Role of Web Hosting Companies

1. Role of Web Hosting Companies

2. Table of Contents • Web Hosting Companies • Web Hosting Services • Reseller Hosting and Word Press Hosting • Shared Hosting • Dedicated Hosting • VPS Hosting • HTS Hosting • Conclusion • Introduction • What’s Web Hosting? • Websites • Different Types of Websites • Dynamic and Static Websites • How Web Hosting Functions

3. Introduction • Web hosting is an important service that is needed by every website which is accessible online. In this context, what role do web hosting companies have to play? The answer to that, along with additional information on web hosting services shall be imparted through this presentation.

4. What’s Web Hosting? Every type of website that is supposed to remain seamlessly accessible online, needs to avail the service of web hosting. This service is also referred to as website hosting and includes the following in its various plans – • Web server space • Technologies • Services, as in features of the plans It is the service of web hosting which is purchased by websiteowners through various web hosting plans, which renders their websites accessible over the Internet to site visitors with active Internet connection.

5. Websites • Websites can be of many types but every website is essentially a collection of related web pages that are publicly accessible and are interlinked and which are found under a single domain name and can be identified by a common domain name. A website, regardless of its type, is published on at least one web server. A collection of publicly accessible websites forms the World Wide Web. • Examples of websites are Wikipedia.org, Amazon.com, etc.

6. Different Types of Websites Websites can be of many types. Some of the main types of websites are being mentioned below – • Blogs • E-commerce sites • Corporate websites • Online forums • Websites of non-profit organisations • Educational sites • Portfolio websites • Entertainment websites • Social media sites • Web portals • Event websites

7. Dynamic and Static Websites The difference between two types of sites, a dynamic website and a static website is explained below – • Static Website –This type of a website displays the same content to every user. Such a website is usually written in HTML. • Dynamic Website – This type of a website displays different types of content every time a user views it. Many factors influence this change in display, which include viewer demographics, language settings, time of the day, etc. It displays different content and enables user interaction. It uses advanced programming and databases, along with HTML.

8. How Web Hosting Functions • Every type of website that has been mentioned in this presentation, as well as any other type of website, needs to avail the service of web hosting in order to become accessible online to website visitors and remain accessible. • In web hosting, web server space is provided for storing and processing the files of websites. These files are then delivered over the Internet to the devices of site visitors whose browsers had requested for the content of the hosted sites. This is how websites are made available through the service of web hosting.

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10. Web Hosting Companies • No matter what type of a website it is, every site is made accessible online through a website hosting solution offered by a certain web hosting company. A web hosting company is a service provider of web hosting services. It is referred to as a web host and as a web hosting service provider. • Web hosting companies have the necessary infrastructure in place to offer web hosting services seamlessly. These offer a wide range of web hosting plans that are purchased by website owners for rendering their sites accessible online.

11. Web Hosting Services Since there are different types of websites, there are different types of hosting requirements. Web hosting companies offer different types of web hosting services to cater to this diverse range of web hosting requirements. The main types of web hosting services are as follows – • Reseller Hosting • WordPress Hosting • Shared Hosting • Dedicated Hosting • VPS Hosting

12. Reseller Hosting and WordPress Hosting • Web hosting companies offer Reseller Hosting as a web hosting solution to those that are looking for an easy and quick way to start the business of web hosting, without having to invest substantially in it. In Reseller Hosting, the web hosting services of well-established and full-fledged service providers are purchased by the reseller and are then resold as newly-designed hosting plans to his own customers at profitable prices. • WordPress Hosting is a specialised hosting service that is meant for hosting WordPress websites and caters to such sites’ specific hosting requirements.

13. Shared Hosting • Shared Hosting is the most common and the most economical web hosting solution offered by web hosting companies. In it, the files of several websites are stored and processed on a single web server of the web hosting company. • The hosted sites share server resources and server space among each other. It is not possible to customize the server in Shared Hosting. There is a shared IP address.

14. Dedicated Hosting • Web hosting companies ensure that a hosted site gets a dedicated IP address, dedicated web server resources and the entire space on a web server,along with the option to customize the web server, in the service of Dedicated Hosting. • In it, a single website is stored and processed on a single web server, which ensures the full utilisation of the entire server resources by the hosted site.

15. VPS Hosting • Almost every professional web hosting company offers VPS Hosting, which is a web hosting solution wherein multiple websites are stored and processed on a single web server (VPS) but each of the hosted sites gets dedicated server resources, dedicated IP address and virtual and private server space where it is hosted. This is attained through Virtualization Technology which virtually partitions a physical web server into several servers that can function independently by installing their own operating system and software. • When a VPS (Virtual Private Server) is managed by the service provider, it is called a Managed VPS and when it is managed by the user, it is referred to as a Self-managed VPS.

16. HTS Hosting • HTS Hosting is a well-regarded web hosting company that has clients from all over the world. It excels in offering efficient and affordable web hosting services for Linux and for Windows. As the best Website Hosting Company, HTS Hosting, provides a wide range of feature-rich web hosting plans at massively discounted prices for peak site performance, high uptime, fast page loads, superior security, seamless site availability, value for money service and much more.

17. Conclusion • Web hosting companies play the single most important part in rendering websites accessible over the Internet and in keeping the sites seamlessly available online. For this purpose, these companies offer all the required technologies, services and web server space on their web servers, through their web hosting packages. These packages should be chosen based on hosting requirements and budget. The reputation of the web hosting company should always be considered before opting for its hosting services.

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