Web hosting used to be expensive but with the advancement of internet and computer technology, web hosting service providers now offer cheaper hosting services. Depending on your hosting needs, a lot of web hosting companies now offer a wide range of web hosting services that suits your budget.
Hosting for your Personal Homepage/Small Business Website
Individuals who need hosting services for their personal websites, blogs, family pages or small business websites and those who do not require dedicated servers can opt for more economical options such as shared hosting services. Shared hosting is one type of web hosting service wherein a number of people share the overall cost of maintaining the server through a reseller thus bringing down the individual cost. There are many web hosting resellers you can find on the internet that offers this kind of hosting at a very low price.
Hosting for Wide Connectivity and Heavy Data Storage
If you do not wish to share your server, dedicated hosting is the kind of web hosting for you. The advantage of using this type of hosting is that you gain full control of the server including the operating system and/or the hardware. On the other hand, for large companies with multiple offices maintaining data centers in different cities and/or countries and requires wide internet connectivity, co-location hosting and managed hosting is still a highly valued service. These types of web hosting services are generally more expensive but they provide more powerful facilities and infrastructure to meet the huge connectivity demands of corporate entities. These type of hosting services are also more commonly used in Business Process Outsourcing industry such as call centers for technical support and customer services wherein companies require a 24/7 server uptime to cater to their client needs all over the world and provide technical support to their staff offshore.
Whatever your hosting needs are, from simple shared hosting to dedicated hosting or windows hosting for sophisticated applications you can always find web hosting service providers in the internet. Prices vary between type of hosting service package and from one web hosting company to the other but there are a lot of options you can explore. Some web hosting companies even offer free web hosting services in exchange for ads placed in your website or a purchase of complementary products or services such as domain name registration and/or signing up for affiliate or reseller hosting programs. Othera offer free trials with option to cancel if you’re not satisfied with the service and technical support. But before you go looking for a web hosting service package, please answer the following questions to guide you in choosing the web host package that is best for you;
- What type of hosting service do you need?
- What web management features or applications do you need?
- Do you want full control of the server or do you want somebody to manage the server for you?
I hope the article above was able to help you. Good luck and see you around!