Business web hosting, generally consists of web hosting services that are designed to afford a reliable set of offerings to ensure adequate software, tools and support necessary to set up, maintain, and grow a business that is either commerce or service driven. In the online world as in the bricks and mortar world, types of businesses vary greatly. Business web hosting may be solely supporting an Internet-based business, or extending a traditional brick and mortar business.

Small business web hosting includes shared, dedicated and managed services. Shared hosting is the most basic level of hosting, where numerous web sites are shared on one server. Even though this is an economic solution, these types of sites typically cannot handle large amounts of storage or traffic. Therefore, if a business owner's needs are more sophisticated, it may be a better idea to choose either dedicated or managed services.

Consumer web hosting, on the other hand, usually is done for the purpose of social networking or promoting a particular hobby. Often such sites can be found on popular consumer hosting sites such as MySpace or GeoCities. Most social networking sites are free of cost, and invite individual users to establish web sites, in order to create a critical mass of core content for the online property. The service is usually free to the user, with banner advertising or Google AdWords subsidizing the costs. Limited service and lower overall quality of service is offered, and customized hosting services with personalized domains are not usually included with free services. There are paid services for consumer web hosting that offer more comprehensive tools, software and services, however, the bulk of consumer web hosting is free or subsidized by advertising.

The word ''blog'' was created from the combination of the two words, web and log. Blogs are virtual diaries created by individuals and stored on the Internet. Blogs generally consist of text and images and can appear in a calendar type format, updated daily, or frequently, intended for a specific target, or general public consumption. Blogs are generally informal, and represent the personality of the writer or web site. The activity of updating a blog is called ''blogging,'' and the person who maintains it, is a ''blogger.'' Blogs differ from other types of web hosting, in that they may be handled by using software that allows people with little or no technical background to create and utilize it.

Instantly published to a web site, blog scripting allows web site to be dedicated to a particular topic, practically in "real time," as mini sites or mini directories, populated by everyone from individual site owners, to both internal and external business interests. Blogging can be an effective information tool for all size groups of people. Blogs differ from business web hosting, in that generally, they are not commerce driven, and exist mainly as a form of communication.

Some companies use a combination of business web hosting and blog pages to present employees and customers with useful information. Many companies are now offering hosting solutions for small and medium sized businesses, in order to provide business class customers with reliability, security and affordability, so that their businesses may flourish.

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Published on: 2006-10-24 (10525 reads)