Web hosting is a service that provides a computer, that is connected to the Internet, which can run a company's web site. Web hosting companies have web servers with high-speed connections to the Internet. Unlike a user that dials into the Internet when they want to access a web site, a web server must be on the Internet 24 hours per day and 7 days a week. The Internet connect and the web server must have sufficient capacity to handle many users requesting to see web pages.
Although some companies can justify having a high-speed connection and web server in-house, most companies find it more cost-effective to outsource this to a web hosting company.
In addition to providing space on a web server and use of an Internet connection, the web hosting company is also providing the following services in relation to your web site:
There are a wide variety of web hosting plans from free to rather expensive, which are priced based on the features they offer. One must determine the image and presence they would like to have on the Internet, how users will find their website, and how you want them to access it. Then you must weigh out the benefits against the cost.
Automated Results provides a customer oriented web hosting service with a range of offerings to meet the gamut of web hosting needs from personal websites upto corporate web-based applications.