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There are many UK based website hosting
companies to chose from, offering many different features and services including
domain name registration, ECommerce facilities, MySql and MSSQL databases,
php scripting, ASP scripting etc etc.
The hosting company you choose would depend on your exact
requirements, and also your budget as prices can vary wildly. Also, you should
carefully consider if you are going to need a lot of support, as many of
the cheaper web hosting companies do not supply telephone support at all
and rely on a web-based helpdesk system. That could be fine for you if you
are technically aware, but not everyone is of course.
There are some free web hosting offers out there but if
you use one of those then you may find that your website will feature advertising
banners of the hosting company, or banners featuring other services and
companies. That may be fine if your website is a personal one about your
hobby for instance, but if the website is for your business then a more
professional service would be preferred, from a company that can give you
the support that you need.
Many corporate websites bring serious income to the company
and in this case you need a professional web hosting company that will guarantee
you almost 100% uptime and a swift service when things go wrong.
Also remember that e-mail is part and parcel of the web
hosting service so if a reliable email service is important to you and/or
your company (and to many companies it is now "business critical") then,
again, you would need to carefully consider your web hosting company.
So who you choose for your web hosting then depends entirely
on your requirements, but like many things in life, it is often a case
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