Webhosting free is a service provided by webhosting companies that allows web sites to be uploaded or transferred to a server for worldwide access entirely free of charge. You can avail of this free webhosting over some sites, the most popular ones include FBhosting, Xoom, Hypermart and GeoCities. Webhosting free services can afford to offer service for free because they can generate profit in the following ways: placing banner ads on the user’s website, placing banner ads on the administration pages, sending users email from advertisers, generate more visits to the homepage URL given, members sometimes upgrade to paid hosting and they can cobrand webhosting free.
In choosing the best webhosting free service, you need to know what features you actually need for your website. You can use power search and choose only the features you need. Webhosting free services impose different rules when it comes to setting up your account. Some allow users to get an actual domain name. Mostly, require a sub-domain under a primary domain, i.e. http://geocities/ctibene/... Some allow users to run own CGI Scripts. In others this feature is prohibited.
All webhosting free services provide limited disk space mostly between 5-10 MB only. They are strict about data transfer also. You must at least be aware of the number of users who will access your website. This way you can gage the data transfer requirements in your website. Webhosting free providers rarely, if ever, give 24/7 customer support. Webhosting free services do not have the staffs to attend to the users’ technical problems as hiring more staffs could mean additional expenses for them. Most webhosting free providers do not guarantee uptime. Most paid webhosting guarantees 99% uptime. Uptime guarantee is important for those who are into business and who rely on the internet to advertise or promote their products and services. Since downtime usually means no business could be conducted at all. Webhosting free services oftentimes do not assist the user in securing a domain name.
Webhosting free oftentimes leave you to your own resources. Usually they do not offer e-commerce solution such as shopping cart, email listing and credit card which are necessary for online business transactions. Webhosting free also imposed limitations when it comes to using your own CGI scripts. They also have limits on the disk space. You need to check the disk space limits before you put up your website for webhosting free to make sure that the disk space could accommodate your website. And in case you need to expand or add more contents and features, the disk space would be enough to accommodate it.
For those people who are novice to hosting or are using the hosting site for a temporary storage of their files, webhosting free is a better alternative. If you are putting up an individual site and if the domain name matters more to you than the simple features of free hosting service, then webhosting free is more to your liking. Otherwise, it's better to find a paid webhosting for your website.
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