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Affordable Web Hosting Options
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

You got a domain name and you got an idea for a website. You are ready for web hosting. But before you start signing up for any affordable web hosting account, do you really know what options are available at all? Three web hosting options are usually what it comes down to. Do you know what these options are? Let’s take a quick look at the options for affordable web hosting: Affordable web hosting on your hardware: This type of web hosting is for webmasters who require certain configuration setups or are in need of performance that shared web hosting just can't deliver. The cost for this kind of web hosting is usually higher and it only makes financial sense when a specific ROI is given. The bigger the ROI the more affordable is this kind of web hosting. Hosting can be on leased or owned equipment.

Affordable web hosting on a virtual private server. Virtual Private Web Server hosting is much more affordable compared to owning or leasing an entire server. The support cost is still the same as you will need a system administrator or maintain the OS yourself, but the hardware is shared with other hosting customers. The advantage is an isolated operating system that can be customized to your own needs. Custom configuration of (as an example) PHP and Apache cannot be provided by shared hosting providers and so the VPS offers the best of both worlds (shared hosting and dedicated server hosting). Affordable web hosting as in shared web hosting. You rent web space on a shared server and use a one size fits all setup type of account. This kind of web hosting can be as low as $1 per month (low end) and go all the way up $xxx.xx depending on the provider and support option and features you choose. This is the most affordable option for web hosting.

With this basic knowledge available to you, you can now evaluate what your needs and expectations are and investigate further to see which way to go. Often it makes sense to start with shared web hosting and then move up to a reseller account (still shared hosting) and then a VPS or dedicated server. Keep in mind that no one size fits all and depending on what your business model is you might skip the low end affordable web hosting and start right at the top with a fully dedicated web server.

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Free Website Hosting vs. Paid Website Hosting Basics
Web site hosting service companies on the Internet permit the user to make their web site accessible through the World Wide Web. There are huge numbers of companies that offer web space on their server for their customers and also offer Internet connectivity in general in a data center. There can be various types of web site hosting companies. The main classification is the free web site hosting and the paid web site hosting service companies.

In case of free web site hosting, the user has the right to upload his or her web site content on the server space that is provided by the web site hosting company without any cost. This type of web site hosting service is great for people who are new to to internet and plan to get familiar with web site creation and functionality of web servers. On the other hand, to get your web site uploaded on a web space that is provided by a paid web site hosting company, you need to pay the company periodic fees. The fee amount may vary from company to company. The paid web site hosting companies are best suited for professional web site owners. People who need large web space to upload their web sites and who expect a certain amount of web site visitors which is restricted on free hosting accounts to a minimum.

The revenue that the paid web hosting service companies get is through the fee that is paid to the company by the web site owners. In case of free web site hosting companies, the main source of income are the ads and banners that can be placed on their clients web pages.

The main advantage of using a free web site hosting service is that they are free of cost and hence make a perfect choice for people who are new into the business and are just looking to start out. They are perfect for people who just want to display a minimum content on the World Wide Web in small amount of web space. The other advantage of using the free web site hosting service is that most of these companies provide integrated, easy tools to upload the pages on to the hosting account. They do this realizing the fact that the free web site hosting services are generally utilized by the newbies.

There are also certain disadvantages of using the free web site hosting services. When using the free web site hosting service, you are forced to place the ads and banners by the web site hosting company on your web pages. Also the revenue that is obtained by the ads goes to the web site company. In case of paid web site hosting service, ads and banners placed on your web site are according to your will and the revenue of the banners and ads placed on your web site goes in your pocket. Also in some case of free web site hosting, the domain name of your web site starts with the web site hosting company name followed by your web site name. This is not the case of paid web site hosting service. You get a unique web site domain. The web space provided by free web site hosting service is limited whereas in case of paid web site hosting service you can buy the web space according to your requirements.
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