If you decide to take the plunge and create a Web site, you need to choose
an ISP to host your site. Hosting means to put Web sites on a Web server so
that people traveling the Internet can find the Web sites. In order for others
to find your Web site, it must be hosted on a Web server.

These days, many ISPs host Web sites for their members. Most of them do it at no extra charge or for a small monthly fee. Call your ISP and pop the question, “Can I post my Web site on your Web server?” If your ISP doesn’t host Web sites for its members, or if your Web site is too large or too sophisticated for your ISP’s Web server to handle, your next task is to find an ISP that offers Web-hosting services. Some outfits offer Web-hosting for free. What’s the catch? Usually, you have to carry an advertisement of some kind on your Website. Sometimes you meet with narrow restrictions as to how large (in megabytes) your Web site can be. What’s more, the Web servers at free sites often work slowly, which causes pages to take longer to download.

Paying the extra money each month to host your Web site with the ISP you now use is the way to go if you can afford it. That way, you spare yourself
the hassle of signing up with a new ISP. However, if you’ve never created a
Web site and you want to experiment before you decide whether the Web
site thing is for you, sign up with a free service. If you get cold feet, you can
abandon your Web site without spending any money.

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