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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Domains & hosting (3)

Your domain and hosting have to do with where you can be found on the internetYour domain name and hosting have to do with where and how you can be found in the metropolis of the internet. Basically where your website lives and what it lives in.

A few ideas on things you should consider when it comes to domain names and hosting...

Thursday, 02 December 2010 12:21

Why doesn't my internet / email work?

Checklist of possible reasons why your pc isn't workingThere are many reasons why your connection to the internet doesn't work or why your email doesn't seem to want to come into your inbox.

Here's a quick list of things to check before your call for your IT Technician:

A website must have reliable, secure hosting for it to succeed.Once your website has been built, it has to be hosted. Secure, reliable hosting is essential for a successful website.

To make it possible for your website to be seen by anyone anywhere in the world at any time of the day or night, it must be hosted on a computer that is connected to the internet 24 hours a day. This simply means that your site is “stored” on a server that is always connected to the internet and that whenever anyone requests it, they are directed to that server.

Your domain name plays a big role in getting people to remember your website.One of the questions I get asked most when someone is starting their website is “How do I choose a domain name?” (For an easy explanation of what a domain name is, read The basic building blocks of any website

Your first step is to decide just how important it is to use your actual business name as your domain name.

Let's look at a real business to put this into perspective...

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