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Web hosting is the service that makes a web site viewable by other users on the internet.

Whenever you employ web hosting, you are renting disk space on a computer that is permanantly connected to the internet. The service provides individuals, organizations and users with online storage for storing, or displaying information, images, video, or any content accessible via the Web.

Web hosts are the companies that provide you with space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Chunks of disk space a split up, and assigned to hosting accounts, ranging from a full rack, down to a small segment on a shared hosting account.

Web hosting requires good support, because, when you look in to the service, many companies offer nearly the same package. If you experience technical difficulties with your website you will want to get them fixed quickly. Therefore the best web hosts will ultimately be the ones with the best support and uptime. For businesses, good support makes their web presence or e-commerce possible on 24x7x365 day basis.

Hosting services provide space on their web servers that clients can “rent” to store personal web sites. Shared web hosting is the most widespread hosting service. Hosting should have no downtime, and your new hiosted website should be available for all to see 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The infrastructure behind the hosting is the speed of the servers, the amount, and speed of the memory in the web servers, and the size of the Internet backbone, allowing web traffic to flow freely.

From the customers viewpoint, you need to look at the server speed, the webspace, and the alloted bandwidth. Exceeding your bandwidth can cost you dearly, so read the small print on your hosting contract.

New users should steer clear of VPS (virtual private servers) and dedicated servers, the best hosting for the newbie is going to be a cpanel host, with great support on a shared web hosting account. Ensure your server is backed up frequently, and you have 24 hour access.