By: Jason Maxwell
Submitted: 2010-05-15 04:36:53 | Word Count: 754
"These days, many businessmen make and maintain their own website to get maximum profits and sales. The problem though is when they need to make decisions that can either make or break their chances of enjoying such benefits. A choice between a shared and dedicated web hosting is one of those tough decisions to make.
At the outset, shared hosting allows one to maintain a website at very little to no cost. With this kind of hosting, the website is hosted by an external server which can only be manipulated by the owner of the server. The use of this server is also shared with many other business owners who maintain a website under such a shared hosting plan. However, as one looks closer, it is clear that security is the main issue with shared hosting plans. Since the business man is sharing a server with others, vital information such as credit card details may be leaked to others. This exposes both the merchant and his client to the risks of hacking, stolen credit card information and stolen identities.
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Many online businessmen don’t fully grasp the significance of web hosting. It is in fact a very important part of an online business but majority of online businessmen overlook it. Sure, the site owner knows that he needs a web hosting company to get his website live on the Internet, but not all types of web hosting are created equal. There are three types of web hosting that site owners make use of. These are free hosting, dedicated servers and shared hosting. But some may not be aware of this but there is actually a web hosting plan which is in between shared plan and dedicated plan – a hybrid hosting. A shared hosting plan is another type of plan that hosts your site on a single server which will be shared by several other sites. The fourth, which is probably the ideal plan, is using Linux VPS or Virtual Private Server. Compared to others, this is way better.
When you're on a free hosting plan, you can obviously save a lot of money but you will never be able to make a strong and established identity online as your site will be full of advertisements. Put simply, you cannot have full control of that space that is supposedly yours on the Internet and you can't even have a URL that is all yours as you will need to have your host's name on it as well. If you're on a dedicated server hosting plan, you will have all the control you need in hosting your site, but this is going to be a problem if your technical skills are limited. This type of hosting plan is also very expensive and can prove to be very impractical unless your business is so big that you can't make use of any other option.
It does seem as though a free and dedicated web hosting plans lie on the extremes of the whole scenario. If you want to have more than a free hosting but less than a dedicated one, you can select a shared plan. Shared plans can give you more control over your site, though not comparable to a dedicated hosting plan. But the great thing about this is that you can have your own unique website url without having to put your host’s name. The problem with this type of plan is that many will be sharing a single server. That means when that server encounters a technical problem, your site will be affected.
Your fourth alternative is using Linux VPS which is considered to be the perfect web hosting choice for you. This kind of plan will give you the freedom to make your own VPS from a single physical server which can also host other sites. In this scenario, every site will have its own OS and its own configuration capabilities without having to affect each other. This is somehow comparable to dedicated plan but costs lesser. Of course, when you have a large company, dedicated hosting is technically most suitable. But for small to medium scale businesses, VPS can efficiently provide for all hosting needs at a very affordable cost.
When you want an affordable web hosting that is also highly efficient, Linux web hosting could be the answer."
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When you want cheap web hosting that is also highly efficient, Linux is the best web hosting that can help you in all your needs.
