What is website hosting, and why do you need it, and what is the difference between website hosting and the actual website and website design?

Let's start at the beginning and look at all the concepts around the Internet, web sites and website hosting.

Once a website has been designed, it needs to be hosted on a Web Hosting Server. A Web Server is where your Web Pages will reside - so that they can be accessed by people around the world who use the Internet.

Web hosting providers provide the following basic services for web servers - any other features can be considered as add-ons in theory, although in practice they are rather essential to run a successful Internet business or business website.

Domain name registration is probably one of the most important things that you will do when creating your own website. A domain name is the one thing that will identify your website - it is like a brand name. Once you have registered it and have used it for a couple of months it is extremely difficult to change it to something else. So think well before you register your domain - it is a decision that you will have to live with for a while - if not forever!

So how do you choose a good domain name?