What is Web Hosting?
Web hosting is like renting space for your website to live on the internet. A hosting company stores your files on their computers (servers) so that anyone in the world can visit your site at any time.
Easy Analogy: Website = House
- The House → Your website files (HTML, images, text)
- The Land → Web hosting (the place where your site lives)
- The Address → Your domain name (e.g.
maloneuniversity.org)
Your Computer --(upload)--> Hosting Server <--(visit)-- Visitor's Browser
Beginner-Friendly Hosting Services
- Netlify – free & easy for static sites
- GitHub Pages – free, great for code-based projects
- Neocities – simple for personal pages