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How Websites Work: Answers for Non-Techies

There are some basic questions about how websites work that I’m often asked. So, I’m putting all those answers together here. There’s nothing mind-blowing about it, but you need to know this stuff to make smart decisions about your own website.

A website basically has three components. There’s the domain name, the server and the content. Users type in your domain name and a server sends them your content. Let’s look at each of these in more detail.

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February 28, 2012 by Peter

Filed Under: Websites Tagged With: content, domains, hosting

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