What is Web Hosting ?

The Internet initially began as a means for the US Military to communicate in the event of war. What the military needed was a network that was so versatile that if orthodox links were broken, information could be re-routed in order for delivery to still occur.

For the initial 10 years, the Internet was only used by scientists and the military. It was only in the 1980's that corporations got involved. In the 1990's ordinary people began to use the Internet for everything from information purposes to buying a new boat. By the year 2000 almost everyone in US and Canada had access to it and so did most other countries. This labyrinth of interconnected computers brings us to what Web Hosting is today.

Unfortunately, owning a Web Server can be very costly and requires technical expertise that most businesses don't have. This is where Web Hosts come in. Web Hosting companies provide the equipment and other technical resources that you need without the potential headaches. It's a lot cheaper than buying you own server, and you don't have to hire the technical staff to take care of it. Shared servers offer the ability to host a Website on a powerful, professionally managed server, at a low monthly cost. No technical skills are required to use a shared server. Shared Server Hosting provides a cost-effective way for entry-level Webmasters to maintain a reliable Web presence without extensive technical knowledge or resources.

To sum it all up. A Web Host provides the place on the Internet where your website "lives" with out you having to think about the technical side of things.