Depending up on one’s business requirement, one can choose from the types of web hosting services.
• Shared hosting or the traditional web hosting, is the most prevalent service in web hosting. Shared web site hosting allows hosting of two or more sites in one server. The advantages of having shared hosting site includes like ASP, PHP, MySQL, large bandwidth, and multiple e-mail address. In comparison with free web hosting, shared web hosting lets a user to have his own domain name.
• Dedicated web hosting: it is a service where one has inclusive control on the server; they need not share the server with others. Operating system and hard ware are all according to the customer. This offers more storage, bandwidth and control of the server. One can have vast data bases and email addresses.
• Free web hosting : one need not pay if he opting for free web hosting service, here the host places ads and banners on the web site, he draws his revenue ,when one clicks on the ads or buys the product or service advertised. As the say things that come free of cost has no value, the same is the case with the free hosting; it does not provide the web site with manifold benefits the shared and dedicated web hosting provides.