FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is Web Hosting?
Web Hosting is a service in which a company rents space on their servers that are accessible from the internet. This service gives companies the ability to have a web presence without the expense or purchasing and maintaining their own web server.

What is Search Engine Placement?
Each search engine has a different criteria for ranking websites when you conduct a search. Creating pages that meet each engines criteria is a very important part of marketing your web presence. A search engine placement professional is trained in creating pages designed around each of your keywords for each search engine.

What is a POP3 Account?
A POP3 account is an email account on your hosting server. It is the folder on the server where your email is stored until you download it to your computer.

How do I Register a Domain Name?
Contact us with a list of domain names that you would like and we will register them for you. If you prefer to do it yourself, go to www.networksolutions.com.

Why is search engine placement so important?
It is documented that 90% of internet user find the sites they are looking for by using search engines. If someone searches for one of your keywords on a search engine and you are not listed in the to 20 sites, your chances of being found decrease rapidly decrease. Most users find the site or information they are looking for within the first two pages of search listings.

What are keywords?
A keyword or phrase is what users search for when using search engines. If you have a site that sells printers and printer supplies you would use keywords such as printers, toner, supplies or phrases such as printer supplies, ink jet printers, laser printers. A keyword is a single word search and keyword phrase is a multiple word searches.

What is bandwidth?
Bandwidth is determined by how much information is downloaded to view a site. If a page has four graphics that are 10k each and the html file is 15k that total bandwidth needed to download the site is 55k. Your monthly bandwidth usage is determined by the file size of each page visited multiplied by the number of times each page is viewed.

How do I pick the hosting plan I need?
This hosting plan is determined by the total size of your site and how much traffic your site brings in. Most sites would fall under 10 meg of total file size and your total bandwidth needs would be determined by the amount of traffic your site gets each month. You can always change your plan in the future as total file size and monthly traffic increase.