After discussing what Domain Name is all about, we are now going to talk about Web hosting and what is their purpose. I have posted some non-technical terms about web host
from the previous post so I just want to add some details about this topic. This is also important when you want to start your very first website or blog.

What is Web hosting

Web hosting is a service which allocates space for customers to showcase their websites on computer servers that are connected to the Internet 24 hours/7 days. Web host used servers with powerful computers that have very large hard drives, or a group of hard drives. If you want to have a website on the internet you have to rent a space on the web host. Each space or server on the Internet has an exclusive numerical IP (Internet Protocol) address. Servers are like apartment buildings with exclusive addresses. Every apartment unit inside the building is equivocal to space rented out for individual websites. And like real apartment buildings, each unit also has an address based on "the building" in which it is located.

When we rent a space on a server then, we're setting up house on the Internet. Surfers can find
us thru our unique address (the website address), which is based on the server's address we rented.

Types of Web hosting

Web hosts has many different types of packages. Nearly all packages come with certain capabilities for customers. Examples are scripts that allow interactive functions, forms, bulletin boards, guest books, etc. For professional purposes there are also Web hosting services that offer commercial packages that bundle business tools, like point of sales packages and credit card processing. I like the Fantastico script because it offers one-click installations that are very user-friendly and easy to understand for beginners.

Prices for Web hosting vary from free to hundreds of dollars a year, depending on your needs. Web hosting for personal websites that don't require any special tools and have low traffic (not a high number of viewings) can be found easily for free. Free Web hosting is convenient but has its drawbacks. I will prefer free web hosting for those who want to try how to create a blog or website for the first time because you don’t have to pay anything, but once you have know the principle of webhosting and you want to be serious on blogging, you have to purchase a space on a server because you are losing money if you only rely on
free host.

Usually it will be obligatory for you to allow the server to run advertisements on your free website. The advertisements are normally banner ads -- a banner at the top of the page for example – and sometimes pop-up ads as well.

Most free hosting services offer an alternative pay-plan to have the advertisements
removed. Another consideration is that free services normally allocate your website address as an extension of the server's address.

For example:www.freewebhost.com/yourwebsite. If you want an address like:www.yourwebsite.com you will have to pay to register your own
domain name.

There are other considerations when looking for a Web host aside from price. You should also look for reliable web host, meaning, you should put your trust from the powerful and tested web host from the Internet. Some hosting services have policies that confine certain content, scripting languages, tasks or uses. You should always read the privacy policy of any
hosting service that you are considering, to see how they will use the personal information you provide to them in setting up your account. Abide their terms of use or privacy policy so you can always use their services without problems, because you will just wasted your time, effort and money if your site will be banned on their server.