Web Servers For more about how Web servers work, see How Stuff Works. To get started with your online business, you’ll need a Web host. This is simply a company that hosts Web sites like yours. It could be a guy running an operation out of his garage or a giant server farm located in [...]

What’s the Internet? For more basics on the Internet, see How Stuff Works. Sometimes when I present my E-Biz seminars, an attendee is lost about the foundation of the Internet — what is it, exactly? Here it is, for those who like to start at the very beginning (a very good place to start)… The [...]

My Name is URL For the real basics on Web addresses (aka URLs), see How Stuff Works. Before you register www.myname.com, consider: Choose carefully: pick a name that’s easy to say, easy to remember and easy to spell. Shorter is good, but easy and memorable is better. Avoid traps like these: TWOWRITE.COM: over the phone, [...]