Shared web hosting has been around for a long time now, and it remains one of the most popular options out there because of the cost effectiveness and the fact that many website operators do not have the patience to grow their sites anything beyond a few hundred followers. But in this age of Web 2.0, or social networking sites, the possibilities for expansion are greater than ever before. One can find themselves with a large following without even realizing it. And it's for this reason that one must be mindful of the drawbacks of shared hosting and work to avoid them.
The Internet can be a great source of wealth and prosperity if used correctly. But if you have a medium to large sized business and you are still using a shared hosting plan, then you're probably not using it correctly. See, shared hosting is very limited by power and strenght and capacity for change. With a shared server, you will be occupying one piece of Internet real estate with other websites, and what they do can greatly affect what you are doing. If a site has not taken proper safety procedures, for instance, they can actually lead to you getting hacked, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. And even though shared hosting is cost effective, it is also limited by the capacity of one server for storage and data transfer rates.
What these limitations mean to you is that you can get bogged down and experience downtime if you have an influx of audience that you are unable to support. For the growth minded business, shared hosting is a bad option. That's why you should consider alternatives. One such alternative is that of the virtual private server plan, which compartmentalizes different websites across one server, so they don't realize the other is there. You can still share costs, but in return, you get more power, less downtime, and faster loading. Something that all your visitors will appreciate you for. If a VPS is not enough, however, you still have other options.
The two most popular are dedicated server and cloud web hosting. Both of these options give you the power that you need to move forward with your business plans and web presence. They cost more to implement, but they all but guarantee your site to always be up and moving quickly. As your business starts to grow, you need these assurances more than anything. People online have short attention spans, and in order to capture and hold their attention, you need a site that operates smoothly and quickly 99.99 percent of the time. Shared hosting is a good starter option, but for growth keep the others in mind.
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