Shared hosting provider WestHost (westhost.com) announced on Monday it has released new personal and business hosting plans.

The new, lower-priced personal plans offer a large amount of disk space and bandwidth, and include individual-focused features including blogging, photo albums and forums. Business Plans also come with a generous amount of space and bandwidth, but include more business-specific features like shopping carts, search engine submission tools, advertising credit, SSL security, multiple domain support and added email.

"We're not the first Web host to add value to our hosting by bundling features," says Bevan Erickson, director of sales and marketing. "However, we've taken the time to select the applications and tools that will truly help our clients succeed online, and that has made the difference."

WestHost has also simplified the installation and management of its bundled applications, allowing clients with little or no experience in Web site design to incorporate them with ease.