So what is a blog? In simple words, it is nothing but a log which is stored on the web. Originally termed as weblog, the word blog came into existence quite recently. Having a blog on your website is always beneficial because search engines consider it as a free resource of information, and a website that is full of information has always got the chance to make it to the top search result pages.

A person who maintains and writes in a blog is called as a blogger.Many times, people confuse a blog for an Internet forum or a board. There is ahuge difference between a form and a blog. A forum is a place where people can register and interact with other people, share their experience & knowledge, request for help etc. However, a blog is like a dairy where a person or a company can write facts.

These days, there is no need for developing the whole software for a blog as there are many off the shelf softwares available, most of which are free. However, the tricky part is the blog design integration. Unless one has specialist knowledge about web programming languages, it can be a mammoth job to make the blog look like a part of the original website. This is where a web design company like us can help. We have years of experience and our skilled employees all hold internation certificates like Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Solution Developers & Microsoft Certified Professional.

You can have a blog for a variety of website and if you wish to have free traffic coming through google, we highly recommend having a blog designed.

E.g.

A cook can have a blog for his recipes & cooking secrets
A music band can have one for providing information about their new sound tracks and any live events they will be doing
An atrist can show off his paintings and art in a blog and so on...

So, what are you waiting for? Call us today start blogging.

Today's topic is website hosting. When clients call us for a web design quote, they often are unaware that once a website has been designed, it needs to be hosted. So let's take a look at how it works.

When a web site has been designed, it needs to be kept on a computer which is connected to the Internet 24 hours and that too via a super fast connectivity. Such computers are called Web Servers which are strongly built up and connected to speeds like 100 Mbps to the back bone of a country. I will discuss a backbone at some other time, but let's just say that it is super speed Internet ring road that connects cities electronically.

In order for a website to be available to the world 24/7, we need to upload it to a web server and then make it's relevant domain name point to it's own folder. Once uploaded to the server it can then freely be browser by users all over the world.

Website hosting plans are generally monthly and annual and you need to pay a hosting company in order for a website to be hosted. Let's be honest, they are giving you the setup of 24/7 Internet connectivity and high configuration server and all the service, they should get paid for their services.

But of course, they are loads of free web hosting companies as well. But then, you will expect them to advertise their companies services on your website. Unfortunately, I cannot provide any names here, but if you google up free website hosting, you are bound to find many companies.