Cheap Web Site Hosting UK

Virtually all internet providers give you free webspace with your account these days. It usually has a web address something like www.freeisp.co.uk/yourname/. We've already seen how using a proper domain name with this free webspace can provide a very cheap starting point.

There is one huge reason for proper web site hosting however. Search Engines.

Search engines don't like redirected web pages. So your £10 domain name that automatically forwards to some freebie webspace won't rank well, if at all. If this matters to the site you are creating and the way you are marketing (and it may not), there is one solution. You need proper web hosting.

You may also want proper hosting if your site is receiving a good volume of traffic, your freebie webspace is unreliable, you need gadgets like email response forms, or you want to give out web addresses for anything but your main page.

Proper Hosting - Cheaper Than You Think!

If you do want a big professional web hosting company, that offers very good value, I personally use and can recommend the following companies:-