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Can I register a domain name on something like GoDaddy but host it with a different company?

Also any recommendations.
Thanks

Yes, you can, although there are a lot of hosting companies that offer a free domain with their hosting.

I recommend one of these: http://www.tophostingpicks.com

iPage has the best offer right now.
Their standard price is $84/year ($6.95) but they have
a 50% sale, one year of hosting for $42.00.

Their plan includes:

Unlimited disk space
Unlimited bandwidth
Free domain name

Price: $42/year ($3.50)

They have one of the most popular hosting platforms, which currently hosts over a million websites. They’re also one of the oldest hosting companies, founded in 1998.

They include a free point & click online site builder so you can create a website without any programming (easily, just by drag and drop).

They also have a great custom control panel with OneClick installs of all the popular software like Wordpress, Joomla, Forums, Chat, Galleries, Online stores and a lot more.

I run a children’s boutique on etsy and currently searching for the best choice for web hosting. Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, are there any web hosting sites that charge you monthly rather than yearly, etc?

There are some hosting sites that charge you monthly (like Hostgator) but they’re usually a lot more expensive that way so it’s not really worth it. For example Hostgator charges $9.95/month + $15.00 for a domain name, so for like $45.00 you get 3 months of hosting. For that price you might as well get a full year of hosting (including a domain name).
A lot of hosts are willing to offer a huge discount in order to attract new customers.

I recommend one of these: http://www.tophostingpicks.com

iPage has the best offer right now.
Their standard price is $84/year ($6.95) but they have
a 50% sale, one year of hosting for $42.00.

Their plan includes:

Unlimited disk space
Unlimited bandwidth
Free domain name

Price: $42/year ($3.50)

They have one of the most popular hosting platforms, which currently hosts over a million websites. They’re also one of the oldest hosting companies, founded in 1998.

They include a free point & click online site builder so you can create a website without any programming (easily, just by drag and drop).

They also have a great custom control panel with OneClick installs of all the popular software like Wordpress, Joomla, Forums, Chat, Galleries, Online stores and a lot more.

I’m planning to build a website but since geocities free hosting has shut down, I have to find another web host that is easy to use, navigate, has efficient web tools and has faster loading time. Could anyone share any web host sites and their advantages and disadvantages so I can compare which one is the best? Thanks.

Hi galaxyangel_mint,

The criteria you mentioned seem to apply only to
reliable paid hosting.

I don’t know why you insist on free hosting service
because from the business point of view, they
don’t provide reliable server to run your website,
even though you upgrade to become their paid users
later on.

When you face an urgent matter, they can’t help
you instantly since they only provide email support.

But if you’re building a personal website just to
share with your closed friends and family and not
using it as a business platform, then that probably
justifies your choice.

I personally would not recommend any free web hosting
service for my clients who run businesses because
they really stinks. I’ve used several of them when
I first started out, but they failed me.

Again, if you just want to build a non-profitable
website, any free hosting service will do the trick.
But if you intend to go into business, then I would
suggest you to go get a reliable paid hosting service
which is easy to use, navigate, has efficient web
tools and has faster loading time, as per your expectation.

You might want to refer to the website below which
I found pretty useful and helpful for those who
wanted to know which web hosting service works best
for them.

Best of luck!

Wisely

I need to sell something and I need a website, so where can I get it for FREE ?

You can not get a real domain name for free.

You can get a sub-domain name for free:
http://www.lbshosting.info

Or you can get a cheap real domain (TLD):
http://www.domaincityhosting.com

I have upload my glash movie the publish html and a javascript into my host server. When I want to pull up my site, I have to either type in index.html or index.swf at the end of the domain name… How do I go about fixing this so that it can be viewed at just the domain name.

example

I have to put
www.domainname.com/index.fla
to get into my site..

You can edit the .htaccess file placed in your wwwroot directory and add the line:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php

Using this line you can specify (the order in) which documents are looked for when no document is specified (ie. just the domainname or just a folder within your domain).

If the file doesn’t exist (make sure you are viewing hidden files as well with your FTP client), you should just create it.

I would like to start up designing more websites for people. I am unsure on the web hosting and domain registering side of things. If for example I have 10 companies that need websites and I am designing them one for them each. Am I to register a different account name etc for the web hosting so that they keep up the payments etc after it is built or do I put it under my registered account name? This may sound a thick question but I am unsure.

If I am to keep them all under my account name then do I keep all of the website coding I have built until they have asked for it or still give it to them anyway?

Many thanks

keep them all seperate, this goes for hosting companies then once you have the sites running you can create links between then to boot the sites importance in the eyes of the search engines, any content you upload onto your sites remains your property and no one can use it without your permission, you dont just give them the information, you upload it yourself to the webspace they provide.

I will be creating a website for my clothing store. I sell juniors clothing, shoes and accessories.
I need a hosting site that will give me templates to customize. I also need to be able to accept credit cards from my customers (some places don’t allow this). I basically need everything a good ecommerce site has. I don’t have much money to start with, so high quality- good priced websites are preffered. Thank you

I suggest you this website http://www.tenhostingreviews.com where you can find a list of hosting companies with the best features, support and pricing. You can get everything you need and it’s very easy. Hope this could help you.

My site is cached non.domainname.com
But i want to cache it with www.domainname.com
How can i do it.
Please give me right answer

you have to 301 redirect non.domainname.com url to www.domainname.com url. Get a google webmaster tools account for your site and there specify www.domainname.com as your preferred domain. Get some quality backlinks for www.domainname.com and update your site frequently

I am directing this question not only at Americans but at all nationalities who might read the question and have thoughts about the subject.

This year my family is hosting two students, one from Germany and one from Hong Kong, both girls. In the past we have hosted two boys from Germany, one boy from Korea, and one girl each from Germany and Hong Kong. This is our third full year to host, and we also hosted for a partial year.

Our son was a foreign exchange student in Germany for a year.

We have had exceptional kids to work with. The experiences have been incredible and we are connected to all of our past and present kids.

Would you consider hosting a child from a foreign land?
I’m not recruiting, although my wife is coordinating placements and trying to recruit families in our local area. (South Texas.)

I was just interested in seeing what sort of response I would get from the Yahoo! Answers community. I expected some people to respond as you have, and I also expected some to say "no way," and others to simply be curious about the programs.

From experience I can tell you that if you like young people and enjoy interacting with other cultures it is an experience difficult to match other than by doing a lot of traveling on your own.

I’m on my 13th! Our first just as an arrival family. I have four Danes, three Germans, two Swedes, two Swiss, one Finn and one Brasilian!
As you can tell, we love it. We’ve also had exceptional students to work with as well … and we wouldn’t trade any of them!
To top it all off, we spent our 25th anniversary on a three-week tour of Europe visiting many of them!
Hosting not only gives you a new son or daughter, but it gives you a whole new family as well!
The one thing that concerns me about your question however, is that it ALMOST seems like a recruitment of host families. I’m sure you really didn’t mean it that way, but I certainly would NOT be looking for families for students on the Internet!
Congratulations on your international family!