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Shared Web Hosting : Pros and Cos Of Shared Web Hosting

by: RayLam
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Shared web site hosting is the ability to serve and house files for a web site on a server. Shared web site hosting is gaining popularity as individuals and small web site owners look for more affordable ways to host their websites online. This article will discuss the pros and cons of shared web site hosting.

Your shared web hosting company will keep up the maintenance and updates, and provide technical support for its users. This is a huge benefit for those who do not have the time, knowledge or resources (like many small businesses I know) to do this. In this sense it makes huge sense to go with shared web hosting. The average cost of a reliable shared web hosting package is less than $7.00 per month. You will be paying at least ten times that amount for a dedicated server.

A shared web hosting control panel may come under different names such as cPanel, Plesk, H-sphere or some other name. Even if you know very little about web design and upkeep, you can do some cool stuff through control panels with a mere click of the mouse. For example, this site uses Wordpress as the way I set up this site. How did I do this? I simply went into my control panel and (through Fantastico) uploaded Wordpress right to my server with one click of the mouse. No mess or hassles. No technical know-how was needed. See the advantage of using shared web hosting with a control panel?

What makes shared web site hosting so attractive is that it is very inexpensive. Usually there is just a low monthly fee and more often than not shared web hosting offers more than just a basic web hosting service.

There are risks in shared hosting. Web hosts that maneuver shared hosting ensure an ample amount of traffic that each of the sites receives. When a particular shared host's server is frequently visited, the traffic will respond at a much slower pace. If a website requires high traffic, committing to a dedicated server can be a better option.

The best shared web hosting package would also offer an ability to access statistics for your web pages and free customer and technical support 24 hours a day seven days a week.

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