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Web Site Hosting Features and Benefits

These features are included in each of our web hosting plans.

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Design and Build Your Web Site

Creating your web site is easier than ever with our latest site building tools. Choose from our professional designs or use your favorite third-party tool.

Yahoo! Web Hosting Tools – New and Improved!

We've made creating a web site easier than ever:

• Choose a professionally created design.
  
• Easily add and format photos, a logo, and text with a few clicks.
  
• Get guidance and help every step of the way.
  

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Third-Party Tools

We support popular third-party design tools like Adobe Dreamweaver®, Adobe GoLive®, and Microsoft FrontPage® (2000 and 2002).^*

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Interactive Enhancements

You can spice up your site with Flash, Shockwave, audio, video, slide shows, and more. We also support major scripting and database tools like PHP, Perl, and MySQL.

Room to Grow...and Grow!

Get plenty of capacity to build many web pages and support lots of visitors. Web hosting plans start with 5GB of disk space and 200GB/mo. of data transfer.

Capacity

Go ahead and grow as much as you want — we've got you covered! Our popular Yahoo! Web Hosting Starter plan comes with:

• 5GB of disk space: With enough space to build 5, 10 — even 25,000 web pages — chances are that Yahoo! Web Hosting Starter offers more than enough storage to get you going!^**
  
• 200GB of data transfer per month: Plenty of capacity to support anywhere from 1,000 to half a million visitors each month.^**
  
• Easy upgrades: Should you need more capacity, you can purchase more disk space and bandwidth or just upgrade to Yahoo! Web Hosting Standard or Professional. No additional fees, beyond the monthly fee, are charged when you upgrade.
  

Scalability

We host more than 30 million web sites.^*** You can rely on Yahoo! Web Hosting to handle your most advanced hosting needs.

Pricing

Yahoo! Web Hosting plans start at $11.95 $8.96/1^st 2 mos.¹ With no annual contracts required, you get a low-risk, high-reward investment!

Yahoo! Web Hosting offers you three plans to meet your business needs.

• Yahoo! Web Hosting Starter: $11.95 $8.96/1^st 2 mos.¹
  
• Yahoo! Web Hosting Standard: $19.95 $14.96/1^st 2 mos.¹
  
• Yahoo! Web Hosting Professional: $39.95 $29.96/1^st 2 mos.¹
  

All plans include a $25 setup fee WAIVED. ¹

All plans are billed on a monthly basis, and no long-term contract is required to receive our standard or promotional rates.

Site Management

Yahoo! Web Hosting simplifies site management, making it easy to update your site, share site access, view performance reports, and more.

User-Friendly Control Panel

• Your control panel is your command center to oversee site building, file management, editing, email, and much more.
  
• Give web site access to multiple users, such as business partners, so others can contribute to your web site.
  

Web Site Statistics

With Yahoo! Web Hosting's easy-to-read statistical reports, you can gain important insight into:

• How many people have visited your site
  
• How many times each web page has been viewed
  
• Which search engines and search terms were used to find your site
  
• Which sites your visitors came from
  

Download raw access logs for an even more in-depth breakdown of your site performance — plus get a free log-analyzer tool.

24-Hour Customer Support

Yahoo! Web Hosting is committed to giving you all the help you need to build and maintain a successful web site.

• 24-hour toll-free customer support
  
• 24-hour email support
  
• Extensive online help
  
• Getting Started guides and videos
  

Free Domain Name

Yahoo! Web Hosting saves you money by including a free domain name with all plans. You can also use a domain name you already own.

When you sign up for a Yahoo! Web Hosting plan, you get a free domain name, like www.widgetdesigns.com — a $9.95 value. This domain name is free for as long as you subscribe to Yahoo! Web Hosting.

You can also use an existing domain name with your web hosting plan and purchase additional domains, like www.widgetdesigns.net or www.widgetdesigns.biz, and point them to your Yahoo! Web Hosting site.

