If you have already had a domain, you will find a blank page when accessing it. In order to place the contents into the domain, you will need the hosting to store database, web applications, etc.
An illustration to show this relationship, suppose domain as a computer and hosting as electricity, so you can see both support each other. Another one, they are like laptop and its battery. So, a website should have a domain and hosting so that the contents can be accessed by internet users.
To create a web hosting (having your own data center), you will need the very expensive tools. Therefore, there comes up various webhosting companies to rent their space and bandwidth. They can be found easily on the internet, e.g. hostgator.com, bluehost.com, mediatemple.net, etc.
Hiring Web hosting is usually planed for a period of time such as one month, two months, three months, six months, one year, two years, and so on, which varies by providers.
Free Web Hosting
Besides paid web hosting, there is also free web hosting. Nevertheless, there must be the difference between them, about the advantages and disadvantages. One of them is the presence of advertisement attached to control panel or web client of the free web hosting. In addition, the performance of paid web hosting is better than the free web hosting. The advantages of free web hosting? Of course, you do not have to spend your budget for it.
Some of free web hosting that you can choose:
- http://www.000webhost.com
- http://www.phpnet.us
- http://0000free.com
- etc
Hosting introduction is enough here, and for advanced knowledge will be discussed at the next posts. What do you think about this article? Please comment.
