Confused on domain names, websites and Web Hosting? 3 tips for understanding how they fit together

Domain Names Tip # 1): it all starts with people looking for information on the Internet. When a person is looking for ... flowers say, could go to a search engine like Google and type in "flowers" word or the phrase, "I need to buy flowers." Well, it opens up millions of search results for sites that have something to do with the flowers.

As the researcher is looking on the results, we note that the majority of domain names are closely related to the word "flowers". This is because the people who own those particular domain names purchased a domain name with "Flowers" word in it. A domain name is like an address or business names in the real world off-line.

Tip # 2) Websites: when the person was looking for flowers click a domain name, the person doing the research is taken to the website business owner. You see, the points of the domain names of web site. So, just like in the real world, by going to the farmer is the equivalent of you walking in the actual store or place of work off-line.

Tip # 3) Web Hosting: Once again, just like in the real world off-line, the store owner who owns the flower has to pay rent for a building to have a place to store and display its inventory of flowers. This allows you as a customer, a place to go and see the flowers she has for sale. Well, the online business owner who owns the site is very similar. You must pay the rent or pay a hosting fee to have your website stored somewhere. Then, when you as a customer, they want access to the website of a business owner, is available for access, so you can see the flowers she has for sale.

Understanding domain names, web sites and web hosting is simple if you remember the following:

The domain name points to the site and the website needs to be stored or hosted somewhere to make it available for access and viewing.

Excluding one of them, the domain name, website or web hosting, and the others are useless ... or not to work for a normal Internet activities. Moreover, most of the time is not possible to buy the domain name, website and web hosting all in one place that is part of the creation of an online business a bit 'confused .......