Shared hosting is the most common form of web hosting. It simply means that you share space on a server with other websites. Typically your website will still have its own domain hosted on a unique partition on the server.

This is  why shared hosting is the most inexpensive form of web hosting. A shared hosting account is sufficient for most web sites. Since server administration is managed, it is also the least complicated form of web hosting. If you are looking to start your own blog or small business site, you don't need to buy anything more expensive than a shared hosting account.

Most shared hosting providers offer web based control panels such as Cpanel or Plesk from where you can manage your hosting account, set up email accounts, make backups of your site, and more.