Friday, August 30, 2013

Shared Website Hosting And Its Benefits And Liabilities

Shared Website Hosting And Its Benefits And Liabilities

By Amanda Baird


When one server that is connected to the cyberspace, which is shared by many sites, this kind of service is called shared website hosting. Every consumer will be given their own partition in the server, which in many cases has hundreds or thousand of consumers. All of them must operate using the same operating system or software, use the same bandwidth, and share same disc room.

This is what most people choose if they want to make a professional website quickly and yet do not need a lot of memory and space. The first and foremost reason they make use of this is because it is very affordable. There are a lot of companies or individuals that host where you can buy cheaply from and acquire space easily.

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 way you can concentrate on your own site and on your own business, and the professional will take care on the maintenance. Your website could also be live within 24 hours that you bought it since you can set it up instantly and it is very easy to navigate. You do not need to be a technically sound person to be able to set it up.

Most of them use management tool like a control panel so that you can install your system in one click. This will help you in structuring your space that makes building the site and managing accounts easy. Customization is also easier by using the control panels.

They can assist you in posting your pictures and many other images and, other than that, you could even check your statistics. Other than the cost, most consumers will consider the space the company can provide and its bandwidth that will be essential in running the business as efficiently as possible. However, as many benefits as it has, there also disadvantages of this kind of hosting.

One of its primary advantage is the stability of the server where it becomes hard to back up since there are many consumers using the same server. Your website can affect the performance of others and at the same time they can also affect yours. For example, if there is a lot of traffic recently on other sites, this could sacrifice the performance of yours which might cause them to crash.

Another disadvantage is that you do not have any authority to install any program you like. They are managed by another person or company so those people may not allow any big changes to the sites. However, if you really want to put another program on your website, just find another hosting company who allows that certain program you want to be installed. A word of advice, this type of service is not applicable to host websites that need a lot of bandwidth and space.

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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