Web Hosting Faqs
What is web hosting?
A website helps any business firm to sell its activity across the globe. To send this message, any company that has substantial information need to keep the files in organized manner with the help of a server. However, small businesses with limited resources find it difficult to own a server, least of all, to maintain it with the help of technical persons. However, if any company, that offers web hosting services, is hired for this purpose, then such company helps the business establishment in hosting its information on the net through its dedicated server. In a way, the small business company gets the web hosting service for its business activity at a fraction of actual cost. In this arrangement, the maintenance of the server and other associated works are regularly done by the provider of the web hosting.
What is domain name hosting?
This is the address that your company received from IPP after making payment to the provider of the service. In fact, this arrangement helps you in getting quickly into the business activity rather than setting up everything at own cost.
What is a registrar?
Each domain name has to be registered with an authority that is known as registrar. This is required as the domain name offers lot of information pertaining to your business activity, billing, registered owner in addition to details of what server your domain name/web site is hosted on. It is always important to have the domain name registered in the name of your company even if the web hosting or web design company buys it for you. It becomes easy to change the contact information pertaining to your business if it is registered in your name. Besides, you need to renew your domain name with the company that has registered it. If you want to purchase a domain name, please contact Digital West Networks, Inc. (DWNI).
What is 'Catch-all' or 'Wildcard' e-mail?
This refers to receiving e-mail sent to anyword@yourdomain.com. So, even if there is a mistake in typing the user name, the mail reaches you as long as the domain name is right. On the flipside, however, it also generates unwanted spam and need to be disabled.
What is ''Unlimited e-mail forwarding?''
Unlimited e-mail forwarding helps in getting mail in the mailbox of your choice with the e-mail address. In this, e-mail can be sent to a specific location and helps in organizing mails conveniently. By having separate addresses, like sales@yourdomain.com and also techhelp@yourdomain.com helps in directing the mails to specific user groups. Or, these can be grouped to only one mailbox if a single person is looking into them.
Is there a way to eliminate spam?
Though elimination of spam is not possible, it can be controlled. For tips on spam filtering, visit Digital West Networks, Inc (DWNI).
What is 'Secure Socket Layer (SSL)?'
This brings in security to your website's ordering process. The SSL enables all the orders received on your website to be encrypted until they get to you.
What is secure certificate?
This is issued by a certifying authority like GeoTrust, Thawte, or Verisign, to a company after verifying the security of website. For details, contact your web hosting provider.
Why do I need a secure certificate if I already have SSL enabled?
Though SSL encrypts the transaction details, lack of secure certificate may send warning messages to your customers that there is no valid certificate for the site or it does not match the site name. However, with the secure certificate, a logo can be added to your
website with a link to more information.
What is a sub-domain?
A sub-domain is created off a virtual domain name. These are also offered by some web hosting companies. We offer true Apache sub-domains on all our plans.
What is search engine?
Search engines utilize indexing software agents - robots or spiders, to "crawl" the web in search of updated pages. Search engines read a website's 'meta tags' and content to determine their ranking.
What is the difference between search engines and directories?
The main difference is that a directory will not list your URL, if it is not registered. Added to this, they do not use indexing software and so, there is no way of knowing about it. Directories are sub-divided into categories and you have to submit your URL under the relevant heading.
What is domain propagation?
If any visitor types the domain name in browser, it goes to nameserver that shows the IP address of your domain on the Internet. In case, the site location changes to a new IP address, or a new domain name is added, nameservers around the world need to be notified and it is known as domain propagation. It usually takes 24-48 hours for changes to come into place and in this period, both the old and new IP addresses will be active.
What is parked domain?
Parked domains refer to an existing website rental account. In fact, they do not have own IP address, email addresses or their own control panel.
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