There are pros and cons to using free hosting for your website. You can get your site up with absolutely no up front cost, and some of the free options come with many of the bells and whistles that the paid for plans include. There are however some hidden 'costs' and some rather annoying trends in free hosting companies.
All free hosting companies have to be making money somehow, or how are they still in business? Many of these companies will put adverts on your site, this may be fine by you, but you will have no control over who or what is being advertised on your site. Another worrying trend in the world of free hosting is companies going bust, and all their users websites being deleted without a trace. Not good if you just spent ages getting it right. So, assuming that your free host doesn't go bust leaving you high and dry, what is the guarantee that your website is always going to be available? There isn't one!
Paid for hosting companies all have a 'up-time guarantee' normally of 99.9%, this means that your website is (almost) always going to be available, whenever you, your readers or your customers need it.
If you are a new webmaster then there is also the issue of customer support. What are you going to do if something goes wrong? Free hosting companies are notorious for having basically no customer support. It's expensive to employ a customer support team. If it goes wrong, your on your own pal.
Hosting is the backbone of your website and whilst you may be fine using one of the free options there is always a draw back. In this case, you really do get what you pay for.
I myself have used free hosts in the past but now find the convenience and security of having a paid for host to be best.
Here is a link to the host i use. It's not expensive at all; they have a great site builder (so even those of us who cannot program HTML can have a great looking site) and their customer service and features list is brilliant.
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All free hosting companies have to be making money somehow, or how are they still in business? Many of these companies will put adverts on your site, this may be fine by you, but you will have no control over who or what is being advertised on your site. Another worrying trend in the world of free hosting is companies going bust, and all their users websites being deleted without a trace. Not good if you just spent ages getting it right. So, assuming that your free host doesn't go bust leaving you high and dry, what is the guarantee that your website is always going to be available? There isn't one!
Paid for hosting companies all have a 'up-time guarantee' normally of 99.9%, this means that your website is (almost) always going to be available, whenever you, your readers or your customers need it.
If you are a new webmaster then there is also the issue of customer support. What are you going to do if something goes wrong? Free hosting companies are notorious for having basically no customer support. It's expensive to employ a customer support team. If it goes wrong, your on your own pal.
Hosting is the backbone of your website and whilst you may be fine using one of the free options there is always a draw back. In this case, you really do get what you pay for.
I myself have used free hosts in the past but now find the convenience and security of having a paid for host to be best.
Here is a link to the host i use. It's not expensive at all; they have a great site builder (so even those of us who cannot program HTML can have a great looking site) and their customer service and features list is brilliant.
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where are the links for the hosting sites? plz provide it :)
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