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Everyone nowadays is eager to have own site. Site can be used for different purposes: family sites, sites just for fun, sites for making business on-line, etc.
Creating a simple site won't take much time and effort. But '''how to make your site live?''' Currently you are the only person that can view the site.

To make your site live you need to sign up with a hosting company for them to host your site on the Internet. What is web hosting? Web hosting is providing the space for your site files on a web server.

'''Hosting website on the net''' will give you several advantages:

'''1.''' A professional, well-designed site increases the customer's confidence in your company. It shows that you care about your customers (both potential and existing ones) by offering them a convenient way to contact you and to learn about your products and services. Using the Internet to look for some service or product is easy and doesn't take much time.

'''2.''' Hosting website on the Internet makes it available for your potential customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With a website you increase the possibility for people to find you and your company. Your website is always open (even when the offices are closed) to showcase your products and services and answer the customer's questions.

'''3.'''  Your potential customers will be able to go to your site at any time. You can list all your services and products on the site without having to advertise them on brochures, coupons, flyers, newsletters, etc.


You may wonder why you have to pay for web hosting servers if you can turn your personal computer to a web server too. It is already connected to the Internet and installing the required server software shouldn't be that difficult. Well, it's not that simple. There are several aspects to be taken into consideration. Hosting a website implies the following:

* '''your site must be on-line 24/7'''. When you shut down your computer your site gets unavailable and potential customers won't be able to access it. Hosting servers make your site available on the regular basis;

* most ISP may not allow hosting websites on your home computer;

* you will need to install additional software (e.g. SQL server). Web hosting servers are already equipped with all software needed;

* Your page will load slowly as home Internet connections are not intended for serving web pages.
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