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If you are a new webmaster, we recommend that you first check our "Beginners Guide" where the general steps for creating a web site and finding a webhost are described.
Free or paid?
When you start looking for a place to host your site, your first decision will be whether you will need a free or paid web host. Well, there are lots of free webhosts out there. The pros are that they are free, the cons are that usually you will have forced banners/popups and/or any other kind of advertisements on your site. These help the free webhosts to stay free. Usually, you do not have much resources or features included in a free webhost package. In our opinion only the simplest and less popular sites should consider being hosted by free hosts. Some major differences between the free and the paid hosts are: the number of features offered by paid hosts (like more disk space, access to multiple programming languages, databases, SSL servers, regular backup, guaranteed uptime, access to server configuration files like .htaccess and to raw logs and statistics), better financial stability of paid companies, and the availability of technical support. So if you expect to spend more than couple of hours making your web site, and you expect to get profits from it we recommend paying for your hosting. Furthermore the prices of the web hosting services are falling down to very affordable levels - for even $5 a month you can get a paid host with more than enough features, webspace and transfer.
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This guide is intended for those who are new to the web hosting stuff and want to build their web presence - to create a personal or business site and place it online. This guide is meant to help you establish your online presence without having to learn the ins and outs of the web hosting.
If you are already experienced webmaster you may wish to check our Webhosting Guide, FAQ or How to pick up a webhost sections instead.
So, here we go. There are four essential moments in the process of building your site. These are: getting a domain name, designing and creating your site, finding a webhost that will host it, and finally make the site popular.
Domain Name
First of all you need to choose a domain name for your site. A domain name is the internet address of your site. The users will be able to reach your site when they type your domain name in their browsers (for example Internet Explorer, Netscape). You may wish to read our "How to pick up a domain name" article, where the topic is discussed in details. Choose a domain name that best describes your site content. It can also be your business or personal name. For example you can use your company name as a domain name. Many web hosts will register a domain name for you as a part of their web hosting package(sometimes even at a quite reasonable price, but not always). However, we recommend that you register your domain name separately using a registrar of your choice such as GoDaddy.com, where you can register a domain name for less than $10/year.
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A GUIDE FOR WEB HOST
