Even if you are not a computer genius and you know very little about the internet, you probably know that every website needs to be hosted somewhere in the World Wide Web so it can function properly and be seen and used by others. Hosting is a very important part of every website, and we can easily say it is the most important part of it. Think of it as an online database where you can save every file you need to make your website work like photos, videos, text etc. Choosing a web hosting service can depend on your needs and the budged you are ready to invest on it. There is a wide range of services unique to each of them, so that is why the prices change. Companies use different types of hosting, depending on their goals and work. Some of the most common types of hosting that are being used today are: Free web hosting service, shared web hosting service, reseller web hosting etc.  Each of them has their specifics: free web hosting is a limited but easy to understand host, shared web hosting services place many sites together at one place while reseller web hosting allows clients to become web hosts themselves.There are many companies that offer hosting services for their clients and the ten most successful ones are: iPage, FatCow, hostmonster, bluehost, inmotion hosting, web hosting hub, yahoo! small business, network solutions, easyCGI and myhosting. When deciding to start a website, some of the things that you should be looking for in a web hosting company are: does that company offer a free domain or not? Is the setup process easy or difficult? How large is the disc space? etc.