FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Domain Name?
Answer:
A domain is your identity online. It separates you from everyone else - once yours, as long as you keep renewing it, no one else may have it. 

There are two parts to a domain - the domain name itself, 
and the TLD (top level domain) extension. 

The most popular TLD is the .com, .co.za, .mobi, .org, .org.za and 
.net extensions. 

We will source and check if the domain name your interested 
in if it is available. 

What is Web Hosting?
Answer:
Web hosting is the act of renting space and bandwidth through a
ICT company so that you may publish your web site online.
A business would pay for web hosting, email hosting and CMS hosting. 

You can either opt for free hosting that is usually supported
with banners and pop ups, or may opt to get paid web hosting,
which gives you complete control over your site and its contents.

What is Virtual Hosting?
Answer:
Also known as shared hosting, this form of web hosting 
should suffice for most everyone.

Virtual hosting simple refers to the fact that your site is 
on one server, and that this server hosts mulitple sites.
You are virtually shared - your site will not be the only 
one on this specific server.

Very few sites would actually need the power of a dedicated server, 
so this option provides to be a reliable and cost effective solution.

What are subdomains?
Answer:
Consider subdomains as an extension of your domain. 
For example, your site is www.example.com. A subdomain would 
be test.example.com, and another would be helpdesk.example.com.

Subdomains are usually treated as separate sites from the main 
domain site.

What is SEO?
Answer:
SEO is abbreviated for Search Engine Optimization, which is the 
practice of optimizing a website in order to achieve traffic from 
search engines.

What is the difference between UNIX hosting and Windows 
hosting?
Answer:
Depending on which operating system to go with depends
on your needs.

If you need to support Microsoft products such as ASP, 
MS Access, or VBScript, then Windows hosting would 
be better. Furthermore, if you are comfortable with IIS
and do not have the time to understand how UNIX works,
Windows hosting would again be a better choice.

There are some things to remember. 
First of all, just because you use Windows at home does
not mean you should use Windows hosting. 

The two are completely different, and having a Windows 
system at home will not affect your ability to communicate
with a UNIX server.

Secondly, Linux is much more common with web hosts
due to its superior stability and because it is free. 
Since it is free, Linux hosting is usually cheaper
than Windows. Just because it's free does not mean
it's not as good - Linux is an excellent product too.