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The one who wants to enter in this web world and desires for a long time survival, then he/she should be familiar with each and every terminology used in this field. If user considers all the important factors before choosing a hosting plan then only he/she will be able to have a successful future in this world .User should not choose any of the plan, rather he/she should opt the best and most suitable one and this can only be made possible by fetching more and more informations and also by studying properly all the requirements. New comers should start from the basics .They should learn the meaning of each and every term used and also in addition those factors that can affect his/her selection.

Web Host

Web host refers to a computer connected to the internet. Web host can also be termed as ‘web server’. The computer that is playing the role of the web server needs to be more powerful than normal PCs and the function of this web server is to serve up websites.

The website content of the user will remain will on this computer, so as the people who are surfing on the internet can get a way to access his/her website.

There can be three main categories in which the web host can be classified based on the economic factor and common features:

1. Free Hosts:

The users who are not professional but are making website only as a hobby then for them free hosting can be a good option. In free hosting space, bandwidth and other features provided are very limited. With free web hosting one can not only make his/her website successful but is also suitable for personal websites or for temporary usage. Generally free hosting enforces pop-up, text or banner ads. Reliability, best performance and customer support lacks in case of free hosting as well. When a user registers for a free host then the word free host gets added with the user’s domain name that gives an adverse effect in the eye of the visitors.

2. Shared Hosts:

The next type of the web hosting to be discussed is shared hosting. This hosting service is used by many of the web sites .This type of hosting service is Suitable for personal, small and medium businesses. This service can be used by paying $1 to $25 per month. The features provided by this service vary from very limited space/bandwidth to semi-dedicated servers. The users host their website by this type of hosting service and it has its own top level domain facility. No doubt that shared web hosting is quite better than free hosting but still it does not provide 100% satisfactory services. In case of shared hosting one server is shared by the number of websites so its performance and availability gets affected. More websites usually means less performance. If less number of websites are hosted by one server then it will be more expensive, but in this case there are more chances of reliability. There are many companies allowing customers to host multiple websites with different domains under a single account.

3. Dedicated Hosts:

The next type of hosting is dedicated hosting. This type of hosting is most reliable hosting. In this type of hosting a full server is dedicated to a single customer. Generally this type of hosting is used by large businesses, professionals and very active websites dealing with thousands of visitors daily. The customers having dedicated hosting can have their total control over the server as well as able to create as many websites as they like. Customers can run their own hosting company on a rented dedicated server. Payment module is mentioned according to specifications and services provided with the server, which varies from $100 up to about $800 dollars per month.

4. Collocated Hosts:

Now the other type of hosting service to be discussed is collocated hosting. This service is very much similar to dedicated hosting. The difference between collocated hosting and dedicated hosting is that in collocated hosting the customer owns the server hardware instead of renting it. In this service the server will be placed in provider’s data center. This service is more expensive than dedicated hosting.

5. Reseller Hosts:

In reseller hosting the providers offers web server storage to their customers, and resells the web server storage to them. Generally providers offer resellers a discount price.

6. Other Hosts:

Including the above type of hosts there are also many other hosts such as email hosts, media hosts, data hosts, etc but these hosts will not be discussed in this article.

Domain Name

Domain name is the name which shows the place where one’s website is located. The actual address of the website is a set of numbers. Each and every web server has its own unique address. Domain name indicates the real addresses of every websites. One can easily remember the domain name of any of the website. Remembering domain name is easier than recalling the IP addresses.

Space / Storage

Space is one of the services provided by the web host. It plays a very important role in the website development. It happens many times that the customer requires more space but the host fails to provide it, so customer should be very careful while choosing the web host. Storage is the amount of web server’s disk space available for customer’s website files, images and databases. Space can be according to the requirement; it can be as small as 5MB in some free hosts and as big as 300GB for some dedicated servers. Earlier prices of the space were very high but prices reduced significantly during the last few years. The hosting plans offering 3GB of space for less than $10 a month can be easily available.

