Merits and Demerits of Shared Web Hosting
Shared web hosting is one of the main types of web hosting which is appropriate for the users of small scale business. There are a few advantages and disadvantages in using this shared web hosting that are mentioned below:
Advantages:
There will be a single web server that hosts a lot of websites in shared web hosting which saves so much of money for the users. Usually, the web hosting providers charge less than $5 per month for providing the services.
The user can concentrate on the web business efficiently and there is no need to worry about the problems because the shared hosting web servers are managed and monitored at 24/7 by IT experts.
In shared web hosting, even if web resources are shared, there are utility options that are offered by the hosting company which helps the user to manage his/her own website with the help of a control panel. And also the user is provided an option to set up a domain name for certain e-mail accounts.
Demerits:
While the web server is shared, the websites will undergo the trouble of very decelerate server response time.
In shared web hosting, if a bad website is shared then all the other websites that are shared in the server will be banned by ISP.
As a lot of websites are shared in a single server, providing security always will be a trouble for the web hosting provider as it is very simple to hack one’s important data by another.
Thus, it is better to know the advantages and disadvantages of shared web hosting before going to deal with it.