Shared Hosting is the most common form of web hosting. Almost every webmaster has used shared hosting at least when first starting out.  The reason it is called shared hosting is because you will have a shared sever with other websites.  This means that many other websites will be running on the same shared server as yours at the same time.  Since you will not have your own web server dedicated to your website, web hosts are able to offer a very low price for hosting.  Your web host should still be able to offer tons of features, the only real difference is the shared server.  Eventually your website may start generating a lot of traffic so you will have to graduate to a dedicated hosting plan, but until then a good shared hosting plan should be more than enough.

There are quite a few advantages of using shared hosting starting with the price.  Shared web hosting is the most inexpensive web hosting that you will find besides free web hosting. Good web hosts enable you to host unlimited domain names for just a couple of dollars each month.  Shared hosting is also the most easy to use since you will not have to manage your own site.  They will offer all of the features you will need for to start up a business, blog or an online store.  There is no reason to spend thousands of dollars on dedicated web hosting servers if you do not need it.  A shared server should be just fine for any website that does not generate loads of traffic, as long as you choose your web host wisely.

However since shared hosting is in such a large demand, there are tons of web hosting providers competing in this industry.  Since there are so many shared hosting providers, it can be hard to choose the right one.  This is why web hosting reviews are so important. Anybody can make a review website, so it is best to look at which hosts are highly suggested by a number of review sites.  Also a lot of shared hosts just keep popping up, so its a good idea to choose a host that has been around for a while.