Slide 1: Domain Name and Hosting Tips
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Slide 3: Intro
Finding the right host for your site; from the free to the
very expensive, we will discuss what your options are so that you can find your “perfect host”.
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Slide 4: What’s a Host?
A host is a server which provides a home for your
website on the World Wide Web. Just as your computer contains all your files, so a host contains all the files needed to run your website. computer? Because that would mean users would have to connect directly to your computer to see your website. Not a good idea—it wouldn’t be secure and it would make your machine run like a tired snail. need to the server and your users can then connect there to see your site.
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Why can’t you just keep all those files on your own
With a host, you can simply upload everything you
Slide 5: Free Hosting
Positives: Free You manage the server software and network.
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Slide 6: Free Hosting
Negatives: Search engines view free hosting services as inferior
and sometimes do not include them in their index. custom domain name.
Some free hosting services do not allow you to use a The bandwidth is restricted and may cause difficulty for
visitors attempting to access your site.
Because the service is free, some providers do not
strive for 100% uptime which could result in your site being frequently inaccessible.
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Slide 7: Expensive, Dedicated Servers
Positives: Server, software and network is managed and
supported for you.
You can select a custom domain name. Search engines don’t view you as second class. Improved quality and speed response. Uptime generally guaranteed. Improved bandwidth.
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Slide 8: Choices
Your choice of server will depend on how much money you have available at the beginning and how much you plan to grow in the future. In my opinion, for commercial sites, free hosting is a waste of time. Your users are going to get blasted with annoying popups every time they surf to your page, it’s going to be impossible to get a decent position in a search engine, and you don’t even get a real business URL. No one’s going to remember your Web address if they have to type www.freehosting.com/mysite. But it is possible to choose a cheap host at the beginning and move up as your business begins to bring in money.
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Slide 9: Future Proof Mastermind Series
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