I already have a domain….What is hosting? Why do I need it?
September 16, 2008
Most people know what a domain name is, but many don’t have a clue what web hosting is or how important it is. A domain name is the actual web address for your website, (e.g. www.mybusiness.com). Hosting is the space on a server/computer that stores all the files, data, web pages, emails etc. for your website.{++}
Consider this:
When you register a business name, its just a name, but that business would need a place, office, building, to store the info for that business…e.g. to store files, client data, equipment, information etc….this is just like a domain name and hosting…..having a domain name just means that you own the rights to the name, but in order to have a website you would need some type of hosting in order to ’store’ the info, files, images etc for that website….
simple enough?
