Yes indeed, who would have thought it, but your web hosting provider could indirectly be costing you the chance of good placements in the major search engine Google.
Shared Web Hosting is basically a slew of websites on one server, sharing the same resources. PRO: It's cost-effective and ideal for beginners. CON: Because you are sharing with so many neighbors (other people), if someone screws up, or get a big traffic spike, your sight could go down with there's. However, I do recommend this if you're just starting out. As long as you pick a solid host, you will be fine. NOTE: As your site start to pay for itself, you'd want to upgrade to a Virtual Private Server, or a VPS. With a VPS, you can start low and gradually scale up as needed. In other words, when your site starts to make progress, let's say about 80,000 page views a month, that's when you'd want to upgrade to a VPS.
No that you have your domain name, it is time to choose a hosting company there are hundreds if not thousands of Shared Web Hosting UK companies. Here are the important thinks to keep in mind before choosing a hosting company.
Popularity does not guarantee you a good service. Many popular host start of small and offering a good service but once their popularity grows they start to become complacent and their product suffers. It may not always be the case but it happens more than you'd believe. Also becoming popular nowadays can simply be a case of having the largest advertising budget.
Affordable Web Hosting is what everyone wants but you do not want to give up all the things you had with your old host. Some may offer more bandwidth and space to grow your website but how much do you really need. Before you think about moving to a new web hosting you must first find out how much space you are currently using. Some hosting sites can offer you more than you need in order to get you to sign up. Why pay more for something you will never use. How likely will you build a website that is 10,000GB in size. That is huge! Some of the most popular websites out there is not that big so why pay for it. Plus, you want to make sure that the uptime is 99.9% of the time. If not, it can cost you visitors if your pages are not live all the time.
Another thing you need to consider is the facilities and the features of the cheap web hosting plan you want to buy. For example consider the following; will my site be available for my visitors to see and access at any time and any day of the week? Will I get up to 99% up time as a minimum requirement for hosting my site? Do not just jump at any web hosting service just because it is very cheap without considering the facilities on ground. Search carefully for what you want.
You now have the three main options of affordable web hosting at your fingertips. Decide on which one to go for. It really depends on you. Whatever the case may be, just make sure that you are careful in your selection. The best option is to seek advice from a web hosting expert that won't even collect a single cent from you.