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Paid website hosting is the most common form of site hosting out there. Yes there are free web hosting services but this isn’t the best way to run an online business. These paid web hosts are made up of shared, dedicated, or managed services. What you pay here decides the quality of service you’re going to get. Shared hosting is the cheapest. It involves hosting hundreds of websites on a single server. Shared web hosting is probably the best cheap website hosting that you’ll get for your money. Don’t panic - cheap doesn’t mean inferior - it just means you’re saving a wad of cash in hosting fees every month.

Dedicated hosting involves providing a server for the customer, who has full control over the backend and operating system. The customer is also responsible for all maintenance and administrative work. This is usually kept for professional website owners with their own technical team.

The most expensive is managed hosting. In this case, the web host takes responsibility for both hardware and software maintenance. These services are especially useful for those customers who don’t live in the same city where the server is located. They can leave server maintenance and all related problems to the web host, instead of hiring expensive server tech folks.

There has been as sharp spurt in the number of hosting companies appearing in the last few years. This is because of the number of websites that are being set up. The competition has reduced profit margins, and in some cases led to a downscaling of services. However, most web hosts make great efforts to keep their technology current and their staff well trained. Not surprisingly these are the companies that customers keep telling their friends about.