Scripting and Database Tools

Yahoo! Web Hosting includes PHP, Perl, and MySQL with virtually unlimited databases so advanced users can build dynamic and interactive sites.****

• PHP version 4.3.11 and dozens of PHP functions
  
• Perl 5.8.7 and 12 Perl modules
  
• MySQL 4.1.12 — with virtually unlimited databases^****
  
• Multiuser FTP for quickly uploading your files
  

Reliability

Yahoo! Web Hosting offers enterprise-class reliability to help ensure that your site is always available to your customers.

• Yahoo! Web Hosting consistently delivers 99.9% uptime.^*****
  
• Your data is stored in multiple data centers to help ensure that your site is available.
  
• Extensive back-end connections to the Internet help your site load faster.
  

Security

Protect your web site and customer information with safeguards like automatic Web site snapshots, password-protected access, shared SSL certificates, and more.

• Automatic Web site snapshots record your latest site changes every four hours.
  
• Password protection allows you to give your customers passwords to access all or part of your site.
  
• Shared SSL certificates and encryption help you protect data transmitted between your customers and your web site.
  
• Automatic domain locking helps prevent unauthorized transfers of your domain (domain hijacking). ******
  
• Extensive physical security protects the data centers where your web site information is stored.
  

Matching Email Addresses

Look more credible with personalized email that matches your domain name, like pat@widgetdesigns.com.

• Unlimited email storage. Questions?
  
• Advanced spam software scans and cleans your email.
  
• Compatibility with Microsoft Outlook and other email clients allows you to send and receive email using your favorite email tool. Or use our web mail interface to access your mail from any computer.
  
• With 200+ email addresses, you can give accounts to everyone on your staff, different departments of your business, or 199 of your closest friends!
  
• Messages accommodate 20MB email attachments, so you can send and receive large files.
  
• A catch-all mailbox captures misaddressed email.
  
• Use one email account to send and receive email for multiple email addresses, for convenient email management.
  

Blogging

Share your thoughts and opinions in a blog on your web site. Our hosting plans include beginner and professional blogging tools.

A blog is like an interactive journal and online forum rolled into one. You write and easily post entries to your blog as often as you like. Then your blog visitors can read and reply to your posts, allowing you to exchange ideas and build a sense of community.

Yahoo! Web Hosting offers industry-leading blog hosting. Our hosting plans include two of the most popular blogging tools, WordPress and Movable Type.

Highlights:

• Easy installation simplifies blog setup.
  
• The best blog plug-ins are activated automatically for additional functionality, blog site statistics, Yahoo! RSS submission, and more.
  
• You can create attractive URLs for your permalinks using a mod_rewrite equivalent.
  
• You'll reduce referrer and comment spam with Yahoo! Web Hosting's version of mod_security.
  
• Yahoo! Web Hosting's redundant data centers help keep your blog available around the clock.
  
• Yahoo! Web Hosting uses FastCGI to help you speed up blog posting and updates.
  
• With the ability to handle 1 million page views per day, Yahoo! Web Hosting can dependably support a large blog audience. ^*******
  

Already an advanced blogger?

WordPress and Movable Type both offer sophisticated blogging features such as:

• Easy installation and custom blog design
  
• Access to hundreds of plug-ins, like AudioPlayer and Smilies
  
• RSS feed capabilities to alert subscribers to new content
  
• Attractive URLs for your permalinks
  
• Advanced referrer and comment spam protection
  
• Redundant data centers to help keep your blog available
  
• FastCGI to help you speed up blog posting and updates
  
• Support for up to one million page views per day for your large blog audience*******
  

Exclusive Marketing Discounts

Attract visitors to your web site with our free marketing services and discounts on premium marketing tools.

• Educational resources: Learn about online marketing and how to create a winning strategy to promote your web site.
  
• Free marketing tools: Get listed with Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Local.
  
• Exclusive Discounts
  • $100 credit with Yahoo! Search Marketing
    
  • $50 credit with Google AdWords
    
  • Free trial of email marketing from Campaigner by GOT
    
  • Much more...
    
  
  

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Web Site Enhancements

Spice up your site with enhancements like PayPal buttons, photo galleries, guestbooks, community bulletin boards, or your own content portal.

