If you are an absolute beginner this is where you should start. if you already have your own domain name and web hosting you can fast forward to part 3.

This means your Shared Web Hosting company will keep up the maintenance and updates, and provide technical support for its users. This is a huge benefit for those who do not have the time, knowledge or resources (like many small businesses I know) to do this. In this sense it makes huge sense to go with Shared Web Hosting UK. The average cost of a reliable shared web hosting package is less than $7.00 per month. You will be paying at least ten times that amount for a dedicated server.

Some web hosting companies provide dedicated servers to their clients. This means that the entire server will be for your use alone. This is expensive, but it is more stable compared to shared servers. If you're on a tight on the coin you want to spend, you can take advantage of the Shared Web Hosting UK-server arrangement. You just need to know how many accounts are sharing the space, since the speed and the download times of your website will be affected by the performance of other websites from the same server.

As a rule of thumb, if you choose a domain name, consider first whether you could find any .com extension which is recognised as most valuable extension. If .com is not available, consider .net extension. If both .net and .com are not available, you might want to consider .org or straight go to your country top level extension.

Quick Affordable Web Hosting provides many benefits. Who likes to dwell and wait whilst a web page loads? It is said that a page must load in less than one second or you risk losing your website visitor. Websites are becoming increasingly sophisticated with images and sound as well as instant contact support, so your hosting really does need to be quick.

Another thing you should look at is whether or not you want to host multiple domain names with your one hosting package. Both shared hosting and dedicated hosting can allow you to do this. A lot of share hosting services now allow this.

If you're not comfortable asking a company a whole bunch of questions then just find a friend who has a few websites online and ask them which host they use - like I said a recommendation from a trusted friend is worth its weight in gold when it comes to shared web hosting.