GREEN HOSTING FOR DUMMIES
You may have come across the term green hosting. For someone who is not tech savvy, or one who hears the phrase for the first time, it may be interpreted in several ways. One, it may be considered as “green” as in malicious, or possible web hosting of naughty, adult websites. Another may be that since it is “green”, it perfectly caters to “greenhorns” or novices in terms of web hosting, website creation or programming. Neither is correct. Green web hosting actually refers to web host service providers that willfully and virtuously adopt means and measures to prevent the worsening of our ecological conditions. A green web host is one that consciously adopts ways to save the earth, the only planet we have. It can do so by utilizing bio-fuel in its operations, tapping alternative sources of energy like wood, solar and geothermal energy in running its data centers worldwide. A green-certified web hosting service provider maintains eco-friendly business operations by sponsoring personnel programs for planting trees, recycling wastes, going paperless, encouraging alternative work transportation and purchasing renewable energy credits (RECs). This further entices eco-aware, “green” consumers like us to patronize their products and services.
Most green hosting companies probably run on a dedicated server. This is because green web hosts tend to get more clients which means difficulty in maintenance of server security and integrity if allowed to run on shared servers resulting in web traffic bottlenecks that will result in the loss of loyal web followers. Who would want to stay for minutes just trying to view your Flash intro or just opening your home page? Speedy and efficient server response time does play a major role here. Further, with a dedicated server, green web hosts get the best hosting options, what with the huge storage space for web pages, images, multimedia features and plug-ins you can include in your web clients’ sites.