Web Hosting allows users, individuals or companies to take advantage of online space where they can store the website and other documents necessary for advertising and marketing campaigns. To publish any content in text, image, video or audio, or even upload files that you can download them later, a web hosting service is vital.

     Web hosting companies offer shared or dedicated space on servers they maintain. Customers can load their sites on servers that are located in a unique center permanently connected to the Internet.Due to the varied needs of users, hosting companies offer a variety of packages. The simplest plan, which they call "cheap web hosting" contains a listing of web space, FTP access, and several email accounts. Users can transfer the pages of their website on hosting company's servers by using a FTP client and can send and receive email using the email account provided. This hosting plan is suitable for users who wish to conduct a mini-website or blog, or companies that need only a few pages website presentation.

    For complex websites that require special software or programming language support for the server, you must choose a more advanced web hosting plan. For example, if your website includes a database built in MS Access and ASP language used in programming, you choose a Windows-based hosting plan. (ASP web hosting).

    For e-commerce sites involving online orders, providing transaction safety is crucial, so the plan must include the ability to install or get the SSL certificate. Ecommerce hosting plans most often include the option to obtain an SSL certificate.

    Besides all these web hosting plans, tool-specific sites or software available on the server, you will find many other types of hosting. The search would be the free web hosting. But, of course, since nothing is free, the collaboration will involve advertising the company web-hosting on your site (in the form of a banner or text). Also, the facilities offered by these free hosting plans are very limited.
    With image hosting, offered free by most providers, you not only store pictures, but you can arrange them in formations like the gallery. It's an ideal way to arrange your portfolio or photo to create a family album.

    Hosting Shared hosting refers to the simultaneous multiple sites on same server with the aim of reducing costs for both the hosting company and its customers.
In conclusion, the options are many and a thorough investigation needs to be carried out before you decide on a particular vendor or hosting plan.