Anyone who wants to begin doing business online needs to find reliable and affordable web hosting. To make the most profit from your web page, you need to find a provider who give you the most services and support at the lowest price. So it's essential to find the best web host provider that fits your budget. Many newbies to doing business online don't know where to begin looking because there are so many providers to choose from.

On the other hand, if you buy Shared Web Hosting package you have every aspect of your weblog under the control. There is very simple solution for those who want to install their own weblog on the shared host without any special technical knowledge. Download PHP script called WordPress (it can be downloaded for free), change the config file, upload it to the server and run the install file. If you are looking for easier way to start your own blog you can find a web hosting company which has pre-installed scripts. Scripts like WordPress are presented almost in any installer.

Windows or Linux: Do you know if your site needs to run on a MS Windows server with FrontPage extensions or does it need PERL, PHP or MySQL? These things you will need to find out if you intent to run a successful small business Shared Web Hosting UK site.

I have recently shared a customer's nightmare with a supposedly reputable domain registrar. All they wanted was their domain pointing to a different DNS server (the server that tells the internet where your website is), a simple request, they received no response from any of their emails. I didn't like their silence and suggested we actually move the domain to my registrar instead, more emails sent, more silence, weeks of it!

Affordable Web Hosting on a dedicated server: A very big web hosting company usually sells this type of Affordable Web Hosting. This type of affordable web hosting is usually used by medium size websites. It also requires a lot of cost but the cost isn't as much as that of an affordable web hosting strictly hosted on a personal computer. Maintenance is also of great importance but the affordable web hosting provider offering this service, must be able to provide assistance if need be.

Ask for reviews about particular provider in the leading hosting/webmaster forums. This way you will be able to find out more about host's reputation among its peers. You will see what are the pros and cons of the service. Note there is no "perfect provider" but there are a lot of awful ones.

Finally, when you choose a host - always think that it is the best friend of your site. When you make a friend in real life you always consider lot of things before choosing and also overlook minor mistakes to keep a long term relation. A web host is a real friend for you as it provides your business keep running online 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.