World Wide Web is one of the most commonly used mediums nowadays. It is composed of an immense number of websites some linked to each other and some are not thus creating this illusory image of a virtual web. This complex system is like a densely-populated place where there are so many inhabitants and so there are a lot of houses however it is organized. All the places are carefully labeled and that it will not be mistaken for any other place because of the distinct domain name assigned to each.
Now you wonder, there are domain names but where are these domains rooted to? These domain names are rooted on servers provided by web hosts. Web hosts are companies that permit the usage of their server space. With this being available, individuals and entities are able to create personal and entrepreneurial websites as they see fit. Web hosting is also known as housing because the web host is housing the domain of a person or a business entity in their server.
What is the significance? (colocation/housing)
E-commerce is the selling and buying or goods and services via the internet or other electronic network systems. The activities done in this complex system are all carried out in the web site they had set up to facilitate the transactions with their clients. It is important to know that these websites are delegated with specific domains that define where it is being housed.
Web hosting is important to many people as it is important to many businesses. Note that e-commerce cannot stand alone without the World Wide Web. Without any web hosts, there will not be any available servers to root these domains too.
Without any servers, connectivity will fail and nothing will be retrieved when you try searching the net for anything.
A common type of web hosting is the single web page hosting. This type of internet hosting is pretty simple. All uploaded files are processed using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The File Transfer Protocol does the job in making the encoded record available to the website. The encoded information is displayed without any major changes due to enhancements or with just minimal processing.
Additionally, this web hosting type is used by many Internet Service Providers (ISPs). This type of provider is able to even provide this hosting service for free to their customers. Because it is very little to no processing required when files are uploaded there is no cost for hosting such. Few of the many kinds of the single-web page are:
• Personal web site
• A site that is sponsored by an Advertisement
On the other hand, hosting a business web site will have relatively higher costs. Remember that it is the space of the server that is being paid so logically if the files that are uploaded require complex processing and will take up more space so the cost is more expensive. Depending on the space requirement the cost in hosting will vary.