Stop Choosing The Wrong Website Hosting And Save Your Business Time

Website hosting allows individuals and organization to make their website accessible via the internet. Choosing the right type of hosting service for you depends on what you need it for.

Shared web hosting

The most basic type of hosting is shared web hosting which is adequate for most people. Your website will be placed on a server with many other sites. That means that you have to share the available resources with other users, so it can be quite inflexible in terms of software and updates.

Reseller web hosting

This is the same as shared web hosting, but allows you to use some of your allotted space to host websites of third parties. You have to make sure that these websites follow the rules too, but as you buy the services wholesale from the original host, you may able to sell that space for a profit.

VPS Hosting

With VPS hosting you still share an actual server with other users, but your area is divided into a virtual server, so you get more privacy, more lenient rules and greater flexibility in installing software. You would however be responsible for patching or maintaining the unmanaged server, or be required to complete admin tasks by the provider.

Dedicated Hosting

This is most appropriate for big businesses or those with a large customer database or a lot of traffic. The service can be ‘managed’ or ‘unmanaged’ and you have your own dedicated server and full control over it. You are also have full access to it and are responsible for its security and maintenance.

Cloud Hosting

This is de-centralised hosting based on a group of servers, offering more reliability if there is a problem with power disruptions or a single piece of hardware. You also only pay for the resources that you actually use, but on the downside it gives you less control over where your data is stored and raises privacy concerns.