Web hosting is fundamental in owing and acquiring a website. Why do you
need to host your website?
Think of a man who owns a house. Some household item purchased are kept
in the storehouse. He goes to the storehouse and picks whatever he want to pick
and when he is done with it, he returns it back. That is the basis of hosting
your website.
The web host manages all your files that make up your website and store
it in HTML or CSS files, documents, media files and more. The host company will
manage all your files and make it easier for accessibility.
Most web hosting companies offer free hosting services to their
customers so as to attract website owners to their portal. The truth is that
the web hosting service does not make a loss in this venture because Webhosting
companies use this free website to make money for themselves by placing an
advert, banners and other forms of advertisement to earn revenue.
The website owner does not control and completely own a free hosted
website. So it is a win-win situation for web hosting companies to offer free
hosting to website owners. Some Companies that offer free hosting service
include, wordpress.com, blogger.com.
When a website is hosted to some far off place from your place of
origin, it is called 'offshore web hosting'. I hosted my website (though
defunct now)' www.preventfraud.com in India some year back. Offshore hosting is
not usually free because of the demerits of offshore hosting.
Some offshore hosting companies provide completely anonymous service,
requiring no identifying information is provided by the customer.
Payment is made through Bitcoin or cash, and communication is handled
strictly through an anonymous e-mail account.
People opt for offshore web hosting to evade laws and regulations. The
Webhosting Company are aware of this and they rarely offer free hosting
services.
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