Absolute basic information on domain names and web hosting for newbie webmasters.

Absolute basic information on domain names and web hosting for newbie webmasters.

by andaleb


Domain name, what the heck? Probably there is millions of people exists out there who doesn't know or indeed have no idea about what domain name is. They aren't jerks, just because they didn't need to know what domain name is. You can fall in that category; even if you don't why don't we give a second look at domain names? Domain name is a name that can identify a web site in the World Wide Web. In web there has to be a way to identify each different web site. So the easiest way was to give a name, just as like as we call each other by our names. But it is bit different from our names. Every name has something to add on, as you have probably visited www.yahoo.com you can see 'www' followed by 'yahoo' and 'com' separated by comma (.). Now 'www' stands for world wide web and .com .net .info are domains. With 'yahoo' together they call as domain name. Domain names can be may types like .com .info .co.uk etc.
Domain name registration. You have to register your domain name to create and publish a site in World Wide Web (internet). In the past it was extremely difficult to find out affordable domain name registration. All domain name registrars used to charge around $70 to register your domain name for 2 years. ituation has changed now. Many new company offering domain name registration at an affordable cost. Some will register your domain name for less then $15 for a year. Especially if you are registering multiple domain names for multiple sites for a number of years at the same time.
Domain name registration process can be confusing if you are a first time buyer. Literally there are number of terms to worry about. But according to many experts and even to those who have gone through the process of domain name registration said domain name registration process is such an easy and quick procedure. It is easy if and only if it is coupled with the effort and interest of both the domain name consumer and domain name registrars. About domain name consumers, it is indeed true that they play a great part in the domain name registration process since it is in their hands that the success of the domain name registration depends. Of course the domain name registrar play a part in the domain name registration process for the fact that they are ones who have the power to amend and control the domain names.
Web hosting. If you want to publish your website online then all you have to do other than registering a domain name is a web hosting. This is what you really should go for a good one. If you are creating your personal website just for fun then you better go to yahoo geocities. They are good for personal no cost websites. But if you are thinking for something rocking, I mean if you are considering your website for business purpose or to make money then trust me u definitely don't need to go for a free web hosting. Ordinary web surfers like me doesn't like ads popping up in another window while they are browsing a serious site. You can get really cheap deals of web hosting out there that can be great in value. Even if you are lucky enough you can find free hosting with good proving track record that they are really good. I have once heard about a hosting service that provides free hosting without any ads. All you have to do is post at least 50 posts to their blog to get the service working for you. And they are good if you can keep up blogging.
Disk space: Doesn't matter who you are hosting with just make sure you are getting enough disk space for your site. Disk space is like as same as your PC's hard drive the more disk space do you get the bigger site you can host online. Usually in MB (megabytes) or GB (Giga bytes).
Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the amount of data that can be retrieved still more your site within the bandwidth period. The bandwidth period is the length of time before your bandwidth is reset once again, usually reversal a month. Bandwidth is measured in MB and GB, corresponding disk space.
About the Author
andaleb is a webmaster sharing informations on domain names on one of his blogs http://domainnamez.blogspot.com/ http://mesotheliomafeeds.blogspot.com/