Bandwidth

Bandwidth can be defined as the amount of data transferred from web server to clients’ internet browsers. When ever a person outlook a page the data is transmitted from the server to that person’ PC. If any one is having audio, video and images in his/her website then the bandwidth consumed is more in comparison of the website having only text contents. The bandwidth available in free hosting can be as low as 100MB per month where as in some dedicated servers the bandwidth available is as high as 2000GB a month. The customers who don’t want to pay more for bandwidth can easily find hosting plans offering 75GB of monthly data transfer for less than $10.

Server Type

Generally server means the operating system than runs the web server. Some common types are Windows, Linux and UNIX. Server type refers the server side scripting and database types. The difference between Windows server and Linux/UNIX is that Windows runs ASP and ASP.NET with Access or SQL Server databases where as Linux/UNIX servers usually runs CGI, PHP or JSP with MySQL or Oracle databases. The other difference is that Windows servers are more expensive than Linux/UNIX servers.

Databases

As server type is discussed earlier also, we are able to know that there are different types of databases available. The mostly used is MySQL as it is open source GPL (free) software and can serve a lot of online applications’ requirements such as forums, content management, mailing lists, etc. MySQL, rather its features are limited. MySQL is sufficient for small concern but it is not powerful for the complicated large business sites. Large business requires more powerful databases such as Oracle or SQL Server.

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Server Side Scripting

Usually the new comers prefer to use PHP as server side scripting. The reason behind this is that there are hundreds of open source (GPL) PHP scripts that are able to fulfill the webmaster’s requirements. However PHP also has some limitations in features required by advanced websites same as in the case of MySQL, due to this limitation some professional web developers prefer to use ASP.NET or JSP. Some other developers still prefer to use Cold Fusion, CGI, ASP or PERL.

Email

Now the next very important aspect to be talked about is Email. At present no one can move further in this computer world with having his/her Email account. The one who is planning to do any kind of activity through computer such as to run a business or to provide any kind of service, then the first thing he/she need to do is to open an Email account. There are many hosting plans that include the feature of having some email accounts with customer’s domain. The availability of number and size of email accounts totally depends on the hosting plan one opted. Generally this feature is not included in free hosting. Small plans provide only about 10 accounts where as big plans do not have the limited number. Usually those email accounts are web based and accessible through POP3 clients as well.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

The other service is FTP. File Transfer Protocol is a usual way of transferring files across the Internet. Most of the webmasters used to upload and download their websites contents through FTP. The process of uploading or downloading is performed by using FTP client software. Webmasters require FTP username and password so as to access their web server. There are any hosts who use to provide more than one FTP account to their customers as per their requirement. Rather FTP is unspecified; it is not advisable as per the security reasons.

Control Panel

Control panel is the service available by many of the web hosting companies to their customers. It is a web based application that helps in managing websites. Some important functions performed by the control panel are that it used to manage email accounts, providing statistics, managing FTP accounts, managing domains and sub-domains and managing databases. The control panel application that is mostly used by the user is cPanel. There are many companies who use to develop their own control panel application.

Uptime

Now after having all the services, the thing of concern which remains is how the user keeps his/her website uptime most of the time. If anyone is having a website with excellent features but it remains down most of the time it will be of no use, as when ever the visitors visit his/her website and found it down then later on they will think twice before visiting it. In result he/she will suffer the loss of visitors. Uptime is very important feature of web hosts and that is usually measured in percentage. If a server remains down near about 30 minutes a day will have an uptime percentage of about 99.98%, which is acceptable for most small to medium business websites. If any of the business website is not having at least this percentage of uptime then that website is not suitable for a business website. Mission critical sites cannot tolerate frequent outages, thus they may use web monitoring services to notify web administrators immediately when an outage happens.

Price

Finally the factor left is price. In this option also there is a great variability found like for example customer is having option to choose between the prices ranging from 0 to $1000 per month. For most personal, small and medium websites the total amount of cost involved is just $15 per month. Thus its not at all advisable for business website owners to select very cheap plans let say less than $5 because this price can lead to huge cost indirectly afterwards.



