{"id":808,"date":"2022-03-02T21:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/?p=808"},"modified":"2022-03-02T21:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:55:04","slug":"web-hosting-tips-what-is-the-best-type-of-hosting-for-my-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-tips-what-is-the-best-type-of-hosting-for-my-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Hosting Tips: What is the Best Type of Hosting for My Site? &#8211; YourLastHost"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-810\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Web-Hosting-Tips-What-is-the-Best-Type-of-Hosting-for-My-Site-YourLastHost.jpeg\" alt=\"Web Hosting Tips- What is the Best Type of Hosting for My Site? - YourLastHost\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Web-Hosting-Tips-What-is-the-Best-Type-of-Hosting-for-My-Site-YourLastHost.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Web-Hosting-Tips-What-is-the-Best-Type-of-Hosting-for-My-Site-YourLastHost-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Web-Hosting-Tips-What-is-the-Best-Type-of-Hosting-for-My-Site-YourLastHost-768x461.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Web Hosting Tips- What is the Best Type of Hosting for My Site? &#8211; YourLastHost<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" 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: #999;color:#999\" 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><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-tips-what-is-the-best-type-of-hosting-for-my-site\/#Web_Hosting_Tips_What_is_the_Best_Type_of_Hosting_for_My_Site\" >Web Hosting Tips: What is the Best Type of Hosting for My Site?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-tips-what-is-the-best-type-of-hosting-for-my-site\/#Free_Web_Hosting\" >Free Web Hosting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-tips-what-is-the-best-type-of-hosting-for-my-site\/#Shared_Web_Hosting\" >Shared Web Hosting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-tips-what-is-the-best-type-of-hosting-for-my-site\/#Reseller_Hosting\" >Reseller Hosting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-tips-what-is-the-best-type-of-hosting-for-my-site\/#Virtual_Private_Server\" >Virtual Private Server<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-tips-what-is-the-best-type-of-hosting-for-my-site\/#Dedicated_Server\" >Dedicated Server<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-tips-what-is-the-best-type-of-hosting-for-my-site\/#Cloud_Hosting\" >Cloud Hosting<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Web_Hosting_Tips_What_is_the_Best_Type_of_Hosting_for_My_Site\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Web Hosting Tips: What is the Best Type of Hosting for My Site?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Web hosting is one of the most competitive markets on the Internet. There are thousands of web hosting companies and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/types-web-hosting\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">many different type of hosting<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>. How do you determine the best type of hosting for the current and future needs of your website? The most common type of hosting are free, shared, reseller, virtual private server, virtual dedicated, dedicated, and cloud.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Free_Web_Hosting\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Free Web Hosting<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The best thing about free web hosting is there is no cost involved. The biggest downside is many of the free web hosts will place ads on your site to pay for the cost of storing data and serving the web pages. Many of the free hosts will have a small amount of disk space and bandwidth usage per month and can be slow to serve those pages.<\/p>\n<p>There are still some good places out there where you can host a website for free.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Sites<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0is an excellent place to start. Sites such as\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/top-10-free-blogging-platforms-to-start-a-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogger<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Typepad<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/top-10-free-blogging-platforms-to-start-a-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0will host blogs for free and are an excellent place to start.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shared_Web_Hosting\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/linux-plesk-shared-hosting.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shared Web Hosting<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Shared hosting is a very popular type web hosting. Most every hosting company out there will include a shared hosting option.\u00a0 With this type, each account is on a server with many other sites. Each account may or may not be able to host multiple sites. Those features and more can be found in each company&#8217;s description of the hosting plan.<\/p>\n<p>Since there are so many sites on the same server, the possibility of running into resource problems can be a concern. If there are one or two sites on the server that bring in a lot of traffic or are cpu intensive, it can slow down the loading time of other sites on the server.\u00a0 If your website only needs to be able to handle a few hundred visitors per day, this may be the type of hosting for you.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reseller_Hosting\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/linux-plesk-reseller-hosting.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Reseller Hosting<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Have you ever wanted to run your own hosting company, but don&#8217;t have the budget to build your own datacenter? If so, reseller hosting may be for you. Reseller hosting packages are sold by thousands of web hosts and will allow you to host other people&#8217;s websites.\u00a0 In many cases, you will be able to brand the service as your own.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite reseller plans are with\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HostNamaste<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 I hosted my website with them for years, and they have provided great customer service, competitive pricing, and room to grow.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Virtual_Private_Server\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/kvm-vps.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virtual Private Server<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Virtual Private Server is similar to shared, in that many accounts can be on the same server, but each account is isolated and runs its own software. Virtual Private Server or Virtual dedicated hosting is an excellent choice when you outgrow shared hosting.\u00a0 As with shared hosting, many plans have the ability to grow with your website. Virtual dedicated typically has more disk space, bandwidth, and much more computing capacity than a shared hosting plan. There are mainly types of VPS &#8211; <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/openvz-vps.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenVZ VPS<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/kvm-vps.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KVM VPS<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/openvz-vs-kvm-vps-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">difference between the OpenVZ VS KVM<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> are\u00a0container-based vs\u00a0Full Virtualization.<\/p>\n<p>Virtual dedicated is my favorite type of hosting plan, as it can offer the power and privacy of a dedicated server, but at a much cheaper cost.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dedicated_Server\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/budget-dedicated-servers.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dedicated Server<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dedicated hosting is typically the most expensive type of hosting. With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/budget-dedicated-servers.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>budget dedicated servers<\/strong><\/span><\/a> hosting plan, your account is on a computer all to yourself.\u00a0 Being the only one on the server means you have increased privacy and security.\u00a0 Dedicated hosting typically has a good amount of disk space, bandwidth, and computing capacity.\u00a0 These plans can easily handle thousands to tens of thousands of visitors to your site each day.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloud_Hosting\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/linux-plesk-shared-hosting.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cloud Hosting<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cloud hosting is relatively new to the web hosting industry in the past few years.\u00a0 I have moved all my websites to cloud hosting because it provides good value, fast loading times, redundancy, and scalability.\u00a0 I think those are the biggest advantages of cloud hosting.\u00a0 Having the ability to scale across multiple servers using a load balancer is a big plus.\u00a0 Since the cloud hosting industry is relatively new, there are likely some issues that need to be worked out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web Hosting Tips: What is the Best Type of Hosting for My Site? 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