# Plan It! Web Hosting

Choosing a Web Host

Now that you've bought a domain, you need to decide on a Web host. There is no single source online to find information about Web hosting providers. A Web search for “compare Web hosting companies” will bring up a number of sites that catalogue and compare the features and prices of various hosting companies, which may help your decision.

A hosting company provides three critical services:

  1. Storage space on its servers for your site’s pages, images and other files. The more pages, images, video files or documents your site contains, the more storage space you’ll need.
  2. An Internet connection, also known as bandwidth, for sending your files out over the Internet. The more visitors your site gets, the more bandwidth you’ll need.
  3. E-mail accounts, so that you can create custom e-mail addresses using your domain name.

These are just the basics. Many hosting companies offer additional features such as streaming audio and video servers, pre-installed blogging and content management software and subdomains. Some of these options will be discussed later in this chapter.

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