Unlimited Hosting

 
When you buy a web hosting account you are renting space on a web server. You can put whatever files you want into this web hosting account and then configure them to work as a website using your own domain name. With many hosting companies, if you then want to set up a second website you will need a second hosting account, even though you may still have a large amount of space left in your original web hosting account.
 

Unlimited Domains

 

Unlimited hosting or multiple domain hosting accounts let you use your webspace over a number of websites. As long as you have spare web space you can set up another totally independent website using your single hosting account.

You may wonder why you need to have more than one website. You may have a primary website and think that is all you need. In today's web it is important to think beyond a single, all encompassing site. Having other websites linking to you will greatly help your search engine rankings. If you actually owned some other websites getting these links would be a whole lot easier.

With the option of more websites you can start to think about additions to your main websites. What about a company blog, or even a blog for each department. What about a forum to allow customers to discuss topics and share ideas. By adding more sites to your portfolio you quickly expand your exposure on the web. Instead of one website marketing your business you can have as many as you want.
 

Setting Up More Sites

 

Your main site may have cost you a considerable amount of money to design and develop. You may then think that you can't afford a second, third or twentieth site. Modern hosting accounts (including all the ones we recommend) include an advanced management system. This allows you to install blogs, forums, wikis, etc. at the touch of a button. These can then be easily customised to your needs (usually without any web design skills) to get your new site up and running.

For example the hosting companies we recommend use cPanel and Fantastico. To install a new blog all you have to do is...
 
  • Log into your hosting account.
  • Go to the Fantastico page.
  • Click the button to install a WordPress site (this is one of the most popular blog systems).
  • Click the domain name or folder you want to install the blog in.
  • Choose a password for the website.
  • Click create button.
  • Your blog is now ready.
The whole process takes less than five minutes to get a fully working site up and running. The same goes for forums, wiki's and lots of other types of websites.
 

Your Online Empire

 

Traditionally companies think of a single website to market to their customers. You do need a centralised website so you can print a domain name on all your literature and direct people to your main sales and information pages but you should try to expand beyond this with either satellite websites or many websites built within your main site to capture a wider audience. With these new unlimited hosting accounts the whole process becomes unaffordable and manageable.

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