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Free stuff sites make up a very decent percentage of all sites on the internet. You can get anything from free screensavers to free software to free iPods to free vacations on the internet. Obviously other than a very few select products none of them are ‘truly’ free. They are not even a ’shareware kind’ of product. Most of these schemes will expect a certain action to be performed to claim the ‘free stuff’.

Normally, signing up to an offer from an advertiser, referring friends to a site or service or buying a related product all are examples of the ‘actions’ expected. For example, the free iPod offer that took over the internet by craze works on the premise that each person will refer 5 of their friends to the scheme as well as sign up to a few sponsor offers himself.

What is surprising is that out of all these offers, there are very few that are webmaster-centric. You hardly find offers for free domains, free webhosting or free traffic when you sign up for an offer. This is probably because the cost of these services or products are too low to warrant much interest. It can also be that webmasters prefer more direct forms of rewards like cash.

It is not that there are absolutely no free domain offers on the net. There are a few but their ‘action’ expected is either to buy hosting or to sign up and post at forums. The first scenario is a little scary because most web hosting companies will register the ‘free’ domain in their own name. So if want to change the web host, you lose the domain name and with it all the hard work you put in to develop the brand image. That leaves the posting at forums option. Well, if you asked me to post, say 50 messages and all of reasonable length (atleast 10 – 15 words), it will take me a month. This assumes that I also have something better to do! I cannot wait that long for a domain even if it is free.

From experience, it is seen that a webmaster will never refuse a free domain name. For that matter no one will will refuse a free thing if there is no catch involved. A webmaster should be willing to sign up for a free offer or two in exchange of a free domain. If such a scheme were available it should be quite sucessful. May be not as much as the free iPods schemes but atleast 50% as effective as them. If the free offer does not involve disclosure of credit card information, it will be the icing on the cake!

This is exactly what I have been working out. You sign up for an offer. If it is a valid sign up then I buy you a domain name. No credit card information required and no obligation too. That simple. The only condition is you must be from the US and must fill up the information required (name, email, address etc) honestly. As soon as I recieve confirmation of the signup (usually 2-3 days) you get your domain name. And, yes these are not pharmaceutical or gambling offers, you need to sign up to recieve more information from an online education university. Can it get better than that? Visit

Lisa Paredes asked:


a business model and a hot niche to enter online, and there’s only one thing that’s stopping you from entering the game online: you haven’t yet built that amazing site you have pictured in your head. Does this sound like you right now? Do you have a picture in your head of what your site will look like when it’s completed? Has it been months since you registered your site, and yet it’s not up? No matter what your reasons are for not completing your site, it’s time to get down to business and finish what you started.

Phase One – Make a List

First things first. You need to make a detailed list of what your site needs in order to be complete. For example, if you are building a site that will mainly focus on selling advertising, then you’ll want to note on your list that you need a feature allowing advertisers to set up an account and easily buy advertising space. Make sure you also add graphic design and logo design to your to-do list. Now it’s your turn to write down all the items you need.

Phase Two – Your Budget

Next, you’ll need to come up with a budget for creating this amazing site of yours. Once you’ve determined a figure, you can start to come up with a plan.

Phase Three – Plan Options

Once you’ve determined your budget, it’s time to start making plans. We’ve devised three different plans for you:

Plan A. – This plan is for anyone who does not mind spending over 10 thousand dollars or more for a custom-built site. If this sounds like you, then basically all you need to do is hire a Web development firm to complete the tasks on your list.

Plan B. – This plan is for the person who can spend thousands of dollars. You can go with a Web development firm or scout out a freelancer at a Web site like Guru.com.

Plan C. – This plan is for someone who is willing to spend only a couple hundred dollars to build his or her site. If this sounds like you, either hire a freelancer who can work within your budget or use Web software programs or content management programs like WordPress and Joomla.

When hiring a professional to design and program your site, you’ll want to be as clear and detailed as possible. If you are vague, the outcome might not be what you expected, so communication is the key. If you can, give the freelancer a list of URLs for sites that have features you want on your site.

