- Web Host Ratings is a company that offers users definitions for nearly 300 Web hosting-related terms. Everything from .com and active channel to ActiveX and FDDI are listed with short, easy-to-understand definitions. The site also provides ratings for Web hosting companies, reviews of services and cost comparison guides. They offer educational reports about starting a Web hosting service and how to choose the best service for your needs.
- Web Hosting Top provides more in-depth definitions for Web hosting terms. In its glossary of about 60 commonly used words and phrases, it provides some history of the words' origins and how the terms are used in applications. For example, the word "bandwidth" is described in its most common use of measuring the amount of data a hosting server can tolerate, as well as the differences in the term when used to describe analog and digital transmissions. Widely used terms such as ClamAV, ColdFusion and domain name registrar are explained in detail.
- Marketing Terms is a publisher that runs a website to inform users of the various marketing terms used in Web hosting and Web page creation. Since most websites require some level of marketing and sales applications, the entire set of terms and definitions are important for anyone to learn who is either creating or purchasing Web hosting services. Terms such as search engine optimization, linking strategy, affiliate marketing and website promotion are vital components needed when developing a website and choosing providers.
- In addition to the advertising and exposure a website must incorporate, the sales and merchant delivery services include a number of phrases and terms unique to the e-Commerce industry. Practical e-Commerce provides users with a dictionary of terms most used by online merchants and their Web developers. Virtual private networks, reseller Web host, cookies and common gateway interface are all explained at the site. In addition, Practical E-Commerce provides directories of hosting providers, educational articles covering the industry, and blogs and forums for hosting services and vendors to interact and share ideas.
- As part of their own marketing strategies, many companies that offer Web hosting services provide a Web hosting dictionary of terms on their own websites. Companies such as Google, Mister Wong and the Hosting Stop all include various definitions of terms to make sure clients understand the vernacular. The Glossarist is a site that lists 30 of the most popular web hosting dictionaries.
