Domain Names
Your address on the world wide web
When you visit a website such as Company Formations 247 you simply enter into the browser the domain name www.companyformation247.co.uk to view.
Domains Overview
Behind the scenes when www.companayformation247.co.uk is entered into the browsers the Domain name is then translated into an IP address. The IP address is a location on a server
The IP address is the address of a server and is a series of numbers similar to this; 192.168.12.012.
Because it would be really annoying to enter an IP address we use a Domain Name that sits on top of an IP address.
76% of people in Great Britain access the Internet every day. An online presence means that new and existing customers can find your business and see what you offer. Being online will help your business find customers, spread word of mouth, be more efficient, and sell their goods and services online.
Website Hosting
A place to put your website files and get your email working
If you want a website you need to have a place to store your files so users on the Internet can view them.
Hosting Overview
For you website to be found on the server you need to have a domain name. What many people don't understand is that to get it online, it needs some form of hosting.
Web hosting services will store your website files on a server, the server then does what it says serve your website files to the web.
Without hosting no one will see your domain name online, you may get a parked page displayed in a browser that's it.
Another common misconception is that you can use the domain for email, but this also needs hosting
People are online every day looking for companies like yours to deal from. If you are not there, they cannot find you, but they can find your competitors.
Email Addresses
Communicating over the Internet
Email is like sending a letter, only you send the message over the Internet and it gets to the other person's email account within seconds.
Email Overview
E-mail is the exchange of messages that are stored on a server. An email address means you can content anyone else who has an email address.
Similar to web hosting you need to host e-mail on a server. The server will store files that can be communicated between e-mail clients.
Your can create you own email address using your own Domain Name.
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