| With the advent of time, several type of web hosting | | | | large professional site but don't requires the entire |
| emerged in the market which can broadly be divided | | | | server's space. Via shared hosting one can get a |
| into various categories as under. | | | | good possibility to host his/her site on an influential, well |
| One can get hosting service both Paid and Free; Linux | | | | administrated server at a cheap per month cost. |
| Unix-based and Windows-based (other which are | | | | Shared hosting is quite popular among the |
| inferior in terms of popularity); shared, dedicated and | | | | webmasters who are beginners, because of providing |
| VPS. However each of this type of hosting has its | | | | reliable web service to that user also who do not have |
| own merits and demerits. | | | | unique technical skills. |
| But the main objective of this article is to explain user | | | | As now one must have understood what is the |
| about the prevailing merits and demerits of shared | | | | shared hosting, we can come to merits and demerits |
| hosting. | | | | of shared hosting: |
| However, before that user should understand what is | | | | Features in favor: |
| the term "shared hosting". | | | | A. Low cost |
| Shared hosting is type of hosting in which a host | | | | B. Fine server administrationc. Multiply e-mail, MySQL, |
| provides space to a user on his/her server which he | | | | PHP support |
| she has to share with other customer's web sites. | | | | Users don't having special knowledge in web site and |
| Same software and operating system is applied by all | | | | server administration can also conclude it very well. |
| web sites. With this type hosting however a user can | | | | Features in against: |
| have more advantages as compare to free web | | | | A. Low security level |
| hosting. | | | | B. Resource limitation - same memory, CPU and Hard |
| One can again divide Shared web hosting into two | | | | Drive is used by everyone. The user is compelled to |
| categories: | | | | use only that software which is provided with his/her |
| Free Shared Hosting: | | | | particular hosting company, and likewise one cannot |
| It is considered an ideal choice for a person trying | | | | install his/her own server. |
| some new concepts and who is not interested in | | | | Other restrictions can be due to security policies of the |
| paying money for paid hosting. This type of web site | | | | company. |
| hosting provides the user with everything which is | | | | The best part of shared hosting is that one doesn't |
| required for boosting his/her site. However, one cannot | | | | need to worry about possible server problems as for |
| avail excellent facilities for his/her site. Site will receive | | | | this hosting company's support service is available to |
| restricted amount of Bandwidth and Disk Space. Such | | | | sort all problems. Thus, while selecting a shared hosting |
| type of hosting will not guarantee user with MySQL, | | | | one should carefully examine the company support's |
| PHP support. Web statistics will also be of worst | | | | quality, the better the quality of support - the better |
| condition. | | | | would be the conditions for site. |
| Paid Shared Hosting: | | | | Also with shared hosting one can place several sites in |
| This will provide all the essential features which free | | | | the neighboring parts of the server. |
| shared hosting seldom to provide, these include e-mail, | | | | So, finally after knowing all the pros and cons it is on |
| MySQL, and PHP support. One can use it if he/she | | | | the user to decide the one which is most suitable as |
| wants to host small business web site, intermediary or | | | | per his/her needs. |