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Website Questions: Domain vs. Hosting?

I want to setup a website, what is the difference between getting a domain vs. hosting?

Update:

So I would have to purchase both?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    yes off course. Domain means simply the name we are using like yahoo.com or answers.yahoo.com. but hosting means uploading the files we are created for wesites, all the pages. so when we type name we will get hosted files, which are pages

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Domain Vs Website

  • 1 decade ago

    Hosting is somewhere to put your files.

    A domain is a human friendly name to identify that place.

    Many hosting packages will either throw in a free subdomain (you.example.com for instance), or including a domain in the package - but you do need both.

  • 1 decade ago

    A domain is the URL you type in the address bar to go to your website hosting...it's the equivalent to your house being the hosting and your address being the domain.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I would like to suggest following webhosting which I use, they are excellent. You will get FREE DOMAIN.

    http://www.hostmonster.com/track/webhostster/

    They offer hosting of "unlimited domains" and you will get massive webspace of 600000 MB (600 GB ). They only charge $5.95/month and they offer "a free Domain Name" and installing service called "Fantastico". By using Fantastico, you could create own forum, photo gallery, shopping cart (e-commerce),your own auction site and your own blogs within few seconds. They also offer "Free Website Builder" as well.

    Visit the site to check details.

    http://www.hostmonster.com/track/webhostster/

    More the list of BEST WEB HOSTING sites visit

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  • 1 decade ago

    an example of a domain name is yahoo.com, you get them at http://www.locodomains.com/ , hosting is so people can see your website, you get it at http://www.juicyhosting.com/

  • 1 decade ago

    Domain is the address of your website. i.e www.something.com part. Hosting is the process of putting up a site to a particular domain.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    the domain is the thing after what you type for example .com or .org

    host is the thing that hosts your site, they allow you to create a proffesional one and submit it to search engines like google ( i think so but domain is correct ,cant really explain what a host is)

  • 1 decade ago

    You can find out step by step guide on how to create a website at http://oktutorial.com/webdesign.htm

    You can even earn from adsense using your website.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    From buying the domain to putting it on the host.

    http://www.flwebdesign.com/webdesign/

    Thanks

    Will

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