Shared Web Hosting - 3 Things You Need to Know

Shared web hosting means that your website will be hosted on the web host’s server that is also home to many other websites. Well below are some of the Pitfalls of Shared Hosting.

3 Pitfalls of Shared Web Hosting:

1.      Some hosts will overload their servers with too many sites which impacts negatively on the performance of your site caused by increased competition for the server resources by all the sites on the server. This type of server activity causes reduced performance for all sites on the server which is beyond your control.

2.      Shared web hosting accounts also have restrictions placed on them limitations placed on them with regard to the amount of disk space, data transfers, email addresses and domains that they can have. There are also often restrictions related to running scripts and databases that use quite a bit of CPU (processing power). This type of server activity causes reduced performance for all sites on the server which is beyond your control.

3.      A poorly managed server which hosts one or two exceptionally busy sites could exhaust the server’s resources and cause downtime for all sites hosted on the server. The same is true if one site on the server is subject to a DOS attack which can impact all sites on the server. Therefore any site on a shared server that is compromised, that security breach can pose a serious risk to all of the sites on that server.

It is therefore quite possible to secure a cheap hosting option on a shared seller with a reputable & well managed hosting company. - by Mark Bellinger

The Pros And Cons Of Shared Web Site Hosting

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.

A shared web site hosting service permits people to share the hosting cost of having a faster online connection for serving web site files. Shared web site hosting permits people to host all their web sites and web files on a very powerful web server at a reduced monthly cost.

The best shared web site hosting companies actually guarantee uptime and fast connectivity. Shared web hosting services usually offer very fast site activation and web site set up time. A shared web site hosting package usually offers a number of multi platform web site solutions. - by Karin I Manning