There are tons of web servers online, however it is a little tricky when it comes to picking the right one. It depends on your bandwidth requirement, the amount of space needed, uptime and the most important of all; your budget.
I've experienced this time and time again as a high school and now as a college student. Credit card companies simply aren't willing to chance their arms with the ravenous credit threat posed by unemployed students.
Companies like IMHosted, and other hosting companies, then went on a mission to lower these costs so that not only can big companies afford to have webspace, but anyone who wanted to have a website could do it very inexpensively. In most cases, well under $10 a month. That's a huge difference from thousands of dollars a month.
If you search in the internet, you will find many discount codes which offers $50 discount. DreamHost used to offer $97 discount but now it's not offering it any more. Although you can get a more discount in form of free domains and free IP address.
Many small business and personal sites are not going to get a lot of traffic. For such sites, it does not make any sense to spend hundreds of dollars on a dedicated web host like Rackspace or Media Temple. That would just be wasteful, as it isn't necessary.
Your webpages are up and now it's time to start adding content to your pages. Search engines love all the new juicy content, so keeping your site stocked with new content will here help your rankings and your marketing. If you opted for the blogging type platform for your website then adding content is very simple. If you chose to use HTML, most hosting companies allow free FTP access to upload your new content.