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| are options. There are four major hosting types | | | | email support, multiple language features, as well as |
| available for use with your website. Choosing the | | | | quality technical support. However, the security may |
| right one will save dollars and headaches. | | | | not be the best. There will be many other sites on |
| It is a well known fact that having your own website | | | | the server that can have an impact on your site. This |
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| promotion of your personal interests. With so many | | | | hosting servers are professionally managed to |
| web hosting options available on the internet today, | | | | eliminate sharing issues and problems caused by other |
| setting up a website is no longer the daunting task it | | | | sites on the server. Shared hosting is recommended |
| used to be. However, you have to know the pros | | | | for small businesses, professional service providers |
| and cons of each type of web hosting before you | | | | and other venues with average to moderately high |
| can ascertain which web hosting plan is most suitable | | | | traffic. |
| for you. | | | | Dedicated hosting provides an entire server dedicated |
| There are basically four types of web hosting, and | | | | to your website. This means that you do not have |
| they are free hosting, shared or virtual hosting, | | | | to share server resources with any other website. |
| dedicated hosting, and private on-site hosting. Free | | | | This form of hosting is more expensive, and requires |
| hosting allows you to set up your own website for | | | | a higher degree of technical skills but offers a higher |
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| money, it does not provide the software options, | | | | hosting is the perfect type of hosting for large and |
| database support, security, and technical support that | | | | high traffic sites, or sites that employ special |
| are available with paid hosting. Many free web hosting | | | | software or have a requirement for extreme |
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| benefit of the provider. This type of hosting is | | | | support, software support, and security, and allows |
| recommended for small websites that do not have a | | | | you to have multiple domain names. |
| lot of traffic, such as personal sites, family sites, or | | | | Private on-site hosting means that your web |
| hobby sites. It is not suitable for professionals, | | | | server(s) are positioned at a location which you or |
| commercial businesses or high traffic sites. One of | | | | your company controls. It is rather similar to having |
| the major disadvantages of free hosting is that you | | | | your server in your own office, only that it is |
| may not be allowed to use your own domain name. | | | | generally placed in a controlled computer environment. |
| You will be required to use a domain name that is | | | | This type of hosting provides complete control by |
| given by the host; for example, Such a name is not | | | | the owner and provides the best possible solution for |
| easy to use or remember, and does not complement | | | | bandwidth, up-time, security and flexibility. It has |
| professionalism. | | | | dedicated resources such as regulated backup power, |
| Shared or virtual servers provide the most popular | | | | protection against vandalism and fire, and more. |
| type of hosting because it is affordable and provides | | | | However, this hosting solution is costly, and requires |
| the support and features you need the most. With | | | | that your company IT staff control and operate the |
| this type of hosting, you are actually sharing a | | | | server for the benefit of the company. For very |
| powerful server with many other websites. It is | | | | large corporations or businesses with dedicated |
| better than free hosting because it allows you to | | | | services this is typically the most cost effective way |
| have your own domain name, and provides a variety | | | | of managing hosting services. |