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By far, the most common type of hosting available to the vast majority of web site owners today is shared web hosting. It offers the cheapest and easiest way to get a web site up and running. To get a better idea of what the elements and benefits of shared web hosting, first, lets briefly define what it is. Shared web hosting is the utilization of a web server by various web sites. To get a visual picture of it, imagine a web server being an apartment building. Now each unit in the apartment building is like the space that is designated for each web site in the server. So just like in apartment living, shared web hosting is the overall sharing of space and resources but with its own private unit.

There are two main reasons why shared web hosting is popular: cost and ease of use. By far the cost is the most critical factor for most web site owners when choosing web hosting and shared hosting provides the best bang for the buck. Because in shared web hosting the server is not actually owned by the occupants, the cost can be distributed between all the web site owners using the server. By using shared hosting it is not necessary to have your own server.

The second reason why shared web hosting is popular is the ease of use. All web hosting providers will have a wide range of hosting tools and services included in the hosting package. They will provide things like email, pre-installed scripts, password protected directories, virus protection, spam filters, and the list goes on. Not all hosting providers offer the same thing but it is just a matter of finding the one that best meets your needs. You could do all this yourself if you had your own server but for most, having the web hosting provider take care of it proves to be the most efficient way to go. It is easier to let the web hosting provider take care of how your web site will be made available so that you can concentrate on the web site itself.
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