Shared Hosting is where many web sites are hosted on one server which is shared with other customers.
Shared hosting is useful as it can be purchased cheaply, however sometimes other users on the server may have sites that slow the server down affecting your web sites performance. If another user on the same server sends out unwanted emails, your server’s IP can become blacklisted. With shared hosting, you can not customize what is installed on the server or edit files such as php.ini which allows users to modify the settings of php.If you are starting out small, you shouldn’t’t spend anymore than $4-10 a month on hosting
When purchasing a domain name some companies may include web hosting, you do not have to use this included hosting although it may cut costs.
Recommended for: Personal Web sites, Small Businesses and other low traffic web sites.
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