What Exactly Is Shared Hosting?  

Good question. Shared hosting simply refers to the fact that several users (usually representing hundreds or even thousands of different websites) share a single web server. You can think of a shared hosting provider as a kind of managing company that rents out office space. Each person who participates in shared hosting is kind of a like an independent contractor, leasing out his or her own office space. One server handles all the traffic from hundreds or thousands of websites.