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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Shared Website Hosting And Its Benefits And Liabilities

By Amanda Baird


A server, which is connected to the net and is being shared by many websites is referred as shared website hosting. In this service, a consumer is granted their own partition inside the server in which the hole space is shared by hundreds if not thousands of other consumers. As a requirement, all must run the same software or operating system, share the same disc room and use same bandwidth.

These are ideal if you want to create a professional website, but you do not need huge amounts of space, memory or options. The most obvious benefit of this is the price because this kind of service is inexpensive. There is also a lot of competition between different hosting companies that make them very cheap and you can easily acquire enough space.

You may even have a space of up to forty gigabytes. It has an all inclusive price tag so you will not need to worry about the upkeep and setup. Another advantage is the convenience of this kind of service. A highly skilled and professional expert manages the shared web host and provides you convenience.

This will allow you to concentrate on your site and your businesses while he take cares of the matters concerning the system. If you avail of their services, your site would be able to go live within 24 hours since they can instantly set it up. This is also to navigate, which is why you do not need to be a technical person to set up your site.

They usually have management tools such as a control panel which makes installing your site easier and less confusing. This helps in making the structure of the pages of your site and makes managing the accounts and emails very easy. With control panels, this also makes customization easier.

They can manage many things like helping you upload pictures, images and lets you check the statistics of your website. The most important thing is space and bandwidth they provide which enables you to run your business efficiently. Although there are many advantages, there are drawbacks as well.

It has some issues on stability especially with the number of consumers where it becomes difficult to keep up the bandwidth equal among the users. The performance of one can have an effect on the performance of other websites. For instance, if one of them has a lot of traffic going on, then it might slow down the performance of your site instead.

You also do not have permission to install programs since it is maintained by another individual or company. They may not allow you to download or run any program that you would like to put up. If you really like to install a specific program, there are many servers out there that you can choose from. This type of hosting may not be applicable to those who will need a large space and a lot of bandwidth like Ecommerce.

Shared website hosting has its own pros and cons, but it depends on your business requirements. This might be ideal if you are a novice in web development and your business small to moderately sized. If it meets all your requirements then this may be a good choice for you.




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