Host.
However for Reseller Web Hosting , VPS Web Hosting and Dedicated Server Hosting, you become the Web Host for your customers and as a result, additional responsibilities are added up , which includes .
- Handling your customer queries (technical and non technical)
- Making sure that the websites does not over use resources
- The server performance (For types other than Reseller Hosting )
- The server uptime
- Server Monitoring
If you are a small Web Host, you wouldn’t particularly need 24X7 sales and technical support. However as you grow in size and you are no longer to handle all tasks together you will need to hire your own in house team or outsource it completely.
Application Hosting, WAP based Websites are some of the hot technologies that has recently entered in to the Industry and has already started faring well.
Web Hosting Industry and the dependent industries are so interrelated that it is hard to take one away from another.
To sum up, Web Hosting Industry is not just related to hosting a website, but a huge consortium of supporting industries, which makes it one of the largest Industries with human involvement.
