Benefits of Shared Hosting

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Designing a website is only the first step in your journey to online success. Once you have gotten all the kinks sorted out i.e. browser issues, PHP bugs etc... you need to start thinking about hosting. This could very well be an even more difficult task judging by the amount of hosts there are available on the internet today! So which one do you choose?

It is considered generally a good idea to go with shared web hosting if the website is a small business and wants to save on cost. However before you go ahead and sign anything, make sure you know exactly what shared hosting is all about first!

If you are not looking at hosting the next Amazon (not that you shouldn’t set your sites that high) shared hosting will always almost be perfect for your needs. If your websites grows and requires more resources you can always upgrade of move to a more able plan. With shared hosting the web server that hosts the web pages is shared by several other websites. Talking about number of websites on a shared hosting server, they can be in thousands. Now due to the fact that just one server is fulfilling the requirements of many other websites, the plus point is they can be far more affordable!

The majority of shared hosting servers run on Linux, in fact the majority of all web-servers in the world dedicated or not run on Linux! Why? One of the reasons is that it is very stable, and requires very little resources which can then be used to actually serving the webpages. Secondly, it is 100% free and opensource so there is very little outlay in getting started.
Shared hosting has the following advantages:

Cost effective
Due to the fact that many websites are hosted on a single web server, web hosting providers provide economic shared web hosting services. Generally, the cost is as low as $3-10 per month for shared web hosting services. Luckily for the consumer cut throat competition in web hosting industry has brought on plans with unlimited bandwidth, and disk space. You can host as many websites on your server as you want, this is also due to advances in server technology and increased internet bandwidth.

More Manageable
Another great reason with shared hosting, is that you have a professional monitoring your server around the clock! If something goes wrong, they fix it which would otherwise be left up to you! Going the shared hosting route saves you very steep learning curve, or a fortune spent on hiring someone to manage your dedicated server! With this regard, shared hosting can often be far more reliable than your dedicated one.

Far More Features
Shared hosting can give you access to far more features, as the software on the server is shared amongst all its users. This would not be possible if you had to purchase the software yourself as license fees can run into thousands of dollars. This allows you to keep your site up to date on the cutting edge with SSL certificates, streaming media etc which you are paying a fraction for.

Efficient
With the internet becoming more and more resilient, routers becoming more advanced and server technology increasing at an exponential rate. Shared hosting is closing t he gap on dedicated hosting more and more. Making the choice far more easier than the past. The only problem now, is that many are catching on with countless web hosts springing up. Be sure to do your homework so that you don’t get stung!