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There are many companies that provide both free and paid
web hosting services although paid web site hosting
services are usually more reliable and offer you more
options.
Today, there are many web site hosting services
providers and you are spoilt for choice. The major
difference in the various providers is really in the
features they offer which, obviously is reflected in the
price quoted.
When
deciding on your web site hosting provider, you need to
decide on a number of important issues including:
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how much you want to spend; |
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your current and planned web size; |
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anticipated volume of traffic both short-term and
medium-term; |
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service provider reliability and track record; |
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the number and size of the eMail addresses
available; |
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language scripts such as, cgi, perl or php; |
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cron jobs; |
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forum & conferencing facilities;
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If
you run a business, finding a reliable web site hosting
service to manage your web page(s) is especially
important, since you need to make your customers
comfortable visiting your web site and you need to
ensure that there are no slowdowns or down times when a
customer wants to look at your company information.
Free Web Hosting
There are hundreds of companies offering free web
hosting services. Free web hosting is not recommended
for businesses unless you can get domain hosting from an
ad-free host that is very selective.
If
you are looking for free web hosting, you should be
aware that there is no such thing as a free lunch and
these companies cover their costs in a number of ways
including putting banners, pop-ups, or pop-unders or
other adverts.on your site.
A
number of commercial web hosts that claim to offer free
hosting, but those have a catch, such as paying an
excessive amount for a domain name or other service, and
therefore aren't really free.
Some
free web hosting companies do not put ads on your site,
but require you as the webmaster to click on banners in
their control panel or signup process, or just display
banners in the file manager in hopes you will click
them. Some lure visitors with free hosting in hopes you
will upgrade and pay for advanced features.
A
few send you occasional emails with ads, or may even
sell your email address. A new method that is becoming
popular is requiring a certain number of "quality" forum
posting, usually as a means of getting free content and
displaying more ads.
Are Free Web Hosts Reliable?
Generally no as the free service can be cancelled at any
time without any notice or liability. although there may
be a few exceptions. If the host is making money from
banner ads or other revenue sources directly from the
free hosting, then they likely will stay in business,
provided someone doesn't abuse their hosting with spam,
hacking, etc., as often happens to new free web hosting
companies with liberal signup policies.
If
the host accepts just anyone, especially with an
automated instant activation and it offers features such
as PHP or CGI, then some users invariably try to find
ways to abuse it which can cause the host to have a lot
of downtime or the server to be slow. It is best if you
choose a very selective free host which only accepts
quality sites (assuming you have one).
One
good reason for using free hosting would be to learn the
basics of website hosting, have a personal website with
pictures of your family or whatever, a doorway page to
another website of yours, or to try scripts you have
written on different hosting environments.
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