Web Hosting Types
If you don’t want to take the step to buy a dedicated hosted plan then the next step is Virtual Private Servers.
VPS Web Hosting
VPS is virtual private server. It provides the functions of a dedicated server but at a much lower cost. This hosting solution allows installation of one’s own server application and software. You don’t need to own all the hardware but you will still have full access to the route system. There can be many VPS in one unit but they work separately and does not make the other VPS servers slow or crash them if one VPS server goes down.
VPS is superior to other hosting plans like:
Shared Web Hosting
When a single host server hosts multiple websites, it is Shared or Virtual Web Hosting. Since the cost of maintenance of the host server is shared by many people, it is considered the least costly option. But it very easy to crash if the other people have problem on the same server.
Reseller Web Hosting
In this arrangement the person or the organization providing the hosting service is not the primary host. The reseller serving as a middleman of the original hosting company sells the technology and infrastructure to others at discounted price.
E-Commerce Web Hosting
A site that transacts buying and selling of goods and services is known as an e-Commerce or Electronic Commerce site. The two component systems of this hosting are shopping cart and payment processing.
Budget Web Hosting
It is a smaller and cheaper version of e-commerce web hosting and is meant for individuals or small business. However services and benefits of this hosting are almost same as the e-commerce.
Google Earth
Google Earth, initially known as Earth Viewer was actually conceived by a firm named Keyhole, Inc. which was overtaken by Google in 2004. It enables one to observe an aerial view of the earth with the aid of GIS 3D globe, satellite imageries and through aerial photography. Google Earth today is available in personal computers supported by Windows 2000, Vista, XP. Other upgraded versions of Google Earth like Google Earth Plus and Google Earth Pro are also available at limited rate subscriptions.
The functioning of Google Earth is not complicated at all. One requires to download the software from the authorized website. Then, one has to enter the relevant address, town or city and country. In doing so, one will be able to view a glimpse of the locality, its people and buildings, cars and automobiles as if from the space. The use of the Digital Elevation Model or DEM information gathered from NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission is employed by Google Earth which facilitates better observation and also allows three dimensional perspectives of the locations thus providing a panoramic view. These three dimensional viewing is enabled to various locations over many countries like Japan, United States, Canada, Ireland etc.
In 2007, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, in coordination with Google produced Google Sky which permitted one to observe astronomical images and stars. It also reveals stars, constellations, galaxies and the planets’ passage in their orbits.
However, since its inception, Google Earth ahs faced immense criticism with several countries expressing their fear over the over exposure of certain sensitive locations risking their national security. While Google has hardly denied co operation in such cases, one can hardly deny the magnificence and awe of these technological innovations which allow the world to be confined within the extents of our living groom computer screens.
With new technological innovations heralding the progress of our civilization, the birth of the internet has greatly benefited mankind. Since its inception it has not only benefited communication but also, at the same time it has allowed several services to professionals and students thus aiding in their efficiency at work. While professionals are able to communicate through video conferencing and Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP, students too have had the privilege of having access to innumerable reference materials and journals through the internet. Google Notebook is a simple program offered by Google to help individuals in securing and composing relevant data and information by arranging them in the notebook, for free, in course of conducting the research work online. This browser helps to obtain images and clips and scribble down points from other sources and attaching them to the notebook where it is saved. Google Notebook, like many other authorized Google applications permits the function of file haring and therefore, researchers can share their information and data with other users anywhere in the world and also work in collaboration.
Certain versions of Google Notebook available through Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers aids the trimming of information from the internet by clicking on the ‘note this’ option available on the screen within the webpage which appears instantly upon a simple right click. Much after the appearance of the Firefox extension 1.0.0.18, Google itself added this option of ‘note this’ which opens up an AJAX interface automatically without needing any other browser.
Like handwritten notebooks, Google Notebook contains headings and all the contents are added one after another in the bottom. Information from one section of the page can be transferred to another by dragging and thus data can be organized in various ways as required by the user only.