Free Twitter Widgets Download @ www.joeguty.com Join the widget revolution now before is too late… What’s a domain name? Is it the only thing you need to have your own website? Unless you’re talking about services like Blogspot where they handle everything from getting a domain name (you get YourName.blogspot.com) and hosting your webpage, you don’t actually own the website (Google owns it) and they have the right to take it down anytime. Even if you’re happy with that, why settle with YourName.blogspot.com while you can have YourName.com? This article tries to explain, in simple terms, on the two most important things to have your website up and running. – Domain name – Web Host Domain name is just an address In the real world: 123, George Street points to where your house is located. In the internet world: YourName.com points to where your website is. When you own the domain name, you only own the rights to use the address, it means nothing if you do not have a website; Just like having the address plate 123, George Street, it’s pointless if you don’t actually have a house! But first, you’ll need a land to build your house. Web Hosts (or Web Hosting Company) is the land These companies have servers which connect to the internet 24/day. It is the place where you rent some space in the servers’ harddisk to store your website data, so that anyone in the world will be able to access your website. It’s like renting the land to build your house on. If you’re wondering …
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