Blogs and personal homepages, small business ecommerce sites and corporate web portals all require very different web hosting solutions. A corporation would definitely want a dedicated web server or perhaps a cluster of servers, that is managed 24 hours a day 7 days a week, by staff who are highly trained. On the other hand, someone who runs a casual, hobby or personal web site may find that a basic shared web hosting service is more than enough for them.
When choosing a web host it is therefore very important that you first consider what your needs are going to be. After you have worked out what your needs are you will be able to choose the correct host type. The main types of hosting can be narrowed down into the following categories.