Phase Four – Testing

Even if a professional designed your site, you’ll want to test it out and make sure that everything is running smoothly. You can even have a friend or family member make a test purchase to see if everything is working correctly.

Phase Five – Launch

Now all you have to do is start driving targeted traffic to your site and start getting SALES!

Conclusion

There’s no point in waiting or doing everything yourself to get your site built and then launched. Remember, the longer it takes for you to build and launch your site, the longer it will take for you to start making money from it. So be a doer and get going today!



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Affiliates, who are not good at website signing, often feel building a landing page is demanding and painful job. This article is meant to guide how to quickly build a professional-looking review site of a certain niche.

WordPress-An Easy Way to Build Review Site!

WordPress is well known as an open source publish application which is normally used for blogging. Apart from blogging, it has many other uses. Now, it is being employed by more and more affiliates to build up review site. Are there any reasons why affiliates use WordPress to build review site?

Benefits of Using WordPress to Build Review Site!

First, WordPress is very easy to use. Everything on your website is controllable. Webmasters can easily edit most the contents on the website without using any site designing tools. It is easy to post or edit an entry within minutes.

Secondly, it’s very easy to change the looks of websites. There are numerous WordPress themes available over the internet. Webmasters can easily get a decent one and choose it as the look of the website.

Thirdly, WordPress features open source. It’s backed up by hundreds of thousands of excellent plugins for different use. If you want a plugin of certain functions, you can easily find a lot of plugins that can absolutely meet your demand!

WordPress is so powerful and easy-to-use that a lot of affiliates would like to use it to build up reviews sites and launch campaigns. There is no other way easier than using WordPress to building review sites!

But WordPress just offer a good platform of quick and easy website building. To quickly have a review site up and running, you will need to get some templates/themes of certain niches. Check this out to find review site templates suit your niches.

Are you still designing static html to make your affiliate review sites? I can say that it is really time-consuming to design a static html page. It will take you almost a week to design every page of a whole website from scratch. And when you want add a page or make some changes, you will have to redesign again. What a pain in the neck!

I highly Recommend using CMS(Content Management System) to build your website. There are a lot of popular free CMS including WordPress, Joomla, Xoops, Plone and so on. Most CMS are open source and available for personal use! Comparing all aspects, I recommend affiliates to use WordPress to build review sites! Because it is simplest and easiest to use and install.

Use WordPress To Create WP Review Site – Easy and Simple!

I have build numerous WP review site, it is easy and simple. I don’t need to use any page designing tools to develop a single page of my website now. All I have to do is to install WordPress in my domain, configure a SQL database, find a good theme and install needed plugins. Then I have my review site up and running in just a few minutes! It is that simple and easy! Now don’t design any static html pages any more, use WordPress!

What Kind of Themes/Templates Are Suitable For Review Site?

Not all the themes are suitable for building review site. A theme should be properly optimized and redesigned as a landing page. What should you take attentions to, when redesign a theme?

Here are points you need to be alert of to:

1. Delete navigation on top of your homepage.

2. Deactivate your widgets. You don’t anything that distracts your prospects!

3. Using White or light color background and black text are the best for readability!

4. Sort the sequence of the posts. Put the No.1 product or service on the first place! Then sort the sequence by descending!

5. Enable your visitors to leave a comment or rate the products!

There are just a few tips to set up a WP review site. You need to find themes that are suitable for building review sites and some affiliate plugins.

To find out what a high conversion-rate review site should be, you can take a look at some good WP review sites examples! And you can find some plugins as affiliate tools including star rating plugin, traffic tracking plugin and so on. Come and Check it out!

You can register your domain at yahoo and all the information you need is provided on their site. The first thing however is to know what exactly a domain name is and, what type of registration from yahoo is good for you. When you need to open a website, the first thing you need is an address and this address name is called a domain name. A domain name should be simple and represent what your business is about. It is a tool that will determine the development and popularity of your business. There are many details on how a name should be presented so that it can achieve its purpose for the business. One thing to keep in mind is that the name should contain letters, numbers and hyphens only.

