Owning your own website in the UK
Posted by dwsvishal on May 5th, 2011
You can either be in the UK or maybe you want to have a website that targets the UK audience, there are numerous resources just for you. Having a website with web hosting in the UK can be very helpful. The site should have a domain with .uk if you want to perform well in the search engines of UK. It is important to note that UK is also home to top notch high level web designers thus you can get to build your website with ease.
The first thing is to register a domain name of your choice. After deciding on a domain name go ahead and choose one of the three domain levels in the UK. Either you can go for .co.uk, or you can go for just .uk. or better .org.uk. Then go ahead and decide the name you want to call your website. The name of the website largely depends on the name you want your website to go by. After selecting a name go ahead and register it with the registrar of domain names. If you have a domain name that, you feel you are entitled to have been taken up by somebody else you can file for dispute resolution. This is more so if you have the name of that company you had trademarked that name.
The next thing is to find a web hosting company that suits both your needs and budget. Compare all the web-hosting providers by visiting their specific sites and reading their customer reviews. Reviews will be very helpful in giving you an insight on what they have to offer. Go to webmaster forums and they will be very helpful. Then go ahead and obtain a name server of the company you are hosting with.
After this log in to your account with your domain name and then point, the domain name to your hosting names servers. After doing this go ahead and make the site. If you have the knowhow, you use the web building software and build your own website. You can also spare some money and get a designer to do the work for you.
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