Web hosting is a service which designates space for customers to place their websites on servers that are connected to the Internet. These web hosting servers are powerful computers that have extremely large hard drives. Web hosting space is occupied by anyone that wants a website on the Internet. In other words, any website you find on the internet is hosted by a web hosting provider or an individual with servers connected to the Internet 24/7.

There are different types of web hosting services. The main ones are Shared, VPS, and Dedicated.

Shared Web Hosting - This is the most affordable type of web hosting service. Shared hosting means that there are many websites hosted on the same server. Each customer is given their own partition and their sites are separated from the other customers. This is the most inexpensive choice for web hosting because many people share the cost of maintenance and server upgrades. This is often the best solution for personal and small business websites. Although, there are many customers on one server, each customer is given a different account and control panel access.

VPS Web Hosting - VPS stands for virtual private server which is a virtual stand-alone sever. This sort of web hosting is a little more expensive than shared but is still affordable. In VPS hosting you have your own IP addresses, configuration files, and your sever has the ability to be rebooted separately from other servers. It is basically a step up from shared hosting allowing you more control over your hosting account and server.

Dedicated Web Hosting - In dedicated web hosting you have a server to yourself. This is the preferred hosting option for large businesses. While this is the most costly way of hosting your website you have full control of your web presence. Usually, webmasters who choose dedicated hosting have knowledge in IT and server administration.