Why Do I Need a Host?
In order to make your website available to everyone on the Internet, you need a hosting company. This doesn’t have to be an expensive endeavor, however, as HostingGoneWild offers cheap hosting services that are just as good as the more expensive hosting services out there.
A hosting service is a server that is connected to the Internet at all times. Some people wonder why they can’t just host their website on their computer which is a bad idea for several reasons. First, your computer would have to be on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If the power goes out of your computer crashes, your website would be inaccessible to anyone else.
Secondly, you must have a dedicated IP address which isn’t usually provided by Internet providers. A dedicated server has a static IP address which means it will always be in the same spot. Your hosting service will also need to have web server software, such as Apache Web Server, which can be extremely difficult to setup and maintain; certainly much more difficult than the average computer user would like to deal with.
A dedicated hosting server is a resource hog, and would be unusable by you while it’s hosting your website. Not to mention that if your website gets a lot of visitors it would probably require more bandwidth than you’re able to get from your local cable, DSL or even FIOS provider.
We hope that we’ve pointed out just a few of the reasons that hosting a website at home is an impractical and difficult endeavor. If you’d like to see the list of affordable hosting services that HostingGoneWild provides, please visit our Hosting Services page and get started today!