Web Hosting

Web Hosting Comparison Chart

Feature Descriptions

	Starter	Standard	Professional
Price Monthly web hosting fee One-time setup fee	Sign Up $11.95 $8.96/1st 2 mos.1 $25 WAIVED1	Sign Up $19.95 $14.96/1st 2 mos.1 $25 WAIVED1	Sign Up $39.95 $29.96/1st 2 mos.1 $25 WAIVED1
No annual contract required — and you can upgrade to a higher plan anytime
	Starter	Standard	Professional
Detailed Technical Comparison
Features
Disk space Number of web pages supported*	5GB 5–25,000 web pages	10GB 5–50,000+ web pages	20GB 5–100,000+ web pages
Data transfer Number of visitors supported/mo.*	200GB 10,000–500,000 visitors/mo.	400GB 10,000–1 million visitors/mo.	500GB 10,000–1.2 million visitors/mo.
Business email addresses (like info@widgetdesigns.com)	200	500	1000
Free domain name (like www.widgetdesigns.com)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Easy tools to create a professional site Learn more	Yes	Yes	Yes
Support for third-party design tools (like FrontPage and Dreamweaver)**	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced scripting and database tools (like PHP, Perl, and MySQL)	Yes	Yes	Yes
24-hour toll-free phone support	Yes	Yes	Yes
User-friendly control panel	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web site enhancements (like guestbooks and visitor counters)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Exclusive online marketing discounts	Yes	Yes

Yahoo! Domains Key Features

• 24-Hour Toll-Free Customer Service

• Domain Name Basics
• Private Domain Registration
• Use an Existing Domain

Get answers anytime you need them from extensive online help sources and our 24-hour toll-free customer support.

• Domain Management

Set up and manage your domain with our easy-to-use control panel.

• Private Domain Registration

Help protect yourself from spammers and telemarketers with private registration. Keep your domain contact information private. Learn more...

• Starter Web Page

Publish basic information on a placeholder web page — until you're ready to upgrade to a full web site.
View a sample.

• Domain Locking

Safeguard your domain from hijacking and unauthorized transfers with domain locking. Yahoo! Domains secures your domain for you — and only you.

• Domain Forwarding

Point your new domain name to a web site you already have with domain forwarding. This is a useful feature if you own multiple domain names.

• Complete Domain (DNS) Control

Advanced users: You can easily edit your name servers and MX, A, and CNAME records for complete control over your domain.

• Email Forwarding

Unlimited forwarding of messages sent to your new domain name into your free Yahoo! email account.

• Room to Grow

It's easy to add more services as you need them, such as email that matches your domain, a full web site, or an online store.

Domain Name Basics: What, Why, and How

What's in a domain name? A lot more than you might think. Your domain name can be your first impression, your face to the outside world, and your new marketing plan. Learn more about what domain names are, why you should take the time to choose a good one for yourself, and how to go about it.

What is a domain name?

A domain name is an address for the Internet. It helps people find your web site. Just as homes and businesses have street addresses, all web sites have domain names. The Yahoo! domain name is yahoo.com.

A domain name is made up of two parts, typically preceded by www. Let's use yahoo.com as an example:

• The first part, yahoo, is a unique name that represents the web site.
• The second part, com, is the extension, and stands for "commercial." There are many extensions available, though .com, .net, .biz, .info, and .us are the most popular extensions in the United States.

Why is a good domain name important?

A good domain name helps you in numerous ways.

For Businesses

Add your domain name to your business card, email signature, and other advertisements.

• Build credibility: Show your customers that you have an established business.
• Improve your marketing: Provide customers an easy way to remember and contact you.
• Protect your brand: Secure the domain name that best represents your business name — and keep it out of the hands of your competitors.

For Consumers

Describe your site as best you can with your domain name. For example, a pair of amateur magicians might use their stage names, some combination of words including magic, or the name of their most famous trick.

How do I choose a domain name?

Keep these tips in mind as you select your domain name.

