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Web Hosting Types

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2 years ago
by Jackson Hines in

When starting a website it’s important to get the right kind of hosting for your particular site.  If you choose the wrong kind, you could lose traffic due to downtime, server overload etc.

Let’s look at the different types:

Free Web Hosting

Free web hosting is great for the obvious reason that it’s free. If you are just starting out, free hosting can be a great no risk option. Free hosts will usually have a pretty small limit on space and bandwidth, so once your site starts becoming bigger or getting more popular you’ll definitely need to upgrade.

Shared Web Hosting

Shared hosting plans are the best option for most websites out there. Shared Hosting is usually packed with features and will only cost a few dollars a month. You’ll get much better support than on any free plan. If your site has small to medium amount of traffic, shared hosting is for you.

Reseller Hosting

Reseller hosting is great for web designers who want to host client’s websites for them. The cheapest reseller hosting accounts will usually cost in the $15-$30 per month price range. They allow you to create separate web hosting accounts and control panels for each customer and divide up your resources between these accounts.

Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting

This is when a hosting company divides up it’s server between a small amount of customers. Each customer’s account acts as a separate server, and each customer will have root access to his/her own server.

Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated hosting is for high traffic corporate/business sites. An entire server is dedicated to one customer, and the customer has full control over that server. You can get either managed or un-managed dedicated hosting. With managed hosting, the hosting company will take of the technical side of things like security and software updates, and thus will cost a lot more.

Choosing a domain name

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2 years ago
by Jackson Hines in

Choosing a domain name can take forever. It’s hard to think of something original that you actually like. I know from my experience, almost every time I thought of a domain name I liked and I thought was original, it was already taken.

Here’s some tips on how to come up with a good domain name:

  • If the .com version of the name you want is already taken and already has a functioning website at it, don’t just take the .net. A lot of people will just assume .com when you tell them your website and your advertising will benefit the other site.
  • Avoid domain name’s with hyphens in them like www.atomic-pages.net. It will get annoying to say “dash” in the middle of your website name when you are telling people, and a lot of people will forget.
  • Avoid really long domain names: www.mywebsitedesigncompanyisawesome.com
  • If your website is specific to a certain country, try getting a domain name with the country’s extension. Like a UK website could end with the co.uk extension. Search engines use geographic location as part of the search algorithm, and a country extension will help establish what country your website is for.
  • Sometimes using an unpopular domain extension can make your website seem unique.

You can always change your domain name if you decide you don’t like it, but beware you’ll be starting all over with Search Engine Optimization.

How to start a website

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2 years ago
by Jackson Hines in

Step 1: Domain Name
The first thing you need in order to start a website is a domain name. A domain name will be the URL of your website. For example, the domain name of this website is atomicpages.net. AtomicPages will allow you to add in a domain name with the purchase of your hosting account for only $11-$15 per year if you don’t already have one.

Step 2: Hosting
Next you need a hosting account. A hosting account is a place on a remote server somewhere. This server will send out your website to a computer whenever someone visits it. AtomicPages offers affordable hosting plans on our Hosting Plans page. Our Standard plan will be suitable for most websites.

Step 3: Create Your Website
Once you have hosting and a domain name, you just need a website to put there. You have two options here:

  • Create a website by yourself. If you already know about web design this should be easy for you.
  • AtomicPages will setup a website for you at an extremely affordable price. Our prices are a small fraction of what other web design firms may charge. See the Services page for details.

Step 4: Keep your Website Updated
Once you have your website up and running you need to keep it updated. You once again have two options:

  • Keep your website updated by yourself. You may need a little knowledge about web design in order to do this.
  • AtomicPages will manage your website for you at an affordable price. See the Services page for details.
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