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If you’ve always wanted to get on the net then free web hosting is one
way that this can be achieved. You too can have your own website to represent
you and your interests as you introduce yourself or enthuse about your hobbies
to the online world community; for free.
In some ways, a new site can be just like a child; as they both grow thanks
to your care as you try to steer them into appearing how you want them to be.
And technical difficulties are not unknown with either, as just how to FTP might
be a problem in both cases!
So if you are considering getting onto the web, then all those multitude of
ads offering a free site have doubtlessly attracted your interest. After all,
why pay for something if you can get website hosting services for zip?
Everything Starts Small
You’ve probably noticed that hosting can vary in price quite considerably,
ranging from cheap to expensive prices to be forked out each month. So how can
any host offer things up for free then?
The truth is that you pay for what you get in other ways than directly financial
ones; with strict limits on size and use, or controls over your site’s
appearance; or both. As well as not the greatest level of customer support,
but even so this can be a fine way of practicing web design on a small scale.
So while free hosting is indeed that; the free method to get yourself or your
interests represented on the internet, you may find after a while that you want
more than is available, and that of course will cost.
So some host companies use this as a start-up promotional offer to get people
interested, and then offer them more as they get increasingly ambitious (or
frustrated).
But if all you want is a small hobby or personal site with not any grandiose
intentions for spreading out your tentacles around the world, then affordable
web hosting companies are often a great deal.
My Site - Who’s Ad?
But remember what was said previously about appearance. Even if you are content
with small disk space and transfer allowance, you will probably still have to
put up with the banner ads that are placed on your site as a condition. Though
some host’s packages let you choose between a banner and a pop-up, they
still have to be present and you won’t be able to say what they look like
or what they are promoting.
But a casual acceptance of the necessity of these ads will lessen their irritation
value, for if you want to get into hosting but don’t want to pay for it
then you know your host is not a charity after all -- they are in it to make
some bucks. And some will make more of an attempt than others to make their
ads as unobtrusive as possible, whilst still being visible obviously; so that’s
something to think about when working out how to choose a web hosting company.
There are other ways as well that this service can be offered for nothing --
maybe to publicize a forum that you will have to earn new member referrals for,
or have other duties like making non-spamming posts.
And of course capitalism is all about competition, so some free offers for
the hosting of your website might be time limited as part of a new skirmish
in the war between all the eager hosts out there on the web.
About the Author:
Matt Jacks is a successful home based freelance copywriter, one of experience
and diversity. His numerous articles offer moneysaving tips and valuable insight
on typically confusing topics. |
