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Web Hosting
A web host is a company with a server that maintains the files of websites. There are a variety of free and subscription based web host services available, including those offered by many Internet Service Providers.
For your website to be available on the World Wide Web, it will need to be hosted on a web server. Checking with your ISP or LEA to see if they offer free web space would be a good start. If you choose a commercial supplier, a quick search, using your search engine, will provide you with a mass of companies that will offer to host your site. Be sure to find out all about their hosting packages - some may involve banner adverts appearing on your site and other hidden charges.
Web hosting services often go beyond website maintenance to include domain name registration, website design, and search engine registration. For some online exporters, it may be most feasible to use a web host in their target market to take advantage of all of these localized services. The location or nationality of the website host does not impact accessibility of the site; however, when choosing a host, companies should ensure thatthe host servers reside within a stable infrastructure and are maintained to ensure optimal reliability.
As with domestically located web hosting services, agreements should be clear and enforceable about ownership of intellectual property, performance specifications and warranties, security, the right to transfer the site to a different host, and contract termination.
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