Sooner or later, as everyone finds out, nothing in this world is
free. Although there are literally hundreds of Free Hosting adds
surfacing on the Internet, no one can stay in business very long
giving it away. So how can hosting services offer free hosting?
Easy.
One way is to make some of their money from registering your
domain name. Domain registration is a necessary step for any
future web site owner, (some low cost host play a numbers game
between your monthly cost and your yearly domain registration
fee, for example: $5/month and $30 registration fee, or $7/month
and only $6 to register, or...... you get the picture).
Another way they make money is to add advertising onto your web
page. They will get paid either each time the banner is shown,
or each time someone clicks on the advertisement. Some will
offer extra add ons like Spam or Virus Protection, Domain Theft
Protection, or other services at an additional cost. Of course
if you feel you have need for these services, then you should
purchase them.
There are also limitations such as storage space, bandwidth,
number of email accounts, and so on, in hopes that you will need
more later and decide to upgrade.
So are the so called Free Hosting Services even worth the time
to consider? Sure they are! There are situations where someone
may not need tons of storage, bandwidth, email, and so on. Just
find a host that offers what you need without to many
compromises. One such host that I use quite often is
doteasy.com. No banners, only a yearly domain registration. And
for me, they've always responded to my questions within 24 hours
by email.
So if your new at web page development, just want your own
personal web page, ect., and don't really have that intensive of
system requirements, then Free Hosting is the way to go. o if
your new at web page development, just want your own personal
web page, or have any one of a dozen other reasons, and don't
really have that intensive of system requirements, then Free
Hosting is the way to go. |
