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From here, you can learn the ins-and-outs of web hosting, web design, and website marketing. Be sure to bookmark the site and check back often as more helpful articles will be posted regularly.

How do I get a web site?
Setting up your own website is a fairly simple process but with all of the jargon out there, it can make it seem more complex than it really is. One of the best things about the Internet is that anyone can set up a site and publish their own content to the entire world. The following are just a few steps that can guide you in setting up your own website.

Get a domain name
A domain name is your unique name on the internet for...



How do I pick a web host?
Choosing a web host can be one of the most important things you do to make your website a success. This is because your web hosting provider is the company that makes sure your site is always up and running and available to all of your visitors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The number of options available for different web hosting plans can be a bit overwhelming but here are a few tips that are the most important to look for in a web hosting company....



Needing to move your website from one web hosting provider to another can occur for several reasons. Maybe your current hosting provider isn't giving you the service you expect or maybe you've found a better price somewhere else for similar features and service. Maybe you are growing and your current hosting provider can't keep up with your traffic demands. For whatever reason, if you need to move your website, the following steps will give you a quick overview of the things to keep in mind...



What is web hosting?
When you are viewing a website in your browser, those files that make up the website content came from another source somewhere on the Internet. They were "served" to you by computers called web servers. The process of serving up web pages to browsers is called "web hosting". Web hosting providers store your web site files on their computers and then host them to browsers when visitors come to your site.

The computers that...



Domain names are unique names for websites on the Internet. For instance, Google.com is a very popular search engine website. When you type Google.com into your web browser, almost like magic, Google’s website appears. In the background, your browser is actually using the words Google.com to search online for the web server that is hosting Google’s website. Once found, it asks that server to “serve” Google’s website to your browser.

But domain names...