Archive for January 31st, 2009

Web Hosting FAQ

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

What is web hosting?

To sell its acticity across the globe a website helps any business firm. To send this message, any company that has substantial information need to keep the files in organized manner with the help of a server. However, small businesses with limited resources find it difficult to own a server, least of all, to maintain it with the help of technical persons. However, if any company, that offers web hosting services, is hired for this purpose, then such company helps the business establishment in hosting its information on the net through its dedicated server. In a way, the small business company gets the web hosting service for its business activity at a fraction of actual cost. In this arrangement, the maintenance of the server and other associated works are regularly done by the provider of the web hosting provider.

What is domain name hosting?

This is the address that your company received from IPP after making payment to the provider of the service. Rather than setting up everything at your own cost, this arrangement helps you get into the business activity quickly.

What is a registrar?

Each domain name has to be registered with an authority that is known as registrar. This is required as the domain name offers lot of information pertaining to your business activity, billing, registered owner in addition to details of what server your domain name/web site is hosted on. It is always important to have the domain name registered in the name of your company even if the web hosting or web design company buys it for you. It becomes easy to change the contact information pertaining to your business if it is registered in your name. Besides, you need to renew your domain name with the company that has registered it. You can contact Digital West Networks, Inc if you want to purchase a domain name. (DWNI).

What is ‘Catch-all’ or ‘Wildcard’ e-mail?

This relegates to receiving e-mail which was sent to anyword@yourdomain.com. So, even if there is a mistake in typing the user name, the mail reaches you as long as the domain name is right. On the flipside, however, it also generates unwanted spam and need to be disabled.

“Unlimited e-mail forwarding, what is that?’’

Unlimited e-mail forwarding helps in getting mail in the mailbox of your choice with the e-mail address. In this, it helps in organizing mails conveniently and email can be sent to a specific location. If you have separate addresses, for example, sales@yourdomain.com and also techhelp@yourdomain.com helps in directing the mails to specific user groups. Also, if a single person is looking into them these can be grouped to only one mailbox.