If you are planning on running small to medium business you will want to choose a web hosting comp any that offers a few options. You may still be able to use shared hosting, but we would recommend a shared hosting plan with a dedicated IP address or a dedicated hosting account. Having a dedicated IP allows you to 1. Optimize your SEO rankings on the search engines with better results, 2. Allows you to have a piece of mind that someone else doesn’t have a shared IP address with your site where they might use their site to spam people. If this happens the hosting provider will most likely ban the IP address which could affect your website.

Large companies and large e-commerce companies should use a dedicated server with at least 2 dedicated IP’s for their website(s). Having a dedicated server is more expensive, but will provide you with so many more personalized options for you to use than a shared or shared with a dedicated IP. It will be like having your own server in house and a piece of mind that you have total control over how you load and operate you website. It gives you more freedom to run internet marketing and email campaigns without the worry of getting your IP banned that you run your business website(s) on.