With international web servers situated in secure data centers, Web Artist provides professional and robust hosting services to the business sector. With a dedicated team of I.T. specialists monitoring our servers around the clock we can proudly guarantee a 99.9% uptime. We provide a number of packages for a clients to choose from, each providing a generous traffic cap and storage space, and unlimited mailboxes. 

Hosting refers to the service which keeps a www address active and accesible on the World Wide Web by providing it with the necessary DNS settings on a Web Server connected to the World Wide Web. This allows DNS servers around the world to point web surfers and web service to the systems on your domain. Standard hosting service includes e-mail accounts, monthly data caps and online storage most commonly used for web pages and e-mails. The amount of resources allocated to a domain is determined by the hosting package that the domain is on. 

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+ - WHAT IS A DOMAIN? Click to collapse

In Laymans Terms, a domain refers to any www address on the World Wide Web e.g. www.webartist.co.za, www.google.com, www.wikipedia.org. This is the unique registered address for any entity on the internet. A domain must be hosted on a web server for the domain to be reachable, or even to be registered in the first place.

Domains can be acquired through a once-off registration fee and requires an annual renewal fee to maintain ownership of that domain. To run any service from this domain e.g. a website, webapp, etc, is dependant on the hosting service which is provided by any hosting company at a monthly fee.
+ - DOES IT MATTER WHAT DOMAIN NAME MY COMPANY USES? Click to collapse

YES IT DOES. Your domain name is an important factor for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The two most important things to know about your domain is:

  • Your top level domain (e.g. .co.za, co.uk, .com, etc) impacts where Google places your company geographically. As Google searches are highly geograhically orientated, registering a .co.uk or a .co.jp domain for someone based in South Africa could negatively impact their rankings in Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs).*
  • For businesses who are appearing on the World Wide Web for the first time, it is a good idea for the name of their domain to be relevant to the service they provide as this can positively affect your ranking in Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs).

So consider the domain name you want to use carefully!

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* As Google is constantly altering the algorithm used by Google Bot, the above statements cannot be guaranteed at the time when you are reading this article.