You can choose a cheap affordable web hosting provider provided that you are not setting up a website that requires heavy usage of resources like CPU time, storage space or network bandwidth. Do look at the Terms Of Service with the Hosting provider. The Terms Of Service is usually located at the bottom of the web page.

Most companies offer a few different types of Shared Web Hosting services. The only difference usually being how much disk space you want or how much transfer allowance you need.

To add insult to injury they will then drag their heals in moving your server, so you could end up with your Shared Web Hosting UK or blog being offline for a good 48 hours. If you have a good site that is making money and has regular visitors this is a real burden and can put people off from moving.

Unfortunately there is no real way around this problem if you are already caught up in it other than move your hosting to an ISP that is actually based in the Country that they claim to be on all advertising etc. Always check beforehand if you are looking at a non .co.uk domain name for your site, as you do risk never getting the 100's or 1000's of search engine referrals that http://www.google.co.uk can provide you.

As an added benefit, there are companies that not only do they provide you with Affordable Web Hosting but they also give you a ton of extras like adding blogs, shopping carts, MySQL databases and all that other stuff you could need.

Forget Testimonials at the host's page. Although we also have them and what is written are true opinions, no doubt, you have to see for yourself if the company is as reliable as it claims. Just contact them and ask for information you will need to know. "Where is their data center located?", "What happens if I exceed a bandwidth limit?", "Do you provide basic help with scripting?", "Am I going to have full control over my domain and if not do you register the domain at customer's name?" etc. Ask any question that might affect on your online business.

Well i hope this article gave you a better understanding on what to look for in a web hosting company. I recommend checking out affordable web hosting to review all the top rated web hosting companies out on the market. Plus check out some of the other affordable web hosting 101 lessons for more helpful info.