After designing a great website, using most of your time and resources populating it with your desired content; the website is still on your computer or any other storage device and still not accessible over the internet by your targeted visitors. You still have one more step before they do; Web hosting!
By web hosting, I mean getting a space over the web where you can publish your site for the public to access from any location via an Internet connection. There is numerous numbers of web hosting companies that can host your website some for free and others for a small fee depending on the size of your website and features to be included on your account.
Finding a web hosting company for your website should not be a major task, its as easy as typing “Web hosting” on your web browser and searching. Numerous companies display and all you have is scan and determine which is seems best for your website, choose a plan and pay. Some review sites offer advice after reviewing the various web hosting companies and their services thereby giving more accurate and reliable advice other than the web host companies themselves.
Its good to find reliable web host companies with good customer care, less downtime, with superior and up to date infrastructures, no one wants to have a website that’s down every day due to poor services of the web hosting company. A significant downtime may mean loss of business, income or credibility from users.
After getting your web host account its time to publish your well made artwork on the internet for your visitors to access. Routine maintenance, updates and marketing is recommended to keep your website fresh and increase it traffic growth. Other money making programs can be incorporated on the website, some web host packages have tools to create blogs, e-shops, galleries and other features which you can use to enhance appearance and functionality of your website.