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Below is a list of the most common Web Hosting by people who are interesting in registering with a website hosting service provider. If you are one of them too, then your questions will probably be answered in the following FAQ section.

Q. What is website hosting?
A. Web hosting refers to the service that makes it possible for you to store the HTML documents and files related to your website by uploading them on a web server. Through their server, your website will then become available for viewing by the public on the Internet.

Q. Why use a paid website hosting instead of a free hosting service?
A. There are quite a few benefits of paid web hosting, such as domain names. With paid website hosting, a website can be hosted at any desired domain name, while with free website hosting; the website has to be hosted under the hosting provider’s name, which lengthens the website address. With paid website hosting, you can control the content that appears on your website and you will not be required to display the website hosting provider’s advertisements, as with free website hosting.

Another huge benefit of paid hosting is that you can get a considerable amount of bandwidth and disk space. Typically, the amounts of bandwidth and disk space you get with free hosting are limited. Larger bandwidth and disk space means that more files can be held, which means more visitors will visit your website. Finally, with paid website hosting, the functionality of the website can be increased with scripts, such as free CGI script, databases, etc.

Q. How to select a hosting plan?
A. When selecting a website hosting plan, you must first determine what you want to do with your website, while some room for growth should also be factored. If you have a large website or if a large number of images and/or videos are being hosted, then a larger disk space allocation will be needed. If you expect that a high volume of visitors will be arriving at your website, then you should opt for a package that comes with more bandwidth. If you need CGI, MYSQL, and PHP, then you should a plan in which these features are included.

Q. Is it possible to upgrade accounts?
A. Yes, it is, a website hosting account can be upgraded at any time. All that needs to be done is to log into the domain account and then the desired hosting upgrade can be selected.

Q. How soon does a hosting account get setup?
A. Website hosting service providers setup hosting accounts right away. Once the account is setup, they send a confirmation email that contains the FTP and login information. It takes 24 hours for the domain to propagate, so files cannot be uploaded to the account during that time.

Q. Is it possible to host multiple websites?
A. Yes, it is, multiple websites can be hosted, but a separate website hosting plan will have to be setup for every website.

Q. How to get additional support?
A. Your website hosting provider should be more than happy and willing to help you out. All you need to do is visit their contact page for further assistance and/or support.