Do you reckon that free web hosting might work okay for you? Many people these days have a passion or interest they want to express, and going online with a web site is a fantastic way to do it. Never before have we had the ability to reach the world so quickly and easily. While you can use any of the free social media sites to do this (such as My Space), getting your own domain and hosting is often a better option.
When you post anything on social sites like Facebook, you are in essence making a web page that is all about you, but subject to the rules and regulations of the site. If they choose one day they don’t like what you have posted, or make a major change to the site guidelines, your work can go right down the drain. Owning and posting to your own site avoids this.
With the price of paid hosting down to reasonable levels, it makes sense now to consider it. You can register a domain for under $10 a year, and set up paid hosting for about the same amount per month. These paid packages have plenty of disk space and bandwidth allowance for most average webmasters, usually with room for multiple sites if you’re inclined to make them.
Even with pay by the month hosting being so cheap, some folks still like the thought of free web hosting. If your site is small, strictly for fun, and you wouldn’t mind if it went away suddenly then free hosting might be okay for you. If your intention is to promote any business or sell anything, free hosting isn’t a excellent thought.
On the up side, free web hosting is indeed free. No strings attached, usually. Nonetheless, there are drawbacks and reasons that the hosting is free.
Free hosting setups nearly always require ads on your site. These are set by the host, and while they won’t necessarily be right in the middle of your page, they will certainly be a distraction to your otherwise nice work.
It isn’t unusual for pop ups to be a problem on free sites. Pop up blockers don’t get them all, and they can be a nuisance to your site visitors.
You will have pretty serious limits on how much bandwidth you can use, so don’t plot on putting up a lot of videos or other heavy multimedia content.
A website hosted with a free provider will not be your own domain name. You will pick a name, which will be attached to the host’s name, for example: yoursitename.freehost.com or something similar. You won’t be able have your own unique domain.
Remember that free hosts are counting on making money from the ads on your site. They hope you’ll bring in traffic that will click the ads and buy something. They then make money from the click, or from the sale. It’s a fantastic deal. Problem is, if it doesn’t go well, the host can shut down at anytime and all your work and effort is gone forever.
My advice is to avoid all free web hosting services, unless you simply don’t have the money or don’t want to commit to a few dollars a month for a regular host. The bottom line is, never place anything up on a free host that you really don’t want to lose. It is certainly a risk.
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