Well, dedicated website hosting is much more secure than Shared Web Hosting U. If any site on shared sever is hacked then it can affect other web sites too.
Selecting a good domain name for your website can be tricky. While sometimes the domain name you want may be taken already, you will see that just a small change in the domain name can give you a much better and SEO friendly name for your website. So, before you apply for a domain name, you will have to decide the best domain name for your website.
If this is your first website and you are just getting started on the Web (Internet) you may be confused by all the web hosting offers on the internet. A good rule of thumb would be to do a web search for the term Affordable Web Hosting and from the results returned, go to each company and see what they have to offer and then use the company which you feel has the most Affordable Web Hosting package. It is that simple.
You can also check to see whether your domain name registration company offers hosting. In most cases, your web designer will include hosting for your website. If this is the case, you should always ask who they use for their web hosting. Check them out on the Internet to see whether you would be happy trusting them to look after your online business.
The obvious benefit of inexpensive hosting is you will save money every month. You can see a quality Shared Web Hosting UK package for under ten dollars per month with little effort. Cheap hosting is loaded with features to help you to achieve your goals, all at one cheap price.
Some examples of domain names are "http://www.google.com" and "http://www.google.co.uk". First one is .com extension and second is United Kingdom extension domain name.
Now this is just a brief overview of the basics to get started and i appreciate that there are other steps and tips to also consider that i used when i started building my own website. Hopefully this will help you to take that first step.