What is web hosting?

Web hosting provides an online home for your website and makes it accessible to the world. Hosting providers store your website files, including articles, images, product information and site coding, on a secure computer called a server. When someone types your website address into their browser, the hosting server retrieves these files and displays them on the visitor’s screen.

After 27 years in business, I’ve tried a few companies. My criteria for selecting a web host may be slightly different than a regular consumer, so my choices are based on my business relationships and the advanced support I pay for.

Listed below are the two main companies I use to host my projects.