he prices of domain name for multiple sites, so your costs
registration and web might be lower if you stay with
hosting have dropped to the them again.
point that it's possible to own
multiple websites without going On the other hand, if you choose
broke. If you plan to operate a different host you'll be able
multiple websites, here is some to compare the quality of another
information on the different company with whomever you're
options available to you. currently using. If you ever run
into problems with them, you'll
The first thing to consider when have an alternative. It's wise
setting up multiple websites is not to "put all your eggs in one
whether or not to host them all basket" as the saying goes.
with the same web hosting
company. Many web hosts offer Another advantage of using a
packages that let you set up different host is that you'll get
multiple sites on a single a different IP address for each
account and almost all will let of your sites. If your sites are
you set up multiple accounts, one related to one another and you
for each site. want to link them together,
having different IP addresses can
If you are happy with the hosting sometimes help your site rank
company you're using for your higher in the search engines.
existing website(s), one
advantage of using them for Links from other sites are one of
another site is the fact that you the most important factors in
know they offer good service and getting your site ranked highly.
support. If those links come from sites on
the same IP address, it is a
They might also offer discounts signal to the search engines that
they are quite likely all owned
by the same person, and they may A reseller account is nice
discount the value of those because all your websites are
links. "under one roof" and you have a
single point of contact for any
If you do choose to host all your technical problems.
sites with one company, there are
essentially 3 choices - separate Hosting on a dedicated server
accounts for each site, a gives you complete control of the
reseller account where they are computer that is the web server.
all hosted or a dedicated server, You can install any software you
again where they are all hosted. want, any operating system you
want and you can allocate
Separate accounts are resources like memory and hard
self-explanatory, so let's look disk space however you want to
at reseller accounts. As a divide it up between your sites.
reseller, you are basically
acting as an agent for the The disadvantage of a dedicated
hosting company - a middleman server is that you are
between them and the end user. responsible for maintaining the
server and sometimes even for the
The idea is that you can set up technical side of things. If you
your own company offering web aren't familiar with the
hosting that is ultimately hosted technical side of running a web
by the company. You don't have to server, you may need to choose a
resell this hosting however - you managed dedicated server, where
can use the hosting services for the hosting company looks after
your own websites, essentially these issues.
"reselling" the hosting to
yourself. Dedicated server are, of course,
more expensive than the other of traffic, they may not fit
options, so unless your websites within your budget.
are well established, with a lot
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