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Web hosting terminology in layman’s terms

 

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Domain name and Domain Name Registration

Choosing a domain name is a very important part of your website success. It is most important for business users but individuals shouldn’t disregard a proper domain name as well. Your domain name is the way for Internet users to locate you or your business online. Domain name is your address on the web.

You might have heard of first level domains, second level domains and third level domains. Let’s see what they stand for.

First level or top level domains (TLDs)

TLDs cannot be registered by general Internet users. TLDs are (more…)

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Web Hosting Demystified: What is it all about?

When you make a decision to  establish on-line presence for your business you step in the world of unknown and sometimes confusing terms. Domain name, web hosting, shared hosting, VPS, RAM, dedicated server … you can easily get overwhelmed with all of it if you are not an IT specialist. So where do you start? How do you make sense of it? And how do you determine what is the best for your website?

If you are just starting with your first website you need only 2 things:

  • Domain name
  • Web space

What is a domain name?

In layman’s terms domain name is the name and address of your website. (more…)

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