Web hosting is a service that serves your website to anyone that visits it. While it’s possible to host your own web site from a computer at your house, it’s generally better to choose a web hosting provider that stores your web site on fast servers in a data center with fast connections, that on 24/7. When you visit any website, your computer is actually connecting to another computer that sends the files to your web browser, which then renders those files into web pages that you view.
Web Hosting is like an Art Store – An Analogy.
One way to look at web hosting is that it is similar to an art store. An art store provides you paint, brushes, canvases, and other tools you need to paint a painting, however the art store does not paint the painting for you. You select the tools you want to use and purchase them from the art store, and then use those tools to build your website. Or hire a painter to paint a picture for you.
Similarly, a web hosting company, like HostGator, provides you a variety of tools that you can use to build your website, such as a server and web space where you can upload your website, control panels that make it easy for you to configure your web hosting account, and even gives you the ability to install scripts like WordPress or use one of our many site building solutions. However, the web host does not actually build your website. You can choose to built it yourself
using the many tools provided or hire a web designer to develop your website for you.
### There are many different types of web hosting plans, including ::
1. Shared hosting – Usually recommended for new websites, as it’s the most economical way to start a website.
Your site is placed on a server with other websites to share the resources.
2. VPS hosting – Recommended for more advanced users, and those needing to install specific packages or software not provided by shared hosting. Your website is placed on a server with other websites, like shared hosting, but usually there’s less websites per server. Also includes root or admin access to its own operating system installation in a visualized environment.
3. Dedicated servers – When you get a dedicated server, your website(s) get access to the full server, since it’s not shared with any other users. Also includes full root or admin access like a VPS. This is the recommended route for websites with lots of visitors (traffic) or custom requirements not available in a shared hosting environment.
4. Reseller hosting – This service is geared for webmasters, or others, who want to resell their own web hosting service. It’s also a good option for those with multiple websites, as it makes it easier to manage many websites under one control panel.
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