Host Monster Review of General Features
A Web Host is a company, which owns a server often located in a data center and the company offers space to others by providing a connection to the Internet. Other Web Hosts provide space to computer users through a data center on servers they do not own, but allow other Web Hosts to use. This is called collocation and an example of this is an airport, which is owned by one entity and many other entities are housed in the same facility and are managed by various companies. The airport represents the Web Host and provides space to the airlines, restaurants, cafes, shops, lounges and other businesses assisting them to host their direct clients.
For small businesses, the most relevant option is to use a shared hosting environment where you will share the resources with other businesses and for this reason you could expect to pay very low prices for the service. In this hosting option, Hostmonster is one of the most famous companies on the Internet.
There are a variety of Web Hosting services and most common among them is a web page, website or blog. Files are transferred via uploading through a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or a Web Interface. When uploading a webpage to a personal website we often are using FTP, which makes the file accessible for others to read. You also have the ability to set encrypted communications with your host with Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) in order to protect your data. The only thing you should take care is to name all your files with lowercase, since Hostmonster runs on a Linux system and if your website was tested on a Windows system and looked good, maybe when you upload it to a linux system it won’t if you mixed upper and lower case letter to name your files.
ISP hosting or Hosting on your own.
Webpage hosting is offered by many Internet service providers who offer their clients one or more personal web pages when they sign up for service. This service called a personal website is hosted by the internet service provider usually free of charge and includes advertisements. The Provider of the web pages receives payment from the companies advertising on the free web pages the web hosting provider offers to their clients. Obviously, if you run a business you don’t want to host it on any of the free platforms on the Internet, not only because of bad image, but also because the space is not your and they could shut you down, whenever they want.
Free web hosting usually has limitations such as the number of free pages. In addition the type and number of tools available for building a website are not accessible as they are for those who pay for web hosting. The size of graphics and pictures is usually limited and the Provider distributing free web pages does not offer assistance for exposure on the internet or assistance to increase web page ranking on the Internet. With Hostmonster you have unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth, although you won’t want to host a high traffic site with a lot of database access, because they limit CPU usage and charge more to users passing a certaing threshold. For the small to medium traffic site, Hostmonster is very cheap, although live chat is somewhat slow compared with BlueHost, for the price of the service is really good.
Most of the free web hosts offer one to five free pages while those who pay for service will usually have unlimited web pages available for their website or a blog. Many people new to web page building will accept the offer from their web host for one or more free web pages and try out the service for period of time. Later they will go back and purchase additional pages and through their purchase will receive access to all the tools to help them build a great website.
For Businesses of Small to Medium size
Businesses usually do not take advantage of these free web pages and seek a web host, which includes unlimited web pages for a monthly or annual fee. The Hostmonster fee includes a control panel which include services such as email, shopping cart, forums, blogs, surveys and other tools to enhance a website being used for e-commerce.
If you do not have trouble waiting a little more for support and you will not host a super complicated site, then this is the best option for you. However, if you want somewhat faster response times in live chat, you could read our BlueHost Review and decide which of the two suits you best.
Whichever you select for your hosting, you will get a very professional service and peace of mind while running your website.
