UK Web Hosting

Why Seek UK Web Hosting? 

Although web hosting has become a global enterprise, with many people registering domain names internationally and using international webhosts, people who want to apply the same ethic to other areas of life that localvores do with food, may wish to use a local web host. Thus residents of the UK, may prefer UK web hosting.

Another reason to seek UK web hosting could be for support in Welsh if you live in Wales, or in Irish, Ulster Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, or Cornish, if you live in other regions of the UK.

A third reason to seek UK web hosting could be if your business is closely tied to the UK, whether or not you live in the UK. If you are trying to establish UK credentials, notification on your website or through your URL that you are using a UK webhost can lend authenticity to your UK-related business. 

Types of UK Web Hosting 

Like web hosting the world over, UK web hosting caters to a variety of purposes and interests. For example: 

•UK ecommerce web hosting is designed for etailers who want to use their websites to sell products and/or services. Ecommerce hosting will provide access to payment options, such as merchant accounts, SSL support, and shopping carts. 

• UK Windows hosting is webhosting on servers that use the Windows OS. This means that they will work seamlessly with Microsoft software such as Microsoft Access Database, Microsoft MySQL Server, and other proprietary Microsoft products.

• UK FrontPage hosting is webhosting built to support websites built through the Microsoft FrontPage tool. 

• UK Reseller webhosting is webhosting designed for easy operation by resellers. This type of webhosting pays special attention to the control panels made available to the reseller, the training and support offered directly to the reseller, and the support for the reseller's customers.

• UK Linux hosting is likely to have a LAMP configuration (Linux Operating System, Apacher Server, MySQL database, and PHP, Python, and/or Perl programming language. 

It is also typical to find choices such as virtual private server (VPS) hosting (sometimes called virtual dedicated server hosting or VDS), dedicated hosting, both managed and unmanaged, colocation hosting for those who need a secure environment for their own servers, small business hosting, Unix hosting, and cloud and/or grid hosting. The latter is a recent development, implemented to allow customers to scale their use without the concerns of server and hardware parameters or limitations, and are expected to continue in popularity as Web 2.0 and SaaS (Software as a Service) applications keep growing in popularity.

Sources

uk.tophosts.com