Words About Hosting and Accounts

August 16th, 2008 by admin, under General. 1 Comment

I’ve been designing websites for several years now, and one thing that many clients have in common is a general lack of understanding about website hosting. So I’ll briefly go over what it is and the vast differences in hosting services.

Hosting

A website is essentially a group of files, just like a group of word documents. To access these files on the internet, a computer must have them stored and ready to deliver them to your computer, at your request (when you go to the website).

This is what we call the host computer, or basically, your “hosting” service.

The concept is very simple, but the software and hardware used to create your “hosting” service is very complex and is usually handled by a third-party to maximize value, security, and reliability. Prices can range from very cheap to very expensive, depending on the level of quality desired.

Innovign uses different virtual and dedicated hosting from top-notch companies to ensure your website and mail is up and running fast.

Accounts

A website developer has several options available to maintain your website on a host computer, depending on his/her goals, but I will outline the main two here:

1. Slip your account, information, and essentially your entire website into a row on a database.
2. Create your very own account and dedicated database. (The Innovign Way)

What’s the difference you ask?

If your website and information are in a database with the rest of the companies’ clients, like many of our competitors’, there are several downsides:

1. Your website will be slower (every time it loads, it looks through everyone’s information, not just yours).
2. Your website is less secure (databases are usually the first things compromised, which would include all the companies’ customers’ websites, acting like doors to your’s)
3. Your website is very difficult to change (everything is setup exactly the same with little room for custom modifications)

So now you’re asking “Okay, what are the downsides of having your own account with dedicated database?”

1. It takes longer for us (Innovign) to setup.

As you can see, we don’t substitute quality service. And with our years of experience, we know that companies sometimes need additional custom changes made to their site later on, and we’ve made it possible to make those changes quickly, costing you much less!