In most web hosting companies, you can host unlimited website in single account. This is true with my own host, the HostGator.com. I can actually create as many website as I can with no limit. Addon domain will accomplish the task of adding new website to your existing account.

What is a Domain Name and Why Register One?

A domain name, like rtfverterra.com is a web address. It is linked to a particular point on the internet called IP address. Typing a domain name into the browser will display the web page associated with that domain.

If you notice, most of the websites are with www as prefix of the domain, i.e., www.rtfverterra.com and www.mathalino.com. This prefix of www for your domain name is not actually necessary for your domain name to work properly, meaning, you can go without the www prefix for your website. Check your website now, type www.example.com and example.com (replace example with your domain name of course) in different browser windows, make sure that you will not select any stored address in the address bar. If your website is accessible from two different address (with and without www), your site is not good for search engine optimization (SEO). Search engine will actually see this two address as two different websites, worst if your site will get penalize because of this. To avoid being penalize by search engine, all you need to do is to redirect one to the other. Here are the ways on how to do it.

If you want to have a space in the internet but you don't know how or where to start, then this post is for you. There are many ways to start your own website and I understand that it is overwhelming at the start. Now let's make it very simple. I am confident that you will learn how to run a website after you finish reading this post. So let's start.

Web host and domain

There are only two things you need in order to run a website: a host and a domain. A host is a computer where you save all your images, files, folders, and web pages. The host must be always ON so that it can serve request/s at any time of the day and night. The host computer is called server. Domain is the web address of your site, anybody can open your website by writing its domain at the browser's address bar. Example of a domain is rtfverterra.com, when you type rtfverterra.com at the address bar, the browser will land at the front page of this blog.