When you have your domain, you need to register it and, domain registration at yahoo will go an extra mile to make sure you keep your personal information private. The internet’s governing body requires that everyone who has a domain to give their contact information and usually the public can easily access this vital information. However, you do not have to worry about this when you come for a domain registration at yahoo and this is because you can get a private domain registration at yahoo and this is where your information will be safeguarded from the public. The registration works very easily and when you sign up, Melbourne IT the partner to yahoo will list and update your information and point it to its offices.

This will enable the company to be aware when somebody searches for your information and on your behalf, they will screen the information for you. The company will forward the information of the people trying to contact you and you can choose who you want to reply to. Per month, a private domain registration at yahoo will cost $0.99 making it very affordable and convenient. It is also very easy to sign up for it. However, domain names with the extension .US cannot be registered this way. This is because there are very many restrictions. When you sign up, you can get the private domain registration at yahoo. Melbourne IT reserves the right to disclose your information in accordance to laws and regulations.

It is therefore very easy to get good domain registration at yahoo and all you need is all the information that will guide you through the process. You will also get more information on how to start a good site and how to build it up. If you have any question on domains and registrations then you can get all the answers from yahoo. Domain registration is very vital and you therefore need to take some time to make sure that all the aspects are well thought of and if protecting your personal information is of paramount importance, then you need to get the private domain registration. You will learn how to activate your domain registration and get to see some of the top questions that are usually asked.

So you have a dream for a web site, an exciting idea or something you want to accomplish on the web. Well in order to get started on the exciting Internet you must first find a domain name and hosting provider. But not just any provider, we recommend that you find a cheap domain name and cheap domain hosting provider. Your web domain name is an address that points to your web site. Telling the world where to go to find your site. These domain names come in the form of dot com’s, dot net’s and so on.

First, what is a domain name. Well a domain name is going to be the alpha numeric address that people will use to find your web site on the internet. If you tell some one about your web site you will give them your domain name to pull it up. Your domain name is connected directly with your hosting provider so that your web site can be held on the internet.

I want to explain in this article the reasonable prices you should expect to pay to obtain cheap domain hosting and cheap domain registration. When it comes to finding a domain name, all of the popular dot com’s and dot net’s are very affordable if purchased from the right provider. We don’t recommend buying one of these names for over $10 per year, because this is becoming almost an industry standard for price concious providers.

If you are starting your first web site and it doesn’t have a large marketing budget up front, you should opt for a cheap domain hosting package to help get your web site online. A hosting provider holds all the files that compile your web site on the internet. Without a hosting provider, unfortunately nobody will be able to see your web site on the internet. An affordable price to pay for this service would be under $10 per month. For this price you should receive telephone support and lots of neat futures. Neat features that I recommend you obtain for your web site would be Scripts that can easily be launched from your control panel such as shopping carts, forums, blogs and more. Many cheap domain hosting companies will also give you free credits for google marketing and yahoo marketing products which is awesome for getting your site off the ground and gaining traffic.

You may wonder how to choose the best hosting company for your web site, I am going to give you a few tips that should definitely help you out in determining this. Like I mentioned before you must find a company with telephone support. I recommend you test out the email support to see how long it takes to get a response from their support center. You can also find many providers that will give you a 1 or 2 month money back guarantee for domain hosting services. Often times domain names are not refundable however. You must focus hard on finding a company that you are comfortable dealing with and that meets all of your needs.

If you have a large web site that you need hosted online, we recommend that you consider either managed VPS (virtual private server) or a dedicated server environment. These 2 services are only recommended for web sites that receive a large amount of traffic to their web site. The reason I recommend this is because some times your sites performance can be sacraficed if you get in to a standard hosting account. Standard hosting accounts are often times referred to as shared hosting accounts. If you are unsure of what you need, I recommend obtaining a regular hosting account for now and you can upgrade later if necessary.