A Metaphor for Web Hosting Services

As pulished in the Annual Press Newsletter

Let’s start with the obvious one first. Standard web hosting would be any services plan you choose with a web host that offers a few amenities. For example, you want to keep it simple. Your website is just maybe 10 web pages. You want the site to have enough space to grow and you want your bandwidth to with stand the traffic that will be coming in. Also, you want a particular type of software to go with your site. hence the amenity. In the post” What is web hosting?” I likened it to having an apartment or condo with all of the amenities. wood floors, Gym, laundry room, parking, and security. Right? How about we do a comparison?

Apartment: This would be your web space in general. Lets say you have 13,000 square feet. That would be 13BG of space.

Parties: Bandwidth in which traffic or real time visitors go to your web site. Hence, the party in your apartment. that would be at least 5 GB of Data Transfer

Classic range or Convection Oven: That would be the soft ware that allows you to edit your website and update it’s files. Hence the cooking in your apartment. That is a particular utility called a WYSG Editor (What you See is what you get)

Laundry room: its a dirty job but someone has to do it. Sometimes those files get corrupted and you need to clean them out. Would you keep dirty clothes in your house too long? NO. So why would you keep corrupted files on your server?

Chrome no frost refrigerator: Well, Where is all of that wholesome food going to go hmm? Your web host might offer database software like MySQL. this allows you to have your blog and other information stored there incase you need to go back to it. this allows people who visit your site see the information. This is a definite plus because your site might crash and you loose all data. It’s always a good idea to have backup.

What Exactly am I trying to say? In order to figure out what kind of web hosting service to choose, it is important to know what it is. With that knowledge you will better understand how to search for a web host without too much hassle on that front.

In conclusion, Web Hosting can be likened to renting a home or an apartment. The most important thing to do is know what web hosting is and what sort of plan to get. In this case a standard plan.

The Next Issiue Of the Annual Press E-Newsletter

 

In the next issue:   A Metaphore for Web hosting  3 of the “What is Web Hosting? Also, Resources that may prove useful. I f youwould like t subsribe to the e-newsletter please go to: http://annpress.atwebpages.com  to subsribe. And don’t forget to take the new poll.

What Are The Different Types Of Web Hosting Services?

Part 2 of What is Web hosting? I was at lunch one fine day having a flatbread sandwich and a small French vanilla coffee. As I was sitting on the stool in the window, I realized that there are so many different types of web hosting services out there on the web. What prompted this thought? I was listening to people order their coffee. One lady says ” May I have a French vanilla latte”. That’s a different coffee. Hmmm. Then A gentleman orders a shot of espresso. That’s when the thought hit me. I know what you are thinking. Stephanie you already know that. Why are you so slow? That’s just it, I do know that there are so many. However, I didn’t go into more detail as to the purpose of these services.

There are so many types out there off the top of my head that I could recall. The types that come to mind are:

1.  Standard Hosting 
2. Blogging 
3. Dedicated Servers 
4.  Shared Hosting 
5. File or image hosting

 In the next post and issue I will break some of these down. I will explain what each service is and why they may work for you. Take a look at a few examples. I would recommend these websites for the simple fact that they are user friendly and do well to help their clients achieve their goals.

 Whole Hog Blogs  http://whole-hog-blogs.com/ Tell them Stephanie Fulcher at Annual Press Sent you.

0Bones  http://0bones.com/guide.php  I know that the name is some is interesting but, I think this site would be a good place to start if you are on a budget.