{"id":478040,"date":"2022-07-26T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-is-shared-hosting-and-should-you-use-it\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T18:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:00:42","slug":"what-is-shared-hosting-and-should-you-use-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-shared-hosting-and-should-you-use-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Is Shared Hosting, and Should You Use It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6adefc1182e84\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6adefc1182e84\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-shared-hosting-and-should-you-use-it\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_Is_Shared_Hosting_and_Should_You_Use_It%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What Is Shared Hosting, and Should You Use It?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-shared-hosting-and-should-you-use-it\/#The_Internet_and_Servers\" >The Internet and Servers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-shared-hosting-and-should-you-use-it\/#How_Shared_Hosting_Works\" >How Shared Hosting Works<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-shared-hosting-and-should-you-use-it\/#Shared_Hosting_Security\" >Shared Hosting Security<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-shared-hosting-and-should-you-use-it\/#Shared_Hosting_vs_VPS\" >Shared Hosting vs. VPS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_Is_Shared_Hosting_and_Should_You_Use_It%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What Is Shared Hosting, and Should You Use It?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<!-- UNCACHED CONTENT --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-820402\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_1860450769.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Online servers transferring data.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-illustration\/3d-isometric-hosting-storage-technology-web-1860450769\">adison pangchai\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to host a website, you have a lot of options to choose from. You could rent an entire server\u2014an expensive proposition\u2014or maybe use shared hosting to defray costs. Let\u2019s take a look at what shared hosting is and how it works.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Internet_and_Servers\"><\/span>The Internet and Servers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The internet runs on servers, powerful computers that can do all kinds of stuff. Some route connections\u2014or, in the case of VPN servers, reroute them\u2014while others store and retrieve files. It\u2019s this type of server that hosts websites, which really are just a whole bunch of files lumped together in a useful and aesthetically pleasing manner.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to host a website of your own, maybe just as a personal calling card or to show off your collection of baseball cards to the world, you need to find a way to host it. You have several options here, including repurposing an old PC to turn it into a server. But, for most people, most of the time, it makes sense to just rent server space.<\/p>\n<p>Note that we said \u201cserver <i>space<\/i>,\u201d not just a \u201cserver.\u201d If you wanted to rent\u2014or even worse, buy\u2014an entire server, that would be a ridiculously expensive proposition. Not only would you have to pay for the hardware, you\u2019d also be on the hook for the server\u2019s electricity costs, cooling, and internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, these machines can handle thousands (if not more) visitors at the same time. As cool as your baseball cards or your personal resume are, they\u2019re not going to attract that many people. Getting your own server would be like renting Yankee stadium for a Little League <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. It\u2019s a lot of money to be spending on empty seats.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Shared_Hosting_Works\"><\/span>How Shared Hosting Works<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Instead, hosting providers, companies that rent out web servers, will take a server and divide it into smaller pieces. Different customers can then rent one of these pieces instead of the whole thing. This is a great way for smaller companies or individuals to host their own websites at a reasonable rate.<\/p>\n<p>This is the main draw to shared hosting: it is cheap. We\u2019ve seen plans of a single dollar a month to start for small sites, and even medium-sized sites can expect to pay less than $100 a year. It\u2019s great for anyone who wants to start small. Once you get bigger, you may want to shift to another solution.<\/p>\n<p>This is because shared hosting has some drawbacks. The first and most important is that everybody that\u2019s using a shared server\u2014and it can be hundreds of people\u2014are using the same infrastructure. Thus, if another site suddenly sees a spike in traffic, there\u2019s a good chance that your site\u2019s performance will suffer.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it as a cake: eating a whole one will probably just make you sick, so you share it with three friends. If one of those three turns out to be a glutton that eats more than their fair share, the rest of you end up with less cake than you would have liked.<\/p>\n<p>Most decent web hosting providers will cap users\u2019 bandwidth if they use too much or even migrate a busy site to a different, less crowded server, but there is a risk there. It\u2019s not just loading times and bandwidth that suffer, either. There are also some security concerns<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shared_Hosting_Security\"><\/span>Shared Hosting Security<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When you use shared hosting, you share all the resources of a single server. As such, it stands to reason that if one site is attacked, you\u2019ll feel the heat, too. The most prominent threats are DDoS attacks, which overwhelm a site\u2019s server with requests, locking it up. If you\u2019re sharing a server with a site suffering from a DDoS attack, your site will likely go down, too.<\/p>\n<p>Another issue is any attack that focuses on inserting information into a site\u2019s main directory, like SQL injections. If your \u201cneighbor\u201d is on the receiving end of an attack like that, chances are your files are compromised, too.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shared_Hosting_vs_VPS\"><\/span>Shared Hosting vs. VPS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In all fairness, web hosting providers do all they can to prevent these kinds of mishaps, but they can still h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en. If you\u2019re worried about these risks but still aren\u2019t in a position to spring for an entire server, you could consider using a virtual private server or VPS.<\/p>\n<p>While you\u2019re still inhabiting only part of a server like with shared hosting, each server is partitioned instead into a number of smaller, separate virtual servers. This essentially splits the infrastructure, meaning you\u2019re not sharing resources.<\/p>\n<p>The downside to using a VPS is that they need a little more expertise to set up and can be a little more expensive. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>ly speaking, if you\u2019re running a small site on a shoestring and you don\u2019t have too much know-how, shared hosting is the way to go, at least for people starting out.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in shared hosting, you could consider checking out web hosting providers like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.siteground.com%2Fweb-hosting.htm\">SiteGround<\/a>\u00a0or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godaddy.com%2F\">GoDaddy<\/a>. For a VPS service, you could check out <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalocean.com\">DigitalOcean<\/a>, though in both spaces there are plenty others to choose from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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