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Types of Web Hosting Services
There are various types of web hosting services available to host your website.
Before signing up for web hosting services, it is important to understand what kind of service
your website needs, the kind of server you or your business needs, your budget, and what type
of services the web host offers.
Hosting options available are:
- Website Builders
- Shared Hosting
- Dedicated Hosting
- Collocated Hosting
Website Builders
Website builder services is a type of hosting service that caters to beginners who need to host a website,
but lack the technical skills and knowledge to build one. Website builder services typically provide you
with an online browser-based interface to build your website, and also host the website for you without
any additional setup.
Website.com is a website builder service provider.
Shared Hosting
In a shared hosting environment, your and other website owners shared one server.
This includes sharing the physical server and the software applications within the server.
Shared hosting services are affordable because the cost to operate the server is shared between you
and these other owners. There are, however, a number of down sides, such as being slower.
Dedicated Hosting
In a dedicated hosting environment, you have the entire web server to yourself.
This allows for faster performance, as you have all the server’s resources entirely,
without sharing with other website owners. However, this also means that you will be responsible for
the cost of server operation entirely. This is a good choice for websites that requires a lot of
system resources, or need a higher level of security.
Collocated Hosting
In this type of hosting, you will purchase your own server and have it housed at a web host’s facilities.
You will be responsible for the server itself. An advantage of this type of hosting service is you have full
control of the web server. You can install any scripts or applications you need.