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[T275]The Best Free Web Hosting

by Fame Ahmed, Fam

When you plan to develop a personal web site, the most convenient solution for you is the free web hosting. This is ideal if you are about to get started with your web presence. The serious problem occurs when you have to find the best free web hosting provider. And, when you have little or no experience in this area, the job will sometimes look impossible. Fortunately, every problem has a solution.

Is free really profitable?

Nowadays, there are probably hundreds of web site hosting providers that will offer their services for free. The question that comes now is if this is beneficial for your business. We all know that every thing has a price, so the free web hosting will come with both advantages and disadvantages. The most important advantage is of course, the fact that it is free.

Most of the times, free web site hosting companies come with some requirements from the provider, such as a banner on your site, an advertising message or advertising pop ups. So, it is free as long as you do what you are asked for. This happens because the provider will have to support several costs, such as the bandwidth, or the space that in your case will be quite limited. So, a free web hosting provider will be a bad choice for a complex e-commerce site with real time statistics and payment options.

The positive aspects of the best free web hosting will depend on the nature of the web site. If your site is non-commercial, all that ads imposed by the web site hosting provider will not bother you. In this case 100 Megs of space will be more that enough for a small personal web site. Even though the web site design tools provided will be limited, you will get them for free. This is a reliable solution for a beginner.

With some proper research you will be able to find web site hosting providers that offer more design tools, bandwidth or disk space. The best free web hosting providers will be the ones that will provide absolute freedom on your web site and of course, free domain name. Also, some of the best free web hosting providers will make attractive offers in banners exchange. This will help you make your web site more and more popular. This is quite reasonable if you have a commercial web site.

So, when it comes to the best free web hosting, it all depends on your needs. The type of web site that you will launch will be the most important aspect. This and the other aspects mentioned above will be decisive.

Disk space

Make sure that you get enough disk space for your needs. Most websites do not utilize as much disk space as you think. Most people when looking to buy web hosting they see the different packages that a certain host offers and always want to get the bigger one to ensure that they have enough disk space, bandwidth and features. The general rule of thumb is to get the middle package.

Bandwidth

Bandwidth can be trick business. First I will explain what bandwidth is. When someone loads one of your web pages it uses bandwidth. It is pretty easy for you to run out of bandwidth which is why most people recommend to get the middle package. Usually the middle package has enough bandwidth to ensure your website does not run out. If bandwidth runs out for that month people cannot view your website. So make you choose a package with sufficient bandwidth.

Server speed

When buying from a host make sure that they list their servers technical specifications on their website. If they do not that usually means that the servers are not top quality. You want a server that is up to date and has the latest in processing power, memory, hard drives and network connections. The faster the server the faster your website will be viewed in most cases.

Features -

Some key features you want to make sure you have are; FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Perl, PHP, CGI, SSL, MYSQL, Email such as POP3, subdomains and more.

Customer Service -

Make sure that the web host you are looking at has good customer support. How fast do they respond to emails? When they do respond is it helpful information or are you getting the run-around? If they respond in a timely manner with useful information, they are probably the right host for you!

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