Shared web hosting is when there are many websites being hosting on a single web server. Those websites are sharing the resources of the web server. Generally, each site is given its own partition in order to keep each site separated.

Shared web hosting is common and the much more affordable than a dedicated web server. The average price for shared web hosting can be as cheap as $5 a month. Though it may be affordable it does come at a price.

As previously mentioned shared web hosting also means shared resources of the web server. So, if you’re using the web host’s mail server, that too is shared with other users. So, is the database server and file server. If they become compromised or black listed that may affect your site. I’m not saying this will happen. A web host is not in business because they do not realize the dangers. But the web is ever changing and so are today’s hackers. So, do your homework and see which web hosting company out there has the best service and support.