Choosing Your Top Level Domain
Once you have figured out a name for your ‘domain' it can be really confusing trying to decide on what should go after the "dot" (i.e. com, net, org, etc...) in your domain name. This part of the domain name is referred to as a top-level domain (TLD) and knowing the difference between each top-level domain is important when choosing your domain name.
Below are the descriptions of the best known top-level domains:
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| Plan: | Premium Onetime Plan |
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| Plan Type: | Shared |
| Platform: | Unix or Linux |
| Price Per Month: | 0.00 |
| Price Per Year: | 0.00 |
| Setup Fee: | 179.00 |
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| Disk Space (MB): | 100 |
| Extra Disk Space: | n/a |
| Bandwidth Allowed: | 2000 MB |
| Extra Bandwidth: | n/a per GB |
| Backup Frequency: | Weekly |
| Account Setup Time: | less than 24 hours |
| Minimum Contract: | No minimum |
| Money Back Guarantee: | 3 |
| Email Accounts: | 25 |
| Email Autoresponders: | Unlimited |
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| Connection Speed: | Multiple T3 |
| Server Hardware: | Pentium III 800 Mhz 512 RAM |
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| Sites per Server: | 500 |
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| Business Hours: | 24/7 |
| Technical Support Hours: | 24/7 |
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Elements of Web HostingWhen you first start out trying to get a site on the Internet everything seems so confusing. Obtuse acronyms flow freely through the 'Beginner Friendly' information sites and definitions can be hard to come across. The main reason for this is that the Internet and the process of getting a website online is really very simple, and once people get past the first stumbling steps they rarely remember the difficulty they once had, which leads to them being unable to understand the next wave of dot com newbies.
So let's begin with defining some of the basic terms that are commonly thrown around when looking for a web host. You'll quickly realize that computer geeks like using big words for simple concepts. What do you expect from a group of people that decided to call half a Byte a Nibble?
Web Host: These are the people that supply your website with somewhere to sit and be accessed from. They're often a wealth of information, so when you're trying to find your feet it will often be worthwhile to contact their tech support and get your questions answered. Because of this, it's important to contact them BEFORE you sign up for any packages to ensure that you'll receive a timely response. Just fire an email their way and see what happens.
Disk Space: This is the same as the space on your own PC's hard drive. Web Hosts will allocate a certain amount of space to your website, usually in Megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB). This determines how much you can store on your site.
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