Monday, April 27, 2009

The Best Options For Free Web Hosting Services

By Anand Maheshwari

"Free Web Hosting" can be defined as "Free Web space" which is a directory of free web hosting service providers like free homepage hosting sites. Free web hosting service is good for many purposes like hosting a personal web site. But for a business site hosting you need a professional and paid web hosting company. Free web hosting services are easily obtainable.

It is possible to build a Web Site without having to purchase anything. The best part is that there are no domain charges applicable or any sort of registration fee and no monthly hosting fee as well. It only takes minutes to sign up for a free web hosting service and the free web pages can be updated with fresh or new information at any point of time you feel like. So we can say that it is quite user friendly.

Individuals or Organizations that deals in "Personal", "Family", "Special Occasions" or "Announcements", "Clubs" and "Associations" prefer the free web hosting. All these basic web sites are available for free. Online tools like templates and click tools make it easy for anyone to create and design the website of their choice in just a few minutes. Also there are some e-commerce sites that are free to host. These sites can be updated and altered any time. But they are not suitable for every small business because of minor disadvantages.

There are hundreds of free web hosting options available on the Internet. However do keep in mind that when you are signing up for free web hosting you are also signing an expanded advertisement agreement. This is one of the major disadvantages of free web hosting as these unwanted ads always shows up in your website, which sometimes can be quite disturbing for the visitors. Always check out the statistic on the uptime of this "Web Hosting Server". If the uptime is less than 90 then you should look for any other "Free Web Hosting Service" out of hundreds that are available in the Internet.

Many free web-hosting companies are providing their services in such a way that you will need to upgrade your hosting package if your site has any degree of minor success. The tipping point is usually bandwidth. That is a measure of how much text, pictures etc. you can send to your customers every month. The bandwidth in your contract is measured on a monthly basis. Check the contract to see if there are any fees for going over your monthly amount, or if you will lose your free hosting privileges.

A better option for you company would be to sign up for an affordable or cheap web-hosting provider. You will have many service options in this category and can usually avoid the limitations of the free hosting companies. So we can say that "Free Web Hosting" is good for personal and small business organizations as it is user friendly, easily moderable and it comes free. However for big Business organizations it's not a good idea to go for "Free Web Hosting Service".

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