Free web hosting?

[ryan001]

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using free web hosting and having your own web server?

[thewebhostingdi]

According to me, free hosting may be ideal for those who only want to test their site. Free web hosting will not offer you a professional looking website and also you will not get best support services from your Hosting provider in free Hosting. Moreover, you don’t have any uptime or data protection guarantee in Free hosting. So, if it is matter of hosting any business website, Premium(paid) Hosting or buying own server is the best option instead of Free Hosting.

[Markgibson431]

for high traffic websites free webhosting is not good..

[ryan001]

thanks to all of you.now i understand the free web hosting,actually my business type is online shooing, so what would you suggest me to buy hosting and names of some good web hosting seller

[milos87popovic]

Hi, try http://byethost.com/

[Abdul]

Hi try hussehost.com

[CloudHosting14]

Disadvantages of Free web hosting is simple, you will a simple subdomain hosting, Instead of using subdomain try professional hosting managed forum hosting (http://www.cloudways.com/en/managed-forum-cloud-hosting.php) with cloudways,with high avalibility and 99.9% uptime.

[rick_niq]

Highly not recommended for Free Hosting, unless is just for testing.
i) With Free Hosting, everything is limited (bandwidth, storage, domain, email accounts, etc.).
ii) Lack of SEO Potency, you wouldn't want that to happen.
iii) No support, no security.

For Paid Hosting, it's great for hosting in a range between personal to corporate level.
i) You'll have your own Domain (http://exabytes.sg/services/domain/sgdomain.php)/URL.
ii) Customer & Technical supports are ready for assistance if there are any issues.
iii) Able to get enlisted into Google or other PR (SEO)
* Basically, is YGWYPF (You Get What You've Pay For) Concept*

[alemcherry]

If it isn't obvious, the advanatge is that it is free!
Disadvantages? Everything else! Never use a free PHP host if you are serious about your site. Free wordpress blog is fine, but free cPanel accounts? Makes no sense at all.

[manoharparakh]

Advantages

It does not cost you anything. There are not any monthly fees, and everything you want can be uploaded to your website.
This can be a good website hosting option for newbies, who are still learning about all this.

Disadvantages

Free website hosting only has a limited amount of space you can use. Free hosting accounts often do not provide enough storage or bandwidth for most businesses. There is not enough room for a large website site with many colorful graphics, some video and multiple pages.

You may wonder how free providers can afford to offer free website hosting. Almost always, they make money by putting advertisements on the free pages. Therefore, you can certainly expect your pages to show ads on them that you did not place there. The worst is when a free host uses popups, which is very aggravating for visitors. Free web hosting sites term and conditions often require that you allow their online banners and advertisements to be placed on your website. As they will say, it is what pays the bills.

A free site has their name along with your unique domain name in the address. If you have a business, a potential client might think you are not successful enough to have your own website, and turn away to find someone whose website is with one of the best paid website hosting services.

[TinaNamdev]

you a professional looking website and also you will not get best support services from your Hosting provider in free Hosting. Moreover, you don’t have any uptime or data protection guarantee in Free hosting.

[amanwaa]

If you're a newbie then you can use free web hosting services, but if you run a business website then we never recommend any free web hosting.

[bahtiyar]

In my opinion, getting your online business a free hosting service is a very bad idea. I always stayed away from free web hosting services. The only advantage is that free web hosting is free - YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY. At the same time, getting garbage for free is absolutely useless. As for disadvantages, there are dozens of them: no technical support, frequent bus and problems with your website, too many spammy websites on the same IP address which might get your website penalized, and etc.
You can read a full list of the disadvantages of free web hosting in this article - 5 Reasons to Stay Away From Free Web Hosting Services (http://bahtiyar-world.com/reasons-stay-away-free-hosting-services/)

[johnmiller445]

Pros.

The biggest and foremost advantage that you have in your hand with the free hosting is, you don’t pay at all. This is great especially if you are new to the hosting platform and want to accomplish your college assignment.

Also, if your requirements are minimal – free hosting is something that comes in handy. Apart from that, it is a good way to learn about the free hosting platform by poking around and fondling the features.

In addition to this, if you want to test some software script on a web hosting portal – this is something that costs you nothing. You do not even need to sign a contract and can terminate your account at any given time.

Other than that, these companies offer you domain registration free of cost. This is something that comes in your hand as a big advantage. Domain name is extremely important to you as it helps users to, come to visit your website.

cons:

The key word is “limited”. By opting to a free service you are entitled to limiting resource usage only. Be ready to have a lack of several features which could be beneficial for the growth of your business.

Features such as editing DNS setting, one-click auto-installer, SMTP email, software script, root dictionary access and various others. Even if you are getting access to those features, your host has other ways to limit your usage.

It comes with a cap on the bandwidth and much-needed disk space. Thus, if you want to upload massive files your page may get offline or even get suspended prior to no notice. Also, the company sees your free service as the lowest priority.

[faizan190]

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using free web hosting and having your own web server?
I think free hosting is not good and not recommended you should buy a paid hosting for good benifits.

[semidotinfotech]

Free hosting only good for the learning phase.
Business Websites always run on paid hosting.

[RosieYingling]

Advertisements. Obviously, the commercial website owners would not like to put any ads on their website other than their own.