and is it better to be your own server or leave that to the big guys, ive heard things like certain internet providers such as mine Charter DSL, if you try and become your own server there are sometimes conflicts with how it all works, i dont really understand but someone who might, give us a brief rundown would ya? whos some of the best companies to go through for web hosting, but that also has everything else you need to work with your site, like globalscape or somn that has cute ftp, isnt there a host and web controlling company all in one so as to minimize all the different accounts and companies you have to deal with?
Depends if you want to spend money or not. I use yahoo cause it’s a reputable company, and with the one username and password that I have for yahoo.mail I have access to all my hosting and domain services. I got a deal from them for $2.99 domain name, which I own, and actually now have 3 domains and use their server to host. The cost is minimal $11.00 a month, and I get a site tracker service that gives me the rundown of how many times my site has been visited, which pages were visited, and the average screen resolution of the computers that visited my site. I also have 200 email addresses that I can create with 2 G of space (which is expandable). There are alternatives though that cost less. IX Webhosting (www.ixwebhosting.com) is a cheap alternative. You get 10 G of space and 2 domains for like $4 a month. However, I don’t think you get any email services from them, but It all depends if you need something like that. Both Yahoo and IX will provide you usernames and passwords for FTP, all you need is the FTP program which are easy to find. If you need one go to the website below.