Shared hosting is the most economical way to get your website online, whether you just want a personal web page or you need to get your business on the Internet. Shared hosting is the “carts/vendors” of the shopping mall. It is server space used by many sites at once, while a dedicated server lets one site use its full resources.
Shared hosting is the most popular and frequently used form of hosting, because the cost can be spread out and is therefore cheaper for individuals. Shared hosting is an economical, flexible Web solution for both individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses looking to establish an online presence. While it may sound like sharing resources with other clients could be a disadvantage, shared hosting is a popular, economical and resourceful solution for many clients. What really matters with shared hosting is actually difficult to gauge. One of the biggest drawbacks to shared hosting is that so many web hosts remove or limit many web serving features that clients may want or need.
For most people shared hosting is the pretty much the only feasible choice. For most people shared hosting is the hosting and things will remain like this for a long while I think. Unless your website is so big that it really needs the computing power and the space offered by an entire server, shared hosting is most likely to be right the solution for you too. A downside to shared hosting is that if someone else on your server is doing something dumb like sending out spam, your server's IP address can get blacklisted, making your own site or email unusable until the address is cleared. Another benefit of shared hosting is that the web owner does not need to know server administration as would be needed with a dedicated server, we handle all of that. In reality, shared hosting is perfect for the great majority of websites and you should only begin to consider a dedicated server if your site needs very specialized software, your site is incredibly busy or security issues become a concern.