Web Hosting Types - Shared (Virtual) Hosting

Shared hosting is very cost effective.

With shared hosting, your web site gets its own domain name, and is hosted on a powerful server along with maybe 100 other web sites.

Shared solutions often offer multiple software solutions like e-mail, database, and different editing options. Technical support tends to be good.


Good:
Low cost. Cost is shared with others.
Good for small business and average traffic.
Multiple software options.
Own domain name.
Good support

Bad:
Reduced security due to many sites on one server.
Restrictions on traffic volume.
Restricted database support.
Restricted software support.