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What to Expect from Your Hosting Provider Plus 5 Terms to Know

Businesses rely on web hosting to keep their sites live and available to customers, but unless you’re already an expert on this subject, it’s likely that you know very little about it.

To remedy this, here’s a brief introduction to web hosting, and an exploration of a few key pieces of terminology that might confuse the uninitiated.

What to Expect from Your Hosting Provider

To start, let’s explore some of the key features you can expect from a quality provider:

1. Uptime guarantee

Most providers offer an uptime guarantee of 99% or higher – meaning they will stay up and running as much as possible; even if there is an issue with their servers. This means more people visit your website without…

Hosting a website means getting it live on the internet. Whether it is a personal blog or a business site, having one offers many benefits, including improving online presence and credibility.

But where do we start, and what do we need to get our website running?

If this is your first time building a website, we got you covered.

This beginner guide will explain how to host a website, from choosing the best hosting provider to uploading your site. Furthermore, we’ll add a general step-by-step guide for hosting a site locally on your personal computer.

What do you need to host a website?

Web hosting and a domain name are the two essential factors in hosting a website. The former enables website owners to get their sites online, whereas the latter is the website’s unique address.

Web…

So, you want to start a website? Congratulations! It’s a great way to share your ideas with the world and can be a lot of fun. But where do you start? Web hosting is the first step. This is where your website lives on the internet. Choosing the right web host is important because it will affect everything from how your website looks to how fast it loads. Let’s walk you through the basics of web hosting and help you choose the right provider for your needs.

Web Hosting Basics

Web hosting is a service that provides the technology and services needed for a website or web page to be viewed on the internet. A web host, or web hosting service provider, is a business that provides the…

Do you own a business? Whichever field you are in, whether it is social media marketing or consulting, or any other business for that matter, you need a website. But have you thought about the technical aspects of having one? In order for your website to be accessible to your potential clients, it must be hosted somewhere. 

This is why choosing a web host for your website is one of the most important decisions you can make for your business. The right hosting services can greatly boost your website performance. However, you need to know that not all hosts are the same. You will need to do your research and identify web hosting services that will give you all the features you need currently.  

You could also be in a situation where you already had a web hosting service, but your…

I talk occasionally to college classes full of hopeful future journalists and writers. They’ll frequently ask about how to break into writing for a living. My advice for them tends to always be the same: start a blog.

Blogging doesn’t seem as in vogue these days, compared to becoming a “YouTuber” (aka vlogger), Instagram/TikTok “Influencer,” or even a podcaster. But a full-blown blog—a term that goes back to the late 1990s, when “weblogs” first began—is where real writing happens.

If you’re not clear on the term, a blog is a regularly updated website consisting of posts typically shown in reverse-chronological order, so the newest entry is the first one you see. Sometimes blogs are embedded in bigger websites. Other times the blog is the whole site. The content can be anything…