• Your domain name should reflect your business name or the topic your site will cover.
• It should be a unique and concise name that is easy to say, remember, and spell.
• You can use only letters, numbers, and hyphens in your domain name. Spaces or other symbols are not allowed.
• If your first choice isn't available, try rearranging the word order, adding hyphens, or using abbreviations or locations to come up with a unique alternative.

Once you have a domain name, you need a web site! Luckily, you came to the right place. It's easy to add Yahoo! services that help you build a full web site or open an online store. Learn more...

Private Domain Registration

Did you know that anyone — including spammers and telemarketers — can find your contact information just by looking up your domain name online?

That's right. The Internet's governing body, ICANN, requires that every domain owner's name and contact information be listed in an online database. Unfortunately, many solicitors regularly go through this database to gather contacts for marketing campaigns.

Now you can keep your contact information out of the public eye using Yahoo! Private Domain Registration.

How Does Private Domain Registration Work?

• When you sign up, our partner Melbourne IT updates your registration listing with generic contact information that points to Melbourne IT's offices.

• Whenever someone looks up your domain and tries to contact you, Melbourne IT receives the call, email, or letter and screens the information on your behalf.

• Melbourne IT forwards prescreened communications to you, so you can reply as you see fit.

How Much Does Private Domain Registration Cost?

Yahoo! Private Domain Registration is available for just $0.99 per month with Yahoo! Web Hosting, Yahoo! Merchant Solutions, or Yahoo! Business Mail plans, or just $9.00 per year with Yahoo! Domains or Yahoo! Custom Mailbox plans.

Using an Existing Domain Name

Already own a domain name? You can use it with any Yahoo! Small Business service.

How do I use my existing domain name with a Yahoo! Small Business service?

To use your existing domain name with a Yahoo! Small Business service, like Yahoo! Web Hosting or Yahoo! Business Mail, you need to contact your domain registrar and request a name server change to redirect your existing domain name to your new service hosted by Yahoo! Small Business.

You should provide your domain registrar with the following information:

I would like to request a name server change. Please make the following changes for [enter your domain name here]:

Primary name server: yns1.yahoo.com
Primary IP address: 66.218.71.205
Secondary name server: yns2.yahoo.com
Secondary IP address: 216.109.116.20

Don't know who your domain registrar is? Look it up in the public domains registry, called the WHOIS directory.

Please note

• This is not a registrar transfer. Your domain name registration will remain with your registrar, and you'll still be responsible for domain name fees and renewal with your current provider.

• Only the domain owner can request this change. Yahoo! Small Business cannot do it for you.

• Your name server change may not take effect for up to 72 hours.

• See the instructions below if you also want to move an existing web site from another provider to Yahoo! Small Business.

How do I move my web site to Yahoo! Web Hosting?

1. Save all of your web site files - including images, sound files, and video clips - to your computer.

2. Transfer these files from your computer to Yahoo! Web Hosting using FTP or our web-based file upload tool.

3. Once you've uploaded the files, you can preview your site before publishing it to the Internet. You can continue to preview and make adjustments until all your web pages look exactly the way you want.

4. If you are using an existing domain name, contact your registrar to change your name servers. (See instructions above.) This change will redirect your existing domain name to your web site hosted with Yahoo! Web Hosting.

5. Once this change has been made, you can publish your web site to the Internet with the click of a button.

Please note

Special features offered by your current hosting provider, such as guestbooks or counters, may not work with Yahoo! Web Hosting. However, you can replace many of these features with Yahoo! Web Hosting enhancements, including guestbooks, counters, site search tools, and more.

How do I move my existing email account to Yahoo! Business Email?

1. Save any messages you may want to access later to your computer.

2. Forward your current email to an account not associated with your domain name to make sure that you do not miss any messages during the transition.

3. Contact your registrar to change the name servers for your domain name. (See instructions above.) This change will redirect your existing domain name to Yahoo! Small Business.

4. Once you have been notified that your name servers have been changed, you can set up your Yahoo! Business Email account to receive messages sent to your existing email address.