Every website takes up space on a physical server somewhere. Web hosting stores those files and makes your site’s content accessible to people online.

It all depends on the needs of your site. For beginners and smaller sites, shared hosting is probably just right. For those who need more control, VPS or dedicated hosting is likely a better option.

While web hosting is providing and maintaining servers, a website builder is a software tool that makes creating your website easy and effective.

An SSL certificate protects your customers, your search ranking, and your reputation with:

• Encrypted data transmission
• Web browsers flagging you as “secure”
• Increased customer trust

Why? Because without one, you and your customers’ personal info can be intercepted during transmission to or from your site. Yikes. Plus many web browsers will flag a website as “not secure” unless it detects that it has a valid SSL certificate. Double yikes.

SSL certificates are really standard practice these days, so if you don’t have one yet, make today the day. Your website, visitors, reputation, and search ranking will ALL thank you.