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Personal Web Hosting - The
Majority of Websites Out There
By
Staff
Personal web hosting is the
next biggest niche in web hosting. Majority of
websites on the internet are actually not
business websites but personal websites. People
with websites such as Britney Spears or sites
for people who have a strong interest in golf.
They do it not for the money but because they
enjoy the topic and they just want to share
information with other people who are in the
same field.
Users are
usually tired and cannot decided whether they
should buy personal website hosting or business
web hosting. Usually, they go with business, but
they are not actually making money. They think
that by buying business they are getting better
service, but they are not.
They are only
getting harder to use tools online and the tech
support from these business web hosts only care
about nickel and diming the customer. Personal
web hosts have a more personal touch to their
web hosting. Their control panels are usually
easier to use and their support time are longer
because most people usually work during the day
and then they work on their website in the
evening or whenever they have free time.
Personal web hosting is
usually cheaper than business web hosting
because individuals cannot afford to pay more
for hosting as businesses even though sometimes
they are on the same server. The difference with
personal web hosting is that there are more
features with the hosting like Fantastico addon
package – with a click of a button you can setup
a blog. Most business web hosts like Interland
or web.com require you to install blog software
manually, but with personal hosts all you have
to do is click a button and the next thing you
know is that you have your own personal hosting
blog without even knowing any programming
skills.
Blogging actually is the
biggest usage for hosting for individuals.
People with the innovation of web 2.0 like to
share their thoughts with other people rather
than listen to authorities. Listening to other
people is more interesting and sometimes more
illuminating than one person’s opinion. Next
most popular category are fan sites for
celebrities. A lot of people (mostly guys) are
usually fanatics of female celebrities. They
just love their style or the way they look and
they want to show the world what these
celebrities are doing because they have such a
strong interest in them. These type of sites are
trying to make more money now than before. But a
lot of times, the webmasters would still have
the site running even if it wasn’t making money
because they just enjoy spying and knowing what
their favorite celebrities are doing.
Overall, personal web hosting
is not about the reliability of the web hosting
services, but rather the ease of use of the
services and the popularity of features added to
the account. Without ease of use for the fans,
it would make it extremely difficult for them to
setup a portal for their fan base and express
their view on their fascination.
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