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Web site host provider services are all around. A typical search for web hosting turns up not thousands, but millions of results. Even a more specific search for, say, "web site hosting provider" will return thousands upon thousands of results. If your head is swimming, we're here to help. Let's start with the basic definition of a hosting provider. A provider (or web host) is a company that rents computer disk space and Web bandwidth (sometimes for free) to you. Practically any provider will allow you to store whatever you want on their computers (servers), as long as it's legal (and hopefully honest!). That means text, images, videos, sounds, songs, ads - whatever you want. There are a few different types of hosting, but the main distinction nowadays is between the hosting you pay for and the hosting you don't. First, there's free hosting. Free means that you'll get some basic features that are usually enough for a personal or family website or very small business. You might have to agree to display ads on your site for products and services you could care less about - these ads being the reason your space is free. You might find uploading to be slow and only a certain limited number of people might be able to visit your site each day. This isn't the Ritz, but it's also free, so many people just start with free providers and move to fee-based providers afterwards if necessary. A fee-based website provider will tell you how much web space, how many email addresses and how much web traffic you will get for your money. As you shop around, look carefully at the specifications of each provider's plan. As you compare providers, you'll find some qualities more appealing than others. In the end, the best you can hope for is to find a provider that suits your needs while being friendly to your budget.
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