What is a domain name??
Simply put a domain name is an address that people use to find your website on Internet. Just like a house number on your house. Without the number nobody will know where you are or be able to find you. A domain looks like this http://www.hireapcguy.com and this is what is used to find your website.
Domain names are also a form of branding, most people in business use their business name as their domain name to promote who they are as well as it being the gateway to their website. It makes it easy for your customers to remember your website address.
Domain names are also like car registrations, they have to be renewed yearly or bi-yearly. If you let the registration laspe the name will then be placed back on the domain name databases for someone else to use. The only exception to this is the .com.au domain names. The domain name must reflect the registered business name.
What is website hosting??
Now that you have your website designed, it needs to be able to be found and hosting is a fundamental part of your internet presence. Once your website is ready to go, it is placed on internet hosting servers (computers) so that when someones types in your domain name (www.hireapcguy.com) they are directed to where your website is so they can view all the information within the website. Just like when you came to Hire A PC Guy, you type in my address or found me on a search engine and then my website appeared with all the information needed. That's WEBSITE HOSTING
Our hosting servers
We realized early on that a hosting company is only as good as the network that powers it. The data center is a robust facility and the network is contructed with top-grade equipment and manned by skilled network engineers. Significant investments have been made in equipment from major vendors such as Cisco and Lucent. Using industry leading equipment that has a proven track record is the best choice, and is well worth the extra expense. Utilizing top-grade equipment may seem like a simple observation, but it is surprising how many companies either overlook it or decide that it's safe to economize. Economy is always nice until your network goes down, at which point you are likely to lose many times the money you saved.
You can be assured that we use quality network hardware and that data center technicians work around the clock, using such technologies as ATM and BGP dynamic routing to ensure that all systems run efficiently and smoothly.
The facility staff work around the clock to ensure that the network is operating at optimum state. They continually review collected statistics to watch for traffic trends so that we can react with the proper routing adjustments and bandwidth addition.
