A lot of customers are confused about Website Hosting and Domain Registration. They are actually 2 different things.

Website Hosting means depositing your website files(including images, documents, etc) in a computer which is linked to the Internet, so that people can access via the Internet. Domain Registration means getting a unique address for that computer where your website is deposited so that people know where to find your webiste.

You need to have a website, for the following 5 reasons:

1. Your potential customers are looking for you, from the Internet
   This is the most important reason for businesses to have a website. As of 21/11/2005, there were 972,828,001 Internet users, 15.2% of the world's population of 6,420,102,722. In Singapore alone, the penetration percentage is much higher. As of Sep 2005, there were 2,421,800 Internet users or 68.3% of the nation's population. If you are serious about your business, how could you afford to ignore this channel of getting the attention of your potential customers? For your reference, around half of GlobiTec's business comes from the Internet.

Having a website is only the first step in embracing the Internet technology to increase your business's visibility online. And it is just a small step. With so many companies offering website design service, you shouldn't have much problem finding a reliable company and getting your website done. However, the completion of your website does not mean the end of the story. You should continuously market your website, make it known to your targeted audiences so that it helps to generate sales or serve your customers better. Below are some of the techniques you may consider to market your website:

Name	Description	Biz Use	Home Use	Download
7-Zip (Compression)	A free and open source file archiver with high compression ratio.	Yes	Yes	Website
Ad-aware Personal (Anti-Spyware)	A spyware scanner and remover with simple interface and excellent results.	No	Yes	Website
AVG Free (Anti-Virus)	A free anti-virus protection tool developed by Grisoft for home use.	No	Yes	Website
FileZilla (FTP)	A fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features. It's free and open-source.	Yes	Yes	Website
Firefox (Browser)	A free browser as an alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer. Small footprint, secure, packed with useful features	Yes	Yes	Website
TurboCASH (Accounting)	A fully-featured open source accounts packages for small businesses	Yes	Yes	Website
GIMP (Image)	A free and open-source software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Recommended for advanced users only.	Yes	Yes	Website
IrfanView (Image)	One of the most popular graphic viewers worldwide	No	Yes	Website
Picasa (Image)	A free software from Google that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC.	Yes	Yes	Website
Skype (VOIP)	A little program for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype. It's free and easy to download and use, and works with most computers.	Yes	Yes	Website
SmartFTP (FTP)	A nice FTP software that you can use for free for non-commercial purposes.	No	Yes	Website
ZoneAlarm (Firewall)	A free and popular firewall application to protect your home computers.	No	Yes	Website