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Once you have chosen your domain name
you'll need to find somewhere to host your website.
A web host is a server (computer) that stores all the files that make up your website. It doesn't make sense to
use your own computer as a web host as it would have to be connected to the internet all the time and
potentially cope with hundreds or thousands of visitors per day. For this reason you need to find a
web host to store these files for you.
It is possible to get a free hosting account, but although this is fine for a small personal
website, I don't recommend going down this route for a business website. Free hosts normally have very little or
no technical support, they can be very unreliable and you'll usually have to display adverts on your site.
This looks very unprofessional if you are running your own business.
Below you will find my own personal recommendations for website hosting. I only recommend products and services that I have
actually used myself, so for this reason I am recommending three different web hosts. I currently have websites on all
three of these web hosts and I am happy with their services and costs.
If you want, you can also register your domain name with these companies when you sign up for a hosting account, but I
recommend registering your domain name separately so that you always have control over it independently of your host.
I register my domain names at Name Cheap
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