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Why does shared web hosting save you and your small business or church money? Simply because you are also splitting the expenses of the shared web hosting server with many other sites. The bottom line is shared web hosting is a lot more affordable than the alternatives, which would be a dedicated or virtual dedicated or private server.

Your shared web hosting company will keep up the maintenance and updates, and provide technical support for its users. This is a huge benefit for those who do not have the time, knowledge or resources (like many small businesses I know) to do this. In this sense it makes huge sense to go with shared web hosting. The average cost of a reliable shared web hosting package is less than $7.00 per month. You will be paying at least ten times that amount for a dedicated server.

A shared web hosting control panel may come under different names such as cPanel, Plesk, H-sphere or some other name. Even if you know very little about web design and upkeep, you can do some cool stuff through control panels with a mere click of the mouse. For example, this site uses Wordpress as the way I set up this site. How did I do this? I simply went into my control panel and (through Fantastico) uploaded Wordpress right to my server with one click of the mouse. No mess or hassles. No technical know-how was needed. See the advantage of using shared web hosting with a control panel?

There are two means that shared web hosting can be implemented. One is the name-based virtual hosting or shared IP hosting. The web host controls numerous sites on a single server and utilizes the same IP address. The other is the IP-based virtual hosting or dedicated IP hosting. By this means, the web host provider utilizes varied IP addresses.

A shared web site hosting package usually offers a number of multi platform web site solutions. The best package would usually include a certain amount of disk storage space, the ability to transfer a certain amount of data, the ability to forward your emails and a file transfer protocol service.

In general, shared hosting is cheaper than other hosting types since the operating cost of one server is equally divided among a number of clients. In most cases, shared hosting fees are as little as $2 in a month. But you have to search for web hosting companies that meet your requirements.

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