A web service allows you to use your registered domain name to publish a web site on the Internet.

Web site hosting for small business and personal sites is often what is known as a "virtual" site hosting.

This type of hosting is "virtual" because your web site appears to be running on its own web server, using your domain name, but in fact is hosted on one of our high capacity web servers.

Depending on the size and complexity and how popular the web sites are, one web server machine can support hundreds or even thousands of individual web sites.

What will my web site address look like?

Your web site has an address like www.yourbusiness.com.au or www.yourbusiness.com. The choice of domain name is up to you and there are many choices available.

Feel free to ask for advice if you need it - that's what we're here for!

Why have a virtual web site?

It is possible to put up a web page on the Internet without having a proper web hosting service. However, getting virtual web hosting offers a number of advantages.

Most importantly, you get a professional and memorable address for your web site. That is, you can use your own domain name.

Your address is not affiliated with an Internet Service Provider so your clients see only your name in your web site address, and not your ISP's. So if your business is Yummy Cookies you can be www.yummycookies.com.au rather than www.someisp.net.au/~yummycoo/index.html

Your name is transportable to anywhere. We'd love your site to stay hosted with us forever and we'll provide you with a fast and reliable service to keep your web site always on the air. But should you ever need to move for any reason your site can be moved without the need to advertise the change to your clients, Internet search engines and people who link to your pages. In fact the move can normally be done with no interuption to service at all (if you would like to re-locate your existing site to our hosting service, please let us know and we'll ensure this is handled smoothly and quickly).

Size doesn't matter on the Internet - but the illusion of it certainly does: even if your business is only small, a virtual domain web site gives a professional edge to your presence on the net and lets your clients know you're serious.

Last updated 07 Apr 2005

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