Shared Web Hosting service is where a number of websites are put on one web server connected to the Internet. This is the cheapest kind of web hosting among all the types of web hosting services like virtual server hosting, dedicated web hosting etc. Almost all the companies that offer web hosting offer shared web hosting. Some of the big names are HostGator, HostMonster, LunarPages, MidPhase, BlueHost, DreamHost, ANHosting etc.
In shared web hosting, all the server maintenance is taken care of the provider and you need not worry about maintaining the servers or any stuff of that kind. Also there are a couple of problems with shared web hosting like if one or a couple of websites use excessive server resources, all the websites that are hosted on the server may experience downtime. Your website may go down even if it doesn’t use much system resources, because of the other websites that use excessive CPU resources which eventually lead to server down. But since shared web hosting is a lot cheaper than Virtual Private servers and Dedicated servers, many people use it although some of them know it may not be a better choice for their website.
