What is web hosting?

[Jilliane]

Web hosting is a service which allows websites to be published to the internet and hosted so they are accessible on the around the world on the World Wide Web for everybody to find. Web hosting companies buy or lease many servers in a data center which are connected to the internet, and sell partitioned space on the server, typically called Shared web hosting. This allows website owners to pay a small monthly fee for the hosting space as the cost is spread across many other websites hosted on the same server.

[ademar]

Web hosting is the service providing space on the Internet. Web hosting is a service that allows organizations and individuals to post a website on a Internet. When Internet users want to view your website, all they need to do is to type your website address on their browser. Their computer will connect through the server and it will show the results.

[theaecassociates]

site located area is called as web hosting

[wineauction]

Web hosting is basically where you actually put your website data. When anyone access your website, browser send the request where your website is hosted. In other words you can say hosting is the actual storage of website data.

[HostSlayer]

This info is interesting for me.

[wineauction]

Thanks a lot

[shankar600]

Web hosting is a service that allows individuals and organizations to host or upload web pages or a website on the Internet. A web hosting service provider, is a business that provides the services and technologies needed for the website or webpage to be viewed in the Internet. Websites are hosted and stored are called servers.

[hynds]

One of the most important part when you start an online business is choosing a web hosting provider in order to settle your website. It need to be fast, stable, security and easy to manage. In order to help you guys about this, I will list out below the top 5 do’s and don’ts you need to consider when choosing a web hosting provider

All you guys can read more here: Choosing a web hosting provider

I hope this helps.

[DrSoods]

Web Hosting is the service providing space on the Internet for websites.

[Sreesri]

It is the service that makes your website available to be viewed by others on the Internet.

[glamservices]

web hosting is the service which allows an organization or the individual to share the website or web page in the special computers called servers.

[hasanraza]

Web hosting is basically the activity or business of providing storage space and access for websites to users of the internet.

[JoeEvans]

Web hosting is the service that makes your website available to be viewed by others on the Internet. A web host provides space on its server, so that other computers around the world can access your website by means of a network or modem. There are literally thousands of web hosting services available today, ranging from free services with limited options to expensive, specialized business web hosting services. Which option you choose depends primarily on how you plan to use your website and how much you want to spend.

[mekath]

When your website is hosted on the server so that it could access all over the world, it is known as web hosting. For instance, if someone types your domain into their browser, they will be redirected to the web server and they will get your site in the result.

[JoeEvans]

Web hosting is a service that allows organizations and individuals to post a website or web page onto the Internet. A web host, or web hosting service provider, is a business that provides the technologies and services needed for the website or webpage to be viewed in the Internet. Websites are hosted, or stored, on special computers called servers.


When Internet users want to view your website, all they need to do is type your website address or domain into their browser. Their computer will then connect to your server and your webpages will be delivered to them through the browser.


Most hosting companies require that you own your domain in order to host with them. If you do not have a domain, the hosting companies will help you purchase one.