1. Millions of websites are in the internet today,
and all of these pages of data need to have
some server to host it. With the growing
popularity of the internet, more people are
making out their own websites to get in the
groove of things in the web; this in turn leads
to the high demand of web hosting
companies and servers. You can't
expect all these websites to be hosted on a
dedicated server since that would mean the
whole North American continent is going to
be filled with these mechanical boxes known
as servers.

2. That is why, there is shared web hosting - where a number of
websites share a single server or host for the services they need
Not everybody can afford the expenses of dedicated server hosting,
especially when you really don't know what you're getting
into You would not want to be paying for a service that does not suit
your low ranked, no traffic website

3. Share hosting is certainly the safe and affordable approach for new
comers and old timers alike, since you'll never know if your
website is going to be a hit or a fluke But before you get on with
signing up for shared web hosting services, you have to know the
pros and cons The Pros: Cost effective for minimal traffic websites

4. Shared web hosting offers the basic website managing controls; file
management, domain controls and visitor statistics accessible
through your web browser Very good for the casual web master
Managing your websites won't need a lot of technical
knowledge

5. Since installation is automated and management of your website is
presented in a very easy to use interface Getting your website up
and running will be very quick with shared hosting as it does not
need much technical installation compared to dedicated server
hosting The Cons: Sharing bandwidth with other sites hosted in
the server means traffic is limited

6. Security of your data will be limited and sometimes, non-existent
The musketeer effects; when one website in your shared server has
problems, all the other sites are going to experience problems as
well Sharing disk space with other sites also limits the data you can
store in your website

7. If you are sharing the server with Spam sites, then obviously that
would be a disaster The spam site is going to hog all the bandwidth
leaving nothing left for your site