Hosting your personal or business web sites on your own dedicated server may seems expensive choice in comparison to Shared Web Hosting, but at the end, it proves a smart choice.
There are limits as to what can be put on the webpage though. Every website will be different just like every web hosting company. There is going to be a lot of disk space for some companies that specialize is web hosting but not all of them are going to have an unlimited amount of space.
Not all Affordable Web Hosting companies offer unlimited amounts of e-mail addresses or e-mail accounts. If you are more than one person, a business for instance, you should consider web hosts that offer unlimited, or at least a lot more e-mail accounts than you need, to be sure you will not have to pay extra fees. You should also have a look on their web mail interface. Most web hosts offer web mail - but if it is poor, and you or other employees are traveling alot, you may want to reconsider your choice.
1 to 4 gigs on many modern servers, but that number is meaningless for you. Remember, you may be sharing that server with hundreds of other websites. Memory limits will become a problem when running a popular photo gallery, forum, or streaming audio/video.
Beware of companies that can quote you a price almost without hearing any details of your project. Don't be afraid to ask lots of questions! Your Shared Web Hosting UK site represents a significant investment and you should get clear explanations of what is involved and how the project is priced. On the other hand you should also be ultra clear and specific about the process flow of your business. Remember, your designer might know little to nothing about your industry and without sufficient specifics from you, there can end up being unexpected costs when the designer has to rework the design and coding.
For me good customer service is important. This involves both online training and reference resources and the ability to email your particular questions and get a quick response. I would also look for a web host that has their own website builder that enables me to create all the features I want. Some website builders are very formulaic, based on template layouts that are not flexible.
To close this simple overview let me make it clear to you that getting the fairest hosting service is not a thing of concern. Find a polite and user friendly web hosting service and ask them to guide you in setting up an inexpensive hosting account. We all start one way and inexpensive hosting is the modest choice if you want to get started on the internet.