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Web hosting is an important part of your internet presence. Many people still don’t know exactly what hosting is really. It is best explained like this, in my opinion: Once you purchase your domain name, you still have to ‘host’ your site somewhere. Technically speaking, with the right knowledge you could turn your desktop or laptop into a ‘web server’ for your website – the biggest issue though being that when you turn your computer off or you lose internet service at that location – your website goes down.
So web ‘hosting’ is having your website files stored on a ‘computer’ somewhere that is always on, always secure, always cooled ( so it doesn’t overheat and turn off ) and always ready. Each hosting company either has a room with racks and racks of computers ‘storing’ or ‘hosting’ people’s website files – or they simply outsource to a larger company who does so on a larger scale. You will want to make sure that your web hosting has the right amount of room to store your files, and has the power to handle the traffic you will be getting / how much info is going back and forth at once ( your bandwidth ). ProDeveloper currently offers solutions for any size operation, small to large.
